17. November 2008

People and Machines

Ein sehr schöner Artikel von Don Norman (Autor von The Design of Everyday Things): People Are From Earth, Machines Are From Outer Space.

The average household has 73 different electronic appliances. Seven of them have never been taken out of the box; 14 are tucked away in kitchen drawers, bathroom cupboards, and closet shelves. As for the rest, they're scattered about the home, each with three tiny red lights, some with blue or green ones, all of them beyond anyone’s comprehension. Oh, and they blink with mysterious patterns, probably sending subtle signals to one another, or maybe to machines lurking around the corner.

Es handelt sich dabei um die Einleitung zu Normans aktuellstem Buch (ich glaube: The Design of Future Things). Aber, auch wenn man nicht vor hat das Buch in nächster Zeit zu lesen, ist es ein sehr schöner und kurzweiliger Beitrag.