Authors:
Jonathan Arnowitz, Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson
It was a long day at the office. We usability-tested this column, and hilarity ensuedwe hope it has the same effect on you. First, fold the page so that only the right-side column shows. Then fill in the blanks. Unfold the page, and read your choices into the story. A tip of the hat to Eric Bergman for the conceptwe are [blank] to [blank] you!<eic>
My story begins with a product that helps users [1].
We gathered requirements by visiting the [2] and using [3] to capture our observations.
The three most important tasks we discovered were [4], [5], and [6]. Surprisingly, we discovered that no one really wanted [7].
We put our heads together and came up with a prototype built with a [8] and a [9] and showed it to our boss. He said oh, [10]! You have really [11] this time! How soon can we [12] this?
The boss showed it to his boss who said, this is [13]! We should productize this immediately!
We went into production to sell the product to users in [14]. [15], they took to it like [16] to [17], and it has been extremely [18] ever since.
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1. Verb [infinitive]
2. Place name
3. Noun, plural
4. Verb [infinitive]
5. Verb [infinitive]
6. Verb [infinitive]
7. Verb [infinitive]
8. Noun
9. Noun
10. Exclamation
11. Verb, past tense
12. Verb
13. Adjective
14. Location
15. Adverb
16. Noun, plural
17. Noun
18. Adjective
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