http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/1003 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:32:24 GMT Comments by Robert Hoekman, Jr. <p>Interesting article.</p> <p>There is definitely a need for practical, reusable heuristic patterns like this, and it&#8217;s good to see other people spreading wisdom as it is gained.</p> <p>Later on this year, you should consider reading my upcoming book, &#8220;Designing the Obvious&#8221;. It is all about some of the same types of ideas found here, except it focuses more on proactive, application-level patterns found in many great web-based applications and discusses how to achieve them. The simple elimination of things implemented because of internal politics and such can make an application better by default, but there are many other factors that contribute more directly to the success of a project. Designing the Obvious discusses these things in depth.</p> <p>Anyway, it should be out in September/&#8217;06, so keep an eye out for it.</p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/dogmas_are_mean#content_3016 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/dogmas_are_mean#content_3016 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:32:24 GMT Robert Hoekman, Jr. <p>Clifton: Thanks very much for your incredibly kind review. I really identify with the connection between Zen and the topics in the book. In fact, &#8220;Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence&#8221; is one of my all-time favorite books. I think there&#8217;s a lot of untapped opportunities to achieve Flow (very similar to Zen) in web application design, and it&#8217;s something I spend a lot of time researching and working towards.</p> <p>Patrick: Funny you should mention poka-yoke. There&#8217;s a whole chapter in &#8220;Designing the Obvious&#8221; devoted to the subject of handling and preventing errors, and poka-yoke is discussed in depth. I think you&#8217;ll really enjoy it.</p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/zen-and-the-art-of#content_7696 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/zen-and-the-art-of#content_7696 Fri, 11 May 2007 18:04:44 GMT Robert Hoekman, Jr.