GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

Additional reading Steven Levy, Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything (1994), is a breezy account of the creation of the Macintosh computer and the development of the graphical user interface. Howard Rheingold, Tools for Thought: The People and Ideas Behind the Next Computer Revolution (1985), profiles some pioneers in computer interface design, including Douglas Engelbart and the Xerox PARC scientists. Steven Johnson, Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate (1997), is a thoughtful, animated examination of the impact of information displays.