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Bill Buxton

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born

March 10, 1949 in Edmonton, Canada

gender

male

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http://www.billbuxton.com/

genre

Computers & Internet

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Trained as a musician, Bill Buxton began using computers over thirty years ago in his art. This early experience, both in the studio and on stage, helped develop a deep appreciation of both the positive and negative aspects of technology and its impact. This increasingly drew him into both design and research, with a very strong emphasis on interaction and the human aspects of technology. He first came to prominence for his work at the University of Toronto on digital musical instruments and the novel interfaces that they employed. This work in the late 70s gained the attention of Xerox PARC, where Buxton participated in pioneering research in collaborative work, interaction techniques and ubiquitous computing. He then went on to become Chi...more

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Books by Bill Buxton

Average rating: 3.91 · 265 ratings · 35 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design 3.91 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Basic Microeconomics by Compiled by Textbook Equity, R. Larry Reynolds, Bill Buxton (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Accounting Principles: Managerial Accounting by Compiled by Textbook Equity, Bill Buxton (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective, Financial Accounting (Chapters 1 - 8) by James Don Edwards, Roger H. Hermanson, Bill Buxton (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective, Financial Accounting Chapters (9 - 18) by Published By Textbook Equity, Bill Buxton (Editor), Amy Sibiga (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Quotes by Bill Buxton

“Sketches are social things. They are lonely outside the company of other sketches and related reference material. They are lonely if they are discarded as soon as they are done. And they definitely are happiest when everyone in the studio working on the project has spent time with them.”
― Bill Buxton, Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design

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