Programming as if People Mattered

by Nathaniel S. Borenstein

Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of people in both camps.

Originally published in 1991.

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Genres: Technical

200 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 1994

About the author

Dr. Nathaniel Borenstein’s pioneering email research culminated in MIME, the standard for multimedia data on the Internet. He founded four companies, spent two decades as Chief Scientist at Mimecast and Distinguished Engineer at IBM, and holds 33 patents. He tells the story of his fifty years as an activist and student of how information technology will change the world in his forthcoming book, “The Spirit of a Cyborg: AI, the Internet, and a Future Worth Hoping For.”

Reviews

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a pretty fun book but definitely is feeling dated. The short version of it is that GUI is hard and you should open your mind to suggestions from others. This is colored with lots of examples and fun little truisms but that's about all.

[Jac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Feels dated but is easy to read and worth a quick skim.