Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  To school or not to school (02 Apr 2006) Whatever you do, remember that you must continually be learning. It is essential to keep up with rapidly evolving practices, with new technologies, procedures, business models, markets, and so on. So no matter what your schooling, make sure you are always engaged. Go to all the talks, seminars, and meetings you can. Attend national conferences. Subscribe to the journals and magazines and newsletters. Often these will disappoint or even bore you, but stick to it. You will be surprised how your sophistication grows over time, even though no single event seems responsible. When I go to a five-day conference, if I get one new insight, that makes it worthwhile. One insight after five days? Yup. Insights are rare. One or two a year, and that is a rich life. To school or not to school is a question only you can answer. But to keep learning all of the time – that is essential for everyone. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/to_school_or_not_to.html Read 89 more articles from Don Norman sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Web navigation is about moving forward          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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