Too Deep in Analysis
It's funny how most of my recent web activity has been fueled by the need to understand user behavior rather than actually being interested in what I'm doing online. I would say in recent years, it's been a toss-up between two endeavors: personal novelty and professional study.
Am I becoming too immersed in this study these days? Possibly...but isn't that what is key to understanding? I find the most influential social web gurus hardly have any traceable activity online. One theory says they know better than to document any and all things truly personal. Another theory is they surround themselves by folks who do, all the while observing results from afar.
A friend brought it to my attention that my recent FB activity has been almost too self-revealing. Although I can argue the point that what I reveal still has it's borders drawn at the edge of the truly intimate details of "me," he has a point. I suppose study could be conducted under a stealth pyseudonym, but how accurate would the results be?
While usabililty tests have recently come to the forefront for me as the champion tool of experience analysis, I find that I still need to learn through experience. As Bird said, "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." How funny that I am seem to still follow Bird's gospel.
