Comments on: Designing and writing are two different skills http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/35-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills Inside the Mind of Thomas Robertson Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Guy Shalev http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/35-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills/comment-page-1#comment-269 Guy Shalev Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:11:34 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/40-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills#comment-269 I'd say this, you can't teach computers how to create feel, rather than test system-models. Designing Systems can be rather binary in good/bad, whereas writing for feel is much more complex. Sure you can teach "tricks", but eventually you need some intuitive grasp. I’d say this, you can’t teach computers how to create feel, rather than test system-models. Designing Systems can be rather binary in good/bad, whereas writing for feel is much more complex.

Sure you can teach “tricks”, but eventually you need some intuitive grasp.

]]> By: Thomas Robertson http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/35-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills/comment-page-1#comment-268 Thomas Robertson Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:10:24 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/40-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills#comment-268 Guy, I'm not sure that's true. There's all sorts of tricks, teachable tricks, that are used to evoke specific emotions and feelings. It's not necessarily easy, but it's definitely possible. So, I'd say that teaching things based on internal feeling isn't as hard as you indicated. Thomas Guy,

I’m not sure that’s true. There’s all sorts of tricks, teachable tricks, that are used to evoke specific emotions and feelings. It’s not necessarily easy, but it’s definitely possible. So, I’d say that teaching things based on internal feeling isn’t as hard as you indicated.

Thomas

]]> By: Guy Shalev http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/35-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills/comment-page-1#comment-267 Guy Shalev Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:06:01 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/40-designing-and-writing-are-two-different-skills#comment-267 Teaching writing is one thing, getting it to evoke a certain feel is wholly different. Design should work, mathematically. Feel is a very personal thing, and teaching something that is based on internal feeling is quite hard, and depends much on luck. Teaching writing is one thing, getting it to evoke a certain feel is wholly different.

Design should work, mathematically. Feel is a very personal thing, and teaching something that is based on internal feeling is quite hard, and depends much on luck.

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