We have seen cases where people are rewarded on product teams by
adding more features, more functions as a way to justify their
existence and to make themselves or to be seen as smarter.
Simplicity is not rewarded - because its, well, too simple.
Some of this translates to how well the team gel
Andrei Herasimchuk:
> 99% of the time, complex products are built poorly because the team
> building them lacked people who knew how to design software more elegantly.
Yes, but that's like saying McDonald's hamburger is not the best meat
dish you ever had. It wasn't designed to serve you one, it
On May 3, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Kontra wrote:
They don't need to *claim* that they make it so, but if, for example,
you observe that the vendors of expensive enterprise software (in the
high six, seven figures) get a very significant portion of their
revenue from product-specific training, coaching
Andrei Herasimchuk:
> I've never heard anyone in the software
> industry ever make the claim they makes things complicated on purpose.
They don't need to *claim* that they make it so, but if, for example,
you observe that the vendors of expensive enterprise software (in the
high six, seven figures
I don't know anything about flight control panels, but UNIX
(including Linux) has had a design akin to fraternity hazing from the
beginning. There was always a right of passage associated with
learning VI and EMACS for anyone who dared. I'm sure that has
changed recently as GUI is a lot more common
On May 3, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Gloria Petron wrote:
Unfortunately, the logic that overly complex systems are perhaps
best kept
that way in order to promote exclusivity amongst a superintelligent
few is
small comfort to those passengers on board airplanes that have been
flown
into the sides of
Point of clarification, Sir Joe.
If 911 is your concern. "coverage" is irrelevant. Put the phone on
roam and you can ALWAYS dial 911. In fact, you can take a phone out
of service (like I just did) on any phone and it can ALWAYS dial 911.
When you donate a phone to the police dept. They give it to h
In my case, it absolutely is.
ATT's own coverage map (and we know how "optimistic" these things can
be) shows that they cover very little of Virginia--primarily their
coverage is only along the major highways. As a motorcyclist who
enjoys riding on other-than-major highways, I need coverage
Hi Michael,
On May 2, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Michael Dunn wrote:
I am looking for resources
that might aid me in this- books, web articles, powerpoint or keynote
presentations, etc. I've already compiled a small collection of
such, but
would like to pick the collective brain on this matter. Any
Thanks, great to have these available on the go on my iPod.
Would it be an idea to add the presentation's title to the MP4
filename, in addition to the speaker's name?
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Posted from the new ixda.org
http://www.ixda.org/discuss?po
>
> Airplane consoles are hideously complex. Would simplifying them make it
> easier for more people to become commercial pilots? Would it serve the
> passengers and cargo well if some of the gauges were removed and the more
> powerful switches made harder to get at in order to have a "friendlier
Hehe. So true, in fact, I am one of those people.
I definitely don't want this to be dry and clinical. I don't think that
would even fly at the ad agency where I work- we're all pretty fun and
easygoing. I've also had to design enough ridiculous corporate power point
presentations in my day that
On May 3, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Peter Merholz wrote:
Lunchtime should be fun and engaging. I can't imagine discussions
more deadening then being told about Web standards. I would
encourage you to take this time to engage in ideas, perspectives,
and methods, to share case studies, and to encou
We regularly do lunchtime brownbags at Adaptive Path, with a mix of
internal presentations and invited speakers.
I was excited to read this:
I am currently trying to organize some
'lunch and learn' sessions in an effort to educate our design team
but then disheartened to read this:
I have
As promised, I made a second version of the podcast for those who
prefer to download just the audio of the talks. Both links &
subscription instructions are at:
http://futureshape.net/2008/05/ixda-podcasts/
Hope everything works fine, let me know if anything goes wrong.
Cheers,
Alex
1 on Jared's post. He's hit the nail on the head in my view.
One thing to add to that. My current domain, computer networks, is
facing significant pressure from product commoditisation in the low
cost segments from Taiwanese vendors producing me-too products. My
challenge is to differentiate o
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