On Jun 25, 2008, at 6:33 AM, J. Ambrose Little wrote:
Having some framework and set of standard techniques to add some
predictability and reliability is not only far more attractive to
those
spending the money, but it is also helps guide designers to do the
right
thing, especially less experienced ones.
Design is not about having a set of standard techniques that you
follow blindly. Similarly, playing music is not about just hitting
notes on whatever instrument you play. If you want predictability or
reliability being a designer, then the only way you'll ever get that
is through practice and more practice. But following a process to get
reliability in design is like creating a player piano and then
listening to its music. At first, it's moderately interesting to hear
The Entertainer on it, but after a short while, it's both monotonous
and lacks any human touch.
You want a framework? Go take a design class. Simple as that as far as
I'm concerned.
As for the people who pay the checks? All they care about is getting a
great product. If you design great stuff they don't care how you did
it. Guaranteed.
--
Andrei Herasimchuk
Principal, Involution Studios
innovating the digital world
e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
c. +1 408 306 6422
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