Not much more to add than what's already been said but I would say: 1. Drive, ambition, passion: You've got to want to create the best.
2. The "social": the friends, mentors, conversations, conferences, events, networking (and yes, location has played a valuable role for me in this regard; being in silicon valley has been just extraordinary with the rich population (ha!) of designers, techies, biz folks...and all the different places to "do design" in this area, and thus learn from the diverse process/culture/strategy approaches) 3. I realize it's not popular to say this, but I'll just say it: talent. (and intellect) I'm incredibly grateful for the talent I have (and evolved over the years via all the projects and mentors) which has helped me greatly in my career. I would not be honest if I didn't acknowledge that. And of course, my design career will evolve continuously...It's a journey :-) Enjoy it! Uday Gajendar Sr. Interaction Designer Voice Technology Group Cisco | San Jose ------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 408 902 2137 On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: > Hi all, > > If you were to name one thing (or a few) that contributed most to your > success, that brought a lot of value to your work, that greatly > improved > your design skills (you get the idea), what would it be? > Maybe it's a decision you made, maybe it's an attitude, maybe a set of > values. Whatever it is, it helped you in a major way. > So.. what is it? ________________________________________________________________ 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
