HW#1 09.02.2012

Captain’s Log:

So I finished reading “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things” by Donald Norman and  it’s basically an article about how certain designs  meant for interaction between people can be confusing to use. While I read, I had mixed feelings of understanding and belief. I could believe about the story of the woman how couldn’t figure out her high-tech washing machine but the guy that got stuck in revolving doors is ridiculous. Anyway,  I could see the point of the reading was that some designs’ functions might not be so obvious to  some people rather than others. As for times where I found it  hard for me to use a certain machine or use some sort of  software, nothing really good comes to mind. I could write about how my family can be incompetent when it comes to tech in general like  how my grandmother can’t figure out how to open her  contacts on her cellphone even  though there’s a shiny  button for it but that’s not what I think could  be a good answer since I ‘m supposed to tell of a time where  an  interface was confusing.

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