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Author educator Design Purpose Psychology

AS for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them.

- Donald Norman

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Love People

I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in.

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Being First

Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that.

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Design Opinion

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

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People

A big ethical question is what happens after people stop using the device. Does it degrade the environment? Could it have been designed so it would actually be good for the environment?

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Error

To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.

- Donald Norman

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Faces

I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them.

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