Urrrgghhh. Believe it or not, there was some sensible point I was
trying to raise, but it eluded me as usual.
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You have no right to tell these developers it is their
job to go chasing
government contracts.
I think you got it entirely wrong. I was appealing to people who want
to make a change.
Does "That means quitting the dangerous `I'm just a programmer'
attitude" really sound like an appeal to people in general to you?
Is it not surprising I instead interpreted it as a dig directed at
developers, insinuating them to be insular and stubborn?
(Which some of them probably are, but that's not surprising
considering the existence of bloggers).
Ignore the bloggers comment. I'm insular and stubborn about my coding
because I need to be. It's a practical defence mechanism so I can
actually settle down and do some coding rather than worry about a
myriad of interferences.
I'm all
for getting all sorts of professionals involved, but here and
now if we want to get anything done and we can't find people who are
better at design, usability and marketing than us, then we can either
keep moaning or bloody well study the stuff the best we can.
Fine, just don't take digs at developers who would rather develop
software. Believe it or not, many developers
Believe it or not, many developers do actually want to make usable software.
Do you think
usability architects focus on just usability? No, they
study every-fucking-thing that is even remotely related to human
beings and the world around us: art, architecture. physics etc.
Well let's all hail the new saviours! My, how big their brains must be!
So let's get this straight: Developers should stop moaning and just
get on and study the entire spectrum of human endeavour while
simultaneously developing usable software? Perhaps you should come up
with some usable ideas.
Such activities are much better suited to people with
big strong forceful
opinionated personalities such as yourself.
Me? No, I'm as humble as a lamb :)
So you don't want to help developers by chasing government contracts for them?
And there's the precarious nature of government based funding to
consider. See what's happening to education in the UK. Government and
council cuts everywhere.