Comments on 101 Things I Learned in Interaction Design School: Play tricks, don't wait for a full-house

Sorry, Matt. I agree with Anon. In my experience, ...

2011-03-18T01:45:58.672+11:00

Sorry, Matt. I agree with Anon. In my experience, showing an incomplete design to a client makes them feel like they NEED to start making changes. PS, if you are going to comment on communication, you might want to avoid sentence fragments with two sets of parentheses. ;)

This is a good point Anon, but I would suggest tha...

2009-11-26T06:56:16.760+11:00

This is a good point Anon, but I would suggest that this is where our skills as perceptive consultants and communicators comes to the fore... for example understanding when to separate the interaction design from the visual design (e.g. because one or the other is still contentious). Knowing how to position a treatment (that may require a small leap of faith) within a supporting structure of research artefacts (e.g. personas, storyboards or scenarios). Being honest (see fluffy clouds) about the things that are speculative convinces your stakeholders that you aren't trying to pull the wool over anybody's eyes and allows them to feel comfortable about that ambiguity.

I would agree with you 100% except for the fact th...

2009-11-25T21:54:54.084+11:00

I would agree with you 100% except for the fact that some clients just can't picture "roughs" as what they are — roughs...
And then they start making changes based on things that they are mis-interpretting in the designs.
Some clients REALLY do need to see something as complete before they can be trusted to comment it intelligently.