The Mobile Frontier

In 2012, I wrote and published a book entitled The Mobile Frontier: A Guide for Designing Mobile Experiences with Rosenfeld Media. Writing this book was a watershed moment in my career. It was an opportunity to share thoughts and ideas about a subject I felt passionately about (the emergence of mobility and mobile design) and helped me discover my love of writing.

Summary:
Mobile user experience is a new frontier. Untethered from a keyboard and mouse, this rich design space is lush with opportunity to invent new and more human ways for people to interact with information. Invention requires casting off many anchors and conventions inherited from the last 50 years of computer science and traditional design and jumping head first into a new and unfamiliar design space.

A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of digital media, The Mobile Frontier explains not only the technological revolution that's upon us, but also the behavioral, cultural, and psychological changes (and opportunities) ushered in by mobile. If you're not listening to Rachel Hinman, you're not hooked up right.

----Josh Clark, Author, Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps

From tiny touchscreens to geo-located services, mobile devices have caused us to rethink how we design. If you're looking for a primer on mobile fundamentals, look no further than The Mobile Frontier. In casual, easy-to-understand language, Rachel Hinman gives an overview of today's mobile landscape and tomorrow's.

--Dan Saffer Author of Designing for Interaction