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> And yes, that's all there is to it. But we're not doing it. Very annoying.
"Annoying" qualifies as the understatement of the week in my book.
>
> > Karen's point is starting with the user and
> > working backwards is the only logical way to build ultimately
> > satisfying systems.
>
> ... including, killing some of our babies in the process.
And that's what we're afraid of. Whether we call it "killing babies" or "taking a morning after pill" or anything else, we have to remember that WE WILL FAIL SOME TIMES. When people were moving westward a couple centuries ago there were lots of dead bodies along the way. Didn't matter. They came anyway and faced the fears and the risks involved.
I'm sure
> that even if we've spent many years building systems that we think
> work and they prove to be sub-par, we stick with it because of all the
> intellectual and actual work that has gone in to it, and perhaps we
> fear we're losing something by abandoning it. MARC is a good example
> of such.
Yes, another classic example of throwing good money after bad. I do wish I could find the black hole that all that money went down, though. If I found that money I could retire tomorrow.
dan
Received on Thu May 03 2007 - 08:36:52 EDT