[Sigia-l] Everything is Miscellaneous

[Timo Kouwenhoven]

It certainly doesn't help to keep developments up to speed...:-(

Best

Timo

2007/5/3, Peter Morville <morville at semanticstudios.com>:
> But, you've got to love the irony of IA/ID/UXD folks arguing about titles,
> in light of the title and point of the book :-)
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Brenda Janish
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Everything is Miscellaneous
>
> Ugh. This Jets vs. Sharks discussion is very tiresome and unproductive.
>
> Why does job title matter so much?  Obviously, my opinion is that it doesn't
> matter, much.  Job titles serve a practical purpose.
> They're a scent marker for job opportunities, potential hirees'
> skillsets, professional affiliations, and that's about it. It's not
> something to wrap a personal identity around, it's not all-encompassing of a
> person's role or skills.  I would never apply for a job based on job title
> alone (which is why job descriptions exist), nor would I hire someone based
> solely on a self-identifier of "Information Architect" or "Interaction
> Designer."  I would hire them based on their unique skillset and experience.
> So... why does it matter?
>
> There will never be a 2-word title for what we do that encompasses all the
> variations of the job, which are driven by context and industry and company
> culture, so why the insistence on it?  Why does it matter that everyone with
> the same job title do exactly the same work? A rose by any other name...
>
> David, you're the most vocal on this... why does job title matter so much to
> you?  I'm being sincere in that question.  Why so much angst over the
> literal accuracy of a job title, particularly other people's job titles?
>
>
>
> On Thu May 03 07:22:45 PDT 2007, David Malouf <dave.ixd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > Then are you an information architect? Aren't you an interaction
> > designer? Why hold onto the title if it really doesn't reference
> > your
> > actual activities of your role?
> >
> >
> > -- David Malouf
> > http://synapticburn.com/
> > http://ixda.org/
> > http://motorola.com/
>
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Timo Kouwenhoven
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The Netherlands

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