How synchronous, I was just about to comment on how I am attempting to convert my bathroom hallway in to a recording area. I noticed when I shut both entryway doors it is pitch black in there. So, I decided to get some lights, some sound sensor lights ( totally off subject, any recommendations would be great this has been added to my list of ungooglables). Anyways, so far I have a metronome that blinks and when I went to the cyclers store to pick up some blinking safety lights that have different modes; but, they were closed. So, I went to the borders next door and bought a book and some moleskine (graph [I wish I could customize the grid size and have the paper be black rather than white, I have contacted them about this] ). I bought Pragmatic Thinking and Learning 'Refactor Your Wetware'. the selling point was this list of biases that triggered IxD in my wetware:Meet your cognitive biases Anchoring Fundamental Attribution Error Self-serving bias Need for closure Confirmation bias Exposure effect Hawthorne effect False memory Symbolic reduction fallacy Nominal fallacy
But, that is all besides the point. The book I bought is only one of a few I thumbed threw. I picked up one that was called the 'Art of Deception' and it was all about Social Engineering. It must have been misplaced because it was in a strange section. I think the role is blossoming out of necessity. I also think that it is still lacking in consistency and it is hit or miss approach, meaning...I am working on 4 projects at the moment that desperately need an interaction designer; but, the deadlines and my personal experience tell me it is a gamble of if it would be more of an asset or a handicap. I fill the void satisfactory (says me); but, it would be nice to not get a tangled mess and ludicrous deadline passed along every once in awhile. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
