Software psychology
by Ben Shneiderman · first published 1980
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…performance. This means that programmers at the same level, with similar backgrounds and comparable salaries, might take 1 to 100 weeks to complete the same tasks. [21, p. 8] Source 21 is: Shneiderman, Ben Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems (Cambridge, MA: Winthrop, 1980) https://www.amazon.com/Software-psychology-computer-informat...
on “Busting the 10x software engineer myth” ↗…defect removal efficiency. [5, pp. 4 - 6] The NNPP also produces a higher instance of defects in the work product. Figure 1 shows the consequences of the NNPPs. The reference to 21 is Shneiderman, Ben Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems (Cambridge, MA: Winthrop, 1980) and 5 is Curtis, Bill, "Managing the Real Leverage in Software Productivity and Quality", American Programmer July/August 1990…
on “AI can 10x developers in creating tech debt” ↗In Software Psychology they try to avoid using words in software that triggers others. For example abort or kill might offend someone because it could be used for ending life. Yet I am certain Cancel Culture is behind this…
on “Linux kernel will no longer use terms ‘blacklist’ and ‘slave’ (2020)” ↗…managed with the iSchool. >Rosenfeld's invitation advanced my efforts by at least five years, giving credibility to the "marriage of computer science and psychology," which I described in my 1980 book, Software Psychology. Gaining credibility was important, as this was still a time when many computer scientists were unsure about the value of psychological studies of programmers and database systems' users, and even the…
on “The future of programming: Research at CHI 2023” ↗…managed with the iSchool. >Rosenfeld's invitation advanced my efforts by at least five years, giving credibility to the "marriage of computer science and psychology," which I described in my 1980 book, Software Psychology. Gaining credibility was important, as this was still a time when many computer scientists were unsure about the value of psychological studies of programmers and database systems' users, and even the…
on “Golden Rules of Interface Design (2013)” ↗