Oldies But Goodies

This week's theme seems to be re-visiting my back catalog. First, the folks at Adaptive Path very kindly asked me to revisit my first book, Interface Culture, in a keynote at their User Experience Week in D.C. a few weeks for now. As a lead-in to that, they're running a two-part conversation between Jesse James Garrett and me.

Also, Fast Company has a nice little overview of four books in the vein of The Tipping Point or The World Is Flat that "coulda--and shoulda--been bestsellers." Their first pick is my second book, Emergence, about which they have some very nice things to say. But my favorite part is the grading system they devised, on a scale of one to five. Here's how I scored:

•Gladwellian prose: 3
•Surowieckian reason: 3
•Friedmanian foresight : 4

The good news is that I'm taking night classes in Surowieckian reason, so if all goes well, by the next book I'll score a 5.

Comments

[Cameron Maddux]

Wait, I'm confused. I thought you were one of the "it guys" ... I enjoy your blog and books immensely, thanks.

[yellowhandman]

i read interface culture when it first came out, and been following your writing ever since. looking forward to reading your thoughts on interface developments in the years since. an update has been long overdue!

[Mike Merrill]

Steven-- Will you post when the second part appeared? (Or if it already has, can you tell us where?)

Thanks

[Ellis]

Keep up the good work

It must have been hard to get a
Friedmanian foresight : 4

[jjg]

Part 2 of the now three-part interview has been posted:

http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2006/08/01/a-conversation-with-steven-johnson-part-2/