But would you want to hire a mobile HCI specialist? Or someone who is great at consumer HCI and will apply that understand to mobile within mobile design constraints?
My personal bias would be to hire the consumer HCI specialist and have them work on / learn mobile.
Yep, I agree someone that know's the principal of HCI to any problem set. In the technical world, were things move so quick they have to be able to adapt to new technology. I see HCI as a discipline unto itself and would not see the value in such fine grain specialization, like mobile HCI specialist. But I don't see HCI as a generalist.
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Agreed.
But would you want to hire a mobile HCI specialist? Or someone who is great at consumer HCI and will apply that understand to mobile within mobile design constraints?
My personal bias would be to hire the consumer HCI specialist and have them work on / learn mobile.
Yep, I agree someone that know's the principal of HCI to any problem set. In the technical world, were things move so quick they have to be able to adapt to new technology. I see HCI as a discipline unto itself and would not see the value in such fine grain specialization, like mobile HCI specialist. But I don't see HCI as a generalist.