On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:53 AM, Angel Marquez wrote:
I totally disagree. I've worked with a few interaction designers that had reputable university degrees specific to interaction design and they were as you say 'worthless'. I asked one what web sites applications etc..she thought were well done and she said she didn't do that. Another had never heard of Tufte. Those were just the 2 examples off the top of my head. I would expect more from any breathing life form that had a pulse and the nerve to throw the title around.
Design school doesn't necessarily make you a good designer: it only increases the probability that you are.
In my experience past and current never seeing the people and conveying the message remote is ideal. I've seen more quality from 2 people in sync from a far than entire teams holding 2 weekly whiteboard sessions.
There is a big difference between getting trained (school) and working on a project.
I've learned more from reading your books than anyone ever taught me in class or by example. I would never want to monopolize the work place with my school crownies either.
You cannot learn interaction design from books alone. I say this as the author of two of them and as someone who has taught design for several years. You can have read every book in the field and still be a lousy designer. The opposite is also true for a rare few.
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