[IxDA Discuss] Paired programming... not two off-topic I hope

[Robert Barlow-Busch]

On 22-Jun-06, at 12:09 PM, Meredith Noble wrote:
> Robert, I completely agree with this: one of the best things about  
> pair
> programming is the tremendous amount of learning opportunities that  
> arise...
> It's so great to bounce an idea off a partner and be able to grow  
> it into something
> better as a team.

Wise words, Meredith. And thanks for sharing your experience with XP.

The lesson above applies equally well to interaction design. Think  
about projects in which you've been a sole designer vs. those in  
which you worked with another. My best work is *always* as a result  
of pairing up with someone else, for the reasons Meredith describes  
above.

Ironically, the XP project I'm involved with right now has me as the  
sole designer. So while I'm surrounded by programmers working in  
teams... I'm sitting all by my lonesome. <cry>

We need more designers on our team here at Quarry, so if you're  
interested or know of someone who'd like to work in Waterloo,  
Ontario, Canada, please send 'em my way! See a recent job post at:

http://www.triux.org/2006/04/job-user-experience-designer/

-- 
Robert Barlow-Busch
Practice Director, Interaction Design
Quarry Integrated Communications Inc.
rbarlowbusch at quarry.com
(519) 570-2020

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