Wisdom

You aren't the user you're building for

Quote

what I thought a podcaster wanted, or what I thought a podcast prep looked like, was actually nothing like what it looked like, because I wasn't a podcaster.

Episode 79: Users and Developers Partying Together (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:21:18 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave says he's had to relearn this many times. For over 10 years he'd add 'killer features' to the Freedom Controller for Adam, only to find Adam never used them. Adam's explanations showed that what Dave imagined a podcaster wanted was nothing like real show prep, because Dave wasn't a podcaster.

Also said

  1. Episode 77: Is that a minipub in your pocket? (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:01:19 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    I said, Hey, I just built this thing into the framework trelar editor that's gonna let you do so and so. And you're like, Yeah, but that's not the way I do things.

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