Previously I have talked at length about burnout and knowing when you are working too much and how to step aside. Friend Derek Featherstone has also written about burnout and finding some white space in our lives.
Kelly Goto at Web Directions South 2009, last week, also spoke on finding more time between moments (YoYu). Ben Buchanan explains YoYu really well too. Everything these good people and I have said is true.
During last week I trotted off to give a talk on career directions in the local web industry to a group of high school students.
This got me thinking about the best fit for career directions in the web industry. Seems I’m not alone, Alex Graham also has the same concerns.
It basically comes down to:
Yesterday was Australia Day, a day when we celebrate Australia and it people of many cultures, bringing together the different communities. At the end of the day I was enjoying the warm sun on my back and the moist sand of the beach underfoot, when I got to thinking about how you would bring people together in the Web Industry.
Problem is we tend to see the industry as one solid mass. In reality it’s made up on many disjointed community groups.
Gary Barber
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I design interfaces, build information architectures, prototypes, do UX research and conducting usability & accessibility tests and audits.
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