Navin, You say:
"it is rather strange that evaluation and analytical tools tend to start playing the role of a design tool. even in process design i see more and more people resorting to simulation and evaluation tools for the purpose of design itself. no wonder good processes don't get made that easily." I agree whole-heartedly. I talk with lots of people (as a consultant being inside many different firms, and as a presenter at conferences where I field questions) who seem to feel that if they collect enough techniques, enough tools, enough process, that their project will somehow all come together as a whole. Their conception of the design process is too mechanical. Good design is holistic. A good designer synthesizes the information available yet adds cohesion, magic, wow, clarity, simplicity to the project in a way that no amount of tools or process can duplicate. Joseph Selbie Founder, CEO Tristream Web Application Design http://www.tristream.com ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
