Great interview in The New Scientist with Donald Norman, the author of the "Psychology of Everyday Things," a stunning book on human interface design. I read this book when it was first published in the mid '80's and it became one of my bibles. Ever since, I have been absolutely anal when comes to interface design - bad design drives me batty.
Here's a quote from the interview I particularly enjoyed:
New Scientist: You don't have what I think of as the stereotypical MIT engineer personality.
Donald Norman: Actually, I do fit that profile. I feel hypocritical that I'm writing about the importance of emotions and interactions, when with my family I am poor at these things.
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