About Me: Jawaad Mahmood: 30, Muslim, Canadian, freelance, doing consulting in Tokyo, Japan.

The Quintessential Japanese Problem

July 22, 2009

I should be happy about the job I got today. It is simple; build a few Regexes, and simplify the interface to a CMS.

Simple – yet stupid.

First, why is this difficult system being used? (Politics of a sunk cost)

Second, why is the design of the interface so utterly bad? (Japan only product therefore it doesn’t have to compete in an unbiased market)

Finally, is it morally right to sell this band-aid as a “solution” when the problem is actually a deeper malaise? (No)

I feel dirty.

Comments (1)

One Response to “The Quintessential Japanese Problem”

  1. Kal says:
    July 22, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    You’ll feel all better when you think of the packaging for the Japanese edition of Windows XP.


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