On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:38 AM, gavin burke|FAW wrote:
With music software a lot of the people who design the software spend their spare time using it to make music. A mix of both user/ designer. This can have its benefits as you are constantly real world testing and refining the interface as you go through the development process.
I would argue that there is a difference between a designer who is also a trained musician (creating software for themselves to make music with) from a designer who isn't a trained musician trying to sit in their user's shoes for a while.
The first is more Self Design (as I described here: http://is.gd/gLAQ) versus conducting more encompassing user research. Self design has its place, but it shouldn't be confused with research.
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