How (not) to clone a linux installation
Recently I decided to move my second Linux Mint environment to another disk. One tiny detail left me stranded in GRUB console.
On the importance of design and how it affects everyday life
Welcome to the second entry of my commentaries on The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman and how it applies to the everyday software design. In this entry we'll focus on the interaction of the user with complex software and what the natural approach would be to design this kind of system. For this it is important to start with the definition of knowledge in the mind (or brain) vs. knowledge in the world (or in the system).
Don Norman's Error credo
I have been reading Don Norman's seminal The Design of Everyday things and thought to share some passages that resounded during my reading. I'll be posting a few of these in the near future with compilations of small chunks of text. For now, I leave you with the first of those quotes, one that is of great importance when designing tools for everyday use.