Thursday, February 3, 2011

Book Reading #8: Microblog for The Design of Everyday Things

Chapter 3
Summary
This chapter goes deeper into behavioral theory. The author discusses the constraints that must be met for an individual to preform actions, especially when they lack the ability to cognitively describe those actions. He goes on to discuss the benefits of control mapping and actions taken by individuals.

Discussion
I found this chapter much more abstract than the first two. Norman's perspective on the precision required to preform tasks is still highly innovative however. As a side note, I thought it was interesting how these readings have converged slightly with some of the ideas in Opening Skinner's Box.

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