Can someone provide links to any articles that illustrate this "hate-on"?
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Kurt Krumme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know that there's a hate-on in progress, but I do think that > there is a spirited debate, and a much-needed one. > > 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. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33885 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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