A Great Leap Forward: The Birth of the Usability Profession (1988-1993)
“My concern is that by embracing new ideas, we will limit our view of our early days as being restricted in scope and naïve in conception. Before that happens, or perhaps, to prevent it, I would like to describe my personal version of our beginnings as a profession and argue that we should be celebrating them, not disparaging them even as we see their limits.” (Joe Dumas – UPA Journal of Usability Studies)