The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman · first published 1988

Recommended by 2 people Jeff Atwood, Tiago Forte

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  1. Jeff Atwood Co-founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse

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    On his developer reading list — design lessons from everyday objects.

    Recommended Reading for Developers Blog postblog.codinghorror.com Coding Horror · 2 Feb 2004 · checked 12 Nov 2026

  2. Tiago Forte Productivity expert and founder of Forte Labs

    Explicit recommendation

    Listed as one of Tiago Forte's favourite books on his North Star Podcast episode page.

    Tiago Forte: Designing a Better Life Podcast episodeperell.com North Star Podcast · undated · checked 12 Nov 2026

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