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Is your product difficult and dangerous? Mike’s loft ladder!

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Content provided by Michael Veazey. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Michael Veazey or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Sometimes consumer products aren't just confusing or overly complex. Sometimes they can be downright difficult to use. They can even be dangerous. They might even be deadly. Such is Mike's loft ladder. Difficult, frustrating and downright dangerous, this is an example of consumer product design sins to avoid at all costs. If you design products - or have them designed for you, you MUST think about this. Even if you're "just" ultimately liable if someone hurts themselves, you've got to be so careful not to produce products that harm your users. Otherwise, it's just a matter of time before someone hurts themselves using your product. Or you're just hoping for good luck. And luck, as the Marines say, is not a strategy.
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Manage episode 437594782 series 87854
Content provided by Michael Veazey. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Michael Veazey or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Sometimes consumer products aren't just confusing or overly complex. Sometimes they can be downright difficult to use. They can even be dangerous. They might even be deadly. Such is Mike's loft ladder. Difficult, frustrating and downright dangerous, this is an example of consumer product design sins to avoid at all costs. If you design products - or have them designed for you, you MUST think about this. Even if you're "just" ultimately liable if someone hurts themselves, you've got to be so careful not to produce products that harm your users. Otherwise, it's just a matter of time before someone hurts themselves using your product. Or you're just hoping for good luck. And luck, as the Marines say, is not a strategy.
  continue reading

416 episodes

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