New book by Steve Krug, the author of one of the most popular books on usability, "Don't Make Me Think", has just been released last month. Here's the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Surgery-Made-Easy-Yourself/dp/0321657292

I'll see if I can get a copy in the next few days and will share my thoughts on it. Anyone else have it yet?

Is it just me or is this title just plain bad? I would never stumble over it because of the name when I was searching for a Webdesign book.

Anyways... I'd love to hear what you think about it and I'll maybe try it too.

Well, the full title is:

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

So a couple of keywords like "usability" and "problems" are there :) If you use Amazon it should also pop up in the recommendations. I think the title is pretty good -- not too dry or technical.

Hehe it is in fact in my Amazon recommendations. ^^

Heh -- at first I thought the title really was "Rocker Surgery" (per the post title), and I was going to wholeheartedly agree with sebsn.

I direct communications at a small nonprofit, and our website is my domain. I don't have a technical background, but I'm our organization's "accidental techie." I love Don't Make Me Think: the book is easy to read and it has helped me lay out a plan for our new website. I'd love to know if Krug's new book would be a good read for me.

Oops.. Fixed :)

Hey, got my copy a few days ago. Have read through the book and written up a review. Read the review here: http://www.usabilitypost.com/2010/01/18/rocket-surgery-made-easy/