In support to Sean's point on information architects -- if you read the book "Information Architecture for the WWW", it will become clear that it is not merely a fancy way of calling a web developer/programmer. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infotecture2/ Mitko Gerensky-Greene
**************************************************************** "Make no search for water. But find thirst, And water from the very ground will burst." (A Persian mystic poet, quoted in Delight of Hearts, p. 77) "The world is but one country and mankind its citizens" Baha'i Faith http://www.us.bahai.org ***************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean A Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: Information Architect (was: programmer vs. developer On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 12:22 , Ben Johnson wrote: > I always thought "programmer" sounded so 80's. "Developer" is just the > hip, new term. I believe the cool name now is "Information Architect". It's certainly a "cool" job title but here at Macromedia it has a very specific meaning: someone who designs user flows and analyzes the user experience (conceptual layout, information exposure etc). These folks produce wireframes and mockups. They don't program. They don't develop (except perhaps "developing design themes"). "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists