"Just curious how some of you would differentiate an interaction designer from a user interface designer? Apologies if it's been discussed to death before."
I think these kind of questions keep coming up again & again for some of the following reasons: 1. Companies give many different titles to the same group of duties. So, which titles does one need to look for in a job search to ensure that you cover all of your bases? 2. Many people have different backgrounds. So, how does one know if he/she has the correct experience or training for the any of the multiple titled positions. i.e. My background is mostly in "back-end" web development. Even though, I've coded in HTML/JavaScript, but the "design" parts, like image croping/creation, colors, etc. was done by someone else. So, does one with that kind of background need to become proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash to be a good IxDer? Unfortunately, I'm not sure if these kind of questions will slow down, until the field is many years old and dedicated training will define what these positions do. But the challenge will still be how to keep different companies from making a mis-mash of all the title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25077 ________________________________________________________________ *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
