[Sigia-l] Off Topic Posts

[Eric Scheid]

On 10/3/06 2:10 PM, "Dan Saffer" <dan at odannyboy.com> wrote:

> The question is, does this list and professional organizations like
> IAI  (and others like it for interaction design, usability, etc.)
> exist to serve ROLES or DISCIPLINES? No one list is probably going to
> serve the fluid nature of roles. But they can serve disciplines.

Agree. I know at least one web developer whose job description requires him
to man the reception phones in the afternoon. There will always be a mashup
of roles, be it IA/usability/interaction, IA/Business Analyst, etc.

We've seen that designing websites with an architecture determined by roles
usually doesn't work, so why should it work with mailing lists?

> but I have practiced the discipline of information architecture, and
> that's why I'm on this list.

same here. +1 to the idea that this list's focus be the practice and theory
of information architecture.

e.