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

[Eric Scheid]

On 9/3/06 3:12 AM, "Lyle Kantrovich" <lyle.kantrovich at gmail.com> wrote:

> It would be nice if we could limit the topics posted to this list to
> topics closely related to IA.  I'm not trying to single out any
> particular post or poster, but frequently posts to this list seem to
> only be "related" in that they have some relationship to design or
> technology.  People are on this list to discuss, stay informed, or
> learn about Information Architecture.  Many people are on many email
> lists.

hear hear.

As "interesting" as many of some postings are, I have seen many of them
before elsewhere. I come to this list for interesting *IA* things. I find
the constant peppering of this list with "ooh! shiny!" posts to be noise.

I don't mind the occasional closer inspection of what various (IA related)
terms mean. I improved my understanding and knowledge of graded category
theory by a recent thread, for example.

So ... on-topic knowledge improvement, or semantic nitpicking on the precise
meaning of whether a poster was referring to which music player audience
Microsoft is targeting vs the method and strategy of reaching that audience?
Feh ... the choice is clear, to me.

e.