num_pages: 242
description: Our love affair with the digital interface is out of control. We&amp;;ve embraced it in the boardroom the bedroom and the bathroom. Screens have taken over our lives. Most people spend over eight hours a day staring at a screen and some &amp;;technological innovators&amp;; are hoping to grab even more of your eyeball time. You have screens in your pocket in your car on your appliances and maybe even on your face. Average smartphone users check their phones 150 times a day responding to the addictive buzz of Facebook or emails or Twitter. Are you sick? There&amp;;s an app for that! Need to pray? There&amp;;s an app for that! Dead? Well there&amp;;s an app for that too! And most apps are intentionally addictive distractions that end up taking our attention away from things like family friends sleep and oncoming traffic. There&amp;;s a better way. In this book innovator Golden Krishna challenges our world of nagging screen-based bondage and shows how we can build a technologically advanced world without digital interfaces.In his insightful raw and often hilarious criticism Golden reveals fascinating ways to think beyond screens using three principles that lead to more meaningful innovation. Whether you&amp;;re working in technology or just wary of a gadget-filled future you&amp;;ll be enlighted and entertained while discovering that the best interface is no interface.
language: English
title: The Best Interface Is No Interface: The Simple Path to Brilliant Technology
publisher: New Riders Pub