Author

Books by Alan Cooper

Alan Cooper is an American software designer, programmer, and author known as the father of Visual Basic and the creator of the user persona methodology. He founded Cooper, an interaction design consultancy in San Francisco, in 1992. About Face, first published in 1995, established interaction design as a named professional discipline. His other books include The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (1999), a critique of technology designed without regard for users. Cooper has been a significant voice in making the case that design, not engineering, should lead software product development.