Usability Quote of the Day

February 9, 2012

Most people who encounter computer-based automation at work do not choose the software with which they work, and have comparatively little control over when and how they do what they do. For them, the use of computers can be an oppressive experience, rather than a liberating one. -- Sarah Kuhn, Bringing Design to Software, edited by Terry Winograd, 1996    (via interaction-design.org)

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Donald Norman awarded Benjamin Franklin medal for his work on user-centred design

User centered design takes center stage ...

"Donald A. Norman of Northwestern University and the Nielsen Norman Group will be awarded the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science "for the development of the field of user-centered design, which utilizes our understanding of how people think to develop technologies designed to be easily usable".

This was announced this Wednesday by the Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia, USA. The ceremony will take place on 27 April 2006."   continued ...   (Via Putting people first)

Franklin Medal - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Franklin Medal

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