Re: [Sigia-l] My card sorting book is underway!

From: Jared M. Spool (jspool_at_uie.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 07:56:06 EDT

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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-potmash-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

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