http://www.inspireux.com/2009/02/04/what-personal-qualities-make-a-good-interaction-designer/ words to inspire user experience designers Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inspireux.com/2009/02/04/what-personal-qualities-make-a-good-interaction-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 Love Umbria Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:26:53 +0000 http://www.inspireux.com/?p=521#comment-4786 Without humility interaction design can only be great by accident -no matter how much confidence there is. Without humility interaction design can only be great by accident -no matter how much confidence there is.

]]> http://www.inspireux.com/2009/02/04/what-personal-qualities-make-a-good-interaction-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Dan Evans Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:02:38 +0000 http://www.inspireux.com/?p=521#comment-3078 I think it's difficult to balance humility with expertise. I agree that having the humility to listen to and implement the ideas of others is important. Sometimes a designer also has to tell their clients, customers, users "no". If they don't then it can become design by committee and will not necessarily address any one concern very well. Knowing when to submit and when to overrule is the real challenge I see here. I think it’s difficult to balance humility with expertise. I agree that having the humility to listen to and implement the ideas of others is important. Sometimes a designer also has to tell their clients, customers, users “no”. If they don’t then it can become design by committee and will not necessarily address any one concern very well. Knowing when to submit and when to overrule is the real challenge I see here.

]]> http://www.inspireux.com/2009/02/04/what-personal-qualities-make-a-good-interaction-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 graphpaper.com - Logic and Emotion Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:22:35 +0000 http://www.inspireux.com/?p=521#comment-2651 [...] Today’s item got me thinking: “Enough confidence to believe you can solve any design problem and enough humility to understand that most of your initial ideas are probably bad. Enough humility to listen to ideas from other people that may be better than your own and enough confidence to understand that going with other people’s ideas does not diminish your value as a designer. True concern for the comfort and happiness of other people, including your users and your teammates.” [...] [...] Today’s item got me thinking: “Enough confidence to believe you can solve any design problem and enough humility to understand that most of your initial ideas are probably bad. Enough humility to listen to ideas from other people that may be better than your own and enough confidence to understand that going with other people’s ideas does not diminish your value as a designer. True concern for the comfort and happiness of other people, including your users and your teammates.” [...]

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