On Jun 23, 2008, at 3:39 PM, James A. Landay wrote:
I take issue with Dan using Jared's abstract in the way he did.
First, the abstract for such a conference keynote is often meant to
be controversial so as to attract an audience. Jared knows this
quite well as he also uses it to attract folks to his company's
services and annual "conference." But, more importantly it is
improper to quote it and take a particularly important word out of
the first sentence. Jared actually wrote:
"/Fast forward 25 years and it *now seems* the foundations of user-
centered design are now disintegrating. " (emphasis mine)/
It seems odd (and in fact dishonest) to me that you cut that part
out. He is asking questions here, not making a statement that it is
true.
Are you seriously suggesting that I, a respected member of this
community, would deliberately try to mislead people because I slightly
trimmed a sentence (for legibility: I didn't think the Fast Forward
bit made sense out of context)? That I would misquote someone who is
also on this list and could easily correct me if I misspoke? Do those
two words change the substance of the argument in any substantial way?
For shame, sir. Now you are splitting hairs and trolling. If you took
the time to see Jared's keynote or slideshow, you would see that he is
NOT just raising the question, he is in fact making this statement and
offering a solution.
Dan Saffer, M.Des., IDSA
Experience Design Director, Adaptive Path
http://www.adaptivepath.com
http://www.odannyboy.com
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