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The Power of Simple Questions

37signals.com — Everyone asks questions. When you conduct a usability test, you ask questions. When you gather information from a client, you ask questions. When you write a customer survey, you ask questions. Itâ??s interesting that effective interviewers sound like effective interfaces in many ways. They lubricate information flow by getting out of the way.

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 4, 2006

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  • tastethevenom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26Yes, because she'd immediately identify you by the username '*****... waffle'........
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7"What if you answer questions with questions?"

    Would that be a huge issue?
  • gd007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1as simple as possible but no simpler!
  • politech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It would really be cool if News reporters knew these concepts!

    Imagine a television news report where the newsie just shut up during a speech instead of blathering on and on about what the reporter thinks the speaker was "really" saying. Instead we get the reporter giving you his version while the speech itself is drowned out as background sound.

    Could flawed questions actually be why so many of those who consider themselves the "far left" and "far right" consider the news "biased" the other way? Were news reports truly neutral in the questioning the bias charge might seldom come up.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4What if you answer questions with questions?

    I always do that when I'm trying to buy time and explain to the wifey why I wasn't home sooner because I was out with the guys.

    I hope the wifey doesn't read digg...
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3"But their strength lies in their simplicity."

    Reason #3467784 why men will never take as long to shop, get dressed, cook, or drive anywhere.

    ~Twatwaffle
  • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Thanks for continuing the trend.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I think that applies to all politicians.

    "I did not have sexual relations with that woman"

    But I did share a cigar ....
  • wibblewibble, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3This is how we get Bush, we ask a SIMPLE and DIRECT question :) Hilarity ensues.
  • abqjudy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2wifey? really now. does she really believe your questions in answer to hers. bet she is sick of you sooner if not already.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3but.. but.... I was out "bowling"


    seriously...

    : runs and hides :
  • subflames, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2i see so all of these posts so far are umm how do you say not relevant
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I don't think so. Thank you for asking me though. :D
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -17/+10mmmmmmmm lubricate...
  • xoxuxox, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3Was that a useless comment?

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