> > Regardless, on any given day, or any given project, a vastly experienced >> designer can be wrong a hundred times and an inexperienced designer can be >> right a hundred times. Experience matters far less than judgment. >> > > This comment is totally obscure to me. > > In my view, judgment in a design situation is strongly informed by > experience.
Someone with lots of experience might be in a better position to have good judgment, but that doesn't s/he will exercise it. Time magazine did a cover story once about the importance of the "experience" argument in the presidential campaign. They cited studies where very experienced nurses fared no better than less experienced nurses in making life or death decisions, and often fared worse. They found that experienced practitioners relied more on habit while less experienced practitioners were more prone to examine all the information available (albeit quickly). As a result, either group was just as likely to kill a patient. -r- ________________________________________________________________ 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
