Conversations

I was just thinking about how much of my job consists of communicating.  I’m always talking, via email, in person, or on the phone, with customers, developers, content owners, UX practioners, etc.  So much of what I do comes down to how effective I can be in getting across, and understanding, so many various concepts.  A lot of my work is done in isolation, the thinking, studying, tinkering, iterative design process – but then I have to get all that across to others, as well as actively listen to what they’re trying to get across.

It seems to me that one big key to good design is being able to communicate well during all phases of development, until what you end up with is intuitive, useful, and effective because it can “communicate” its functions effortlessly.