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Designing for Human Attention
- Shank 9y ago> I was heavily inspired by the book “Designing with the Mind in Mind” by Jeff Johnson. Are there any other good resources for learning design principles like this? There are a lot of frameworks like Bootstrap & Foundation that don't provide the tools, but not the insight into how to make effective design. I would love to hear if there are related or better books that read like this article.
- tw1010 9y agoThe book by Johnson has a few suggestions in its introduction.
- plainOldText 9y agoThe Design Of Everyday Things, by Don Norman. I believe this book helped me understand better and establish a foundation for what good design is.
- lhuser123 9y agoI have watched many YouTube videos of Don Norman. Not just short talks but long lectures too. Highly recommended. It's interesting how he brings together knowledge from different domains and real life experiences, to help you get better insights about human behavior.
- fujiters 9y agoI started skimming the article a few paragraphs in. The irony.
- justboxing 9y agoMe too. Then I discovered unsplash.com on the image credit for the dude with the laptop at the beginning of the article, and went there and 30 minutes later...
- amelius 9y agoI really don't like my software to scream for my attention all the time. I'm looking at you Facebook, Google.
- rhizome 9y agoIt's not just them, several popular business models are predicated on interruption and distraction. "Here's a link to another story, inserted after the first paragraph of the one you're reading now." "Subscribe to YouTube Red [Remind (interrupt) me later]"