Rob: I've been an IxD professional for more than 10 years and an amateur urban planning geek for many years as well. In grad school I took some architecture and planning classes to fill out my IxD and overall tech experience in preparation for working in this area.
It's odd that you bring this up now, because I just engaged in one of the best IxD / urban planning discussions ever, last week at the SF UX Book Club, wherein we read and discussed a planning classic and one of my overall favorite books %u2013 A Pattern Language %u2013 and how it related to our field of online user experience. I recommend that you check out that book as well as reading up about urban planning in general and at least perusing other classic books in the field. Then seek out and chat with some planners, this will help you chart your course. The guide here looks like a good start: http://www.acsp.org/Guide/guide_index.htm Cheers Sean Savage San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43897 ________________________________________________________________ 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
