I'm voicing my opinion strictly as a non-academic, but here's my two cents.
Part of the learning process is implementing what you've researched and designed. A huge part, actually. How many times do you hear designers say things like "I can't wait until some of my designs actually get implemented." Why do they not get implemented? That's a big question... I understand there is value in academic research even if it has little value to industry, or if academic research doesn't always result in a finished product. But, perhaps the gap between between academia and industry would be smaller if academics were more encouraged to go through the process of actually getting their research based designs built and deployed, in some way. The criteria in Jack's case could have been - "go through the process of actually building and launching your product. If you fail, no biggie, but tell us what you learned." Jeff ________________________________________________________________ *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
