DesignAday

My name is Jack Moffett. I am an Interaction Designer with over ten years of experience. According to Herb Simon, that makes me an expert, so I must have something worth sharing. I have started this venture as an exercise to spur critical thinking about my chosen profession. I hope that others may find it thought provoking as well.

DesignAday will present a brief thought about Design every weekday.
Aug 29
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Postpone No

I’ve asked the developers I work with to postpone no. There is one developer I work with that, upon seeing a sketch for a design I’m working on, will immediately rip off five reasons why it can’t be done that way. The database this, and performance that, etcetera, etcetera. Then, five minutes later, he would be back at my desk with a great idea for how it could be implemented. I ask them to postpone saying ”no” for long enough to mull over the possibilities. Then, if a good solution hasn’t turned up, we’ll work on Plan B.

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