Wow - yes - That is the woman in the ad that played last night. Wouldn't want to get into a debate with her - she has a blackbelt and would kick most of our butts.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Carol Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I believe this is the woman we're discussing: > http://www.ics.uci.edu/computerscience/vrst/program/program_baron.php > > Great ads! > > Carol > > > Carol J. Smith > Principal Consultant > Midwest Research, LLC - www.mw-research.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or cell: 773.218.6568 > > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I saw a slightly different one - this time staring a woman who was > > obviously > > some kind of HFE, designer - something doing user testing for the > dashboard > > on the ford fusion, talking about how she tests prototypes with real > users > > to inform the design. > > > > So it looks like they have at least 2 tv spots focused on the how and why > > of > > making things better for people. > > > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Dan Saffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So I'm half watching the TV last night and I look up during a > commercial > > > for Ford automobiles, and they are talking about their new navigation > > system > > > and the guy in the commercial (or an actor claiming to be) says > something > > > along the lines of, "I design the user interface. I like taking hard > > > problems and making them simple for people to use." > > > > > > Needless to say, I almost fell out of my chair. Anyone else seen this > > > commercial? I can't find it online, or even reference to it online. > > > > > > As far as I know, this is the first time an interaction designer has > > > appeared on a TV commercial for a product, much less mention bits of > our > > > philosophy. > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ~ will > > > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > > and what you innovate are design problems" > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > > tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
