Tim Bouma on Nostr: Where I got turned off by ‘user-centric’ design is when it got taken over by the ...
Where I got turned off by ‘user-centric’ design is when it got taken over by the self-appointed muses who claimed they only, with their deep knowledge, could discern the needs of the users. ‘Techno-barbarians need not apply!’
My contention was always - the users didn’t know what they wanted, because they were not aware of the possibilities to begin with. They were always asking for ‘faster horses’.
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