[Sigia-l] So, how did you become a [Information Architect|UsabilityEngineer|Interface Designer|etc.]?

[Peter Boersma]

Ted Han said:
> Well, i'm not entirely sure.  The Big IA that the BEEP and Morville
> article describe sound to me like management.  And little IA sounds to
> me like the tasks that one must accomplish to do IA work.

I'd say Big IA is more holistic, that's why I tried to link the two. To make
the distinction clearer, in the article I suggested to call Big IA "UX" and
introduced "deep", "shallow/guerrilla" and "business" IA.

> What i mean
> is approaching tasks and projects with the notion that product
> creation requires careful thought about all the layers of creation and
> usage (i guess one could say, breaking the barriers of modular
> design/creation which have arisen out of complacency or convenience).

Exactly, UX is holistic :-)

> Anyway, this outlook i think is important for everyone in the
> creation process to have, not just the project lead or whoever

Well, it's part of the idea that the whole is more than the sum of the
parts; by working together as a team, we can create better things, or the
same things faster.

> IA (or at least the notion i have of it right
> now) seems like an important thing to consider in the sorts of fields i
> am interested in.

That depends on your definition of IA, and we're not (I repeat: NOT) here to
discuss that right now :-)

Peter
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