[Sigia-l] Anyone suggest a better global list?

[Will Evans]

Vapid debate over definitions of ux/ia/ixd and such has moved to Twitter.
Meaningful question/answers have moved to Quora.
Ziya never really existed.
Then again, neither did I.

Take that for what it's worth.


~ will

"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"

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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Skot Nelson <skot at penguinstorm.com> wrote:

> Has it moved online? Has twitter taken it's place? Is it part of the
> natural cycle? Did Ziya die, thus contributing to the death of "there's
> always someone who will argue with you"-ness on the list?
>
> For a long time I assume SIGIA traffic was getting caught in my spam
> filter, but I don't think it ever was.
>
> If I had to guess, I suspect a lot of people have moved their non-private
> email discussions to Twitter.
>
> Which reminds me, I should put together a list of twitter accounts of the
> people who used to make this list awesome.
> --
> Skot Nelson
>
> skot at penguinstorm.com
>
> twitter. penguinstorm
>
> On 2010-12-29, at 10:03, Jonathan Baker-Bates <jonathan at bakerbates.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 29 December 2010 12:50, Louise Hewitt <louise.hewitt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Fed up with this list (after 10 years, it's a bit sad) being nowt more
> than
> >> Job posting and event promotion.
> >>
> >> Anyone recommend an alternative UX/IA global list so I don't get stuck
> in a
> >> local silo.
> >>
> >
> >
> > I was going to suggest IxDA, but it's having similar issues with itself:
> >
> > http://goo.gl/vMtst
> >
> > http://goo.gl/fTyb0
> >
> > One thing that occurs to me about the "death" of SIGIA-l is that the list
> > server is set to reply to sender by default. At least, I've only just
> > noticed, having had to adjust the "To:" field for this reply. Has that
> > always been the case? I've had some spirited debates with people here,
> but I
> > think in some cases I've done it off list without realising it (no wonder
> > nobody was joining in!).
> >
> > It can't be that simple, can it?
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