Nice. A truly exceptional, clear and constructive post. Well done, Terry.
In the DesignLab at UC San Diego, we have adopted the shorthand (taken from
programming languages) of simply responding +1 when we are in complete
agreement with an email.
So perhaps all I need to say in response to this particular email of Terry
is:
+1
Don
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've been arguing for a long time
> for a much more nuanced and detailed understanding on these issues. Mostly
> I've been arguing that there are methods of prediction usable in design
> that
> don't give perfect answers (no method ever does) but are way better than
> design methods involving people sitting around talking (participatory
> design/ stakeholder groups etc) and are well established in other design
> fields and can be used without too much training.
>
> At this point, in testing out that idea one way or another, it becomes
> useful to move to meta-theoretical thinking and look at the characteristics
> of theories rather than the theories themselves.
>
Don Norman
Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego: Think Observe Make
Prof. Emeritus Cognitive Science & Psychology, UCSD
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