Archive for the 'Politics of Business' Category

Hey UX… Who’s Your Male Parental Authority Figure!

Friday, February 18th, 2005

There are many items floating around the UX blogland related to who owns the user experience.
I’ve sounded off on this before due to a couple of posts on OK/Cancel and Wodtke’s site. Well a new post and comic are up on the OK/Cancel site today. And being the intorvert who is really an [...]

Performance Requirements

Friday, January 7th, 2005

Usability objectives oft times include a timing element. Such as: The user shall enter all personal information and submit the application within two minutes, with no more than one error.
That’s a pretty typical usability objective. Generally speaking, I don’t often care how long a participant takes to complete a usability test task, though [...]

The User Experience Community is Thinking Just Right

Tuesday, December 21st, 2004

Or: Sit down, shut up, and do your work.
First off, let me make you aware of my title: Ozymandias.
Secondly, a quick reminder: Sit down, shut up, and do your work.
Somebody hired you to do a job. Do that job. But knowing you as I know myself, you can’t help but do [...]

The End is Nigh

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

Alrighty then.
Because I am a mostly honest person, I’d like to make the following declaration:
I agree with everything that Jakob Nielsen says (today).
The last 200 years have driven centralization and changed the human experience in ways that conflict with evolution. The Internet will reestablish a more balanced, decentralized lifestyle.
I had a conversation at dayjob [...]

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