[IxDA Discuss] My View of Interaction Design

[Bruce Esrig]

I apologize for not having caught up on the more extensive discussion.

1. I like your idea (that we discussed separately) of creating
separate definitions of interaction design that work for different
audiences.

2. We also vary on what we are trying to describe. It would be useful
to bring forward the previous discussion that characterizes what work
is being done.

3. Most of that was about identifying practitioners (a third
dimension) and context. What background does the practitioner bring
to interaction design?

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Among the definitions that I have recently come across, one unifying
characteristic is that interaction design is about problem solving. A
good new definition would shed light on what sort of problems are
being solved, what the context is in which they are being solved, who
they are being solved for, who is doing the problem solving, and what
techniques are being applied. Then presentation issues can be
addressed: for each audience, what do they need to know in order to
understand what interaction design will do for them?


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