bait - bite 'cause I probably design so much more than just the interface. Mark
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 8, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: > > As far as I know, this is the first time an interaction designer has >> appeared on a TV commercial for a product, much less mention bits of our >> philosophy. >> > > So the guy in the commercial says he designs user interfaces and you > translate that into he does "interaction design." Even to this day I still > find that tragically amusing. Unless of course the folks on the board for > the IxDA want to finally acknowledge that to design user interfaces you have > to be to do more than just worry about the interaction piece and get into > all those other distractions like pixel accurate type, color and composition > for the final design plus more. > > I still don't understand the disdain for calling oneself an interface > designer. It is and always has been the logical choice to describe the job > since it's also the easiest thing to do to say, "I design interfaces" > therefore "I'm an interface designer." > > This is a rhetorical remark, by the way. But even so, thread hijack > commencing in three... two... one... > > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > Principal, Involution Studios > innovating the digital world > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c. +1 408 306 6422 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
