Thursday, February 3, 2011

Book Reading #8 - Design of Everyday Things

Chapter 3: Knowledge in the Head and in the World
Summary:
This chapter talks about the memory process and how clues from the world can aid in the memory process. When there aren't clues present in the world to aid memory and how to use a design, then the burden becomes solely on the memory, which isn't good.  The world/design should contain reminders and intuitive clues to aid the usefulness.
Discussion:
This book is getting more boring with every chapter. All of this seems too obvious to write/read about. I did laugh when he commented on having small enough computers to carry around with him.

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