About Don Norman

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Schedule

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Updated June 5, 2023

Past Events that can be viewed online are listed at the very end of this schedule. Conferences, Etc.

September 14, 2023 (By video)

Usability & User Experience in Germany (UIG) e.V.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/usability-in-germany_uig2023-donnorman-designforabetterworld-activity-7071434228818702336-WnyQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

July 9, 2023 (Tijuana, Mexico. In person)

2 - 4 PM: Conversation at SALAA, Tijuana, Mexico.

September 22, 2023 (Singapore. In person)

Singapore Design Thinking | UX conference

September 26, 2023 (Shanghai, China. In person)

World Design Cities Conference (WDDC)

October 9-13, 2023 (Milan, Italy. In person)

International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2023)

Milan, Italy (https://www.iasdr2023.polimi.it/)

October 19-20, 2023 (Oslo, Norway. In person)

Y Oslo conference

Oslo, Norway. https://www.y-oslo.com/speakers/

November 8, 2023 (by video)

University of California, San Diego Osher talk (for the community)


Podcasts and talks available for viewing:

Design Matters w/Debbie Millman

https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/don-norman

Artificiality w/Helen and Dave Edwards.

https://artificiality.substack.com/p/don-norman-design-for-a-better-world#details

My discussion section at FLAME University,

Pune India (1 hour)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6E5Iiok-Q

McKinsey & Company Author Talks:

This includes a transcript of the conversation as well as selected video sections.

/https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-don-norman-designs-a-better-world

Discussion with Bob Kozma about our two books

Bob's book is "Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values". His book and my DBW book are very similar in spirit, so they strengthen and reinforce one another. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7063645482488627201/

Writing To Me

I try to respond personally to all my mail, but this depends upon my workload, which varies between high and unreasonably high. I answer many correspondents each week, most frequently from students. I spend a lot of time at this. But please avoid asking me these things:

  1. Don’t write asking me to solve your job problem or write your research paper.
  2. If you have specific questions about jobs or schools, I will try to answer them, but I must have specific questions, not vague, general ones. Start by reading my essay “How to find a job or graduate school.
  3. Do not send me a questionnaire: I will not answer them: they seldom get at the important issues so they waste everyone’s time.
  4. Don’t ask the obvious. To answer student questions, I often do simple web searches, entering a few terms into a search engine, then emailing back the result. When I do this, I try to explain what I have done so that the students learn how to do it themselves the next time. But when senior people ask me those same sort of questions, ones for which they could have answered by themselves with a little bit of work, I tend to get annoyed, cranky, and rather irritable. Please, don’t make me be rude to you.
  5. Don’t ask the impossible. I sometimes get questions that are unanswerable. They are not quite in the same league as questions about the meaning of life, or how to reach world peace, but at times they feel the same to me. My rule is simple, if the question can’t be answered in a paragraph, please don’t ask it. I already spend roughly 3 or more hours a day on email, every day of the year: weekends, holidays, .. every day. Please be considerate.

But please do write.

I enjoy the questions and examples. I learn a lot from them, and I usually learn even more when I answer questions, so the time is worthwhile for all concerned. Just don’t abuse the privilege.

You can contact me at don at jnd.org

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