Comments on: Usability Label for 27-Dec-2004 http://www.webword.com/wp/2004/12/28/usability-label-for-27-dec-2004/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: MatthewOliphant http://www.webword.com/wp/2004/12/28/usability-label-for-27-dec-2004/#comment-9562 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2004/12/28/usability-label-for-27-dec-2004/#comment-9562 <p>When I first started in this field, I quickly found out it was difficult to explain what I do in 25 words or less. And mostly because I went over the 25 mark by using more words to explain the words I used in the initial 25. :) So I just started to say, "I design software."</p> <p>But what I do is more than design software. The funny thing is, what I think about when describing what I do is something akin to an Efficiency Expert. Like the Bob's in Office Space. Except that has such a bad connotation. I'd point out that perhaps a certain role within the company wasn't needed, but that wouldn't necessarily mean the people need to be let go.</p> <p>Efficient doesn't just mean cutting costs. Just yesterday I decsribed what I do as, "improving business processes and designing Web-based applications." Though I am thinking about going back to my very first iteration of thw what-I-do-do description: Superhero, Swashbuckler, Adventurer Extraordinaire.</p> When I first started in this field, I quickly found out it was difficult to explain what I do in 25 words or less. And mostly because I went over the 25 mark by using more words to explain the words I used in the initial 25. :) So I just started to say, “I design software.”

But what I do is more than design software. The funny thing is, what I think about when describing what I do is something akin to an Efficiency Expert. Like the Bob’s in Office Space. Except that has such a bad connotation. I’d point out that perhaps a certain role within the company wasn’t needed, but that wouldn’t necessarily mean the people need to be let go.

Efficient doesn’t just mean cutting costs. Just yesterday I decsribed what I do as, “improving business processes and designing Web-based applications.” Though I am thinking about going back to my very first iteration of thw what-I-do-do description: Superhero, Swashbuckler, Adventurer Extraordinaire.

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