August Book Suggestions

[Jenn Carvin]

Here's one that was recommended to me:

Communicating Design by Dan Brown || http://tr.im/px90



And here's one that I'd like to read:

Selling Usability: User Experience Infiltration Tactics by John Rhodes
|| http://tr.im/uJvU

[Michael Crawford]

The book we just read had a reference to another, less technical book...
Definitive Book of Body Language: Why What People Say Is Very
Different from What They Think or Feel
Looks really neat.

peace,
michael

[Linus Graybill]

Have many people read "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum?" I think
that would be a great choice.
Linus

[mighty mouse]

I haven't heard much about "Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate)
Everyday Things" by Donald Norman (The Design/Psychology of Everyday
Things), but it sounds interesting. I would also vote for the Book of
Body Language.

[KelaniNichole]

I'm into the Definitive Book of Body Language.
Of everything else mentioned above - "The Design of Everyday Things"
by Norman looks like a good read.

Bests,
Kelani

[George]

this seems like a good book title and has my vote

[Amber DeRosa]

I would like to read Communicating Design by Dan Brown || http://tr.im/px90

I highly recommend The definitive book of body language by Allan and
Barbara Pease if we want to read a Non UX book. I have also read What
every body is saying an ex - Fbi agents guide to speed reading people
by Joe Navarro but the book by Allan and Barbara Pease is much
better.

"Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things is an
entertaining book It does not "teach" you anything necessarally. It
talks about expanding our field to include more PET (persuation
emotion and trust) type analysis. To think about the fact that it is
not alway how usable something is but how much we Love it.

Amber DeRosa

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[Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci]

I would also like to read Dan Brown's Communicating Design

Lori

On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Amber DeRosa <amber....@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Julia (@juropel)]

I have read some of Dan Brown's Communicating Design book. It's very
good, but focused *solely* on crafting deliverables (competitor
analyses, content inventories, site maps, wireframes, etc.) and
presenting the information to clients, and *not* on UX methods and
practices. (Dan Brown states this in the beginning of the book.)

My vote for a UX-related book would be either for Communicating Design
*if* we made time for a deliverables show-and-tell and soft critique.
I'd love to see other UX practitioners' deliverables as well as get
feedback on some of mine.

My vote for a 'non-UX' (although still very pertinent) book would be

the Definitive Book of Body Language.

// Julia


On Jul 30, 10:49 am, Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci <l...@catenation.com>
wrote:

> I would also like to read Dan Brown's Communicating Design
>
> Lori
>

> On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Amber DeRosa <amber.der...@gmail.com>  

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[Roz Duffy]

I like the idea of a 'non-UX' book.  I have been envisioning alternating between big picture thinking books and technical hands-on UX books.  Keep chiming in everyone, this is great stuff!

--
Roz Duffy
www.stellargirl.com
twitter.com/stellargirl

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

Here are a few more non-UX books:

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and
Dan Heath ~ http://tr.im/uNZ7

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by
Dan Ariley ~ http://tr.im/uNZv

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini ~
http://tr.im/uO08

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[Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci]

It seems that there has been a great list of different types of books
for the next book club meeting suggested. How about a formal vote go
out so we can get started for next month?

-Lori

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

Here's the poll for August's book club selection:

http://poll.fm/134kt

The poll ends at noon on Tuesday August 4th so make your selection
soon!

Also, here's a Google Spreadsheet with all of the previously read
titles and all suggested titles:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuGuoXUO2mfwdHg5WFo0REIzR0wyWjFrcC1HOWRDeFE&hl=en

If there's something else you'd like to read, add it to the end of the
list.

Thanks!
Jenn

On Jul 30, 11:35 pm, Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci <l...@catenation.com>
wrote:

> It seems that there has been a great list of different types of books  
> for the next book club meeting suggested. How about a formal vote go  
> out so we can get started for next month?
>
> -Lori
>
> On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77) wrote:
>
>
>
> > Here are a few more non-UX books:
>
> > Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and

> > Dan Heath ~http://tr.im/uNZ7

>
> > Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by

> > Dan Ariley ~http://tr.im/uNZv

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[Michael7177]

Thanks Jenn for the the poll and spreadsheet. It's really helpful!

On Jul 31, 8:57 am, "Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)" <jenn.car...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here's the poll for August's book club selection:
>
>          http://poll.fm/134kt
>
> The poll ends at noon on Tuesday August 4th so make your selection
> soon!
>
> Also, here's a Google Spreadsheet with all of the previously read
> titles and all suggested titles:
>

>          http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuGuoXUO2mfwdHg5WFo0REIzR0wyW...

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

Only 3 1/2 hours left to vote and we currently have a tie!

Which will it be? The Definitive Book of Body Language by Barbara
Pease & Allan Pease? Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday
Things by Donald A. Norman? Or will there be a surprise winner?

If you haven't voted yet, it only takes a second!

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

It's a tie! The "sudden death" poll is up and only open until 3:00 PM
EDT today! Go here to vote: http://poll.fm/13fyo


On Aug 4, 8:35 am, "Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)" <jenn.car...@gmail.com>

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

And the book for August is........Emotional Design: Why We Love (or
Hate) Everyday Things (Paperback) by Donald A. Norman!

http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Design-Love-Everyday-Things/dp/0465051367/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249413531&sr=8-1


On Aug 4, 12:58 pm, "Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)" <jenn.car...@gmail.com>

[Roz Duffy]

Thank you so much Jenn for coordinating the poll! Looking forward to reading!

[Jenn Carvin]

You're welcome! So glad I could help out!

--
Jenn

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[mighty mouse]

Oh man... now I wanted to read the other book, but I suggested
Emotional Design in the first place!
Is it possible to keep a rolling list of suggestions?

[Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)]

Definitely! The list of all books that have been read and all books
suggested are in a Google Spreadsheet:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuGuoXUO2mfwdHg5WFo0REIzR0wyWjFrcC1HOWRDeFE&hl=en

[Jess]

Hi everyone,

Now that a book has been selected, did we pick a date for the next
meeting? I'd like to make sure I can attend before ordering the
book. :)

Thanks!

On Aug 5, 8:54 am, "Jenn Carvin (@jcarvin77)" <jenn.car...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Definitely! The list of all books that have been read and all books
> suggested are in a Google Spreadsheet:
>

> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuGuoXUO2mfwdHg5WFo0REIzR0wyW...

[Roz Duffy]

How much time does everyone want? A month? 6 weeks? 2 months?  Do weeknights or weekend afternoons work better? 

[Jenn Carvin]

I'm good with a month or so. And weeknights work better for me but could do early on week-end afternoons too.

What if we pick the next book and have the meeting during the last week of a month? So, we'd meet to discuss the current book the last week of August and also during that week, we could run another poll to choose the book for September. Or, we could do a set date to meet (i.e. - the last Wednesday of every month)?

Thank-you!
Jenn

[Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci]

Hello everybody,

My preference would be to alternate if possible between weekends and weeknights. With school age kids, weeknights during the school year are very difficult between homework, activities, etc. Sunday afternoons would be my preference. 

Along those lines, having more than a month to read would also be good. 6 weeks-2 months would be my preference.

Thanks,

Lori

[Roz Duffy]

Yeah we also need to factor in the time it takes to get the book delivered if people are ordering online.  Let's make this one a Sunday afternoon since we haven't done that in a while.

Here are some dates:

September 13
September 20
September 27

[Dominic La Cava]

I vote for September 20.

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From: Roz Duffy <ros...@stellargirl.com>
To: ux-book-c...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 10:57:33 AM
Subject: Re: Future Book Suggestions

[Jenn Carvin]

I 2nd that! 20th is good for us too.

[Roz Duffy]

If someone will third September 20th, then that's our winning date...

While we wait for that, any suggestions for a venue?  I've been trying to rock the web studio angle for the after work events, but on previous sundays, we had done the cafe thing.  When I chose Naked Chocolate Rittenhouse last time, it was so we could wander to Rittenhouse Square if we wanted to.  Any objections to that? Or do you want to go to a place where they serve pints of beer?

[Jeremy Mandle]

I may be out of town visiting family for the Jewish High Holidays on 9/20 (Rosh Hashanah) and 9/27 is Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre). Just a heads up.

jer...@mandle.org

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[Roz Duffy]

Don't want to mess with #JUX!

Can we get 3+ votes for one of the dates below?

September 13

October 4

[Jenn Carvin]

Agreed! I would vote for Oct. 4th. Anyone going to IDEA may be leaving on the 13th.

[Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci]

Ok. More conflicts other than Jewish holidays (thanks Jeremy-I didn't even pick up on that. What kind of JUX am I?) & IDEA09, the weekend

Of Oct 3 & 4 is Podcamp Philly in case anyone is going. I'm not planning on it, but someone else may.

Lori

[Linus Graybill]

I'll second Oct 4th.

[Roz Duffy]

Can I get a 3rd for October 4th?

Also, how do people feel about a standard regional UX community happy hour? Whoever shows up shows up, always the same date, like the 3rd Wednesday or similar.

Thoughts?

[Jeremy Mandle]

I'll 3rd Oct. 4th.

jer...@mandle.org

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[Amber DeRosa]

Weeknights or Sunday Afternoons would be good for me but if on a
Sunday I would need to come before 2:00pm I visit my grand mother
every Sunday at 3:00pm.

Thanks

On Aug 6, 10:31 am, Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci <l...@catenation.com>
wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> My preference would be to alternate if possible between weekends and  
> weeknights. With school age kids, weeknights during the school year  
> are very difficult between homework, activities, etc. Sunday  
> afternoons would be my preference.
>
> Along those lines, having more than a month to read would also be  
> good. 6 weeks-2 months would be my preference.
> Thanks,
> Lori
>
> On Aug 6, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Jenn Carvin wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm good with a month or so. And weeknights work better for me but  
> > could do early on week-end afternoons too.
>
> > What if we pick the next book and have the meeting during the last  
> > week of a month? So, we'd meet to discuss the current book the last  
> > week of August and also during that week, we could run another poll  
> > to choose the book for September. Or, we could do a set date to meet  
> > (i.e. - the last Wednesday of every month)?
>
> > Thank-you!
> > Jenn
>

> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Roz Duffy <rosa...@stellargirl.com>  

> > wrote:
> > How much time does everyone want? A month? 6 weeks? 2 months?  Do  
> > weeknights or weekend afternoons work better?
>

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[Dominic La Cava]

Late morning, say 11AM or so will work.

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From: Amber DeRosa <amber....@gmail.com>
To: UX Book Club Philly <ux-book-c...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 11:10:20 AM

Subject: Re: Future Book Suggestions

[Roz Duffy]

At 11am I will most likely be blissed out from yoga and drinking chai somewhere.

Is 1pm ok? Maybe bring some muffins to Rittenhouse Square?

[Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci]

For those of us with kids in Hebrew School, anytime before 1 pm on Sundays probably won't work. 

-Lori

[Roz Duffy]

OK, can I get 3 people to agree to Sunday October 4th at 1pm: Rittenhouse Square, weather permitting, backup location Naked Chocolate Rittenhouse?

Bueller.... Bueller?
(RIP John Hughes)

[Jenn Carvin]

Michael and I count as 2 oks! :)

[Jess]

Oct. 4th at 1pm works for me too.

On Aug 7, 9:23 pm, Jenn Carvin <jenn.car...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael and I count as 2 oks! :)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Roz Duffy <rosa...@stellargirl.com> wrote:
> > OK, can I get 3 people to agree to Sunday October 4th at 1pm: Rittenhouse
> > Square, weather permitting, backup location Naked Chocolate Rittenhouse?
>
> > Bueller.... Bueller?
> > (RIP John Hughes)
>
> > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci <
> > l...@catenation.com> wrote:
>
> >> For those of us with kids in Hebrew School, anytime before 1 pm on Sundays
> >> probably won't work. -Lori
>
> >> On Aug 7, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Dominic La Cava wrote:
>
> >> Late morning, say 11AM or so will work.
>

> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Amber DeRosa <amber.der...@gmail.com>
> >> *To:* UX Book Club Philly <ux-book-c...@googlegroups.com>
> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 7, 2009 11:10:20 AM
> >> *Subject:* Re: Future Book Suggestions

[Roz Duffy]

Guess that makes it official! Sunday October 4th, 1pm...

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

Rittenhouse Square, unless there's bad weather, then Naked Chocolate