[IxDA Discuss] aquire usability labrats

[damon at vanvessem.net]

Having people not immersed in your project/business look at it is  
always valuable, whether they are experts or potential future users.  
(And yes, sometimes it's rough to see your company pay more attention  
to outside experts' ideas ;-) There should be a balance...)

Here's another way to look at whether or not to keep your project a secret:
  http://paulgraham.infogami.com/blog/copy
"Companies should worry more about making something worth copying and  
less about whether someone will. Worry most about how to make  
something people want. If you're building anything good enough to  
copy, you're way ahead."

cheers
Damon


> On 5/17/06, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <rhoekmanjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We're the IxDs here, right? Aren't we supposed to be the experts? If I'm
>> doing my job well, my company should be able to rely on *my* expert analysis
>> and recommendations instead of hiring outsiders to tell the stakeholders
>> what they should be able to gain in-house.