Seasons Greetings all from the peanut gallery of workers working on Christmas, with nothing better to do then comment on the state of ID:
In response to Murli's thoughtful "Straw Man" theory and Katie's "Copy Paste" abilities; Design does mean a lot of things for sure, but it's not undefinable, especially when you're considering something as specific as "Interaction Design". Interaction Design is (sort of, maybe, just guessing, could be, probably is, who knows?), where you're designing UI elements for states, flows, transitions and support for software/websites/interactive devices. Of course other design aspects can help and play a part, but primarily, (for the job description, if we had one, at least I'm guessing here, we don't have one right?), you're just doing the above list. And reducing the job description down to it's "inseperable components" is in no way a "Straw Man", rather I believe that is a pretty common, (basis of science), way to determine what something "really is". You can't be an "Interaction Designer" and "NOT" Design, thus it is the "Fundemental" and "Most Important" aspect of the Job. Other aspects are important as well, for sure, but they could be handled by another team member, or one "ID" could do one skill and another do another one, simply they "are separable" from the job description. Having said the above, the "Grim Prospects of Reality" tends to rear it's ugly head at time of clarity like this, (clear as mud clarity that is), pointing out the most important aspect of our job is being "Politically Savy" and/or getting an "Advanced Degree from a Top University", and/or being an incredible "Bull Sh*tter" and/or having "Lots of Connections". Thus if you couldn't design sh*t, well you'd still be the boss, making design really not important in the slightest bit, (as long as you're company is well capitalized ;). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year All, may 2008 bring more wild and thought provoking discussion! ________________________________________________________________ *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
