I might as well come clean. I just signed a book deal with New Riders to write a book on interaction design. It’s tentatively called Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices, and the fates willing, it will be published next summer.
The book is meant for new(er) practitioners and students, although I’m making sure to throw in some high-end stuff for experienced designers as well. The book is drawing heavily on the curriculum I devised for the class I taught last year and the year before, and will cover not only web and software, but delve into devices and services as well. I think it will be the most holistic look at interaction design, issuing from a design perspective, on the bookshelves. At least, I hope it will be. Wish me luck writing it!
Congrats!
(and since you asked: good luck in writing the book)
Need reviewers? 😉
wow, congrats on the book deal! i’ve been thinking of doing that at some point as well–ok, a manifesto really. but as a warm-up i’m currently drafting a chapter for an IxD textbook, describing interaction as language. i plan to cite your thesis paper if that’s cool. mckeon, buchanan, dewey, forlizzi, etc. will make cameo citations too 🙂 but i gotta say, just drafting a measly chapter has proven quite formidable! lots of prep work…but good refresher too!
This is great to hear Dan. Congratulations!
Wow, Dan! Keeping busy after school! It’s absolutely fantastic to hear about your book deal, and I’m quite looking forward to the day I can crack it open and take a peek!