[IxDA Discuss] A List Apart web design survey results

[Christopher Fahey]

> I'm not clear when staying up-to-date on A List Apart became a proxy
> for staying up-to-date with our field, but it sounds like a false
> comparison to me.

Katie, I don't think anyone said people have to read ALA  
specifically, much less "follow" it, to be up-to-date. Although I can  
see what you mean by the tone of the discussion, and I know what it  
means to be so busy that reading all the stuff we want to read is  
impossible.

We are (or at least I am) just saying that professionals should  
proactively and frequently seek out design and technology news and  
inspiration from somewhere, as often as they can. Reading design  
blogs, news sites, and web magazines for 30 minutes a day should be  
something every boss requires their team to do. ALA happens to be one  
of the places that I would expect a good web pro to end up fairly  
often, whether by following it regularly, finding it through Google,  
linking to it from other sources, etc. My complaint is that a great  
number of professionals don't read anything whatsoever.

-Cf

Christopher Fahey
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