Comments on: Recognizing the Brilliance Beneath the Surface

By: Alan Frank

Alan Frank — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:46:31 +0000

I can empathize with Paul Curtis. I have often found myself cleaning away the historical clutter from web sites.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:47:00 +0000

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By: Jeff Parks

Jeff Parks — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:36:17 +0000

Excellent post Eric, I just replied to your ideas. You shared many of the thoughts from your post in our recent discussion on Leadership http://tinyurl.com/nebxgv

I think as technology gets easier for everyone to use the purpose of these tools will become clear: to connect us with other human beings.

As Jesse James Garret pointed out at UX Week 2009 http://www.vimeo.com/6952223 User Experience is about four essential elements: perception, cognition, action, and emotion.

I loved his differential definition of a Database Architect and an Information Architect. A database architect designs for other machines. An Information Architect designs for other people.

I think the emotional component of his framework is one that we need to focus on more heavily moving forward. After all, we’re all designing for other people – right? :)

Cheers!

By: Eric Reiss

Eric Reiss — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:24:53 +0000

There must be something in the air. I’ve been thinking exactly the same thoughts. I hope you’ll visit my recent blogpost at: http://www.fatdux.com/blog/2009/10/20/cultural-literacy/

Cheers,
Eric