[Sigia-l] Computer scientists and engineers thinking about user acceptance and social adoption?

[Ziya Oz]

Andrew Boyd:

> the key thing for me here is that you are aware of when you need to go
> to the doctor

Correct. As an adult *I* am in charge of my body. :-)

> by training middle managers and baby engineers in UCD101 we do not make them
> Designers - we make them aware of the necessity of Design.

Yes, but implicit in that is the fact that without having learned UCD101
they would go off on their own and *create* products/services without the
benefit of design. That may explain the current status quo but that's hardly
ideal or worthy of advocacy: engineers, programmers, managers, etc should
*never* design products on their own. UCD101 is only a band-aid. Let's try
to cure the fundamental problem: giving Design a primary and strategic role
which should reduce development to construction/implementation/production.

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Ziya

Design is the art of not inventing.