FWIW, I use Gmail for all my mailing lists because the way it groups conversations makes it very easy to ignore any thread that I find particularly annoying. I also tag each mailing list and automatically archive it, so the many, many messages do not plug up my inbox.
-- Paul Nuschke Principal, Research & Strategy ELECTRONIC INK© www.electronicink.com On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Joshua Porter <por...@bokardo.com> wrote: > I quit the SIGIA list 4 years ago because I couldn't stand the bickering. > > I'm now ready to quit the IxDA list for the same reason. > > Not saying I'm special, just saying that here is *one* vote that the > current discourse sucks. > > There is a saying that I particularly like: > > "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather > wood...Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." > > So...right now we're discussing what to call the people who are gathering > the f'ing wood. Should they be called wood gatherers, or boat architects or > sailing experience designers? > > Here's a suggestion: > > Let's talk about the sea. > > Let's talk about how the Facebook interface is rewiring the way people > interact online. Would you design it similarly? Or different...why? > > Let's talk about how the Kiva interface is changing economies for > entrepreneurs in 3rd world countries. How would you design the profiles & > reputation framework for this system? > > Let's talk about how the PatientsLikeMe interface allows people to manage > their illnesses better. How would you design the relationships between the > site and pharmaceutical companies? > > Let's make hypotheses, gather evidence, SHOW OUR RESEARCH & WORK, and > discuss rationally. > > There are IxDA board members whose role it is to organize the community. > Let's leave that work for them. > > For us regular folks on the list, the people creating the interfaces that > enables important human interaction, let's talk about the awesome potential > of the work we do. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
