[IxDA Discuss] Apparently, IxD is not obscure enough

[Robert Hoekman, Jr.]

> I'll bite... how do you build a prototype *without* hammers, wrenches
> and screwdrivers?


Depends on how we're defining hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers. You don't
need a prototype to run a usability test, and you don't need to run a
usability test to produce a prototype. So usability testing can be a
"hammer" that has nothing to do with prototyping.

And design is not always about design tools, because some design tools are
intangible. Sometimes it's about leadership, manipulation, empathy, cunning,
and other things in your toolbox as a designer that can't possibly be
brought to light through a prototype. Sometimes it's a matter of simply
being convincing.

You don't need to be convincing to build a prototype, nor do you need a
prototype to be convincing.

This conversation is getting quite figurative now, but it's interesting.

-r-