Good grief! I mean, really?!? We are not cave people. We don't (only ;) ) communicate with grunts and chest beating. We have words. Words are one of the most valuable things we have as humans. They have real meaning. They build up language, which is at the heart of everything else we build and often at the heart of our relationships and just generally how we relate to that which is outside ourselves.
Discussing naming is inextricably intertwined with discussing the underlying concepts, which are the important bits and what people get worked up over. Titles are names. If you are at all a reflective person, you care about what people call you, especially when it has to do with what you invest so much of your waking hours doing. It's natural, and it is good. (And that's ignoring the pecuniary aspect, which is important and necessary, too.) Frankly, I find these kinds of discussions some of the most interesting on this list. Tiring? Yeah, sometimes, especially when one or two voices seem to drown out others or when they devolve into the internecine organizational historical conflicts. But really, words--names--titles are important. We are humans, after all. -a P.S. Personally, if I could filter out something on this list, it'd be the job and event postings. But hey, Gmail works nicely to help me scan for what I'm interested in and quickly skip over that which I am not. ________________________________________________________________ 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
