Reference Information
Title - Living With Complexity
Author - Donald A. Norman
Editors - The MIT Press - 2010
Chapter 1
Summary
In chapter 1, Normans starts off by talking about complex things vs things being complicated. The state of the world is how things being complex are refered to. such as, the tasks we do and what we use to do them. The latter, things being complicated is more about a person trying to understand something.
Discussion
Chapter 1 was extremely interesting to me. I thought it was cool to look at the difference between something being complex and a complex thing. I can see where Norman is coming from when he talks about this in chapter 1.
Chapter 2 In the second chapter Norman discusses the belive that a person knows how something works, or the conceputal model. This model helps to make an extremely complex system alot simpler. "Featuritis" was also discssed which is addng more feature to an object to make it more complex. Simple objects do not always act simple so this is why Norman likes intermidiate.
Discussion
I enjoyed Chapter 2, especially the section on intermediate complexity. It is very true that really "simple" designs may actually make an item more complex than originally intended. Creating an easy to use product should be something all designers achieve to do.
Chapter 3
Summary
Chapter 3
Summary
The concept behind Chapter 3 was dealing with simple things that can tend to be a bit confusing. Norman talks about grabbing information from the real world and putting it on sticky notes. Complexity may arise from extreme need for large amounts of data
Discussion
I enjoyed reading this chapter my Norman. I agree that simple things can become confusing at times.
Chapter 4
Summary
Chapter 4 focuses on how everybody is able to take in new situations based on other people actions. He mentions that signifiers of appropriate use of features is essential to design. Interpretation of the signifier mostly depends on the complexity of the culture as well as related knowledge
Discussion
I enjoyed reading Chapter 4 by Norman. It gave a good perspective on people being placed in new, possibly uncomfortable situations. I for one, know how it feels to be somewhere where I didn't really know how to react and took hints from the people around me.
Discussion
I enjoyed reading this chapter my Norman. I agree that simple things can become confusing at times.
Chapter 4
Summary
Chapter 4 focuses on how everybody is able to take in new situations based on other people actions. He mentions that signifiers of appropriate use of features is essential to design. Interpretation of the signifier mostly depends on the complexity of the culture as well as related knowledge
Discussion
I enjoyed reading Chapter 4 by Norman. It gave a good perspective on people being placed in new, possibly uncomfortable situations. I for one, know how it feels to be somewhere where I didn't really know how to react and took hints from the people around me.
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