Ali, One idea I have been toying with is based on the old IASlam concept, but having instead an IxD Slam - but the problem would be for something worthy - like an all day competition to design something for a non-profit, best designs pass various rounds, and the winning design is implemented and handed over for free to the organization.
- W On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > If you guys noticed my post earlier this week about how/what designers use > to keep, collect, organize their inspirations, designs, etc - I was > tribe-sourcing requirements and specifications from all of you - and I will > be using it for something I am sketching. > > Thanks for that guys :-) > > BTW: because IxDA is a tribe and not a crowd, that is why I use one term > over the other. We have a shared context, we have a community, a language, > we have leaders (community, list, local - in varying capacity). Mobs and > crows don't have any of those things which is why their behavior is > unpredictable and their dynamics chaotic. Think about the difference between > an Obama rally (a tribe), and a Palin rally (a mob) - the differences are > huge - one motivated by shared goals and purpose under guiding leadership - > the other a cult of personality motivated by fear. Very different things. > > Back to the point - tribe-sourcing can be very powerful if it's within a > certain context, has rules for engagement, leadership and goals. > > my 2 yen. > > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
