I agree with most all of this Andrei. The problem is that UCD is not how many many products are developed. And that is the reason the term still has value.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 6, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Kurt Krumme wrote: > >> My problem is with the term User Centered Design itself. I agree >> that it's become over generalized. But every time I hear it, I ask >> myself, "As opposed to what"? >> >> In my work, I define design as the practice of defining goals and >> problems and then working to solve them. (note: I'm only speaking >> practically, I'm not trying to define design in its entirety for >> everyone) If you're building a web site, how could you do anything >> other than put the user and their interaction with the site first and >> foremost in every decision? Like many things in our industry, I >> think that people tend to introduce jargon in an attempt to >> legitimize the field. If it sounds fancy, it must be good! >> >> In my opinion it's just design, plain and simple. > > Bingo. > > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > Principal, Involution Studios > innovating the digital world > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c. +1 408 306 6422 > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
