Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice for a stanger

2009-10-10 Thread Dave . ixd
It doesn't get much better than CIID, but there are other definite worthy programs. Each have their own special take on IxD & design education which makes answering your question quite difficult w/o knowing more about you & your goals. Here is a list for you to look at which is by no means compre

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX/ID Education Options in Canada at the Graduate level?

2009-10-10 Thread Dave . ixd
Simon Frasier University in Vancouver should work for ya if you don't mind going a few miles down highway 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iPhone) http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46581 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shaun Inman\'s Fever

2009-06-18 Thread Dave . ixd
Well, for me this isn't "business model". It is the core difference btw UI Design & Interaction Design. How I interact with the product in all it's forms is part of the IxD. Your attempt to try & separate them as distinct is a great example of where UI design by itself fails. It is the way most o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why are there no

2009-02-25 Thread Dave . ixd
I'll be more blunt. B/c design is not business and the pedigogy requires different methods to do it right: I.e. Studio. To get the biz connection the better design programs have strong connections to the corporate world and corporations will sponsor classes or a set of classes. Here at SCAD we ha

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction \\\'10 Dates?

2009-02-13 Thread Dave . ixd
Interaction 10 will be Feb 4-7 in beautiful historic Savannah, GA hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design. Your cruise directors, I mean co-chairs are Bill DeRouchey & Jennifer Bove. - dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iP

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Curriculum (Was: Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals)

2008-06-24 Thread dave . ixd
maybe we are passing in the night here... I thought you were saying that b/c Dan & I were including courses like type or graphic design theory, that that meant IxD is a holistic design discipline like the way you seem to use "Interface design". Assuming I got that right. I was countering you persp

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is UCD Really Broken?

2008-06-24 Thread dave . ixd
Hey! I 100% agree with Andrei. What gets me about UX & UCD of late are the folks that jones Lowgren calls out in the previously referenced article (different thread) the HCI side of IxD. Chsrlie, I'm picking on you b/c you outlined why UCD came into being. UCD is an engineers answer to engineering

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals

2008-06-20 Thread dave . ixd
Is this all (both threads) really just a question of "this point in history"? Would I hire an Industrial Designer who doesn't have a degree in ID? Isn't the expectation if hiring a junior graphic designer that they have a degree in visual design? I have always found it interesting that in the UX