On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > I'm really trying to believe you're not intentionally twisting words to attack a straw man, but it is hard, nigh on impossible. In any case, I'm not about to engage on an ephemeral debate about what design is or is not. *There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.* Have fun with that. > > You want a framework? Go take a design class. Simple as that as far as I'm > concerned. > *Businesses* want a framework. *Businesses* want reliability and predictability and accountability. This is not a question of what I want. I want folks to throw money at me and let me sit in a room and do whatever I want all day, play violin, read, write, play chess, philosophize, make stuff... > 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, I caution you against making broad generalizations like this. The software industry is way bigger than the few companies at the top who make the great products. If that's all you want to care about, more power to you. I'm interested in talking about how to make the other 99% of software being developed better, not just what works for me. --Ambrose ________________________________________________________________ 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
