Title:
Living with Complexity Book Reading
Living with Complexity Book Reading
| dc.contributor.author | Norman, Donald A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Nielsen Norman Group | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Academic Enrichment | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Library | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of Undergraduate Education | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-28T18:32:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-28T18:32:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-03 | |
| dc.description | Presented in the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Room 144 on October 3, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. | en_US |
| dc.description | Runtime: 80:45 minutes. | en_US |
| dc.description | Based on the 2013 First Year Common Reading Book: Living with complexity by Donald A. Norman, MIT Press, 2010. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | If only today’s technology were simpler! It’s the universal lament, but it’s wrong. We don't want simplicity. Simple tools are not up to the task. The world is complex; our tools need to match that complexity. Simplicity turns out to be more complex than we thought. In this provocative and informative book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives. It’s not complexity that’s the problem, it’s bad design. Bad design complicates things unnecessarily and confuses us. Good design can tame complexity. Norman gives us a crash course in the virtues of complexity. But even such simple things as salt and pepper shakers, doors, and light switches become complicated when we have to deal with many of them, each somewhat different. Managing complexity, says Norman, is a partnership. Designers have to produce things that tame complexity. But we too have to do our part: we have to take the time to learn the structure and practice the skills. This is how we mastered reading and writing, driving a car, and playing sports, and this is how we can master our complex tools.Complexity is good. Simplicity is misleading. The good life is complex, rich, and rewarding—but only if it is understandable, sensible, and meaningful. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 80:45 minutes | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49326 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | First-Year Reading Program | en_US |
| dc.subject | Design technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Complexity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Complicated simplicity | en_US |
| dc.title | Living with Complexity Book Reading | en_US |
| dc.type | Moving Image | |
| dc.type.genre | Lecture | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Office of Undergraduate Education | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Project One | |
| relation.isOrgUnitOfPublication | 6ae6edd2-8ec4-4136-8506-07ec39b89961 | |
| relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 084040a0-7059-4ce4-a757-61d85212224a |
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