Four UX haiku (plus some others)
In 2016, inspired by a friend, I got into poetry. I found joy in reducing UX ideas into haiku form.
Yes, I’d love to see yours too.
Four UX haiku:
If you design things
But don’t watch people use them,
You’re missing something.
Don’t ask your users
Which design works best for them:
Test and they’ll show you.
Delight: when they say,
“Thank fucking god that just worked
How I hoped it would!”
Split testing is just
A tool for finding what works;
Not cheating people.
Plus four miscellaneous haiku
A snail’s shell loops in
Neat Fibonacci spirals;
A helter shelter.
Dry grass pricks our soles,
Soft from shoes and cities that
Toughen only souls.
Dance with a person
And you can feel their soul in
The way they move you.
The grass looks greener;
And it is! Until you go
And trample on it.
First published on tomkerwin.com