Jared Spool states: "In my opinion, Jim, the reason why you're seeing these "caricatured oversimplifications" is that we're all struggling here trying to understand the essence of what you're talking about."
Well, I would say that any understanding and desire for dialog must start first with some respect and restraint towards rhetorically mischaracterizing what one may be struggling to understand. Peter went so far as to actually label his caricatures as "Jim says..." This doesn't strike me as a very productive way to proceed with an effective discussion, and I'm sure our readers would rather not be forced to wade through a lot of signal-free noise and thrash. I've also stated that its in reviewing the documentation of RED projects that the patterns and processes become apparent. RED is not a "reduced practice." RED involves a process that's embodied in the repeated activities and approaches taken by its practitioners, which can be captured to varying degrees in documentation of those projects' records. In the case of many of my own projects I began documented them fairly well early on, in order to serve as the means to better communicate to prospective clients exactly all that was involved in a wide range of projects. And this has worked. It was methodical, and it accrued over time. I take great exception with the oversimplification, "just really-smart-and-experience-people-doing-good-work" as within that is a great deal of the complexity. I've flatly stated that this complexity can only really be studied (after the fact) in documentation of the development and outcomes. It's unrealistic to expect that all of that vast set of issues be laid out here for easy digestion in just a few days. In a text forum no less! My goal, which I stated earlier, is not to be drawn into a frustrating and ineffective debate with naysayers, skeptics, or those who strongly advocate other approaches to design. My goal, which has already produced some significant results in the posts of others here, is to begin a dialog about this general approach to design primarily with others practicing in similar manners (of which variation is expected). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37626 ________________________________________________________________ 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
