Special Issue Out Now: Interacting with Computers - In Memoriam: Professor Brian Shackel

In Memoriam: Professor Brian Shackel (1927 - 2007). Interacting with Computers, Volume 21, Issues 5-6, Pages 323-402 (December 2009), edited by Donald Day, Gitte Lindgaard and Jan Noyes

TABLE OF CONTENTS

* Dianne Murray - Special memorial issue to Brian Shackel: A dedication Page 323
* Donald Day, Gitte Lindgaard, Jan Noyes - In Memoriam Brian Shackel 1927-2007 Page 324
* Brian Shackel - Designing for people in the age of information Pages 325-330
* Russell Beale - Back to the future: A retrospective on early predictions Pages 331-334
* Jan Noyes - Telescreens, keypens, and the expert: A 60 year snapshot Pages 335-338
* Brian Shackel - Usability - Context, framework, definition, design and evaluation Pages 339-346
* Judy Kay - A test-first view of usability Pages 347-349
* Gitte Lindgaard - Early traces of usability as a science and as a profession Pages 350-352
* Brian Shackel - Human-computer interaction - Whence and whither? Pages 353-366
* Andrew Dillon - Inventing HCI: The grandfather of the field Pages 367-369
* Jonathan Grudin - Brian Shackel's contribution to the written history of Human-Computer Interaction Pages 370-374
* Ken Eason - Brian Shackel (1927-2007) Pages 375-376
* CV: B Shackel, MA (Cantab), HonDTech, FBPsS, HonFErgSoc, FHF and ES, C Psychol Pages 377-384


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