My card sorting book is underway!

At 04:50 PM 4/25/2006, Listera wrote:
>Switzky, Andrew:
>
> > Perhaps card sorting can be adapted to be used as
a low-fidelity
> > method for documenting a user's mental model for
how a dynamic
> > application works.
>
>What's wrong with a prototype?

Prototypes are one tool.

Card sorting is another.

(Actually, there are different types of prototypes and
different types of 
card sorts, so they are each multiple tools.)

I have a potato masher in my kitchen utensil drawer:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/u-potmas
h-02.jpg

I don't use it to cook every meal, but it's damn useful
when making my 
son's favorite butternut squash recipe.

Nobody is gonna make *you* use Card Sorts, Ziya. You can
leave it in the 
drawer for someone else to use. 

Jared


Jared M. Spool, Founding Principal, User Interface
Engineering
510 Turnpike Street, Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845
978 327-5561   jspooluie.com  http://www.uie.com
Blog: http://www.uie.com/bra
insparks 


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