Let me quote what Tog says in his article on the subject of Interaction Design <http://www.asktog.com/columns/057ItsTimeWeGotRespect.html>. He is talking about the founding of this organization and he refers to the article as "The most important I have ever written" and I suspect he has some insight into what the original view of the audience of this group was.
It's Time We Got Respect October, 2003 Update Organizing the new group is underway. Challis Hodge, David Heller, Jim Jarrett, Rick Cecil have formed a steering committee and the first discussions, centered on the new name of our profession, have taken place. The concensus for the name of our profession is "Interaction Designer." One compelling reason for chosing this name, rather than the "Interaction Architect" I had proposed is that a growing number of jurisdictions forbid the use of the name "architect" by anyone other than a building designer. It is also confusingly similar in sound to "Information Architect," a title already in wide-spread use. I am quite happy with the result. It was never my intention to thrust a name upon the group, but rather to launch a debate. Visit the new group to find out what is happening and to get involved. ************** I highly recommend reading the rest of the article. He has quite a lot to say on the question of the name and what practitioners the group was intended to represent. Much of it is particularly pertinent in connection with the question of What UCD Is and therefore Who We Are. Katie -- ---------------- Katie Albers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
