Re: The Myth of Seven, Plus or Minus Two

Subject: Re: The Myth of Seven, Plus or Minus Two
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:29:31 -0800 (PST)


> > My theory is that people are big, dumb, stupid,
> > over-critical, incredibly subjective, and highly
> > opinionated masses of complex protein. Each person
> > will do something different, and claim their way
> > is best. No one will be completely happy with
> > anything.
> > So, either design something that is 100%
> > subjectively intuitive for each and every person,
> > or build what you can and tell the whiners to sit
> > on their thumbs.

> Excellent theory!

Thanks!

> Now for the first refinement: How to distinguish
> between whiners and those with useful suggestions
> that would make the thing you build easier to use
> to the majority of users?
>
> Happy theoretizing ;-)

No further theorizing needed. My original theory still
holds. Their suggestions will be b(i)ased on what they
perceive, which is completely subjective.

Wow. How profound is that? The fundamental difference
between "based" and "biased" is "I"...

LOL!

I should win a Nobel Prize for that theory!!!

=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

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