Janet Taylor
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

This exactly.

Also, someone like your Mum won’t always be the target end user for the thing you’re designing — Maude might have specialized skills that your delightful tea-drinking Mum doesn’t, and you might need to take that into account.

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    Design leader. Recovering software engineer. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. She/her pronouns.

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