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

[Alexander Johannesen]

On 6/27/05, Peter Van Dijck <peter at poorbuthappy.com> wrote:
> Why have IA's done better at selling their field than, say, "Knowledge
> managers", or the much maligned "webmasters"?

But they're not better than, oh say, web designer, whatever that is. :)

> Basically: we're great at
> creating boundary objects (creating things that have different meanings
> for different groups of people, like wireframes). Which is exactly what
> web teams need.

Well, one thing is to create the object or container, but labelling
that in context is really what it's all about. I'm going to go out on
a limb and claim (not stubbornly, but I think it's a good one) that
IA's are good at creating mock objects that others find comforting
while doing the real work in the shade of all that. Umm, that's my
theory anyway
.
> Can you tell I've been reading Susan Leigh Star again?

Good pointers and reasons why (as I don't know her) ?


Alex
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