Marcin Wichary

My buddy and I are running a mini UX book club, and we thought the next thing we want to read should be a book not written by a white guy. I’m looking for recommendations – thank you!

Already on our list:
- Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre
- Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
- Lucy Suchman, Plans And Situated Actions

Jan 29 at 1:51amWeb
Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 1

Thank you everyone for suggested books! With help from @scottjenson, I turned it into a page on my website, hoping that maybe it will help someone in the future:

https://aresluna.org/ux-books-not-written-by-white-men/

UX books not written by white men

The details of table of contents UI on my site

Show threadPatrick ChanezonFeb 1
@mwichary @scottjenson Thank you for the list!
Show threaderin maloneFeb 2

@mwichary @scottjenson

Perhaps you might be interested in my book “In Through The Side Door: Fifty Years of Women in Interaction Design” came out end of 2024. It’s a history featuring women and their contributions to the profession (IXD, ux, user research and UI design).
Https://inthroughthesidedoor.com

In Through the Side Door – Fifty Years of Women in Interaction Design

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 2
@erinmalone @scottjenson Oh, no! This was absolutely recommended and was meant to be on the list! I must have skipped it by accident when moving to HTML. I’ll remedy this very soon.
Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 2

@erinmalone @scottjenson Added now! I’m sorry about that.

https://aresluna.org/ux-books-not-written-by-white-men/

UX books not written by white men

The details of table of contents UI on my site

Show threadScott JensonFeb 2
@erinmalone @mwichary Thank you for letting us know!
Show threadLyonsFeb 7
@mwichary @scottjenson ah! You got me right in the to-read-list!
Show threadTerry GodierJan 29
@mwichary subb’d to this thread 👀
Show threadEthan MarcotteJan 29

@mwichary Couple faves:

Lisa Maria Marquis, Everyday Information Architecture https://everydayia.com/
Laura Kalbag, Accessibility for Everyone https://accessibilityforeveryone.site/
Senongo Akpem, Cross-Cultural Design https://senongo.net/cross-cultural-design

Everyday Information Architecture

“The creative organization of information creates new information,” wrote architect Richard Saul Wurman. This axiom is at the core of our work. When we organize information—that is, when we structure it, order it, display it, label it, connect it—we alter it. We change how information will be perceived, for better or for worse.

Everyday Information Architecture
Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 29
@beep Merci!
Show threadEthan MarcotteJan 29
@mwichary De rien! Hope the book club’s going well!
Show threadJon WilliamsJan 29
@mwichary Programmed Inequality by Marie Hicks (about the history of white guys taking over early computing)
Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 29
@shovemedia Thanks! I have that one, but maybe that’s further from UX at this point…?
Show threadJon WilliamsJan 29
@mwichary yeah, true
Show threadJon EdwardsJan 29
@mwichary ‘Making Users Awesome’ by Kathy Sierra (2015) https://www.biblio.com/9781491919019
Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 29
@jon Oh yes! I have that one somewhere!
Show threadAtle 🧇🧅Jan 29
@mwichary not UX directly, but in this day and age AI is everywhere, and Melanie Mitchell has written the best book on the subject: "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans"
Show threadŁukasz Tyrała ✏️Jan 29

@mwichary

• Susan Weinschenk (PhD) has “100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People” and few others adjacent to UX
• Kimberly Elam has multiple books on typography and graphic design (I especially enjoy Polish edition by d2d.pl)
• Leah Buley, “The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide”

Show threadJochen WoltersJan 29
@mwichary “mismatch” by Kat Holmes
Show threadDerekJan 29
@mwichary Conversations with things by Diana deibel is good, if a little specific
Show threadJon NemargutJan 29
@mwichary Time to Listen by Indi Young
Show threadJ. PetersonJan 29
@mwichary Brenda Laurel also edited "The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design". It's a collection of articles by a variety of researchers and developers (some white guys, but many not). Very 1980s Apple.
Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 29
@isonno Oh yeah, I have that somewhere… I can even picture the cover in my head.
Show threadJ. PetersonJan 29

@mwichary Archive.org also has an unlocked copy.

https://archive.org/details/goodmoralsgentle0000gowa

The Art of human-computer interface design : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

xvi, 523 p., [16] p. of plates : 26 cm

Internet Archive
Show threadHeather MigliorisiJan 29

@mwichary @scottjenson - Accessibility for Everyone by @laura

https://mastodon.laurakalbag.com/@laura/115967248057031515

Laura Kalbag (@[email protected])

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. https://accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

Mastodon
Show threadNolwenn MaudetJan 30
@mwichary Definitely "Turing Complete User" by @GIFmodel and maybe How artifacts afford by Jenny Davis ?
Show threadolia lialinaJan 30

@nolwennm @mwichary

https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog/book/972

Turing Complete User: Resisting Alienation in Human Computer Interaction | arthistoricum.net

Show threadMarcin S-J Feb 1
@mwichary in case you're still accepting submissions: book on microcopy by https://niawdeleon.com/works/
Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 1
@manualcookie Thanks! I will add it in due time.
Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 2
@manualcookie Added, thanks!
Show threadJan DFeb 7

@mwichary

UX:
Carolyn Snyder: Paper Prototyping
Kim Goodwin: Design for the Digital Age
Donna Tedesco and Fiona Tranquada: The Moderator’s Survival Guide
Elizabeth Goodman, Mike Kuniavsky, Andrea Moed: Observing the User Experience
Ginny Redish: Letting go of the Words

Adjacent:
Wendy Gunn (ed), Ton Otto (ed), Rachel Charlotte Smith (ed): Design Anthropology
Helen Armstrong (ed): Digital Design Theory
Brigitte Jordan (ed): Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 7
@simulo Thanks!