DONALD NORMAN

He is single handedly GOD of interaction design....his book Design for everyday things( DOET) is a bible of interaction design and i have been following him since a while now......His was the first book i bought through online shopping...but i can say reading DOET i found a way to a place called NID i.e. education in interaction design....Norman has written many other books....few i admire ....like User Centered System Design....his website has loads of knowledge....he was the first person who introduced me to the concept of Affordances....i wish to meet him once in lifetime...


Here are some of his links:

http://www.jnd.org/

http://www.jnd.org/dn.pubs.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Norman