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I love Don Norman. He is the curmudgeon we all need. 83 years old and still spritely. You know he (and Tim Shallice) also developed one of the most important th
by dr_dshiv 7y ago
I love Don Norman. He is the curmudgeon we all need. 83 years old and still spritely. You know he (and Tim Shallice) also developed one of the most important theories of executive functions and working memory?
His Human Information Processing textbook is still one of the best intro-to-psych textbooks out there.
He ran the first cognitive science department in the world -- brought in Geoff Hinton at the beginning of his career.
And, he always writes with the hope that people will disagree with him. That's his jam.
- dredmorbius 7y agoYes, he is. I'd heard the name, mostly in the context of The Design of Everyday Things. But going through his publications, there's a hell of a lot more there: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ANorman%2C+Donald+A.&qt=hot_author https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ANorman%2C+Donald+A.&q... I've extended my reading killer asteroid of death somewhat over the past day or so. (It is most definitely no longer a list, pile, tower, or mountain.) I was also stunned this particular essay hadn't been previously discussed on HN.