The Inmates Are Running the Asylum¶
Cooper, A. (2004). The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High-Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity. Sams Publishing.
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Domain-specific¶
- False Consensus Effect
- Product and UX design — "I would use this feature" becomes "users will use this feature," reinforced by a self-similar professional circle, with "you are not your user" as the corrective maxim.
This sourceIntroduces personas to counter designers projecting their own "I would use this" onto users; the foundation for the design maxim "you are not your user."
- Product and UX design — "I would use this feature" becomes "users will use this feature," reinforced by a self-similar professional circle, with "you are not your user" as the corrective maxim.
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