Comments for One Girl's Climb into the Wild World of Design http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Here Comes the Heresy by Michael Long http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/here-comes-the-heresy/#comment-47 Michael Long Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:19:08 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-47 In general, I prefer to audience over user. Ninety percent of the time I refer to the user by the persona name or role. In general, I prefer to audience over user. Ninety percent of the time I refer to the user by the persona name or role.

]]> Comment on Here Comes the Heresy by Nolan Egly http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/here-comes-the-heresy/#comment-46 Nolan Egly Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:24:39 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-46 I agree with you. "Person" is rather generic ("the end person using the product"? Too wordy), and "user" is only derogatory because we have a habit of assuming the end user is stupid. Just like changing "janitor" to "sanitation engineer" isn't going to make people of lesser character stop looking down on them for doing a "menial" job, "person" isn't going to change attitudes. Software teams have to do that. I agree with you. “Person” is rather generic (“the end person using the product”? Too wordy), and “user” is only derogatory because we have a habit of assuming the end user is stupid. Just like changing “janitor” to “sanitation engineer” isn’t going to make people of lesser character stop looking down on them for doing a “menial” job, “person” isn’t going to change attitudes. Software teams have to do that.

]]> Comment on Toolbox Series: Personas by Here Comes the Heresy « One Girl’s Climb into the Wild World of Design http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/toolbox-series-personas/#comment-45 Here Comes the Heresy « One Girl’s Climb into the Wild World of Design Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:57:53 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-45 [...] to users. Sometimes one product will have multiple users and many different roles. Creating personas is one way to deal with this. For e-commerce sites you can have “Sharon the Shopper” and [...] [...] to users. Sometimes one product will have multiple users and many different roles. Creating personas is one way to deal with this. For e-commerce sites you can have “Sharon the Shopper” and [...]

]]> Comment on Applying UX to the coffee pot by UX of the Alarm Clock « One Girl’s Climb into the Wild World of Design http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/applying-ux-to-the-coffee-pot/#comment-43 UX of the Alarm Clock « One Girl’s Climb into the Wild World of Design Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:13:58 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-43 [...] remember my brief yet oh so true rant about my coffee pot. Well now I have a new appliance based enemy: the alarm clock. It’s a terrible experience to [...] [...] remember my brief yet oh so true rant about my coffee pot. Well now I have a new appliance based enemy: the alarm clock. It’s a terrible experience to [...]

]]> Comment on Activity Theory, Goal-Directed Design, and you by Michael Long http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/activity-theory-goal-directed-design-and-you/#comment-42 Michael Long Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:55:04 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-42 Excellent discourse on activity theory and goal-directed design. Investigating and modeling both the activity and its hierarchy of actions and operations while 'assigning' those actions to specific audience members (backed up by personas), interaction designers find that rich context we need to create relevant and succinct solutions. Excellent discourse on activity theory and goal-directed design. Investigating and modeling both the activity and its hierarchy of actions and operations while ‘assigning’ those actions to specific audience members (backed up by personas), interaction designers find that rich context we need to create relevant and succinct solutions.

]]> Comment on Get Up with the Get Down by Sarah Buser http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/get-up-with-the-get-down/#comment-40 Sarah Buser Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:19 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-40 Hey Liz, Thanks for the StyleSheet nod. I really enjoyed your post and I love #1- I would be lost without my close circle of geek friends! Thanks for reading! Sarah Hey Liz,
Thanks for the StyleSheet nod. I really enjoyed your post and I love #1- I would be lost without my close circle of geek friends! Thanks for reading!
Sarah

]]> Comment on Uncomplicated by Indi Young http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/uncomplicated/#comment-30 Indi Young Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:45:22 +0000 http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-30 Your macaroni example makes me smile! :) Your macaroni example makes me smile! :)

]]> Comment on About by bibomedia http://climbingdesign.wordpress.com/about/#comment-3 bibomedia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:43:09 +0000 #comment-3 Have a nice day ! Have a nice day !

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