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In praise of the particular, and other lessons from 2023
- ut working this way, I feel better-equipped to make progress on my ideas than I have in quite some time. Single-user experiments like this emphasize problem- finding and discovery, not precise evaluation. In fact, my work with one student uncovered a startling hypothesis that consumed much of my year: what seems like a problem of forgetting is some... See more
from In praise of the particular, and other lessons from 2023 by Andy Matuschak
Alex Dobrenko added 5mo ago
there’s so much to learn from a 1:1 experience of observation
- So in 2023, I switched gears to emphasize intimacy . Instead of statistical analysis and summative interviews, I sat next to individuals for hours, as they used one-off prototypes which I’d made just for them. And I got more insight in the first few weeks of this than I had in all of 2022.
from In praise of the particular, and other lessons from 2023 by Andy Matuschak
Alex Dobrenko added 5mo ago
love the word intimacy here