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Subject:Re: Usability Assessment: A Common Sense Activity From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:42:12 -0800
That's funny, I could've sworn I just said that. :)
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> There's a difference between being good and only appearing good.
> Those that are can look at someone and know the difference. To those
> that aeren't, they cannot tell.
>
> Good cannot be determined by those who do not know what that is.
> That's like saying that good building construction technique in
> building a house is getting a roof on it. Bring in someone like an
> inspector and you find out that if the ground thaws, the building
> falls over. Only someone who knows the right way to build the house
> knows if the house was built by someone who is good at it.
>
> It's maybe one reason that our field has deteriorated to value only
> those who are judged good by those who do not know the difference,
> then when something out of the ordinary comes along, they fail to
> achieve the results.
>
> Good is not knowing how to get from A to Z in 26 steps. Good is
> knowing how to get there in 5 steps.
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