Book Description
Mobile user experience is a new frontier. Untethered from a keyboard and mouse, this rich design space is lush with opportunity to invent new and more human ways for people to interact with information. Invention requires casting off many anchors and conventions inherited from the last 50 years of computer science and traditional design and jumping head first into a new and unfamiliar design space.The Mobile Frontier will assist in navigating the unfamiliar and fast-changing mobile landscape with grace and solid thinking while inspiring you to explore the possibilities mobile technology presents.
Review
A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of digital media, The Mobile Frontier explains not only the technological revolution that's upon us, but also the behavioral, cultural, and psychological changes (and opportunities) ushered in by mobile. If you're not listening to Rachel Hinman, you're not hooked up right. Josh Clark, Author, Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps.In The Mobile Frontier, Rachel Hinman offers a comprehensive perspective on designing for mobile devices in support of mobile people. She draws on her decade of experience, and the results are highly readable, engaging, and more importantly actionable. Jon Kolko, Director, Austin Center for Design.
From tiny touchscreens to geo-located services, mobile devices have caused us to rethink how we design. If you're looking for a primer on mobile fundamentals, look no further than The Mobile Frontier. In casual, easy-to-understand language, Rachel Hinman gives an overview of today's mobile landscape and tomorrow's. Dan Saffer Author of Designing for Interaction
About the Author
Rachel Hinman is a researcher, designer and a recognized thought leader in the mobile user experience field. Her passion for cultural study, art, and design coupled with the belief that people can use technology to improve the human condition have been the driving forces in her career for over a decade.Currently, Rachel is a Senior Research Scientist at the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, California. There she focuses on the research and design of emergent and experimental mobile interfaces and mobile experiences for emerging markets. Prior to joining Nokia, Rachel was an experience design director at Adaptive Path, and a mobile researcher and strategist for Yahoo's mobile group. Rachel's innate sensitivity to people and culture have proven powerful skills in the field, enabling her to successfully lead research studies on mobile phone usage in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Rachel writes and speaks frequently on the topic of mobile research and design. She is the creative force behind the 90 Mobiles in 90 Days Project and her perspectives on mobile user experience have been featured in Interactions Magazine, BusinessWeek and Wired.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Casting Off Anchors: Preparing to Explore the Mobile Frontier.Chapter 2. The Emergent Mobile NUI Paradigm: Traversing the GUI/NUI Chasm.
Chapter 3. Peanut Butter in Denver: Demystifying the Elusive Mobile Context.
Chapter 4. Shapeshifting: Convergence and Multidevice Experiences.
Chapter 5. Mobile UX Patterns: Designing for Mobility.
Chapter 6. Mobile Prototyping: Tools and Methods for Designing Mobile Experiences.
Chapter 7. Motion and Animation: A New Mobile UX Design Material.
Chapter 8. Awakening the Senses: Touch, Gesture, Voice, and Sound.
Chapter 9. New Mobile Forms: Pioneering the Mobile Frontier.
Product Details
Paperback: 280 pages.Publisher: Rosenfeld Media; 1st edition (June 6, 2012).
Language: English.
ISBN-10: 1933820551.
ISBN-13: 978-1933820552.
Product Dimensions : 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches.
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