Mismatch

Kat Holmes

I grabbed this one after landing on a Don Norman piece (www.fastcompany.com/90338379/i-wrote-the-book-on-user-friendly-design-what-i-see-today-horrifies-me). I enjoyed “The Design of Everyday Things" so I followed Norman’s suggestion to read Mismatch.

Pretty quick read, and full of things so obviously correct that I got impatient with the author’s patience? Good stuff.

Proximate posts in the Bookwyrm collection
Newer	How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra	30 December 2024
Newer	A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Mick Saunders	30 December 2024
This post	Mismatch by Kat Holmes	30 December 2024
Older	Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles , Eric Clapton, The Faces . . . by Glyn Johns	30 December 2024
Older	Close to the Machine by Ellen Ullman	30 December 2024

Proximate posts in the General collection
Newer	How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra	30 December 2024
Newer	A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Mick Saunders	30 December 2024
This post	Mismatch by Kat Holmes	30 December 2024
Older	Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles , Eric Clapton, The Faces . . . by Glyn Johns	30 December 2024
Older	Close to the Machine by Ellen Ullman	30 December 2024

Posts by platform by year, 1999–2026
	Blog	Facebook	Twitter	Tumblr	Instagram	Path	Vimeo	Strava	Mastodon	Bookwyrm	total

total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	572	2264	75	12181
1999	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
2000	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
2001	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
2002	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23
2003	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35
2004	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
2005	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2006	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2007	72	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
2008	33	546	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	748
2009	10	407	744	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1161
2010	6	195	352	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	556
2011	4	383	290	8	20	–	–	–	–	–	705
2012	–	372	254	124	19	16	1	–	–	–	786
2013	–	165	512	196	–	–	3	–	–	–	876
2014	–	73	670	270	–	–	–	6	–	–	1019
2015	–	74	889	554	–	–	11	2	–	–	1530
2016	–	55	12	389	1	–	3	–	–	–	460
2017	–	–	–	429	47	–	5	7	–	–	488
2018	–	–	–	414	45	–	–	7	123	–	589
2019	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	210	–	211
2020	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	452	–	457
2021	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	8	404	–	419
2022	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	422	–	427
2023	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	48	214	13	276
2024	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167	205	33	405
2025	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	222	154	22	400
2026	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	99	80	7	187
total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	572	2264	75	12181