Humorous how an article about user experience is so difficult to read.
http://mashable.com/2009/01/09/user-experience-design/
Try reading up to 3. Tell me if you’re annoyed. Here’s why I am, since everyone cares about everything I post ever.
“says Mario Bourque, manager of information architecture and content management at Trapeze Group.”
The writer’s constant quoting makes it super-apparent that they didn’t even write the article, they’ve just collected quotes. That’s not so annoying, though. It’s that they tell you what the person does. Said Vael Victus, a web developer for Alarm Company and creator of the Black Coat Network. Like seriously, I’m sure these people are wonderful, but it’s very distracting in the article.
What else are they going to do, not source the quote at all?
“Life kinda sucks,” says Bob. “Things are tough,” said Sue.
Surely Bob and Sue are great authorities on the subject! Just take my word for it, don’t worry your pretty little head about “verifying information” or “reputable sources.”
It’s like all the psychology-related posts on Lifehacker. They aren’t psychologists, they’re just general purpose bloggers, so they get a quote from somewhere and turn it into an article. It’s a bit weird that this author actually knows about this stuff, and instead chose just to write about what other people had to say, but whatever.
The key sentence is this: “I asked some of the most influential and widely respected practitioners in UX what they consider to be the biggest misperceptions of what we do.” The entire point was to write about what other people had to say. So lots of quotes is understandable.