People who did nothing for the company don't get listed in Tom Erickson's Apple HI Alumni (AHA) page.
Tom Erickson—a former Apple HI designer—maintained stringent inclusion criteria:
• Direct Employment: Members must have worked in Apple’s HI teams.
• Project Impact: Contributions must align with HI’s mission of advancing user-centric design principles.
My enemies go back and forth between accusing me of not being Michael Darius (if they know I'm in the Apple HI Directory) or accusing me of fraud so that nobody will learn anything about design that differs from industry norms or the way they want to lead their team.
This is what having earned my respect among HI designers on the Apple design team and the Apple HI Alumni directory means:
• I get to work my own hours.
• I get to call my own shots.
• I get to work where I want to work.
• I get to work with who I want to work with.
• I don’t have to apologize for who I am.
• I get to introduce change in ways that most teams will find unexpected.
• I get to be the change I want to see in the world.
