Bruce tognazzini biography

Tognazzini left Apple in 1992 for Sun Microsystems, where he worked for four years.
Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini (born 1945) is an American usability consultant and designer.
Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini is the third principal, along with Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman, at the Nielsen Norman Group, the “dream team” firm specializing in.

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Bruce Tognazzini

Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
Born	Bruce Tognazzini 1945 (age 79–80) California, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Principal, Nielsen Norman Group
Spouse(s)	Julie F. Moran, MD (1986–present)

Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini (born 1945) is an American usabilityconsultant and designer. He is a partner in the Nielsen Norman Group, which specializes in human-computer interaction. He was an early employee of Apple Computer, staying with the company for fourteen years, then he was with Sun Microsystems for four years, then WebMD for another four years.

He has written two books, Tog on Interface and Tog on Software Design, published by Addison-Wesley, and he publishes the webzineAsktog, with the tagline "Interaction Design Solutions for the Real World".

Background

Tog (as he is known in computer circles) built his first electro-mechanical computer in 1957, landing a job in 1959 working with the world's first check-reading computer, NCR's ERMA (Electronic Recording Method of Accounting), at Bank of America, in

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Bruce Tognazzini

### Bruce Tognazzini Biography

#### 1. Early Life
Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini was born in 1945, in California, United States. From a young age, Tognazzini showed a keen interest in technology and human-computer interaction, a field that was in its nascent stages during his childhood and adolescence. He pursued his education in the realm of Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), which laid the foundation for his illustrious career in interface design and usability.

#### 2. Career
Bruce Tognazzini’s career is a testament to his pioneering contributions to the field of user interface design. He began his professional journey at Apple Inc. in 1978, where he became the 66th employee. At Apple, Tognazzini founded the company’s Human Interface Group, which was instrumental in setting the standard for software interface design. His work during these early years helped shape many of the interface standards and practices used in computing today.

After 14 years at Apple, Tognazzini left in 1992 to join Sun Microsystems. At Sun, he took on the role of a Princip

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Bruce Tognazzini

Bruce „Tog“ Tognazzini (* 1945) ist ein amerikanischer Usability-Berater und Designer. Er arbeitet derzeit in Partnerschaft mit Donald Norman und Jakob Nielsen in der Nielsen Norman Group, die sich auf Mensch-Computer-Interaktion spezialisiert hat. Er arbeitete vierzehn Jahre lang bei Apple Computer, anschließend vier Jahre bei Sun Microsystems und dann weitere vier Jahre bei WebMD.^[1]

Er hat zwei Bücher geschrieben, Tog on Interface und Tog on Software Design, die bei Addison-Wesley erschienen sind, und er ist Herausgeber des Webzines Asktog mit dem Slogan Interaction Design Solutions for the real world.

Berufliche Laufbahn

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Tog (wie er in Computerkreisen weithin bekannt ist) baute 1957 seinen ersten elektromechanischen Computer. 1959 erhielt er einen Auftrag für den ersten Scheck-Lesecomputer der Welt, den ERMA (Electronic Recording Method of Accounting) von NCR, bei der Bank of America in San Francisco.

Tog war ein und einflussreicher Mitarbeiter von Apple Computer, von 1978 bis 1992. Im Juni 1978 li