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The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check

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Re: The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check

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Post by pavelludiq »

prospero wrote: post #20
pavelludiq wrote: post #17

I once tried to imagine what one of those people was thinking and i felt a strong vacuum in the right part of mi brain. I don't know if anyone of you was ever asked himself what makes these people different. Weren't we the different ones? These people are boring, they live in their own worlds. Thats probably exactly what they think of us :D We understand nerds problems because we are nerds and these problems are our…

If you have a way to make multi-core processors improve the speed of day-to-day tasks, then all the "average Joe" has to know if that it makes his computer faster. And because that's something that he does care about, you have a $100 million idea. It's absurd to think that there are no real-world problems which have interesting solutions. To say that you can't understand what more "average" people would find useful i…

Upon hearing this i was enlightened.

Re: The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check

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Post by jodrellblank »

demandred wrote: post #3

is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance? Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.

I feel that any list worded in the style:

- some item - another item - ... - oh yeah, and REALLY IMPORTANT POINT

contains condescension inherently. It says "the last point is the core of my post and is so important that you must know it. See how I faked almost-forgetting-it to clearly show how trivial it is to me. Be thankful that I deigned to hand it down to you instead of just throwing it away."

Re: The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check

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Post by prospero »

pavelludiq wrote: post #21
prospero wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have a way to make multi-core processors improve the speed of day-to-day tasks, then all the "average Joe" has to know if that it makes his computer faster. And because that's something that he does care about, you have a $100 million idea. It's absurd to think that there are no real-world problems which have interesting solutions. To say that you can't understand what more "average" people would find useful i…

Upon hearing this i was enlightened.

I think that only happens once the squirrels start bringing you food while you're under the tree.

Re: The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check

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Post by dzohrob »

brlewis wrote: post #13

This was my thinking 2004-2007 and was my biggest mistake. Targeting late adopters has not proven to be a successful strategy. http://friendfeed.com/e/41230d54-d425-07c8-38a3-4bada029126b

from the post:

"When designing UX think about what your mom would use, not what Louis Gray would use"

That's probably a good rule. That's not saying build something a geek wouldn't use.

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Post by ardit33 »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #12
wallflower wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flip Video: 13 percent of the camcorder market

The Flip is a fantastic example. We need something like that for digital cameras.

I agree. I am trying to find a dead simple digital camera for my parents (both on their 60s), that also takes some good quality pictures.

Imposible to find, and it seems that newer versions just cram more features into, things that my parents will never be able to figure out, or use them properly.

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Post by helveticaman »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #11
omouse wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember that stat and I can believe it. The interfaces on those cell phones sucks :S

I've got a bog-standard cell phone (Razr) and I still get tripped up by the interface. I hate it!

Don't get carried away now. Razr is shit. Most other cellphones aren't that bad.

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Post by [deleted] »

pavelludiq wrote: post #17

I once tried to imagine what one of those people was thinking and i felt a strong vacuum in the right part of mi brain. I don't know if anyone of you was ever asked himself what makes these people different. Weren't we the different ones? These people are boring, they live in their own worlds. Thats probably exactly what they think of us :D We understand nerds problems because we are nerds and these problems are our…

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