Making Things Special

If you're looking for an insightful perspective on the practice of user experience design, or software design, look no further.  Make Things Special, by Hillel Cooperman and Jenny Lam, is a different kind of book. Each chapter provides a concise and dead-on take of topics ranging from Branding UX to Hiring a Designer. You'll finish this book with deeper sense of what it means to craft great digital products. Table of Contents: Ch. 1 The Day Bill Gates Called Me Rude — and Other Lessons in User Experience. Ch. 2 Software versus Content — The Lines Have Blurred Ch. 3 Past is Prologue — What We Can Learn from Cars  Ch. 4 Software is Both Art and Craft Ch. 5 A Very Short (and Incomplete) History of Software User Experiences Ch. 6 Usability is the New Minimum Bar Ch. 7 Branding User Experience Ch. 8 The Dark Art of Defining Success in User Experience Design Ch. 9 On Luck Ch. 10 What it Means To Be a User Experience Designer Ch. 11 Why Does Silicon Valley Want Designers That Can Code? Becau