[IxDA Discuss] Fighting the good fight

Alexander Baxevanis alex.baxevanis at gmail.com
Thu Jul 5 23:41:06 PDT 2007


Sounds like something straight out of the OK/Cancel comic strip :)

http://www.ok-cancel.com/

Maybe somebody should forward this thread to the authors, if they're
not in this list...

On 7/5/07, Valerie Gomez de la Torre <valeriegomez at gmail.com> wrote:
> walking to my desk last week I passed by two managers staring at a wall that
> divides their desks from a main hallway...
>
> [Manager1]
> Hey, let's ask our "User Experience" expert (and yes, the finger quotes were
> used)
>
> [Me]
> Hi guys, what are you working on? How can I help?
>
> [Manager2]
> Well...we want to put something pretty on this wall....any ideas?
>
> [Me]
>  :|
>
>
>
>
> On 7/5/07, Will Parker <wparker at channelingdesign.com> wrote:
> >
> > An email exchange this morning:
> >
> > [Creative director]
> >         Let's look at all of our 'standard' text buttons and price
> > formatting
> >         as a group and attempt to _really_ standardize how they look
> >         across all of our products.
> >
> > [Me]
> >         Absolutely. I'm on it.
> >
> > [Account manager]
> >         Let's standardize how we standardize things. ;-)
> >
> > [Me]
> >         Actually, yes, let's do that. It's called information
> > architecture.
> >
> > - Will
> >
> > Will Parker
> > wparker at ChannelingDesign.com
> >
> > "I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If
> > that were the case, then Microsoft would have great products." -
> > Steve Jobs
> >
> >
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