Andrew Otwell
I'm an Interaction Designer in Seattle, Washington. You're probably looking for my weblog, where I collect and comment on interesting links. My resume is here.
Some other things on this site are:
Design Engaged
I organize the Design Engaged conference, which we held in Amsterdam in 2004, in Berlin in 2005, and in Montreal in 2008.
Writing
Overview of Content Organization Methods
A comparison of full-text search, controlled vocabularies, thesauri, and faceted classification. download the 98k Word .doc
Review of ID Magazine's 2001 Interactive Media Awards
After several years of highlighting outstanding work, this year's winners fail to inspire. more
Art History Writings
From 1995 to 1998, I was a graduate student in art history at the University of Texas at Austin. Some of my papers and my Master's Thesis are online. more
Teaching
I'm also an experienced instructor and have taught Information Architecture, Interaction Design, and Programming for Designers. more
"Pixel Line Plane: Elements of Digital Craft" was a semester-long interactive design course I taught with Stefan Smagula at UT Austin in 2000 for undergraduate and graduate students. Our syllabus and final project assignment are available.