[Sigia-l] RE: Sigia-l digest, Vol 1 #764 - 4 msgs
Frank Siraguso
Frank.Siraguso at digitalevergreen.com
Tue Dec 9 12:57:25 EST 2003
PPT as art:
The actual title is, it seems, Medium Is The Massage. What that has to do with the price of eggs, I'm not sure, nor am I sure that PPT art is cool. Or is it hot?
Frank Siraguso
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Today's Topics:
1. PowerPoint as art (David Heller)
2. RE: Building an Information Architecture Team (Lord, Ralph)
3. RE: Building an Information Architecture Team (Russ Unger)
4. JOB: Taxonomist position (=?iso-8859-1?q?Margaret=20Hanley?=)
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Message: 1
From: "David Heller" <dh at htmhell.com>
To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:31:20 -0500
Subject: [Sigia-l] PowerPoint as art
I think it was on this list a while back when people were embroiled in the
99% bad for PPT debate and thought that this would be a nice breaker.
http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61485,00.html
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame is using PPT to make artistic statements
to demonstrate the medium is the message.
He claims to be the only one doing this type of work, or at least one of the
very few.
Of course he is putting out a collection of his work on DVD. ;)
-- dave
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Message: 2
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Building an Information Architecture Team
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:36:40 -0500
From: "Lord, Ralph" <rsl3 at cdc.gov>
To: "Listera" <listera at rcn.com>, "SIGIA-L" <sigia-l at asis.org>
Cc: <lquiroga at hawaii.edu>
Ziya wrote:
> A business analyst, a database architect, a librarian, a=20
> statistician, an interface designer, a usability 'engineer'=20
> or those with even fancier titles such as user experience or=20
> interaction designers would normally contribute in one=20
> fashion or another to the general architecture of a site. BUT=20
> they would hardly be pleased to be included in what you call=20
> an "information architecture team." They all have their=20
> titles and fiefdoms to cultivate.
True and oh, so sad. And how many aspects of methodologies,
organizational structure and compensation schemes work to further silo
the "team" into their own sub-specialties and fiefdoms?
RL
Atlanta
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Message: 3
From: "Russ Unger" <russ at bluechromedesign.com>
To: "'SIGIA-L'" <sigia-l at asis.org>
Cc: <lquiroga at hawaii.edu>
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Building an Information Architecture Team
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:40:51 -0600
> Ziya wrote:
>
> > A business analyst, a database architect, a librarian, a
> > statistician, an interface designer, a usability 'engineer'
> > or those with even fancier titles such as user experience or
> > interaction designers would normally contribute in one
> > fashion or another to the general architecture of a site. BUT
> > they would hardly be pleased to be included in what you call
> > an "information architecture team." They all have their
> > titles and fiefdoms to cultivate.
>
> True and oh, so sad. And how many aspects of methodologies,
> organizational structure and compensation schemes work to
> further silo the "team" into their own sub-specialties and fiefdoms?
Isn't all that a bit harsh? Certainly, experience may show that, but
the growing acceptance--if not need--for Information Architecture would
really dictate that we should be more open and accepting of people from
other backgrounds, since I'm guessing that a lot of us have come from
any of the titles or backgrounds listed above.
It would seem to me that the best way to affect this acceptance would to
be accepting of others as well.
Don't get me wrong, though, I certainly understand where this stems from
and have seen it myself, but I've also been really proud and pleased to
have been the part of an "information architecture team".
Sorry for the intrusion; just my $.02.
Russ
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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:18:11 +0000 (GMT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Margaret=20Hanley?= <mairead at yahoo.com>
To: SIG IA <sigia-l at asis.org>
Subject: [Sigia-l] JOB: Taxonomist position
Please fill in the application on the BBC web site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/e72258.shtml
Do not reply back to me.
Mags
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Taxonomist
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Location \ London
Applications to be received by 22 December
Summary information
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Grade: 6/7D (predicted)
Contract: Permanent
Ref: 72258
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KEY OUTPUTS
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content, applying classification principles and an
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categorisation via; search, browse and form filling.
5. Train, supervise and advise the editorial team in their
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8. Liaise with internal content sources to ensure daily
content supports other New Media departments, seeking
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9. Respond to user feedback and questions advising on
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DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
1. Bachelors degree (or advanced degree) in Information
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catalogue.
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preferably in a new media environment.
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