[Sigia-l] Being considerate of others (Off Topic Posts)

[Stewart Dean]

>From: "Lyle Kantrovich" <lyle.kantrovich at gmail.com>
>To: Listera <listera at rcn.com>
>CC: SIGIA-L <sigia-l at asis.org>
>Subject: [Sigia-l] Being considerate of others (Off Topic Posts)
>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:12:38 -0600

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>This list shouldn't be a place to share things that are JUST
>"interesting" -- it should be about interesting *IA* things.  Feel
>free to share any other "interesting" material on your web site, blog,
>personal email list, or whatever.  Between Google News, RSS feeds,
>blogs, magazines, and other sources, people have no difficulty these
>days finding interesting articles on technology or other topics.  This
>should be one of the premier places to read about and discuss
>Information Architecture.

Well said. At the moment the field of IA is developing rapidly to keep up 
with new platforms and technology - all of which can be read about else 
where.  This list would be great if it discussed all these issues, like 
creating IA for Web 2.0 apps, how best to deliver for different internal 
audiences and new and interesting ways to integrate IA work with digital 
workstreams.

Instead there's a lot of noise, mostly from one prolific poster, most of 
which have nothing to do with IA and are better suited to other lists 
devoted to user experience and user interface design. I know that many IAs 
have been put off this list because of that noise.

Stewart Dean