About a year ago I approached the IxDA board because I had a project in mind. After a long discussion we agreed on calling it the IxDA Practice Guide and I volunteered to lead the efforts.
The main objectives are to consolidate the processes and design language we use by gathering feedback on the different approaches being used out there. I come from an Architecture background and I felt that the Interaction Design community needed something similar to what Architects have: a standard, yet flexible process and visual language that enables them to design something and then communicating it with anyone around the world. I can design a building and send it to a Japanese builder and he can pretty much figure it out. Throughout my career I worked in several different companies and every one of them had its own process and visual language and that struck me as insane. For instance, programming languages are standard. Just imagine if they changed according to the company you worked for. I feel we are all trying to reinvent the wheel, when we should be focusing on the design itself. The UPA BoK is a very interesting project, but I feel that we as Interaction Designers need something more design-related. Since Jesse James Garrett was the first one to develop a visual language for interactions, I already invited him to oversee the groups efforts. Also, I think that this Definitions effort would fit the scope of the Practice Guide Workgroup. There's already a Wiki setup for it at practiceguide.ixda.org (needs finishing) and the email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would welcome everyone's help on this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24685 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
