Robert, I was only trying to convey the notion that designing is the rarer talent, because it is an amazing synthesis of both left brain and right brain processes. I personally don't find it hard. I would find evaluation hard because I'm not tempera mentally suited to it. But "hard" has become a distraction in this thread I wish I hadn't used it seven postings ago J.
Ø I understand. But this doesn't really explain your analogy that a Usability professional is like a movie critic, so I'm standing by my statement. I wasnt trying to say that being a usability professional is like being a movie critic in terms of *specific* methods. I was using the movie critic as one example of the age old debate as to whether being able to critique, evaluate, measure, analyze a domain, bestows on one the ability to design or create at an equally high level in that domain. My answer is no. I think there are people (but very few) who are good at evaluation and analysis who can also do good design but imho, they can design because they posses that talent, *as well as* the talent to evaluate and analyze not as a *result* of the talent to evaluate and analyze. Apparently, based on other posts in other threads, this comes across as annoyingly elitist. Im sorry if it does, but it just seems plain as a pikestaff to me. I have the good fortune to work with a great visual designer. I often need to critique his design. I try very hard not to make specific design suggestions. Rather I tell him what isnt working for me in the language of what my reactions to his design are. It is obvious to me that he possesses a magic that I simply do not have why get in the way of it? I dont think him elitist because he can do something I cant nor do I think him elitist because he cant explain to me what he is doing he just does it way better than I can. Why does superior talent have to be explicable to everyone in order to be acceptable. Is it political correctness? Some people are just better at some things than others. 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
