This part really stood out to me:
...in terms of the nature of the products that they produce,
building such literacy is a very real and useful step in helping
combat that particular affliction. Designers need technological
literacy, too, and both need an equal dose of business acumen.
Without
Bill has become a recent hero in our design/development studio.
If you have 20 minutes I would suggest watching this.
http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/KEY01
It is just worth it to see him physically demonstrate why it is so
important to focus on transition from Step A to Step B versus just
Nice piece. That happens a lot with clients/colleagues in other
disciplines asking for simple black and white answers to issues that
have a lot to do with context and many other factors.
On the other hand, I would be careful about seeing usability as
something that requires a lot of
You can slice design into lots of small issues, skills, and knowledge
sets... none of which are exclusive domains. I think Bill's point is that
design is not one of those. While everybody relates to design and believes
they have some capacity to design, not everyone has a comprehensive toolset.
We
Holy cow, I wish that I had written this...
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2009/id20090429_083139.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories
Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To post to
FWIW, that's an excellent write-up of why I went back to school to study
design...
mark schraad wrote:
Holy cow, I wish that I had written this...
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2009/id20090429_083139.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories
