As someone who's been strangely drawn to reading the posts around this topic, very well put Andrew.
To me, much of this comes down the problem you're solving and its context both of which can suggest a methodology or technique neither of which can guarantee success and they're countless examples (Apple, Craigslist, Google, 37 Signals, MySpace, etc.) that have shown this. We are increasingly moving towards a world where the ability for products to solve human problems cannot be assured with one method or school of thought and you have to insure the principles one is using to guide a design process are malleable enough to adjust to various environments (and this said as a happy UCD, IxD & UX koolaid drinker). My .02 - Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44980 ________________________________________________________________ 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
