http://www.meld.com.au/2009/05/the-idiot-check Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:53 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.meld.com.au/2009/05/the-idiot-check/comment-page-1#comment-247 Michael Leis Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:53:42 +0000 http://www.meld.com.au/?p=376#comment-247 Great practical example -- so much of the value in ux consulting is doing just this. Steve Krug calls it advanced common sense, and it is as you suggest: a fresh pair of eyes with a different perspective on the rental. Of course, it's oversimplified, because on the Web you're also checking to see if the rooms, and the path between the rooms makes sense to the people who are "renting" it along their path towards a goal. But it's funny working with design teams who have already checked that bathroom "a million times," much of the work is letting them know they left the place a mess without them feeling like all their work wasn't really cleaning, but more of a light dusting -- without it bruising their ego too badly :D Great practical example — so much of the value in ux consulting is doing just this. Steve Krug calls it advanced common sense, and it is as you suggest: a fresh pair of eyes with a different perspective on the rental. Of course, it’s oversimplified, because on the Web you’re also checking to see if the rooms, and the path between the rooms makes sense to the people who are “renting” it along their path towards a goal. But it’s funny working with design teams who have already checked that bathroom “a million times,” much of the work is letting them know they left the place a mess without them feeling like all their work wasn’t really cleaning, but more of a light dusting — without it bruising their ego too badly

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