2007.10.02 - meeting notes

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try using google docs, blogs, forums for common place for our notes

philadelphia ixda - probably a blog on blogger.

chris will set up blog - tom morning.

phixda

purpose
lee - "explore the current usage of ixd and where we want it to go"
to create a mouth piece -co/op of designers to do things outisde of work...
natural curiosit

ideas to start with:
interacive mall map.
mall directory.

fedeal gov will fund grants and co-op...

bryan
"i want to live in a world full of cool interactions"

"it should just work"

"phixda automagically"

"it shouldn't just work, it should at least work" - jk (i just made that up [a IV3 concept])

goals: share ideas, meet other people.. the more we write and talk about whats in our head the easier it will be to complete these sentences.

jason: i'm here to program and to learn from people who are better designers than myself.

steve: i really just hate this stuff... i want to get back into php.
background: comp sci, database, sys des, business, gen ed.

smiling faces
happy people
infrastructure, dept for usability testing
interaction d
instruction d
support
variety of differnt products
training, conferences
forward thinking
"heath 2.0"

mbc, digitas, french company...

career path...

write a charter. goals, people involved. set a goal... report status.

bryan to share docs with everyone

competitions! web/desktop based.