Good question. I'm sure everyone has the same aspiration that Kevin S. does, to design products that make someone's life and work easier and perhaps even more enjoyable. Come to think of it, I think that's why I got into IxD, because I thought it would make my life and work easier and more enjoyable than my previous career.
As for Mike Caskey's question, I'd say: What formal education did for me was to give me a foundation for the field, communication theory, information design, empirical traditions. Personally, I loved it, but a lot of people saw those classes as necessary evils to get beyond in their quest for a Masters degree. My aspirations include not only seeing tangible results of my work, but also to increase my understanding of how design & communication affect our everyday lives. I think ultimately I am an academic at heart because the more esoteric aspects of the field are what appeal to me most. And I love doing field studies ;-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37446 ________________________________________________________________ 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
