I agree with you completely Robert. But I know, as somebody who has slowly moved into IxD from interface dev, that it's not always clear what is meant by a "portfolio" in the IxD context. As a graphic designer it's really easy to print and show your impact on that work, but I don't find it as easy to show good interaction design in a portfolio context.
Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions on what makes a good IxD portfolio? On Feb 11, 2008 11:55 AM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a technical writer, and I want to be an interaction designer. How do > > I > > get there from here? > > > At my last in-house position, the Documentation team and the UX team shared > a suite. And there was one guy who would have made an excellent IxD. Making > him part of my team would have been as simple as moving his desk to the > other side of the room. > > Of course, if you do it on a consulting basis, it's a simple matter of > putting "interaction designer" on your business card. ;) > > But seriously. It's all about the portfolio. Prove you know what you're > talking about, and it doesn't matter where you went to school (or if you > went to school at all, for that matter). > > -r- > -- Matt Nish-Lapidus work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.bibliocommons.com -- ________________________________________________________________ *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
