Re: [IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Richard Dalton
Robert, I have a similar 3-way diagram, with "Control" being the primary focus of IxD, "Comprehension" being the primary focus of Information Design and "Connectedness" being the primary focus of IA. http://mauvyrusset.com/2008/09/26/the-foci-of-user-experience/ - Richard . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
My sister won't eat the blue ones. It's her way of protesting them since they weren't originally there when she was a kid. On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Jared Spool wrote: I don't know which one is better, but I'm pretty sure that Blue has no real reason to exist. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Jared Spool
On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: This is like watching a bunch of kindergartners argue over which M&M is better. I don't know which one is better, but I'm pretty sure that Blue has no real reason to exist. Jared ___

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Milan Guenther
> So, why are we arguing over 0.001%? I have no clue. But another thing: I have thought about what Dave said some days ago in this (multiple thread) discussion, that I wanted to start a marketing campaign for UX. It was not the main reason, but re-thinking the issue in marketing terms makes se

[IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Robert Reimann
The Introduction to About Face 3 contains a very simple venn diagram that I first described here on this list: I like to think of User Experience Design as a 3-circle Venn diagram, where the circles represent Form, Behavior, and Content design. The circles each intersect with each other. IxD occ

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
On Mar 31, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: Incidentally, whether intentional or not, the appearance here is that IxD is trying to become the "dominant" field in UX and not acknowledge that the IA field can or has evolved. Just to be clear, I'm not attempting to state that Dan is

[IxDA Discuss] Edge Case Design of IA vs. IxD

2009-03-31 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
So, once again, I'll propose all this bickering about the difference of IA/IxD, or why people aren't UX Designers, but are IAs or IxDs is an argument for 0.001%. The case where any of us are working on a system that won't have both IA and IxD is statistically non-existent. So, why are we ar