http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2009/07/27/theres-no-i-in-design/ User Experience Design Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2009/07/27/theres-no-i-in-design/#comment-45162 think blog » Dancing Around Egocentric Design Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:02:06 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=401#comment-45162 [...] But here’s the thing – if we’re all so intellectually aware of this user-centered process, and we’ve even got maps like this one to follow, why so often are design meetings cluttered with egocentric “I” statements around design justification? I’m not talking about expert opinion or careful stepping in the users’ shoes. I’m talking about personal perspective statements such as “Well, if I were looking for white Velcro hi-tops I would want to sort all shoes by lacing method.” It’s amazing how quickly a statement like that from the right stakeholder can derail a group’s user-centered approach and send everyone down the road toward over-engineered chaos (this topic comes up for us a LOT – remember Phil’s “There’s No “I” In Design“?). [...] [...] But here’s the thing – if we’re all so intellectually aware of this user-centered process, and we’ve even got maps like this one to follow, why so often are design meetings cluttered with egocentric “I” statements around design justification? I’m not talking about expert opinion or careful stepping in the users’ shoes. I’m talking about personal perspective statements such as “Well, if I were looking for white Velcro hi-tops I would want to sort all shoes by lacing method.” It’s amazing how quickly a statement like that from the right stakeholder can derail a group’s user-centered approach and send everyone down the road toward over-engineered chaos (this topic comes up for us a LOT – remember Phil’s “There’s No “I” In Design“?). [...]

]]> http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2009/07/27/theres-no-i-in-design/#comment-27205 think blog » Cool ≠ Useful Tue, 25 May 2010 18:15:44 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=401#comment-27205 [...] that are useful like to believe that useful is universal, but that’s not always the case (see Charron v. McIntire). NYT Globe [...] [...] that are useful like to believe that useful is universal, but that’s not always the case (see Charron v. McIntire). NYT Globe [...]

]]> http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2009/07/27/theres-no-i-in-design/#comment-1301 Kris Tregnan Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=401#comment-1301 Sad to say, I am a pack rat when it comes to saving my design progress ...hence the numerous external hard drives I have, not to mention, a key chain full of memory sticks. I must agree with you Phil...not a huge fan of Gmail...too cluttered for my liking...I tend to like clean design or maybe I am just stuck in my ways! Sad to say, I am a pack rat when it comes to saving my design progress …hence the numerous external hard drives I have, not to mention, a key chain full of memory sticks. I must agree with you Phil…not a huge fan of Gmail…too cluttered for my liking…I tend to like clean design or maybe I am just stuck in my ways!

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