Re: [IxDA Discuss] The People's Front of Design (was JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote)
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] The People's Front of Design (was JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote)
Richard's comments mirror my thoughts exactly, and going off his point about a coordinated approach... When it comes to finding work, I don't think forcing everyone under one job title is the right thing, but it sure would make looking through job listings a lot easier. User Experience Designers, Experience Architects, Producers, Information Architects, Interaction Designers - every recruiter and every organization uses different words to describe the same job, so it ends up that we job hunters must read every job description to try and figure out if it's something we should apply for or not. Thus the titles are totally meaningless. And not just for people applying for the jobs - but for those who are listing the jobs, it's gotta be difficult for them to figure out which title(s) to use in order to attract the right applicants. It also makes it difficult for the uninitiated to understand what we do, which is a really bad thing - the uninitiated are often those who need to understand how we can provide them with value! All those titles like User Experience Designer and Interaction Designer sound cool, but I think the fact that we don't seem to be very unified can make people skeptical about the value of our field altogether. It's ironic, but at times it's a real IxD challenge to explain my job to people :) -- Jen Randolph, Interaction Designer http://www.jenrandolph.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40728 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The People's Front of Design (was JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote)
Great clip. I love it!!! look at my response to Josh. What is funny is that as the situation subsides, people are chiming in with messages like this. It shows me that people don't get it. Arguing is not destructive. Arguing is learning. It is sketching in language. The most obvious brilliant examples in this conversation for me were from Jon Kolko and Chris Fahey. The energy created through the passionate back forth is not without use. It is a means of working out difficult issues, which are very hard to express. For myself, I have found new ways of discussing these issues, and equally importantly affirmations in the ways I've framed things but didn't know how to express. While some are sick of it. I have some 5 messages a day in my mailbox telling me how much they enjoy it. The same thing happened last night during a twitter cage match between myself and Chris (which now leads me to better appreciate his pt of view he posted on this list). Guys, don't get all hung up on the moment. The list ebbs and flows. Just chill and it will rush back to glory as it has always done. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40728 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The People's Front of Design (was JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote)
Chris, I don't consider myself a community leader either. I've only been involved in the community for the last 5 years, i'm not invested in either the IAI or IxDA. I'm still not quite sure how I got so involved in the IA Summit. As a *member* of the community though, I can tell you that I give advice to people trying to enter the UX field all the time. To colleagues at work, to friends, hell I can even imagine a discussion about it with my mildly precocious 6 year old at some point in the near future - and trying to explain the different organizations and resources available to them is difficult at best and confusing at worst. I'll say again - i'm not necessarily advocating merging organizations or anything - i'm just wishing for a more *coordinated* approach to what we're all doing. - Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40728 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
