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Everyday people are not very good designers.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Designers Everyday Everyday People Good People Very

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I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Design Doing Experts Know People Prefer Who

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Our information lives will be better served when we are free to get to our information from wherever we are, with any device available.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Any Available Better Device Free Get Information Lives Our Served Wherever Will

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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?

~Donald Norman

Topics: Actually After Been Big Could Degrade Designed Device Does Environment Ethical Good Happens People Question Stop Using Would

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I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Cannot Decide Measurable Measure Must Science Tendency Think Uninteresting You I Think

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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.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Basically Being Communicate Description Exercises First How Impossible Learning Point Show Text Tie Use Write Your

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Scientists are always skeptics.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Always Scientists

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The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.

~Donald Norman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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