Five User Experience Lessons from Johnny Depp by Steve Tengler.
Print this post out and pencil in your guesses for the Johnny Depp movies that illustrate these lessons:
Lesson #1: It’s Not About the Ship You Rode In On
Lesson #2: Good UXers Plan Ahead to Assimilate External Content
Lesson #3: Flexibility on Size Helps Win the Battle
Lesson #4: Design for What Your Customer Wants … Not for What You Want
Lesson #5: Tremendous Flexibility Can Lead to User Satisfaction
Then pass a clean copy to the next cubicle and see how they do.
Funny how Lesson #4 keeps coming up.
I had an Old Testament professor who said laws against idol worship were evidence people were engaged in idol worship. Rarely prohibit what isn’t a problem.
I wonder if #4 keeps coming up because designers keep designing for themselves?
What do you think?
If that is true, then it must be true that authors write for themselves. (Ouch!)
So how do authors discover (or do they) how to write for others?
Know the ones that succeed in commercial trade by sales. But that is after the fact and not explanatory.
Important question if you are authoring curated content with a topic map for sale.
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