Comments on: Design by enthusiasm

By: Ivanka Majic

Ivanka Majic — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:55:47 +0000

Here are some UX Advocates links:
http://davidsiegel.org/announcing-ux-advocates/
http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/user-experience-advocates/
http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/UXAdvocates

By: Ivanka Majic

Ivanka Majic — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:07:51 +0000

@Richard This is part of what the UX Advocates project is all about. There is no silver bullet and not one set for every project. I look forward to picking this up further but, in the meantime I have annual leave starting tomorrow for 2 weeks so you will have to excuse the brevity of the response!

By: Richard Querin

Richard Querin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:24:35 +0000

So good to read the very last sentence. But now let’s hear who that set of target users is, and what needs we have to fulfill. This is what great design requires.

By: Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo

Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:48:08 +0000

Thanks for pulling up my ponder, Ivanka

And I also believe that curation is key, also for FOSS. To many features and options gets stuffed in ‘just because’. I think a well curated application, that does alot of thinking on its own, is much better than one you have to fine tune to use.

By: Troy James Sobotka

Troy James Sobotka — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:16:54 +0000

“Ideas are cheap. Let’s learn to be discerning. Let’s get enthusiastic about building great things for a set of target users to fulfil a particular need.”

Amen.

So utterly refreshing to finally hear this coming from Canonical.