L’usabilità
ha provato molte vie per sensibilizzare produttori & mercato, ma nessuno
sta facendo più tentativi "laterali" di OK-CANCEL: fumetti a
go-go & musica
hip-hop. Se siete degli usability-expert con la cravatta… beh, toglietevela
ed usate attenzione & ironia. Grazie a: Kevin Cheng & Tom Chi.

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Yo — this is an OK/Cancel exclusive
for the first time in history:
HCI and hiphop together.
for your educational pleasure
now check this while I wreck with some buttons and levers
give me 10 seconds and I’ll start this endeavor

HCI? yo we got it
UCD? yo we got it
focus on usability, yeh we’re on it
champion the user to keep the work honest
that’s the task that’s upon us

So you say got an application to build
Market niche you going to fill with a product that’s a killer
You got ‘funding in the millions and a team that is willing
to follow any schedule that you set before them

But wait a sec here, I don’t see any HCI,
Man you’re headed for more drama than “Days of ‘our Lives”
you’re gonna end up with something that users despise
lest you get their feedback throughout the project timeline

So sit down — and listen to me
No one wants see their product become ancient history
BEFORE you start rushing to build those interfaces
your best bet is make a set :: of simple use cases

They should describe what users actually do
and if that’s unknown, run a contextual inquiry too
Because your interface will never be easy to follow
lest you build it to match up with their cognitive models

After that generate a lot of designs
run them by some users even just 2 at a time
iterate and iterate and soon you’ll oblitherate
any interfaces which are wack or inconsiderate

that will help you mitigate support costs or generate
website hit rates and orders. So check it:
you’ll be taking profits instead of mounting losses
‘Cause you brought us in at-the front of the process

HCI? yo we got it
UCD? yo we got it
focus on usability, yeh we’re on it
champion the user to keep the work honest
that’s the task that’s upon us

So you’re just starting out, and want to know more?
design of everyday things will help you get through the door
and it takes less than 7 seconds, if your logged on
to scope an alertbox over at useit.com

now peruse on over to Shneiderman and Cooper
along with Steve Krug they stop interface bloopers
and when you got to check where the user’s head is at
best pick up a copy of Beyer and Holtzblatt

perhaps you’re a coder needing HCI bad? we got
peeps that speak your language, like Spolsky and Winograd
and lastly if you’re asking to see the larger picture
read Rosenfeld and Morville, and have Tufte chart it later

HCI? yo we got it
UCD? yo we got it
focus on usability, yeh we’re on it
champion the user to keep the work honest
that’s the task that’s upon us

HCI? yo we got it
UCD? yo we got it
focus on usability, yeh we’re on it
champion the user to keep the work honest
that’s the task that’s upon us

Alright, that will get ya’ll started.
Shout out to Snoop Toggy Togg, Eazy Z, LL Spool J, and other headz i didn’t
get to mention here.

Userati unite - to keep the interactions clear. nice.
yo ima pass this over to KC now, check this out

Yo this KC in the UK
bringing usability from London to Van-city
if your ‘project goes pear-shaped then come get me
or perhaps that geezer the brilliant Tom Chi
all lightweights, clear out right
ok-cancel is here now

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Il testo qui citato è tratto dal sito OK-CANCEL
http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/features/2004/02/worlds_first_hci_rap_we_got_it.html

OK/Cancel is a comic strip collaboration
co-written and co-illustrated by Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi.

Our subject matter focuses on interfaces, good and
bad and the people behind the industry of building interfaces - whether they
be your car’s dashboard or the web page you just visited.

Most people can relate to things in the world which don’t work like they should
— and you needn’t be a usability specialist, interaction designer, industrial
designer or any sort of designer to appreciate that frustration. However, if
you ARE any of those aforementioned people or have had the pleasure and pain
of working with one or more of this rare breed, this strip is for you.

OK/Cancel is completely developed through virtual collaboration as Tom and
Kevin reside eight time zones apart from each other. For full details on how
OK/Cancel is created, check out The
Making of OK/Cancel.