On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:12 AM, dave malouf <dave....@gmail.com> wrote: > Austin, I love your book, but to compare it to Polar Bear the way you > did is just wrong. The 1st edition of the book was OK, the 2nd edition > is great!, but it is not a defining book of IA as a discipline as much > as it is about IA as practice.
That's kind of my point. The Polar Bear book isn't a "defining" book either. It's a "things you might need to know how to do when building a large website" kind of book. More importantly, though, it's not an intro book. When we raise our young'uns, (very broadly generalizing here...) they read Don't Make Me Think, Blueprints, or Elements. Those books defines the IA they practice. (More likely, defines the blended UXD they practice.) (Not to mention, the Polar Bear is East Coast IA and Blueprints is West Coast. Claim yo set!) -- Austin Govella User Experience Work: http://www.grafofini.com Blog: http://www.thinkingandmaking.com Book: http://www.blueprintsfortheweb.com aus...@grafofini.com 215-240-1265 ________________________________________________________________ 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
