At the end of a recent interview, the candidate asked me “What is software design to you?” I can probably come up with a thousand different answers but the one that popped into my mind immediately that day was “*software design is making the ordinary extraordinary*.”
Okay, so maybe it won’t get me a mention in Businessweek, but what I was trying to capture and communicate was that software design in particular is largely about taking unglamorous tools and making them functionally robust and efficient, rewarding to use, and aesthetically pleasing. We aren’t artists, but we are creatives. We aren’t rocket scientists, but we’re smart and talented. And every day we have to use our creativity, smarts and talent to design the best tools for people to use. *So I’m interested… in 10 words or less, what is software design to you?* Enter more than one if you like (as seperate comments). (would love to get comments on my post about his so that I can collect them all in one place): http://www.dexodesign.com/2009/07/03/in-10-words-or-less-what-is-software-design-to-you/ -------- Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/russwilson ________________________________________________________________ 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
