Election day is just around the corner, and I’ve been seeing a handful of ads for some of the amendments on the Florida ballot. What I’ve found fascinating has been seeing an ad that is for an amendment and then seeing a different ad that is against that same amendment. It has really impressed upon me how useful perspective and changing perspective can be.
Whether it’s for something like a political election or amendment or for programming an app, perspective can play a key part in the outcome. For example, in recent years with the drastic increase in everyone viewing websites from our phones, developers need to look at website creation from a mobile first viewpoint to ensure a seamless experience for viewers on their phones. This means that the very foundation of the website is likely to be coded differently than if the programmers were simply thinking about building the website just for the computer screen.
Being able to view things from a different perspective has become super important in ensuring that we create the desired results. If the team behind a website for gaming didn’t think about the desired experience from a mobile user’s perspective, the results would likely be less than ideal for those mobile users when the project is complete. Similarly, if programmers don’t take some time to test things from the perspective of a user with disabilities, the final product may end up being completely inaccessible to users with disabilities.
Taking the time to view the same project or idea from different perspectives helps us ensure that we are creating or conveying what we intend to for our intended audience. What resonates with me may not resonate with my audience or end user, so I need to take the time to try and view things from that person’s perspective.
Viewing the same thing from multiple perspectives helps us get a more objective understanding of it. We also increase our ability to empathize with others as we get better at seeing things from different perspectives.
How often do you try and look at things from a perspective other than your own?
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