[Sigia-l] Edward Tufte

[Joe 10]

Might have something to do with where and when the rubber meets the road.

Why not open that one up on "Ask ET":
http://www.edwardtufte.com/52388531/bboard/q-and-a?topic_id=1

a URL which only an MIT mother could love.

/Joe

At 11:35 AM -0600 2/12/03, Smith, Denise (Hewitt) wrote:
>Hi all -
>
>I went to Edward Tufte's one day seminar yesterday (thank you GOD for the
>restoration of my training budget!) and I was, I have to admit, a little
>disappointed on several levels. The first was his overt trashing of user
>testing (he sd that good designs mean you don't HAVE to user test). The
>second was his seeming complete unawareness that websites grow and die, and
>showing me screenshots from sites taken 2+ years ago is not going to really
>forward the cause.  I came away with a general feeling of dissatisfaction -
>did anyone else from Houston go? Or have gone in the past? His books are
>excellent, and I use them quite often as a reference, but I was rather let
>down in person.
>
>If anyone is interested, I can do a summary of what some of the more
>important points were that he did talk about.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Denise Smith
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