Dan Safer (by way of Carnegie Mellon I believe) does a nice job of this in his book, and includes a helpful vin diagram. While it is not the end all answer to your questions it is an excellent place to start.
Mark On Jan 25, 2008, at 12:34 PM, lukeisha carr wrote: > "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 ________________________________________________________________ *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
