{"id":1941,"date":"2012-01-03T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2014-09-12T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T18:01:54","slug":"the-value-of-the-designer-who-codes-inc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/01\/03\/the-value-of-the-designer-who-codes-inc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/garry-tan\/the-great-value-of-the-designer-who-codes.html\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CheeverCoxDAngelo-Quora-pano_12821.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/garry-tan\/the-great-value-of-the-designer-who-codes.html\">The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to design applications you need to understand how they work. REALLY. This is also, and maybe ESPECIALLY true if you want to design learning objects. Many, if not most people designing learning applications don&#8217;t know enough about the tech they are using to understand how to really use it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1941'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1941);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1941);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1941);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&#8220;Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.&#8221; via The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com. 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