I have a question to all the non-USers who are on the list. Do you think having another list focused on Europe and another on Asia and another on Latin America, each in a common langague (they might all be in English, or are there 2 lits for LA, 1 in Spanish and 1 in Portuguese?) would create a space where people outside the US might be able to discuss IxD without feeling overwhelmed by USer interests? Is it just a matter of elbow room (space to stretch)? Are the topics you facing so completely different than what we are facing in the US?
Alternatively, should we start creating, not regional lists, but language lists? Some background on my part, is that when I was managing the lists here, I resisted "different lists" not out of disrespect of different peoples, but b/c I felt that we would fragment as a community of peer designers as I've seen happen with other UX groups. I was also concerned about redundancy in the content, and more importantly lost knowledge that remains within one group but doesn't get passed on to the others. I believe that we've hit a critical mass in our community (over 8000k subscribers for our announcement and discussion lists 1600 and 6500 respectively) that maybe we can afford a little splitting, in order to avoid a bigger chaotic split. I know for me, I'd love to get a sense of what people are thinking. As for "job postings". The ONLY way to change that is for people from outside the US to post jobs. Some of the larger companies do from time to time, but I gather not nearly as much as the availability of positions (if it is anything like the US right now). Anyway, discuss! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28123 ________________________________________________________________ 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
