The other day I was watching a TV show on Pink Floyd: The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

David Gilmour, one of the band members, said something that made me want to jump up and say: Do a usability study!

He was very proud of the album but seemed to be a little bit sad that he would never have the experience of hearing it for the first time (a result of being involved in the album creation).

Abridged version of: Pink Floyd: The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

One of the band members said something that made me want to jump up and say: Do a usability study!

He was very proud of the album but seemed to be a little bit sad that he would never have the experience of hearing it for the first time. The price of being involved in its creation.

This is why we do usability studies. The people in a company see their web site all the time and don’t have the ability to see the website objectively. Listening and watching people see a website for the first time is an eye opening experience for them.

So even though Pink Floyd band members could not have the experience of listening to their album for the 1st time they can have the next best thing: Listen to the album with a person who has never heard it and ask them to verbalize what they are thinking.

Maybe I should branch out and offer this service to bands so they can improve their albums before they are released. Do you think it will help?