links for 2007-09-09

daily_links

• Is Enterprise Software Failing The Innovation Test? « The Future of Software
  In this forceful interview, Vivek Ranadive (Tibco) argues that innovation in software engineering currently comes from consumer software. Myself, I’ve been aghast at the shoddy quality of b2b software products in internal use in companies everywhere.
  (tags: software trends enterprise workplace b2b)
• Task-Centered User Interface Design by Clayton Lewis and John Rieman
  I’m reading this (shareware) book at the moment, and it’s still an eye-opener, even though it’s 13 years old. The movement for starting software design with the user still has a lot of headway to make.
  (tags: usability ui books software)

chris @ September 9, 2007