I'm not sure if I'm responding to flame bait or not. Is your brother available for hire?
I don't know anything about cognitive psychology or web usability (Ask any one of my clients; they'll agree with me). But, to say that your 8 year old brother has the same skills as someone w/ a degree in "x", just doesn't click well in my mind. At 12:57 PM 3/17/2006, you wrote: >My 8 year old brother is just as qualified as any psyche major at informing >someone of what should be changed in an application to make it more 'user >friendly'. > >Saying cognitive psychology has a lot to do with usability is like saying >breathing is necessary to live. I don't know anyone who went to college and >majored in breathing that came out claiming their degree gave them the >knowledge to change the way everyone else breathes. It's a label on the way >people supposedly 'think' based on past experience and it's complete BS to >assume everyone thinks the same way because their uncle did odd things to >them or they have to move their mouse 5 more pixels to the left. > >I bet there are a ton of porn surfers out there that are WAAAYY better >suited for recommending usability changes than psychologists. Why? Because >they surf the web one handed >..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. >Bobby Hartsfield >http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:02 AM >To: CF-Jobs-Talk >Subject: Re: usability skills > >Cognitive Psychology has a lot to do with usabilty , especially my >area, attention and information processing. Where do you think this >stuff came from in the first place? > >On 3/17/06, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 'bout as much as psych > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 6:11 AM > > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > > Subject: Re: usability skills > > > > I'm happy for you, Bobby. But what does that have to do with usabilitiy > > skills? (curious) > > > > Judith > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2939 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
