The Design of Future Things

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1. hellbannerJul 2017
   In Design of Future Things, ex-Apple UX designer Don Norman interviews (anonymous) engineers of a self-driving car:

   DN: "It sped up when we left the freeway instead of slowing down on the exit, that was dangerous. Why did that happen?"

   ENG: "Car saw it was on a straightaway. We'll add a rule to handle that."

   DN: "So you have to add rules for every possible situation? Doesn't that mean that the car is always at risk for what it doesn't know about yet?"

   ENG: "That's Not-A-Problem. We will classify everything."

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2. JeffJenkinsJan 2010
   There are actually cars being built now which will auto-brake in cruise control when you're behind a car going slower so you match their speed, and auto-breaking in emergencies when a collision is detected. Along with trying to nudge you away from leaving your current lane when you haven't signaled, the cars of the future are actually giving you less to do (though I don't think they would ever completely remove the manual control, but that's because it can be life or death).

   Don Normal talks about this in his book "The Design of Future Things": http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/the_design_of_future_1.html

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3. sgorayaNov 2008
   Love to read - I used to read a lot more fiction, but as of late, have been reading a lot of non-fic to include magazines like Scientific American, The Economist and Harvard Business Review. My current reading list includes the following books, currently on my desk at the office:

   Good in room by Stephanie Palmer About giving good presentations and pitches

   The design of future things by Donald Norman Many of you have probably read or heard about his previous book, 'design of everyday things'

   A class with Drucker by William Cohen Lessons learned by a former student of the renowned business/management professor Peter Drucker

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