Re: User Experience Engineering

[Joshua Koo]

Computers really aren't making the world paperless. (Unless we are in Matrix)
I wont underestimate the importance of paper (I even enjoy folding paper 
aeroplanes, at one extend I was fired from my secondary school choir for "not 
respecting the composers" when I used some scores to fold an airplane), but for 
the past years in polytechnic, I have been typing more than I write, looking at 
powerpoint slides more than I look at the whiteboard, looking at pdfs more than 
I see printed notes.

Each composer have different way of composing. Mozart could take a pen and 
churn out a piece of work like how you would write "Hello World". Mahler and 
others could not compose without their piano. I don't compose, maybe just a 
little of arrangements. I usually try something on the piano, then repeat the 
rub and pencil process(some dust slipping down the piano). Thats why I would 
love a click and drag approach. (If I were Beethoven, my home would be filled 
with crushed, torn manuscripts, broken pens... If Beethoven were me, he might  
just need a good optical mouse with sufficient warranty ;)

my $0.02,
Joshua

>
>Not being the sort who can compose at a computer (I'm a pen(cil) and paper 
>man), I can't really understand this sentiment. I can respect it in 
>others, but I can't understand it. Typesetting software, in my opinion, is 
>not the best environment for composing; it is, however, an ideal 
>environment for taking something that's already composed and making it 
>look professional. I'm very comfortable using Finale, at least as 
>comfortable as I am with Lilypond. I still can't compose in it, in spite 
>of the fact that it is a (more) visually-based entry system.
>