[Sigia-l] UI for the $150 Laptop (OLPC)

[Ziya Oz]

Celeste 'seele' Paul:

> Oh right, you mean that movement where everyone is trying to own every piece
> of design because it attaches nice little buzzwords to what they do and makes
> them more marketable?

Precisely. It's a land grab.

> Having overlapping knowledge in two areas does not make you an expert those
> areas.  

It's not *all* about expertise.

> How many information architects do *you* know who are outstanding visual
> artists and usability specialists who can code their own software and manage
> market trends while balancing a spoon on their nose?

How many programmers do *you* know who are outstanding software architects,
byte code optimizers, compiler experts, re-factoring masters, etc? Get real.

In case you're missing it, we are (at least I am) not simply describing the
software world as we find it, but, one hopes, describing its more productive
future. This is an advocacy.
 
> Tell me again why a psychologist needs to be an expert in software
> architecture and market economics,  I'm new to this list..

I guess so, 'cause this list is not about psychology.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba