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WebWord » Blog Archive » Angry Monkey Cash — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:58 +0000

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By: jordan 6 rings

jordan 6 rings — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:52:30 +0000

The Angry Monkey, however, ignores fear and crushes it! That’s also why the Angry Monkey makes more money than UX’ers, day in and day out.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:40:41 +0000

I’m too stupid to understand this post. Can anyone help me by providing an example of what the Angry Monkey has done with complexity that the stupid UXer hasn’t? So far, all I’m getting out of this is some obvious points about one man’s “what” is another man’s “how.” Not everyone can be a visionary, and somebody has to solve problems somewhere down the chain for those visions to work, no?

So – examples please, or GTFOH.

By: John Rhodes

John Rhodes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:40:07 +0000

Philip:

The Angry Monkey is doing just fine. He easily provides solutions to the hungry crowd. He can easily spot desperate buyers. That’s what he’s good at doing…!

UX’ers on the other hand — well, they see challenges. So, the point is that the Angry Monkey is a wealth magnet whereas most UX’ers are busy satisfying themselves. Intellectually. In labs. Doing research.

The “itch” that the Angry Monkey feels is far different than the “itch” of the UX’er. The UX’er uses research to find answers. The UX’er is thinking about the problem — not the opportunity.

The exact same situation yields an “itch” of opportunity for the Angry Monkey.

~ John

By: John Rhodes

John Rhodes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Jeffrey:

There is a lot of fear. It often kills opportunities. The Angry Monkey, however, ignores fear and crushes it! That’s also why the Angry Monkey makes more money than UX’ers, day in and day out.

~ John

By: Phillip Hunter

Phillip Hunter — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:26:31 +0000

John,

There are many of us in the user experience and interaction design field ready to “provide solutions to the starving crowd” and satisfy the Angry Monkey. Some of us are having trouble finding folks similar to your marketing friend who are looking for that help. Anyone you’d like to introduce me to?

By: Jeffrey Engel

Jeffrey Engel — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:34:44 +0000

I’m definitely an Angry Monkey. I see opportunity in every obstacle to getting something done. The problem is I work in IT, surrounded by left-brained lizards, and it’s hard to get an evangelist to support your idea that things could be easier when IT fears that this makes them less necessary. What they want is just to “make things prettier”. They view me as an Art Monkey. ;)

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