Chapters
- Foreword Gillian Crampton Smith answers the question, “What is Interaction Design."
- Introduction The author explains the origin of the book, illustrated by two personal stories
- 1 The Mouse and the Desktop Interviews with Doug Engelbart, Stu Card, Tim Mott and Larry Tesler
- 2 My PC Interviews with Bill Atkinson, Paul Bradley, Bill Verplank and Cordell Ratzlaff
- 3 From the Desk to the Palm Interviews with John Ellenby, Jeff Hawkins, Bert Keely, Rob Haitani and Dennis Boyle
- 4 Adopting Technology Interviews with David Liddle, Mat Hunter, Rikako Sakai, David Kelley and Paul Mercer
- 5 Play Interviews with Bing Gordon, Brendan Boyle, Brenda Laurel and Will Wright
- 6 Services Interviews with Live|Work, Fran Samalionis and Takeshi Natsuno
- 7 The Internet Interviews with Terry Winograd, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Steve Rogers and Mark Podlaseck
- 8 Multisensory and Multimedia Interviews with Hiroshi Ishii, Durrell Bishop, Joy Mountford and Bill Gaver
- 9 Futures and Alternative Nows Interviews with Dunne and Raby, John Maeda and Jun Rekimoto
- 10 People and Prototypes The author’s view of designing interactions, with help from Jane Fulton Suri and Duane Bray
A pdf of the Introduction is available for download, where the author explains the origin of the book, illustrated by two personal stories.