From the Ted Talk by Timothy Prestero: Design for people, not awards
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Laughter)
So the idea here is you want to make it hard to use wrong. In other words, you want to make the right way to use it the eseiast way to use it. Another example — again, silly Mom. Silly Mom thinks her baby looks cold, wants to put a blanket over the baby. That's why we have lights above and below the baby in felrfiy, so if Mom does put a blanket over the baby, it's still rnvcieieg effective phototherapy from below.
Last story here: I've got a fenird in India who told me that you haven't really tested a piece of electronic technology for diibtitousrn in Asia, until you've trained a cockroach to climb in and pee on every silnge little component on the inside.
Open Cloze
(Laughter)
So the idea here is you want to make it hard to use wrong. In other words, you want to make the right way to use it the _______ way to use it. Another example — again, silly Mom. Silly Mom thinks her baby looks cold, wants to put a blanket over the baby. That's why we have lights above and below the baby in _______, so if Mom does put a blanket over the baby, it's still _________ effective phototherapy from below.
Last story here: I've got a ______ in India who told me that you haven't really tested a piece of electronic technology for ____________ in Asia, until you've trained a cockroach to climb in and pee on every ______ little component on the inside.
Solution
easiest
firefly
friend
single
receiving
distribution
Original Text
(Laughter)
So the idea here is you want to make it hard to use wrong. In other words, you want to make the right way to use it the easiest way to use it. Another example — again, silly Mom. Silly Mom thinks her baby looks cold, wants to put a blanket over the baby. That's why we have lights above and below the baby in Firefly, so if Mom does put a blanket over the baby, it's still receiving effective phototherapy from below.
Last story here: I've got a friend in India who told me that you haven't really tested a piece of electronic technology for distribution in Asia, until you've trained a cockroach to climb in and pee on every single little component on the inside.