New Spanish journal planned

Javier Cañadas of Cadius fame in the Spanish-speaking world has a new project in hand: the launch of a Spanish-language interaction design journal, aiming to bridge the worlds of academia and practitioners/business.

It strikes me that in Spain (I know less about Latin America) the silo-isation of the business and academic worlds in the field of interaction is much greater than in the US and the UK, and it's a divide that needs breaking down. Javier is planning an editorial board of both academic and industry representatives, and he has kindly asked me on board as an industry practitioner.

It's also good to see that Interacción 2004 conference in Spain - the main national HCI conference - is to have an Industry Day, following in the footsteps of the new Industry Day at the HCI 2003 Bath conference. Such a format has limitations, but is a good first step. Alan Dix is to be a keynote speaker.

Further details to follow as the project matures....