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As this is the season of lists and of gift giving, I thought I would put together the top ten books I thought every designer of interactive products should have in their library. I’ve also seen some reading lists floating around that leave out what are, to me, essential texts, or include books that are too focused on a particular medium (web, mobile). (For reasons of impartiality, I excluded my own book, Designing for Interaction, although I certainly hope it sits alongside these on the bookshelf.)

10. Shaping Things. The one book on this list that is specifically about the future. Sterling shows us the future of the objects we’ll design.

9. Designing Interactions. A history (albeit an IDEO-centric one) of the discipline, although woefully poor about the web. Still, worth it for some of the interviews.

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The great iPhone death watch: “

What critics were saying about Steve Jobs’ smartphone in the months before it launched

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer. Click to play.

Three years ago, when it became clear that Apple (AAPL) was about to unveil some kind of mobile phone, critics began to weigh in on its chances of success. AAPLinvestors’ Terry Gregory, building on a list of skeptical quotes begun by MacDailyNews, has put together what may be the definitive collection.

A sample:

“We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”

Palm CEO Ed Colligan, commenting on then-rumored Apple iPhone, 16 Nov 2006

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10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit: “

Over time certain conventions and best practices have been developed to help improve the general usability of websites during their design and build. This roundup of ten usability crimes highlights some of the most common mistakes or overlooked areas in web design and provides an alternative solution to help enhance the usability of your website.

Crime 1: Form labels that aren’t associated to form input fields

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Five centuries of scientific breakthroughs unveiled: “

The nine-year-old Mozart was not, as suspected, a midget adult. This and many other fascinating revelations are uncovered in a collection of historic scientific documents unveiled by the Royal Society this week.

The society, formed in London in 1660, began publishing a journal titled Philosophical Transactions five years later – a journal which remains in print today. It has now republished 60 of the most notable articles in an interactive timeline which is probably the closest thing to an accessible history of scientific discovery as you’ll find.

The first article, from 1666, is an account of the first ever blood transfusion (from one dog to another), while the most recent is a 2005 look at ideas to combat global warming such as putting a trillion sunshades into space to filter the sun’s rays.

Among the most historically notable articles are Isaac Newton’s explanation of how “white” light is a mixture of other colors, Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with attracting lightning by flying a kite, the invention of the first electric battery, and the proof that fingerprints are unique.

Other lesser known articles cover a boy who was born blind but had his sight “restored” (which showed that depth perception is a learned skill), a first-hand study showing that despite his natural talents, Mozart was as easily distracted as any other child, and a look at continental drift (the summary for which notes that continents are moving apart faster than the human fingernail grows.)

Each article is printed in its entirety along with a brief summary, accompanying images and links to further information.

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