Thanks Elizabeth :) "Personally, I strongly agree that a wide-spread, formal embrace of the user experience terminology has the potential to unite all of our communities more tangibly from the point of view of the outside world."
Me too! "I admire his call for people to come together from the various UX communities. " Me too! "The UX movement has been developing organically for the past five years or so, and clearly is reaching the tipping point. Both IAI and IxDA %u2014 along with other orgs %u2014 should be at the table when it comes to harnessing this energy" Yup and be pleased to be there. "I also believe that bringing all UX practitioners to live in the same house would involve some challenging situations. I believe that it would naturally result in many members still retreating to smaller, shared spaces to geek-out with their fellow IAs, IxDs, Researchers, Usability specialists, etc. " Yup it may and it may also still require difference conferences and orgs, but be nice to have the consistent UX thread run through all. Perhaps this is already happening? I think it is ... but we could do more. "I'm extremely eager to hear from UXnet's leaders whether they envision taking on a more active role in the world at large to address this situation." Having a place where we can meet in person (say once a year?), have representation from all disciplines/orgs to talk to challenges we all face and how we want to advance UX (to name a few topics ... I am sure we all share some of the same pain?) Sounds like a nice UXNet initiative .. Lou? :) I also enjoyed this recent interview with PeterMe as it gave me addition background and perspectives - http://www.teawithteresa.com/2009/03/history-evolution-of-user-experience.html Note - I have attended the last 2 IXDA conferences, am a UPA and IAI member, on the UPA board (have made some great friends in all communities) and look forward to learning more from all disciplines towards helping make products better ... who knows ... perhaps in the process help grow the UX industry and help towards a better world to live in. rgds, Dan Title - the person who tries to make stuff better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40597 ________________________________________________________________ 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
