Towards the end of watching a terrible Bill Buxton prestation video on youtube, I heard him mention this book. As the completely impressionable person that I am, I immediately went to Amazon.com and bought it. It is well worth the money and time.

The book is short. If you wanted, you could read it in a weekend. But that doesn’t mean there is lack of content. The ideas expressed in this book are dense, and well thought out. I actually read it quite slow. Reading a few pages, then chewing on reach concept, and thinking of how each applied to my current work environment.

The book is actually written for company managers. An interaction design manifesto, that’s short – sweet – and persuasive, as a way to try and get management behind the idea and process of design. Each topic is reinforced with anecdotes from the authors life.

One thing that frustrated me with the book, was Scott’s first design break. He redesigns his microwave interface. Having been so angered over my own microwave interface, I planned to make a big long blog post about it’s redesign. I was bummed to find my original idea was not so original.

Whether you’re an interaction designer, or a manager trying to figure out what all these design junkies and smoking, this book has been the best that I’ve read, to put it all in something quickly digestible.