I am saying, be informed and intelligent. Cite relevant literature and
findings.
Know the historical literature and refer to it where appropriate. But also
be up to date and use recent findings where relevant.
I judge the person's competence, in part, by their ability to select what
is relevant and by their knowledge of the field. The age of their
references is a secondary indicator of their knowledge: a weak indicator,
but nonetheless, relevant
Don.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Jonathan Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> So you are saying we should not pay too much attention to what is in The
> Psychology of Everyday Things and instead put more value on the most recent
> edition of The a Design of Everyday Things, even though there is a lot of
> overlap?
>
> (and more of the same)
>
Don Norman
Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
[log in to unmask] designlab.ucsd.edu/ www.jnd.org <http://www.jnd.org/>
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