Don Norman wanted a large latte made with decaffeinated coffee and low-fat milk. He told this to the college student behind the counter at the Grove Caffe, the coffeehouse set among one of the stands …
December 1, 1994
News & Stories
Don Norman and The Psychology of Everyday Things
Iron Mountain has become San Diego County’s second most popular hike
North County’s Iron Mountain thrusts its conical summit nearly 2700 feet above sea level, well above any low-lying wintertime haze over the coast and suburbs. On many a crystalline December day, the summit offers a …
December 1, 1994
Stucco worked well for the Mayas, built much of Rome, and covers San Diego
Two factors helped bring the artistic use of stucco to a halt: modernism, with its emphasis on simple, unbroken planes, and the invention of the stucco “gun,” a machine process for blowing stucco onto walls.
December 1, 1994
Writer Pat Daugherty meets other Pat Daughertys
My birth certificate reads "Patrick Daugherty." When I was a child everyone called me Pat. My first love, a big-busted, traveling woman, dubbed me Patrick, gave my full name back to me, but that happened …
December 1, 1994