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[Coon, Sean]

"Victor Lombardi"  wrote:

>RE>"This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms
without human editors..."
>> 
>> But, who created the algorithms?
>>
>>I think IAs will increasing need to create algorithms, i.e. we'll 
>>design systems rather than design instances. We'll need to think about

>>the reasons why we made a design decision and put that reasoning into
>>algorithmic format for the computers to replicate.

"Lou Rosenfeld" wrote:

>I don't know that IAs need to be the people who *create* algorithms, 
>and I'm not sure how many of us have the technical expertise to do so
anyway.  
>But we should understand algorithms well enough to help *select* the 
>most appropriate algorithm(s) for a given situation.

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IMHO i feel that we (IA's) already work in an optimal fashion. we design
systems based on user/busines goals, driving our conceptual
foundation/deliverables, fueling *applicaple* granular deliverables
(site flows, wireframes, etc.), eventually feeding granular execution on
multiple levels (ui, engineering, etc.).

if we were to apply this generic process to the creation of googlenews,
would we not have had a major hand in it's development? wouldn't a
specific algorithm be developed based primarily on our collaborative
spec work?

-sean

sean patrick coon :: sr. interaction designer :: ameritrade ::
201_761_5540