pragmatism or idealism:
a user experience conundrum
Iain Barker

Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

No, no, no!!! I won’t let it
happen. It can’t work that way!
We must launch. We will launch.
Ha ha ha ha!!!
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Iteration 94
Iteration 95
Iteration 96
Iteration 97
Iteration 98
Yippee!! Lets go again Not again!
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Is good ever good enough?
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

“idealism is what
precedes experience;
cynicism is
what follows”
David T. Wolf
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

“idealism increases in direct
proportion to one’s distance
from the problem”
John Galsworthy
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

“idealism is fine, but as it
approaches reality the cost
becomes prohibitive”
William F. Buckley
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Design is compromise
“making the right trade off between
the ‘right’ interface for the designer, and
the ‘possible in my lifetime’ reality
confronting the engineer”
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

benchmarks
user experience strategy
user research
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Sometimes good has to be good enough!
When you are standing in the gutter, aiming for the
stars might be too far to go in one step.
I’d rather get to the pavement as quickly as possible
rather than spend all that time building a space ship
standing in rubbish.
Iain Barker | UX Australia 2009

Iain Barker | Freelance user experience consultant
iain.barker@gmail.com
http://simplerisbetter.wordpress.com