Knowing might lead to change
Users experience systems differently from designers and operators. Problems are usually fixed only when they are known to exist.
Musings about life in retirement from academe
Users experience systems differently from designers and operators. Problems are usually fixed only when they are known to exist.
My fixit skills did the trick this time but they were stretched. More consideration needs to be given to designing objects that can be easily repaired or recycled.
Dyson replaced the main unit on our ‘out of warranty’ vacuum cleaner for free. It would have cost $299 but was out of stock when I called and their policy in such cases is to replace the item at no charge. That’s a good deal.
We won’t be cleaning like Scotty for the upcoming election but for real with our late 2018 Dyson V10 vacuum cleaner. It’s trigger switch has been dodgy for a while and on Monday it gave up completely when I was almost finished cleaning the car after our recent trip. Nobody in Toowoomba claimed to do service for Dyson cleaners. A...