... Are you equating Larry Constantine with the Agile community? That really is quite funny. Todd, I get the feeling that you know nothing about Larry's...
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Todd Zaki Warfel
toddwarfel
Jul 13, 2009 2:20 am
... I'm equating Larry's expressed perspective with an expressed perspective from the agile community and one of the reasons so many UX practitioners snuff off...
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Larry Constantine
foruse1
Jul 13, 2009 8:17 am
Todd, I don't know where to begin. No one here in this forum, and certainly not me, has ever implied (as far as I can recall) that user research provides ...
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Jeremy Kriegel
sonojerarc
Jul 13, 2009 3:18 pm
Larry's original post about the magic of "both/and"; vs. "either/or", as well as some of the comments that followed reminded me of one of my own perspectives on...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Jul 13, 2009 4:27 pm
... ... and type of project, and kind of problem, and the people on the team and ... ... I'm also beginning to think that there is a pattern language evolving,...
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Anders Ramsay
andersramsay
Jul 13, 2009 5:15 pm
Hi Dina, As William and others said, talking about a "best" method is probably not that fruitful. Similar to the saying about politics, all methods are local....
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Todd Zaki Warfel
toddwarfel
Jul 13, 2009 5:34 pm
... Have "no reason to believe" while not exactly the same, is quite interchangeable with "can't imagine." Looks like hair splitting. You can blame the...
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Jeremy Kriegel
sonojerarc
Jul 13, 2009 5:56 pm
I think there is an assumption in the prior comments that I'd like to call out. It is that you and your team are familiar with UX practices as used in ...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jul 13, 2009 6:12 pm
Hello, Todd. I am possibly the nastiest person you or this group has ever seen. However, I'm handing my pinball crown to you. You have consistently ...
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Jeremy Kriegel
sonojerarc
Jul 13, 2009 6:26 pm
so you're no longer the Bally table king? jer 'digging up the original Tommy soundtrack' kriegel "Be well, do good work & keep in touch." - Garrison Keillor...
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Scott Preece
sepreece
Jul 13, 2009 6:42 pm
But, you'll still hold the crown for pithiest, most-cryptic putdowns! scott...
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Todd Zaki Warfel
toddwarfel
Jul 13, 2009 7:20 pm
... Actually, Ron, I did provide a reason: times change. SMEs are only one data point in the entire spectrum of research. While I don't undervalue them, they...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Jul 14, 2009 3:52 pm
I'm guessing (hoping) that some of the UK folk on this list might pop along to this. I'll be going and it would be lovely to get together for a chat :-) ...
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Anders Ramsay
andersramsay
Jul 14, 2009 9:50 pm
For those of you in the NYC area and interested in discussing the intersection between Agile and UX, join us for an Agile Experience Design Round Table this...
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Anders Ramsay
andersramsay
Jul 15, 2009 10:17 pm
Hi Everyone - the date for this event is *July* 21, not Aug 21, as stated below. Sorry for any confusion!...
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Tim Wright
crazy_timnz
Jul 16, 2009 9:48 am
I just had to read this entire thread to understand the points. Actually, I had to read it twice. Larry's original point that led to this was: there are times...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
Jul 17, 2009 12:12 pm
Friday, 31 July Agilista Meetup with Jon Kern and Corey Haines in Quakertown, PA See info here: http://coreyhaines.com/images/corey_jon_invite.jpg ...
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Lacroix, Eric
eric.lacroix
Jul 17, 2009 2:08 pm
Some interesting reading a bit of usability…. When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how...
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
Jul 25, 2009 9:50 pm
Due to an amazing aptitude I have for taking on double the work I can get done at any one time, I've been completely ignoring this list. I just now went back...
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
Jul 25, 2009 10:14 pm
John, I really appreciate you writing your original post: http://dux.typepad.com/dux/2009/07/values-in-software-design-practice-.html I've been having long...
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
Jul 25, 2009 10:30 pm
Happy birthday agile-usability! Without fanfare, this list past it's 5 year mark. Which is really saying something since I've seen a number of lists come and...
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
Jul 25, 2009 10:47 pm
[Yes, my recent flurry of messages was driven by my guilt for not participating, and for wanting your attention to self-promote.] All, I'm offering two...
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John Schrag
jvschrag
Jul 26, 2009 4:18 am
... That's a really interesting observation. When my company first adopted Agile sometime around 2001, I found it alarming. It seemed to be all about making...
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
Jul 26, 2009 6:21 pm
... <snip> ... It's the process in response to horror story that's a bit of a methododologists pitfall, at least as my friend Alistair Cockburn describes it to...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jul 27, 2009 1:49 am
... Yes, and every thing you do has a cost--principally in terms of NOT doing something else. Something that might payoff better. When people say "this should...
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John Schrag
jvschrag
Jul 27, 2009 2:53 am
... Heh. It would never occur to me to recommend something that I wasn't doing myself. ... An excellent point. This is, in fact, one of the reasons I want to...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jul 27, 2009 3:01 am
... I often recommend exercise and eating sensibly ... Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com www.xprogramming.com/blog War remains the decisive human failure. --...
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j_karttunen
Jul 27, 2009 3:32 am
Sounds like alternative medicine fallacy. If the product was success, it must have been because of all the UX research. If it failed, the reason was too little...
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Jeremy Kriegel
sonojerarc
Jul 27, 2009 3:42 pm
One of Jeff's points resonated strongly with me. To put it flippantly, no one cares how we build products, just how much they get from using them. Ideally, the...
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Raghu
usabilitymat...
Jul 30, 2009 12:38 pm
Dear friend, UMO is happy to announce the competitions for the year 2009 and is also thankful for the numerous participation for the past years. Expecting the ...
