I think there are a lot of issues that are related to locale. I think the "world is flat" is both true and false. I think that Pauric's insights from his experience match my own, but I have seen/heard of groups like Slideshare.net that have been really successful with distributed teams as well. I've been struggling myself to try to figure out why I'm failing at my attempts thus far. My #1 conclusion so far has been cultural differences around communication styles.
But this is NOT what Florida is talking about. What he is alluding to is more about creating cultural loci around different types of creatives, and how these loci in and of themselves create critical masses that permeate the entire geographical area where they exist. They are also not exclusionary. The example of NYC being both finance and advertising (and I'll throw in there media) is a great example of this. To Dan's implied point about SF being an all important area for interaction design, one cannot disagree with the overall premise, but having done my share of SF Bay living, I have to say that it is technological in nature and not design oriented. As a designer, NYC offers access to the broadest array of design disciplines. I do not think that Florida's work is suggesting that these loci lead to limited opportunities based on geography. This to me is very separate. I would also point out how different types of co-located loci lead to an intermingling of culture. The high pressure of finance in NYC mixes into the advert and media worlds which in turn mix into the culture of other non loci industries that are embedded in NYC. The Advertising concept of "summer fridays" permeates into the not-for-profit world for example, as families are effected when one spouse has the perk and another doesn't. I have never heard of "summer fridays" in any other city I have lived in or visited or have peers working in. Anyway, lots of food for thought. BTW, there were other things besides "professional" that Florida was discussing in the interview that are also very important that effect the total lifestyle of an individual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27477 ________________________________________________________________ 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
