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Editorial Reviews
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This is a wonderful book, one of those little volumes that makes you think, imagine, and argue all at the same time. Computers are being used, but by whom? Does anyone really have any idea what folks are really doing with computers? If programmers are the only ones who think they know what end users want, why are computers so underutilized? Over and over, you'll find yourself turning Nardi's queries in your imagination and asking new questions about humans and machines. The core of Nardi's work is its anthropological approach to computing, observing, and studying the "natives" (or end users) as they use spreadsheets and CAD programs. The answers from this ethnographic studies are surprising. Computing is successful when the right tools-tools that make software and computers work right for everyday tasks-are in the hands of end users rather than programmers. All computing power to the people, not to the high priests or the geeks. Hurrah for Nardi, and read this book!
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
A Small Matter of Programming asks why it has been so difficult for end users to command programming power and explores the problems of end user-driven application development that must be solved to afford end users greater computational power.
Drawing on empirical research on existing end user systems, A Small Matter of Programming analyzes cognitive, social, and technical issues of end user programming. In particular, it examines the importance of task-specific programming languages, visual application fr
This is a wonderful book, one of those little volumes that makes you think, imagine, and argue all at the same time. Computers are being used, but by whom? Does anyone really have any idea what folks are really doing with computers? If programmers are the only ones who think they know what end users want, why are computers so underutilized? Over and over, you'll find yourself turning Nardi's queries in your imagination and asking new questions about humans and machines. The core of Nardi's work is its anthropological approach to computing, observing, and studying the "natives" (or end users) as they use spreadsheets and CAD programs. The answers from this ethnographic studies are surprising. Computing is successful when the right tools-tools that make software and computers work right for everyday tasks-are in the hands of end users rather than programmers. All computing power to the people, not to the high priests or the geeks. Hurrah for Nardi, and read this book!
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
A Small Matter of Programming asks why it has been so difficult for end users to command programming power and explores the problems of end user-driven application development that must be solved to afford end users greater computational power.
Drawing on empirical research on existing end user systems, A Small Matter of Programming analyzes cognitive, social, and technical issues of end user programming. In particular, it examines the importance of task-specific programming languages, visual application fr