This is a really great article. I am all for working in collaborative  
teams this way decisions are quick and getting consent, encouragement  
and direction moves a project along a lot quicker.
Sometimes people with the same skill and sometimes people with  
different skills sitting together and hashing it out always helps.

Designers traditionally don't do this - be it creative prowess,  
imagination or sheer ego there has always been this idea of a magic  
and secret in the success of a good campaign. But now with the high  
influence of technology in what we build the ideas and influences of  
the developer groups have spilled over making it very very exciting  
for those of us who are open to it!

My current experience at TOPP is a lot less on this footing, which is  
fine cause of the nature of the projects and work. But I am always  
open to it and have done a lot of it over the last 4 years!  It works  
really well when two people can hand back and forth concrete tasks. Or  
in the case of Bryan and me where we sit down and really make sure we  
hit all the user needs etc. etc.

Rollie thanks for the article! :)

- s


   but in actuality after being in this situation for the last 4 years  
its has really come to show its


On Apr 25, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Christopher Patterson wrote:

> I don't have a lot of experience with pairing, and have historically  
> been a little skeptical of the practice.
>
> That said, my experiences pairing with Carly on GAPCo / TOPP for  
> design issues, or with Chris Abraham and Anil on BlockpartyNYC for  
> UX issues (especially with Screen Sharing over iChat - that kicks  
> all kinds of booty) have been really positive.
>
> I'm definitely game to try this more, to see if it ends up being a  
> useful tool for our team.
>
> Chris
>
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Bryan Lence wrote:
>
>> In the few experiences I've had with pairing, I've really liked  
>> it.  Even though I fall into the "novice" category that the article  
>> talks about, I think I've had some good ideas, and have definitely  
>> learned a lot.
>>
>> +1 for doing this more often.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Rolando Penate wrote:
>>> Hey y'all,
>>>
>>> Our developer peers have a long-established practice of pair  
>>> programming a so when I rediscovered this article in UX Magazine  
>>> about pair design I felt inclined to share it with you all. We  
>>> have a soft tradition of doing pair design—Carly and Phil on  
>>> Woonerf designs, Bryan and Sonali on wiki improvements, Carly and  
>>> Chris on BlockPartyNYC, to name a few recent examples—and I was  
>>> wondering what you've all thought, if anything, of pair  
>>> experiences thus far. Helpful? Harmful? Worth further exploration?
>>>
>>> —R
>>
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