chi finale

[jaeclectic]

The panel on "HII" was pretty good -- some interesting thoughts, although also a lot of the usual nitpicky debates about the boundaries of various professions / field definitions. I mentioned to someone (well, Aviva, actually) that it reminded me of the annoying tendency of IA-related mailing lists to constantly navel-gaze about the definition of information architecture, and she very aptly responded "no! information architects! fussing about taxonomy!" to which I had to reply "oh yeah. taxonomy. and labelling. right."

Then the closing plenary by Scott McCloud was sublime, as expected.

And OBTW, George Furnas rocks.

Later this evening, I'll have dinner with Peter R and his partner, who is coming up for the weekend. Tomorrow, will try to hook up with Aviva again. After, hopefully, another good night's sleep...