Andrew, I don't think anyone so far has been quite as myopic as you've accused us all. Of course, the properties of interaction design have been in play since and including the invention of the wheel itself, but it wasn't understood as such, nor practiced as it is today.
I totally agree w/ you that historic perspectives are important. Alex Wright's work on information systems is a great one to draw upon as are others. Bill Buxton and I at SCAD had a great conversation (well he talked and I listened and questioned) about how interaction design is facing the same scenarios that industrial design grew out of about 100 years ago. Not really sure why you think this thread in particular was suggesting that "we invented the world in our own image" implication that required such a reaction. To Dan: Yea, $175 is a bit steep. I went the corporate purchasing route right away! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26059 ________________________________________________________________ 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
