CNET has this little nugget today, an interview with Don Norman, in which the former vice president of Apple’s Advanced Technology Group says, “For years I used to say, ‘We shouldn’t have to adapt to technology, it should adapt to us.’ I now believe that’s wrong. We shouldn’t have to adapt to arbitrary technology. On the other hand, so much of our modern life has been a major adaptation to the technology surrounding us, whether it’s heating systems, lights, telephone, or television. … The issue is not how tech-savvy you are, or how quick you pick up to it. I believe these are things that often take many hours to master…You just didn’t want to spend the next 20 hours of your life mastering it.”
