[IxDA Discuss] Researching Techniques for Collecting User Experience Feedback on a Location Based Mobile Game

2009-07-20 Thread Veena Gowthamchand
Researching Techniques for Collecting User Experience Feedback on a Location Based Mobile Game Answer The Question and Win A Prize at Bestica's Interaction Design Challenge Blog At http://bestica.com/blog.aspx Prizes include: 1. Amazon.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Researching Techniques for Collecting User Experience Feedback on a Location Based Mobile Game

2009-07-20 Thread live
Do you want to have a conversation with us about an interesting issue, or do you want to run a contest? Choose. On Jul 20, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Veena Gowthamchand wrote: Researching Techniques for Collecting User Experience Feedback on a Location Based Mobile Game Answer The Question and

[IxDA Discuss] Sketching Sonic Interaction Design Workshop - Call for Posters and Demos

2009-07-20 Thread Michal Rinott
Workshop at HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel November 16, 2009 as part of the Sonic Interaction Design EU Research Group *** Deadline for posters and demos: August 15, 2009 *** Introduction Sonic Interaction Design (SID) is the discipline that investigates the use of sound in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Carnegie Mellon Admission Questions

2009-07-20 Thread siobhan . hadley
Hi Kevin, I'm an alumnae of CMU's CPID program and I happened to spend one of my assistantships at CMU working with the person who administers the IxD/CPID application process. I recall that the majority of those that made it through the first review (that is, applications that were complete,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] Interest in a Montreal IXDA face-to-face in September?

2009-07-20 Thread Louis Cloutier
Hi Louis, I'm interested to attend even if we are 2 of us !! You can contact me on my email. lc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43406

[IxDA Discuss] Design In The Open - A community for open source designers

2009-07-20 Thread Leisa Reichelt
a little plug for those who may be interested: www.designintheopen.org is an online community for designers working in/on open source projects. A place to share experiences, projects, experiments, ideas, mental health breakdowns and successes with people who know what it's like. if this sounds

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Carnegie Mellon Admission Questions

2009-07-20 Thread j. eric townsend
Kevin Tu wrote: Not sure how heavily weighted GRE scores are for their Graduate Interaction Design program is, but can someone speak of an average or range of successful applicants? While I honestly have no idea (I didn't know they required GRE, even), I did take classes with many students in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction design can affect everyone, not just people who own a computer. What does this mean for IxD?

2009-07-20 Thread j. eric townsend
I think the problem is that we (I'm a USAian) tend to care less about our fellow humans and more about whatever specific product we're trying to sell and the bottom line. I just spent two weeks in Tokyo and I often felt like someone actually cared about me, even during impersonal

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Pattern: Language Toggle

2009-07-20 Thread Michael Tuminello
The international menubar control in mac os: http://www.scl.utah.edu/computers/mac/help/languages.html rookie mistake: require someone to know what their language is called in English (or whatever the primary display language is) to select it. MT On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Erin Lynn

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Pattern: Language Toggle

2009-07-20 Thread Santiago Bustelo
Provided screenshot is meant for keyboard layout selection (input menu), not for system language. This is the screenshot for system language selection: http://www.maxprog.com/site/support/us/common/pictures/language_options_macosx.jpg ...where every option is spelt in its own language. Best

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] User Experience Designers - San Francisco, CA - ThoughtWorks Studios - Full-Time Role

2009-07-20 Thread Chad Wathington
ThoughtWorks Studios is now hiring two user experience designers to work in its San Francisco, CA office. WHO WE ARE ThoughtWorks Studios is the product division of ThoughtWorks, a global IT consulting firm, with over 1000 employees working from 14 offices worldwide. ThoughtWorks Studios was

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Macrovision's Rovi

2009-07-20 Thread Jiri Mocicka
Nice article, there is a couple of version UI I have already seen but they haven't been implemented yet. Will place a link when it's happen. Thanks for sharing Regards Jiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web Font Service preview

2009-07-20 Thread Jiri Mocicka
Hi Petre, Really good article. Actually I follow you on typotheqe for a while. I like the general idea and also following typographic rules online. Would be great to see a part of this css code how actually link the typeface as well as know how it works with traffic? I have been using sIFR with

[IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Tara Goskie
I have been working for a company creating online software/application for the past years. Recently I got laid off and they disabled my connection to the company's server right away. Since I was a remote employee, I wasn't able to get the design files I'd done for the company. Therefore, I emailed

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Patrick
We're you a contractor in the US? Did you sign away the copyright? On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Tara Goskie wrote: I have been working for a company creating online software/application for the past years. Recently I got laid off and they disabled my connection to the company's server right

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Katie Albers
This brings up one of those good, general practices: Never leave yourself in a position where you rely on your company's server for access to work you've done. Companies often turn off your access *before* they inform you you're no longer wanted. At least if you've copied your work to your

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread mark schraad
The ugly reality here is that if you were an employee or a work-for-hire contractor you have no rights to access or show that work. Inherent in those relationship is ownership of your work, which you do not have. Even had you backed up all of your work locally, and they asked you to destroy those

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Filters: Is there a better way?

2009-07-20 Thread Audrey
Thank you for your thoughts... I cannot help but think that we're missing a much-needed tool here for beginners who need to make a complex query. Shopping for cars, televisions, houses, vacations... All require this method. People shopping are probably beginners, since they probably don't make

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
This doesn't help you for your current designs but in the future, send copies of your work to your personal email address or post them on a personal server AT TIME OF DELIVERY TO CLIENT. You can catalog/org them later but at least you have the files. I don't know all the legalities but the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread live
Yeah, sucks. When it's live, feel free to snag it tho; what are they gonna do sue you? On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Tara Goskie wrote: I have been working for a company creating online software/application for the past years. Recently I got laid off and they disabled my connection to the

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA Dublin, Ireland: July '09 Meeting

2009-07-20 Thread Seamus Byrne
When: Wednesday, July 22nd. Starting at 6:30pm until 8:00pm Where: Renards, Dublin. http://www.visitdublin.com/entertainment/Detail.aspx?id=228mid=1009 What: UX London Workshop Synopsis - with Celine O'Neill, User Experience Analyst at Paddy Power. Celine will be presenting an overview of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread j. eric townsend
mark schraad wrote: The ugly reality here is that if you were an employee or a work-for-hire contractor you have no rights to access or show that work. Doesn't it depend on the contract? I've gotten away with using a photographer's contract that allows me to replicate things in my

[IxDA Discuss] International Usability Vendors?

2009-07-20 Thread Shima Kazerooni
Hello, We are looking for vendors to conduct international usability studies in the UK, France and Germany with in-country participants and moderators who speak the language.  Has anyone used a vendor and been happy with the service and results that they have received?  Please let me know

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Jake Trimble
If it was me I would contact a personal friend at the company and ask for a favor. Hopefully you have made a couple of trusted connections with people where you used to work. However, that would be my last resort. You have to understand that management doesn't always see the forest through the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Anne Hjortshoj
Oh, man. Please don't contact HR. It'll likely result in no work given to you and a resulting rock-solid policy stating that nobody gets copies of work after the fact, ever (with accompanying legal paperwork, signatures, and binding agreements). You're better off going with the trusted friend

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Georgia Gibbs
Since you sound as though you were not a contractor but an employee I would check with a reputable attorney who specializes in this. I am not recommending litigation%u2013they can be invisible and still advise you in your negotiations and you would get better results perhaps. I know you do not

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread Jake Trimble
I said HR because of the need to see the employee contract regarding the ownership of work. So Anne is right, DO NOT beg any questions about getting your work back to HR. Just request the employee contract(s) from them...if it comes to that. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Mozilla Design Challenge: Summe r 09 – “Best in Class” honors and “People ’s Choice” award

2009-07-20 Thread IxDA Board of Directors
Two months ago, IxDA partnered with Mozilla Labs and Johnny Holland to sponsor this summer's design challenge, “*Reinventing Tabs in the Browser – How can we create, navigate and manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance?*“. We were completely overwhelmed with the response,