User Mindset

I’m becoming more like a gourmet, tasting different products, casually chewing them over, then making a “professional” conclusion. There’s so much delicious stuff out there, but if it’s just about tasting for the sake of it, or for the goal of “having tasted it,” the result is, without realizing it, I lose the ability to enjoy the experience itself.

Whether it’s Instagram, read-it-later apps, or Path, I consume them one by one. But am I really enjoying them? Am I truly using them with an ordinary person’s mindset? If I’m always tasting with the critic’s pose, then we’re getting further away from being “users.” That phrase designers often say, “I think users are this and that…” has become meaningless because you’re not really standing in the user’s shoes.

The Bible says, “Above all else, guard your heart.” That’s truly the case.

Knowing moderation—it’s so valuable. :)