[Sigia-l] Information Architecture 3.0

[Ziya Oz]

Peter Morville:

> You are aware that the IA in sigia stands for information architecture,
> aren't you? 

No, I wasn't until you pointed it out.

> Can you remember what it was that drew you to this list in the
> first place? 

Someone from the list had invited me to join and save a few souls.

> Why did you join a discussion started by "information architects" when there
> were plenty others started by "designers"?

Well, you've managed to capture the insipid insularity of the Venn-diagram
approach to creativity in a single sentence. Bravo.

So there's this discussion "started" by IAs, and by inference presumably
owned by them, and how dare a "designer" barge in? Shouldn't "designers"
just stay in their own territory? Isn't title crossing a felony in at least
38 states? 

I used to design applications before the web or the IA label came to being
and I still design them. I do pretty much what I did then that I do now,
with better tools and understanding, of course. I used to call myself a
designer then and I call myself one now. Boring, eh? Well, I don't have a
territory to protect.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba