The Design of Everyday Things
Everyday tasks are not difficult because of their inherent complexity - they are difficult only because they require learning arbitrary relationships and mappings, and because they sometimes require...
View ArticleUsing Octopress with Github Flavored Markdown (RedCarpet)
One of the most annoying features of Markdown for me is the fact that newlines within a paragraph are automatically joined, which is one of the reasons why I like Github Flavored Markdown so much. Ever...
View ArticleChapter 1: The Psychopathology of Everyday Things
The human mind is exquisitely tailored to make sense of the world. Give it the slightest clue and off it goes, providing explanation, rationalization, and understanding. Introduction This chapter of...
View ArticleChapter 2: The Psychology of Everyday Actions
If an error is possible, someone will make it. The designer must assume that all possible errors will occur and design so as to minimize the chance of error in the first place, or its effects once it...
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