http://johnsorflaten.wordpress.com Winning at the Politics of Usability Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://johnsorflaten.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/get-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-with-credentials/#comment-3 Jamie Owen, M. Ed., CUA Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:09 +0000 http://johnsorflaten.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-3 I think the passive or uni-directional nature of "got dubbed" is, at this disciplines growth/transition point, a good thing. As "dubbees" who are aware of the enormity of the usability mantle, we are able to accept the new job role pro-actively. During the dubbing, one might say "Sure, your highness, I'll be your usability person...and here's the way it's gonna work!..." Without this pro-activity, we are at the random whim of any decision-maker who thinks he/she knows about usability, for example, from an article they read or a conversation they had with a cousin during a wedding reception in Topeka last month. I think the passive or uni-directional nature of “got dubbed” is, at this disciplines growth/transition point, a good thing. As “dubbees” who are aware of the enormity of the usability mantle, we are able to accept the new job role pro-actively. During the dubbing, one might say “Sure, your highness, I’ll be your usability person…and here’s the way it’s gonna work!…” Without this pro-activity, we are at the random whim of any decision-maker who thinks he/she knows about usability, for example, from an article they read or a conversation they had with a cousin during a wedding reception in Topeka last month.

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