Abstract
Welcome to the last installment of Traveling in Cyberspace. Mike Coovert wanted to make this issue of TIP a special one, given that it would be the last under his editorship. He challenged us to come up with a very special topic on how technology will change the world of work in the twenty-first century, and we rose to the challenge. We wanted to interview a visionary, someone who has had, and will continue to have, a major impact on technology. We could think of no one better than Donald Norman, who was kind enough to grant us an interview.
Dr. Norman has been a leader in the fields of cognitive science and human-computer interaction for many years. He served on the faculty of the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California at San Diego from 1981 to the present, and is currently Professor Emeritus. From 1993 to 1997 he served as Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc., and as Vice-President of Apple Research Laboratories from 1995 to 1997. Currently, he serves as head of the Appliance Design Center for Hewlett-Packard. He is the author of multitudes of publications and books. One of his more popular books is The Design of Everyday Things, published by Doubleday. (This is one of our favorite books of any kind, and is a MUST read for anyone who thinks they are too inept to program a VCR! Hint: It’s not your fault, it’s badly designed!).
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist (TIP) |
| State | Published - Apr 1998 |
Keywords
- Donald Norman
- human-computer interaction
- technology design
- cognitive science
Disciplines
- Digital Communications and Networking
- Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces