Howdy everyone, I've spent my career working through various government agencies - NASA, DOD - and one of the most nerve-racking aspects of software development in here is how far they lag behind the curve. It is to the point where almost all of the people I interact with haven't the slightest inkling of what IxD is. Sometimes they don't even ask the bad questions like, "Do you mean designing button graphics and such?" Software, especially web software in the government sector is so remarkably bad that they actually have internal marketing campaigns inside an organization to promote new sub-sections of their vast web-presences.
Recently, I attended the AUSA conference to help promote Army.mil and the army CMS CORE, and almost everyone who came to our booth assumed we were AKO (Army Knowledge Online) which is the Army's Intranet. My question here is two-fold. Are there any other IxDs who work in government, as IxDs or stubbornly supporting IxD while under other titles, and if there are, what are your thoughts on how to help the government at large to embrace IxD? Perhaps if we can band together, in-government-IxDs and out, we can effect some change. Or perhaps my own time working for the government (as a contractor) has been unique. I hope it has been, I fear it has not. Thoughts? ________________________________________________________________ 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
