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My User Friendly 2008 Kick-Off Presentation

Started by pjsherman · 6 months ago

Long time no post. Sorry. Been too busy obsessively following the U.S. election at www.FiveThirtyEight.com. If you’re a hardcore stats junkie, this is - or was, after Tuesday - the site for you.
Anyway, since my last post I traveled to Hong Kong and Shenzhen to take part in the U ... Continue reading »

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Ole Gregersen
6 months ago

Wow. I must say, that just reading those slides, gave me a feeling of support, understanding and wisdom. I have been very frustrated about many of the things you mention. It takes something special to relax in the typical usability-specialsit environment, because (like you say) there are so many build-in challenges. I'm not relaxed yet - you seem to be - so I have some usability-zen yet to achieve. I teach usability myself in Copenhagen and will most certainly use this wisdom to add to my "usability in the organization" talks. I'm now a newborn change agent. Hey, it feels good. Might change my business-card now. Thanks, Ole Gregersen

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Ole Gregersen
6 months ago

besides being disapointed not to see my own comment here, I also note that the loink to the presentation is broken, which is a shame, since its a great couple of slides.

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