Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-22 Thread Maria
knowing something more about humans, then being surprised again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37446 Welcome to the Interaction D

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-22 Thread Renee Rosen-Wakeford
My aspiration is to become better at UX/IxD/IA and to decide which aspect to specialise in or to remain more a 'generalist' in the UX field. I've been working over a decade in digital/new media - primarily web with small amounts of iTV, Palm and email - but most of that has been as a producer, fron

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-22 Thread ivyclark
Although mainly focussed on the web now, with my varied experience in IA, web design & development, I.T. project management, sales and marketing, instructional design and teaching; my aspirations are 2-fold: - apply my experience and techniques I have learnt over the years to bring better value and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Angel Marquez
At a place I worked ,S*NY, the director of our department did a one on one with all of his people and asked the "Where do you want to be in 5 year?" question.. This guy I worked with came out of the directors office and I asked him how he answered and he was all "I said I want to be on MTV!". _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Janna Hicks DeVylder
I aspire to create awareness of well-designed products, services, experiences... A story: I had neighbor who had quite the green thumb. One day when I was about 15 I started hanging out with her and learning about gardening. She offered to bring some hostas from her yard to ours. I didn't know wh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > Find a project, job, otherwise be associated that combines my love for > designing systems > and whales I never thought about it before now, but you know, I'd also like to design whales. ;) -r- Welcome to the Interaction Desig

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Dave Malouf
1. Get through my first quarter of teaching 2. codify a curriculum that finally ads "interaction" to the foundation requirements of design education (undergrad & grad) 3. Design the next "minority report" interface. Meaning be a designer on the team for a movie that presents a new interface so impa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > So as an interaction designer, what are your career aspirations? I just want to lead a life of doing meaningful work. And for me, the notions of making things better for people, being continually challenged to find new ways to accomplish that goal, and then passing my experiences on to others

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Margaret Ann Schultz
Good question. I'm sure everyone has the same aspiration that Kevin S. does, to design products that make someone's life and work easier and perhaps even more enjoyable. Come to think of it, I think that's why I got into IxD, because I thought it would make my life and work easier and more enjoyabl

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Jack Moffett
My aspirations fall into three realms. 1. Professional Aside from the typical goals of making good stuff, making customers and users happy, and making my company successful, I aspire to increasing the recognition of design's value in my clients and my co- workers. Whereas I am currently the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Mike Caskey
I'm one of the few mentioned, who has made a successful time of it, without any degree, let alone a specialized Master in IxD or Ux. I have practiced interaction design on a daily basis, but again, only within the context of the web. I also feel a lot of the web marketing and optimization I d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Ben Vaughan
As a developer / designer for about the same amount of time, all I can really say is, "What he said". Ben Vaughan On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Mike Caskey wrote: > Having been a "web designer" of 12 years, and having experienced only that > aspect of interaction design, I feel my aspiration

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Mike Caskey
Having been a "web designer" of 12 years, and having experienced only that aspect of interaction design, I feel my aspirations are limited. I fear I may be missing out in the world of IxD! What are some ways you might suggest for me to remove the blinders? This list has been a wonderful and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Will Evans
So as an interaction designer, what are your career aspirations? To be competent. ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" Will Evans | User Experience Architect

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread Kevin Silver
Good question. My aspirations are to work collaboratively with other designers to design products and services that change the way people live and work work, of course for the better! Kevin On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:17 AM, mark schraad wrote: There was a discussion recently that noted how muc

[IxDA Discuss] what do you aspire to?

2009-01-21 Thread mark schraad
There was a discussion recently that noted how much bad interaction design exists in the world and that this org needs to do more to establish competency. Slightly related... was an announcement that education is one of the top priorities for the ixda in the coming months and years. some quick posi