vael:
mwa mwa mwa mow mwa mwa mwoo mwa
What else are they going to do, not source the quote at all?
“Life kinda sucks,” says Bob. “Things are tough,” said Sue.
Surely Bob and Sue are great authorities on the subject! Just take my word for it, don’t worry your pretty little head about “verifying information” or “reputable sources.”
It’s like all the psychology-related posts on Lifehacker. They aren’t psychologists, they’re just general purpose bloggers, so they get a quote from somewhere and turn it into an article. It’s a bit weird that this author actually knows about this stuff, and instead chose just to write about what other people had to say, but whatever.
The key sentence is this: “I asked some of the most influential and widely respected practitioners in UX what they consider to be the biggest misperceptions of what we do.” The entire point was to write about what other people had to say. So lots of quotes is understandable.
Now, now, Demi. I’m not arguing that the constant quotations make the article more verifiable. What bothers me is that it’s really just a collection of quotes, with nearly each followed by the author summarizing what they said or providing a bit of insight here and there. I’m comforted by how verifiable it is, but the writing itself is what’s bothersome. I still learned from it, but reading it was hard due to the constant distractions from these quotes and their sources; which sucks because I really was interested in knowing the information.
That’s why I cared enough to post about how annoying it is to constantly quote people. I appreciate the flavor quote here and there, and I’ll use them in my own articles one day. (I can already think of great cyberpunk quotes)
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I uh… I kinda forgot to send my big list of thoughts and links that I find/think while at work. :( Every day I send my “vael” file to myself so I can look into things. Boo.
Well I do know one thing I was supposed to do! Get an amazing deal on wine. I’ll have to let you guys know how it goes. I love wine, and I have this nice little wine rack that actually nevermind I threw it away. -__- Because it wasn’t very fancy. Ugh. Whatever.