Aaron Marcus, President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A), and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of User Experience Magazine, is a pioneer of user experience design, publisher of eight books and more than 300 articles, former “Fast Forward” column editor of Interactions for five years, and the first user-interface designer to be elected to both the HCI Academy and to the AIGA Fellows. AM+A has been in business for more than a quarter-century, providing user-centered solutions on projects ranging from start-up ventures to business applications launched by some of the largest companies in the world. AM+A has served approximately 300 clients and completed approximately 500 projects.

• Foreword - Tom MacTavish. - Foreword - Ben Shneiderman.- Foreword - Peter Simlinger.- Preface.- Glossary of Key Terms.- Introduction.- The Green Machine.- The Health Machine.- The Money Machine.- The Story Machine.- The Travel Machine.- The Innovation Machine.- The Driving Machine.- The Learning Machine.- The Happiness Machine.- The Marriage Machine.- Conclusion.

Aaron Marcus, President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A), and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of User Experience Magazine, is a pioneer of user experience design, publisher of eight books and more than 300 articles, former “Fast Forward” column editor of Interactions for five years, and the first user-interface designer to be elected to both the HCI Academy and to the AIGA Fellows. AM+A has been in business for more than a quarter-century, providing user-centered solutions on projects ranging from start-up ventures to business applications launched by some of the largest companies in the world. AM+A has served approximately 300 clients and completed approximately 500 projects.

• Foreword - Tom MacTavish. - Foreword - Ben Shneiderman.- Foreword - Peter Simlinger.- Preface.- Glossary of Key Terms.- Introduction.- The Green Machine.- The Health Machine.- The Money Machine.- The Story Machine.- The Travel Machine.- The Innovation Machine.- The Driving Machine.- The Learning Machine.- The Happiness Machine.- The Marriage Machine.- Conclusion.

Aaron Marcus, President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A), and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of User Experience Magazine, is a pioneer of user experience design, publisher of eight books and more than 300 articles, former “Fast Forward” column editor of Interactions for five years, and the first user-interface designer to be elected to both the HCI Academy and to the AIGA Fellows. AM+A has been in business for more than a quarter-century, providing user-centered solutions on projects ranging from start-up ventures to business applications launched by some of the largest companies in the world. AM+A has served approximately 300 clients and completed approximately 500 projects.

• Foreword - Tom MacTavish. - Foreword - Ben Shneiderman.- Foreword - Peter Simlinger.- Preface.- Glossary of Key Terms.- Introduction.- The Green Machine.- The Health Machine.- The Money Machine.- The Story Machine.- The Travel Machine.- The Innovation Machine.- The Driving Machine.- The Learning Machine.- The Happiness Machine.- The Marriage Machine.- Conclusion.