[wp-hackers] Wordpress 1.5 downloads

[Elliotte Harold]

Andy Skelton wrote:

> What you say sounds good and worthwhile, though costly compared to the
> free and abundant feedback from WordPress.com users. Any referrals?
> Pro bono? :-)

You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars doing this, as you can 
hiring programmers to write code; but can also do it on the cheap. 
You'll get a lot of benefit just by roping in a few non-techie 
friends/family members. watching even one user struggle with your 
software can radically change how you think about it, and approach its 
design.

The next time your mother/brother/significant other/next door 
neighbor/dentist/etc. asks you to come over to fix their network/degunk 
their system/disinfect Windows etc. say sure, but they have to agree to 
be your guinea pig on some user testing for the same amount of time.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo at metalab.unc.edu
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