TY - BOOK N2 - "Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. ... Having extensively researched owner's manuals, computer user-group newsletters, and how-to literature, Corn brings a fresh, consumer-oriented approach to the history of technology."--Dust jacket. AB - "Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. ... Having extensively researched owner's manuals, computer user-group newsletters, and how-to literature, Corn brings a fresh, consumer-oriented approach to the history of technology."--Dust jacket. T1 - User unfriendly :consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers / DA - 2011. CY - Baltimore : AU - Corn, Joseph J. CN - T173.8 CN - T173.8 PB - Johns Hopkins University Press, PP - Baltimore : PY - 2011. ID - 437488 KW - Technological innovations KW - Human-machine systems KW - Human-computer interaction. KW - Consumer satisfaction. SN - 9781421401928 (alk. paper) SN - 1421401924 (alk. paper) TI - User unfriendly :consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers / ER -