Media: InfoDesign interviews Aaron Marcus

"Aaron Marcus: The InfoDesign interview" by Dirk Knemeyer is a detailed look both forwards and back at the man now particularly associated with cultural issues in user-centred design.

Marcus starts the conversation with the challenges facing our decision making tactics: 'Technology is developing the power and the bandwidth to enable all devices to communicate among themselves and with us in vast new networks, to enable each of us to become multimedia message senders to everyone else on the globe. Where does this lead? One direction is to an enormous growth of messages, to which we may need to respond. Imagine receiving news from your refrigerator about the fact that it ordered more of the milk you like from the local food delivery service, and that you need to have someone home to receive it tomorrow. This might be one among 100,000 messages that you might receive daily. This is not so unlikely a number. After all, Bill Gates told us two years ago that he was getting 4,000 messages per day. Fortunately, he has assistants to process the load. We need that kind of assistance, too.'

That in itself is of interest, but he then touches on:
* User-Centered Design
* Cultural Differences
* The Profession of User Interface Design
* Practice, Writing, and Teaching
* His Role Models
* Advice, Guidance, and Insights
* The Future of Information Experience Design, and
* Near Future Activities and Projects

A comprehensive interview with a number of interesting facets.

Associated Link: Aaron Marcus: The InfoDesign interview

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