Hi all, I'm fairly new to UX/IX design, and I've seen so many people talk about the benefits/shortcomings of generalists vs. specialists. I had to take a swing at it, and I think I've cleared up the real issue:
Instead of just asking "which is better" we should be asking "which is better for our business?" Too many times the UX civil war seems to revolve around broad skills or narrow skills, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't matter which skill set you have. Both are valuable and necessary. What matters are the circumstances you and your company are in and what you do to adapt to them and make the best out of them. I've written a few words (600) about this idea. Hope you'll take a few minutes to read my full post, and comment here or there: http://jasonrobb.com/2009/05/22/ux-generalists-specialists/ Thanks a lot, I appreciate you taking the time to read even this. =) Cheers, Jason Robb http://jasonrobb.com http://uxboston.com http://twitter.com/jasonrobb ________________________________________________________________ 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
