Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Can-Am Spyder

2008-06-11 Thread Regis Bectarte 
Just to add my two cents, I would consider this more interesting from
a rider's experience standpoint...at least it leans :)

http://www.brudelitech.com/product.htm

Regis Bectarte

Thursday, June 5, 2008, 10:31:24 AM, you wrote:


> not to re-ignite this thread, but check out CNN Video today:

> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/06/05/washburn. 
> 230.mpg.car.kfmb



> On Jun 2, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:

>> For reference, please see:
>>
>> http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/02/Spyder
>> http://spyderryder.brp.com/spyder-community/en-CA/Home.html
>> http://spyderryder.brp.com/spyder-community/en-CA/BlogEntry.html?EntryID=bd44fe89-6630-4ba1-a75f-643f9bb3bfea
>> http://spyderryder.brp.com/spyder-community/en-CA/BlogEntry.html?EntryID=23e0bed7-40c5-462d-860e-745cb8e10626
>>
>> So, food for thought... How does someone who practices "IxD" achieve
>> a similar level of quality and innovation in software or interface
>> design if:



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[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Lead IA - SunGard - Malvern, PA

2008-06-11 Thread Dorelle Rabinowitz 
>From my brother...

Lead Information Architect
Sungard Higher Education

Malvern, PA, AUS

Full-time, permanent position.
Job description

This key role in SunGard Higher Education's agile development
methodology will set the stage for our user experience direction. The
incumbent in this position will work with product management across
multiple business lines, decomposing business requirements into
software user experiences and then developing execution strategies
based off of the business needs. In this influential role, the lead
will be responsible for creating products maps, user scenarios,
navigation models, and prototypes for demonstration of concepts to key
stake holders.
Job qualifications

5+ years professional experience as an Information Architect,
Interaction Designer, or User Experience Architect
Ability to research, identify, analyze issues and derive applicable solutions
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Experience designing and facilitating primary, qualitative user
research studies, especially contextual inquiry
Experience designing and facilitating design validation studies and
usability tests
Familiar with and capable of working in iterative design cycles using
agile software development processes such as Scrum

Desired Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 3 specifically Adobe Illustrator
Experience with enterprise software applications
User experience design supporting multiple languages and locales.
Capable of providing 'accessible' designs.
Familiarity with the latest RIA techniques using technologies such as
Ajax, Flex and Flash.
Proficiency with internet development technologies such as e-commerce
and CRM a plus.

How to apply

http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_sungardhe/external/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId=2741&localeCode=en-us

Search on job #893 and click apply now.


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[IxDA Discuss] [Book Review] Web Form Design, Filling in the Blanks

2008-06-11 Thread Will Evans 
All,
I just finished this book, and thought I would share my book review with the
community. Enjoy!

- Will
-

Book Review
Web Form Design, Filling in the Blanks
By Luke Wroblewski
Publisher: Rosenfeld Media

The scene is all too familiar. You're presenting wireframes of the
registration process for a new web application when the discussion veers
down a dark alley. The sky has turned the color of black ink, and you can
smell sulfur in the air as one team member after another debates the
alignment of form labels. Before you can toss up a quick Hail Mary,
marketing says that the opt-in for marketing solicitations has to be
defaulted to yes, and you can feel your soul sucked out of your body through
your nose as a simple one hour meeting turns into a 3 hour discussion over
the pro's and cons of inline validation while your stomach grumbles because
you just missed. I have heard this war story many times from many
interaction designers and information architects, with little variation
except in the details. What we need is air cover in this battle to design
better forms. Now, it's here.

 "Forms Suck!"

And so Luke Wroblewski begins his new book on web form design with a canon
shot across the bow, providing just the air cover and ammunition interaction
designers need; and every review, including this one, is going to begin with
a first impression of the book.

Mine was: Boffo.
(bof·fo  (bf) Slang, adj.: Extremely successful; great.)

Wroblewski opens "Web Form Design" with an exploration, from a strategic
perspective, of why users interact with forms. News flash: It's not because
we like to. It may seem obvious, but the truth is, interaction designers
need to confront the truth that a user's goal is to get to some successful
outcome on the other side of a form – as quickly and painlessly as possible.
We want our iPhone, tax return, or account with Facebook. We don't want to
fill out forms.

"Forms suck. If you don't believe me, try to find people who like filling
them in. You may turn up an accountant who gets a rush when wrapping up a
client's tax return or perhaps a desk clerk who loves to tidy up office
payroll. But for most of us, forms are just an annoyance. What we want to do
is to vote, apply for a job, buy a book online, join a group, or get a
rebate back from a recent purchase. Forms just stand in our way."


Wroblewski has researched, with admirable thoroughness, everything from the
basics of good form design, to labels and most-direct route, delivering his
explanations, patterns and recommendations with a casual urgency that never
veers into preachiness. This book is a useful guide for both the novice
interaction designer and the battle tested UX guru, offering salient, field
tested examples of the good, bad, and often times ugly forms that have
proliferated the web like so many mushrooms after a good rain.

Wroblewski has also invited many seasoned professionals to contribute
sidebars, like Caroline Jarrett's no-nonsense perspective on designing great
forms by advising us to "start thinking about people and relationships,"
instead of just diving into labeling our forms and choosing where to put the
Submit button. I especially appreciated her strategic guidelines for picking
what questions should go into a form in the first place, which she aptly
titles "Keep, Cut, Postpone, or Explain."

Wroblewski is aware of how challenging most readers will find good form
design. It comes as a relief, for instance, when he writes that we should
think less about forms as a means of filling a database, and more as a means
of creating a meaningful conversation between the user and the company. He
generally succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend and
colleague who can win you over with self-deprecating,
you-too-can-make-dynamic-forms-every-day enthusiasm. The more subtle points
of user-centered design or goal-driven design are not talked about
explicitly; they are like a whisper on the wind that you can barely hear
unless you train your ears.

*What's In the Book?*

"Web Form Design" is part of a wave of User Experience books sweeping over
us from Rosenfeld Media; books focused on bringing practical, actionable and
well researched methods to actual practitioners in the field. This
literature is going to have a powerful effect on our community of practice,
maybe as powerful as the effect the Polar Bear book had on our grandparents'
era. This volume is broken out into three sections:

*Section one*, "Form Structure" begins with an overview of why form design
matters and describes the principles behind good form design, followed by
Form Organization, Path to Completion, and Labels (hint: your form design
should start from goals). Working quickly through strategy to tactics.
Wroblewski gives numerous examples - within the context of usability studies
-so that you are not left wondering whether these patterns are recommended
based just on his opinion

[IxDA Discuss] Reminder: [EVENT] IxDA D.C. F2F @ UPA '08 BALTIMORE.

2008-06-11 Thread Will Evans 
 IxDA D.C. Face-2-Face Social*: Wednesday, June 18, *Kosmo's Lounge*,
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. *

IxDA D.C. is throwing a Face-2-Face Social so we can meet in person for
drinks, socializing, and cross-fertilization of ideas at the UPA
International Conference in Baltimore. This is a great opportunity for IxDA
folks to meet DCIA, IxDA D.C. and UPA people from around the country and
around the world that will be converging on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

You don't have to be registered at the conference to come - in fact, I would
love if there is a big showing from local DC/Baltimore folks there to
welcome people coming from all over.

Bring your business card, or fill out a blank one there, and we will be
raffling off cool stuff!

For instance, I have secured a few copies of Luke Wroblewski's new book "*Web
Form Design*." http://tinyurl.com/4j7uvt. That, in and of itself, should be
motivation to come out and socialize!

You can RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

*When*: Wednesday, June 18, 6:30 - 9:30pm (but feel free to stay late!)

*Where*: Kosmo's Lounge, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront at 700 Aliceanna
Street.

*Map*: http://tinyurl.com/4h89g2

This a great opportunity to connect and network with local IxDA and IA
folks, and UPA folks coming from all over the world.

Please RSVP to Will Evans: [EMAIL PROTECTED] since we I be reserving
the space.

/ IxDA D.C. Coordinators

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek 


We got over the bugs, and are running well with thousands of pieces of  
content.


Apologies to those that couldn't get in before.

jd


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live - Site SLAMMED !

2008-06-11 Thread Apar Maniar 
it hit the front pages of TechCrunch, Digg and reditt so thats gonna keep
the views coming

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Jeff Gimzek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> sorry guys, we have close to a half million views already and are bringing
> more servers online.
>
> sigh.
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Jeff Gimzek wrote:
>
>
>> As you guys may have noticed in the MSM and the blogosphere, the project I
>> have been doing IA, UX, UE, concepting, wireframing, interaction design,
>> logo design, naming, branding, graphics, interface design and more for
>> during the past year went live last night.
>>
>> So what is it?  Glassdoor.com is opening the doors to companies everywhere
>> by allowing anyone to find and anonymously share real-time reviews, ratings
>> and salary details about specific jobs for specific employers — all for
>> free.  What sets us apart is that all our information comes from the people
>> who know these companies best – employees.  Think of it as the Yelp or
>> TripAdvisor for planning your career.
>>
>> The biggest interaction challenge with the site was the "give to get"
>> model for posting and seeing content:
>>
>> This means to access all the employee reviews and salaries of the
>> community, you must first share an anonymous review or salary of your own.
>>  To give you a preview of the value in this transparency, we're offering
>> sneak peeks for four technology companies in the SF Bay Area (Cisco Systems,
>> Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) where you can see all reviews and salaries
>> before contributing.
>>
>> Basically, a person has to take a "survey" to get full access to the site,
>> and we tried to make those surveys as fun and painless as possible.
>>
>> Please take a look, and since most of you like your jobs, give your
>> company some props.
>>
>> Feedback is very welcome - for me, or for the company.
>>
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[IxDA Discuss] subscribe

2008-06-11 Thread Santiago Bustelo 


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Santiago Bustelo 
Social network websites are web applications, rather than web sites.  
In a web site, users browse to access contents. In a web application,  
users perform tasks to access application states.


Stakeholders and people involved in the design, development and  
documentation of a web application, need to freely access the  
different states of the application, without actually performing the  
tasks that drive the application to that particular state.
For these actors, a flow chart of the tasks/functions, with links to  
the "pages" of the web application, would be appropiate. A way to  
quickly reveal what "pages" are shared by different functions (page  
names, color coding) needs to be thought out.


End users cannot freely "navigate" the application to a particular  
state without performing required tasks. Therefore, web applications - 
as desktop applications- don't usually offer a site map. What end  
users need and can use, is a well-written help section answering what  
steps are required to perform their goals. Copywriters can use the  
flow chart as a reference to develop that documentation.


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On 11/06/2008, at 12:14, Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:


Good Morning,

My current project is a social network. I'm actually having some  
trouble
putting together a good site map because so many features seem to  
either
overlap, or more importantly, one page will support multiple  
features. There

is much less of a "page" paradigm, it's so much more the interactive
behavior of the users. For example, on Facebook's profile page, I  
can do so

many different things - especially if I have added any applications.

Have any of you faced this, and if so, how did you tackle site  
mapping? It's
not that I find the site map such a huge crucial piece of the  
puzzle, but
it's something our stakeholders will want to see. It's also been  
tricky with
the wireframing and organizing each page as well. Any tips are  
appreciated.


Tom


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-11 Thread Bill Flowers 
In reviewing this thread it seems to me that two different types of
expectation are being mentioned.  One is more like trust:  I trust
that a button marked "Save now" will actually do what it says it
will do.

The other type of expectation, though, is one which is the real
design problem, and that comes from expectations about how tasks and
needs "should" be met.  This type of expectation mainly comes from
legacy, from previous experiences and prior learning, regardless of
whether the expected method is the best method for the user. 
Something fabulous for a complete novice may fall on its face with a
pro.

When approaching legacy expectations, new ways might indeed be more
usable, less work, whatever your metric for success is, but part of
the design considerations to be applied have to take into account,
and neutralize, legacy expectations.



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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thermo screenshots

2008-06-11 Thread Gilberto Medrano 
I a starting to play with Flex and also want to try
Silverlight/Expression Blend from Microsoft; but I think this kind of
presentation layer technologies are the way to go.

We have been stretching the capabilities of HTML by embedding
behavior through scripting, but HTML was conceived for handling  big
amounts of content in a light, standardized format for the www.

When you get the option to leverage on vectorial-based UI technology
for all your layout, widgets, user in-line notifications and
transitions; working with images for building up your app's
character starts feeling a bit primitive.

Again, I currently use ajax/css/html but I dream of the day when I
can focus totally on the design and less on addressing the viability
of an idea based on the Ajax library support, the cost of maintaining
that piece of javascript and its extensibility, or fixing other people
bugs (like browsers compatibility).  Exploring new ways to create
products away from "document-canvas" paradigm.

I think these tools (and hopefully soon a Open Source IDE for this)
can help us get there.  Definitely the technology in which the design
is being implemented has a big deal on impact on the design process
itself.  IMHO.


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[IxDA Discuss] JOB : NYC : freelance IA or UX LEAD with agency exp : 2-3+ months : UX-geared recruiter (JWG)

2008-06-11 Thread Joanne Weaver 
Hi IxDA'ers! Hope you are all doing well on this Wednesday of Wednesdays.

 

I've got an urgent, FREELANCE IA/ UX LEAD role for an onsite NYC-er from a
cool, midsized agency with a variety of high- visibility clients in the
areas of high-end tech, consumer packaged goods, pharma, etc. Great bunch of
brands to add to your resume + a nice group of folks to work with.

 

Office environment is busy and not for the shy---an ideal candidate will be
able to come in, grab the bull by the horns, have an entrepreneurial spirit,
speak up, and be able to work with little supervision (but also be able to
collaborate in a group and be kind + nice to others).

 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FREELANCE IA / UX LEAD:

 

Starts asap, lasts most likely thru the end of summer + potentially beyond.

 

Agency experience highly preferred. Transactional experience is  a huge
plus.

 

This person needs to be fluent in Visio, InDesign and/or OmniGraffle for
creating sitemaps and wireframes. The work will encompass pharma brand.com
work,  microsite work as well as brand.com work for . It's important that this person can hit the ground running and can
take initiative, direction and work as independently as necessary to get the
work done. Timelines are tight and we will have to let the person run on
their own a lot.

 

This person cannot be shy and must feel comfortable asking questions should
they arise. In addition this person needs 2-5 years of IA/IxD experience so
that they can instinctively design screens to cover not just the main
requirements but all the secondary screens that go along with them (e.g.,
confirmation screens, error dialogs, forms) as well as document all the
functions of the pages.

 

 

TO APPLY:

 

interested? avail?

please send your resume, availability, and URL if you've got one---without a
moment to lose!to:

 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

if you know someone who would be great for the role, please do pass this
along. Thanks, and I---and perhaps the person you help who gets the
gig---would both really appreciate it!

 

 

Yours in happy UX jobhunting,

Joanne

 

 

Joanne Weaver

President

The Joanne Weaver Group

UX + Creative Talent Acquisition

  http://www.joanneweavergroup.com

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Twitter Stream

2008-06-11 Thread dave malouf 
I totally agree with Jeff on "integration". That's a project in and
of itself. But can we maybe put the "badge" up on the ixda.org site
some place. I don't know where it goes per se but it could be fun to
follow the feed through the site.

Just a thought of getting something quick and dirty.

- dave


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Bryan Minihan 

Same here, would love to see how you've tackled this...


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On Jun 11, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Dante Murphy wrote:


Tom-
Our solution is to create a "statemap" instead of a sitemap, and  
catalog
the various relevant states of each module or behavior.  So if you  
have
a "poke someone" module, you describe how it behaves independent of  
any

surrounding content that does not impact that module's behavior or
presentation.

You can also use abstraction to simplify contextual relationships; for
instance, suppose that you can "poke" someone and also include a piece
of content from the page that you "poked" them from.  That abstraction
("piece of content") simplifies the description to include an article,
link, widget, vCard, or whatever.

Is this something that a lot of people are challenged with?  If so, I
might be able to put together a "statemapping" presentation online.   
Let

me know if you all would be interested in such a thing.

Dante

Dante Murphy | Director of User Experience| D I G I T A S  H E A L T H
229 South 18th Street | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
USA
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Tom Dell'Aringa 
I would definitely be interested in taking a look, if you wouldn't mind
putting it together.

Tom

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Dante Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Tom-
> Our solution is to create a "statemap" instead of a sitemap...
>
> Is this something that a lot of people are challenged with?  If so, I
> might be able to put together a "statemapping" presentation online.  Let
> me know if you all would be interested in such a thing.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Dante Murphy 
Tom-
Our solution is to create a "statemap" instead of a sitemap, and catalog
the various relevant states of each module or behavior.  So if you have
a "poke someone" module, you describe how it behaves independent of any
surrounding content that does not impact that module's behavior or
presentation.  

You can also use abstraction to simplify contextual relationships; for
instance, suppose that you can "poke" someone and also include a piece
of content from the page that you "poked" them from.  That abstraction
("piece of content") simplifies the description to include an article,
link, widget, vCard, or whatever.

Is this something that a lot of people are challenged with?  If so, I
might be able to put together a "statemapping" presentation online.  Let
me know if you all would be interested in such a thing.

Dante

Dante Murphy | Director of User Experience| D I G I T A S  H E A L T H
229 South 18th Street | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
USA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Bryan Minihan 
You just reminded me of the extra difficulty we had at my last  
company.  We allowed open gadget development, and had a whole suite of  
"content server" gadgets that people could customized however they saw  
fit.  All told, we had over 9000 widgets in the portal, about 1/3rd of  
which were "standard".  No two pages were alike, and we even had 12  
different "home pages" for different business units and countries.   
Every attempt we made to catalog the entire portal wound up with a  
taxonomy 20 pages long.


Good luck =]

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On Jun 11, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Karri Ojanen wrote:


Hey guys,

I've been faced with this same situation too with enterprise portals
that use widgets/pages/features for different groups. Like Bryan, I
created a concept map that divided the site into different groups of
features according to roles. The wireframes then showed how the
features fit into each seperate area (by user group). The portal we
built had a relatively small amount of widgets and features, so it
was easy enough to wire everything, but obviously the bigger the
portal/site and the more flexible/modifiable the features are, the
more demanding it gets to wire them properly.

Karri Ojanen
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Twitter Stream

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Howard 
Danny wrote:
> A while age there was talk [1] about showing a feed 
> on the IxDA site - anyone got any views on this?  

When it comes to integrating it into the site, it might be an
interesting experiment but it probably won't happen unless quite a
few more people clamor for it and articulate a compelling benefit. If
it happened, it would need to be integrated thoughtfully and right now
it's fighting against a list of proposed additions that are higher
priority.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Karri Ojanen 
Hey guys,

I've been faced with this same situation too with enterprise portals
that use widgets/pages/features for different groups. Like Bryan, I
created a concept map that divided the site into different groups of
features according to roles. The wireframes then showed how the
features fit into each seperate area (by user group). The portal we
built had a relatively small amount of widgets and features, so it
was easy enough to wire everything, but obviously the bigger the
portal/site and the more flexible/modifiable the features are, the
more demanding it gets to wire them properly.

Karri Ojanen
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why haven't video calls taken off

2008-06-11 Thread Sachendra Yadav 
I'd like to thank everyone for responding. I've compiled the responses
in the blog post below

http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/why-havent-video-calls-mobile-video-telephony-taken-off/

It turns out the future of video calling isn't so bleak after all,
it's got a few things going for it... I'll be covering those in a post
FOR video calling in the next 2-3 days

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[IxDA Discuss] test for indirect effects

2008-06-11 Thread oliver green 
Hi all,

We have added a visualization to a product in the current release. The
visualization was to better understand the state. The users though are
not really being able to understand the state too well - i.e. the
visualization in itself is not working as well as we expected. BUT it
seems like they are using the product a lot more since the
visualization makes it look "interesting" or they are "curious".

How can we test for the indirect effects of the visualization? And how
can we confirm our observation that users are using the product more
since the visualization makes it look "interesting" or they are
"curious".

Thanks,
Oliver

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live - Site SLAMMED !

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek 


sorry guys, we have close to a half million views already and are  
bringing more servers online.


sigh.


On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Jeff Gimzek wrote:



As you guys may have noticed in the MSM and the blogosphere, the  
project I have been doing IA, UX, UE, concepting, wireframing,  
interaction design, logo design, naming, branding, graphics,  
interface design and more for during the past year went live last  
night.


So what is it?  Glassdoor.com is opening the doors to companies  
everywhere by allowing anyone to find and anonymously share real- 
time reviews, ratings and salary details about specific jobs for  
specific employers — all for free.  What sets us apart is that all  
our information comes from the people who know these companies best  
– employees.  Think of it as the Yelp or TripAdvisor for planning  
your career.


The biggest interaction challenge with the site was the "give to  
get" model for posting and seeing content:


This means to access all the employee reviews and salaries of the  
community, you must first share an anonymous review or salary of  
your own.  To give you a preview of the value in this transparency,  
we’re offering sneak peeks for four technology companies in the SF  
Bay Area (Cisco Systems, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) where you  
can see all reviews and salaries before contributing.


Basically, a person has to take a "survey" to get full access to the  
site, and we tried to make those surveys as fun and painless as  
possible.


Please take a look, and since most of you like your jobs, give your  
company some props.


Feedback is very welcome - for me, or for the company.


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Twitter Stream

2008-06-11 Thread Danny Hope 
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:47 PM, John Gibbard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A few of us have been using the Twitter stream [1] for IxDA. It's kinda nice
> (and less noisy than the list :-/ ). This visualisation [2] shows who post
> the most . stand-up Mr. D. Malouf!
>
> [1] http://www.twitter.com/IxDA
>
> [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/smorgasbord-design/2570905384/

A while age there was talk [1] about showing a feed on the IxDA site -
anyone got any views on this?

[1] http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=29042

-- 

Regards,
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] REMINDER: [EVENT] Chicago IxDA - June 11th - Data Visualization

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[IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek 


As you guys may have noticed in the MSM and the blogosphere, the  
project I have been doing IA, UX, UE, concepting, wireframing,  
interaction design, logo design, naming, branding, graphics, interface  
design and more for during the past year went live last night.


So what is it?  Glassdoor.com is opening the doors to companies  
everywhere by allowing anyone to find and anonymously share real-time  
reviews, ratings and salary details about specific jobs for specific  
employers — all for free.  What sets us apart is that all our  
information comes from the people who know these companies best –  
employees.  Think of it as the Yelp or TripAdvisor for planning your  
career.


The biggest interaction challenge with the site was the "give to get"  
model for posting and seeing content:


This means to access all the employee reviews and salaries of the  
community, you must first share an anonymous review or salary of your  
own.  To give you a preview of the value in this transparency, we’re  
offering sneak peeks for four technology companies in the SF Bay Area  
(Cisco Systems, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) where you can see all  
reviews and salaries before contributing.


Basically, a person has to take a "survey" to get full access to the  
site, and we tried to make those surveys as fun and painless as  
possible.


Please take a look, and since most of you like your jobs, give your  
company some props.


Feedback is very welcome - for me, or for the company.

jd



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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Time and place of next IxDA conference

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Howard 
Here's the link:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=30126

> David M sent out the announcement earlier IxDA 
> Announces Interaction 09 with Simon Fraser University, 
> Vancouver,  B.C. February 5-8, 2009.  

// jeff


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[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Twitter Stream

2008-06-11 Thread John Gibbard 
A few of us have been using the Twitter stream [1] for IxDA. It's kinda nice
(and less noisy than the list :-/ ). This visualisation [2] shows who post
the most . stand-up Mr. D. Malouf!

 

[1] http://www.twitter.com/IxDA 

[2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/smorgasbord-design/2570905384/ 


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Time and place of next IxDA conference

2008-06-11 Thread David Shaw 
Hi Chauncey,

David M sent out the announcement earlier IxDA Announces Interaction|09
with Simon Fraser University, Vancouver,
B.C. February 5-8, 2009.

I'm bummed that it wasn't back in Savannah, but I'm happy it's super close
to me.  Bring your rain gear (and possibly snow gear).  That's a wet time of
year in Vancouver. :-)

David

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> colleagues have asked recently and I didn't see any listing yet for
> the conference.
>
> Thanks,
> Chauncey
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Bryan Minihan 
I approached the site-map as a "whos' going to use it" problem, so my  
concept map communicated the approach and goals of the project, but  
the wireframes and user navigation illustrated how each tool fit into  
each separate area.  Our site contains the overall sitemap in each  
page's footer (a little crowded, IMHO), but the user's map is front  
and center on each of their home pages (twice, actually).


I agree that the desire to illustrate where to find just about  
anything is very strong, and if I had it to do over again, would have  
fleshed out each user's experience a little more.  Just one of those  
things, I guess...I did most of the design work, with just a few other  
developers on the team, so some things got pushed to the side.


One other reason for starting with the concept map - we weren't going  
to have half of the functionality until some months into the project  
(it's constantly evolving), so I knew I was going to have to redesign  
each user's experience several times until we got to 80% of the  
features we wanted.  We've held off on several of those and introduced  
several new ones in their place, so if I had created a master site  
map, it would have been rebuilt 8 times by now =]


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On Jun 11, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Bryan Minihan  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For the pre-work on our current project, I put together a concept  
map, instead of a direct site-map.  I divided the site into distinct  
"clouds" and placed common tools into each according to roles.  My  
main site map gave a high-level overview and delineated all of the  
"locked down" pages that help with site admin and general company  
information, but when it got down to the user-interaction level, the  
"clouds" illustrated which tools were available to each group,  
without trying to show they were in specific pages at any given time.


I've actually done that exact thing, it was the first thing I did. I  
have circles around each main "idea" with satellites of  
functionality around them. Lines connect things that interact.


Maybe that is a better tool, I'm not sure. When it comes down to  
"hard pages" I end up with very few items on the site map. Maybe I'm  
seeing a problem where there isn't one, I'm just not sure.



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[IxDA Discuss] Time and place of next IxDA conference

2008-06-11 Thread Chauncey Wilson 
Is there a date and place for the next IxDA conference?  Several
colleagues have asked recently and I didn't see any listing yet for
the conference.

Thanks,
Chauncey

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[IxDA Discuss] User Research Survey

2008-06-11 Thread Rob Tannen 
The IDSA Human Factors section is conducting a survey on the use of technology 
for user research and your input is appreciated:
http://tinyurl.com/3nen7e


This survey follows-up a 2006 survey on the same topic.  The results from that 
survey are available here:
http://www.designingforhumans.com/idsa/2006/12/survey_results_.html


Best Regards,

Rob Tannen, PhD
Director of Research
 
direct 215-209-3042
main 215-561-5100
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Tom Dell'Aringa 
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Bryan Minihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> For the pre-work on our current project, I put together a concept map,
> instead of a direct site-map.  I divided the site into distinct "clouds" and
> placed common tools into each according to roles.  My main site map gave a
> high-level overview and delineated all of the "locked down" pages that help
> with site admin and general company information, but when it got down to the
> user-interaction level, the "clouds" illustrated which tools were available
> to each group, without trying to show they were in specific pages at any
> given time.


I've actually done that exact thing, it was the first thing I did. I have
circles around each main "idea" with satellites of functionality around
them. Lines connect things that interact.

Maybe that is a better tool, I'm not sure. When it comes down to "hard
pages" I end up with very few items on the site map. Maybe I'm seeing a
problem where there isn't one, I'm just not sure.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Bryan Minihan 
I'm in the same situation, and have worked with enterprise portals  
over the past several years, which share the same problem (lots of  
things on each page, and each person can add/remove/change widgets/ 
pages/gadgets and whole environments if they want).


For the pre-work on our current project, I put together a concept map,  
instead of a direct site-map.  I divided the site into distinct  
"clouds" and placed common tools into each according to roles.  My  
main site map gave a high-level overview and delineated all of the  
"locked down" pages that help with site admin and general company  
information, but when it got down to the user-interaction level, the  
"clouds" illustrated which tools were available to each group, without  
trying to show they were in specific pages at any given time.


The site map served well to plan the development for the project, and  
helped the execs & user groups make sure we didn't forget anything in  
certain areas, because they could see where their roles were in the map.


Don't know if that's what you're looking for, but hopefully it helps...

Bryan Minihan
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Good Morning,

My current project is a social network. I'm actually having some  
trouble
putting together a good site map because so many features seem to  
either
overlap, or more importantly, one page will support multiple  
features. There

is much less of a "page" paradigm, it's so much more the interactive
behavior of the users. For example, on Facebook's profile page, I  
can do so

many different things - especially if I have added any applications.

Have any of you faced this, and if so, how did you tackle site  
mapping? It's
not that I find the site map such a huge crucial piece of the  
puzzle, but
it's something our stakeholders will want to see. It's also been  
tricky with
the wireframing and organizing each page as well. Any tips are  
appreciated.


Tom

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Scott McDaniel 
Tom,

I've been faced with this and agree it's a tough thing to tackle,
especially if more straightforward
applications and pages make up most of one's experience.  I've been
largely approaching components
and behaviours as the page-level items, but this splinters quickly and
starts looking more like a user flow than
site map.

So...I look forward to further input from our fellows here.

Scott



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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-11 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr 
>
> Is this a situation where ACD would then have a better chance at
> introducing change and innovation due to the idea that in ACD its the
> activity of the carrying out the task itself that is looked at and
> preconceived notions are somewhat ignored.


I would say this is true, but I suppose it depends on how you treat the
project regardless of your methods/approaches/whatever.

Furthermore it sounds as though there is room for ACD and UCD to live
> harmoniously within the same project? Am I understanding that
> correctly?


Perhaps. Don't know — I've never tried it.

-r-

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[IxDA Discuss] IA and Social Networks/Web 2.0 functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Tom Dell'Aringa 
Good Morning,

My current project is a social network. I'm actually having some trouble
putting together a good site map because so many features seem to either
overlap, or more importantly, one page will support multiple features. There
is much less of a "page" paradigm, it's so much more the interactive
behavior of the users. For example, on Facebook's profile page, I can do so
many different things - especially if I have added any applications.

Have any of you faced this, and if so, how did you tackle site mapping? It's
not that I find the site map such a huge crucial piece of the puzzle, but
it's something our stakeholders will want to see. It's also been tricky with
the wireframing and organizing each page as well. Any tips are appreciated.

Tom

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-11 Thread Fred Beecher 
On 6/9/08, Jared Spool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Seriously, all I'm trying to say is that if you try to focus on
> expectations, it's a hit-or-miss proposition. If you focus on needs, you
> increase the odds of a hit.


The focus should definitely be on meeting and needs, but we also need to pay
attenion to expectation. We need to design the system to effectively
communicate that it is, in fact, meeting a given need. E.g., labeling
buttons "Save Now" vs. "Store" and "Get Backrub" vs. "Physical
Manipulation."

What about when it comes to *anticipating* user needs? When you've done a
lot of research and you've seen how a lot of people work, you get a good
idea of what people need to do when. But sometimes, as in the case of novice
users, they may not realize they have this need. Are there guidelines around
anticipating needs *effectively*, i.e., without being intrusive?

I imagine one way to do this would be to establish some sort of visual
hierarchy. There might be consistent areas for content, data entry, main
functions, secondary functions etc... Experienced users would know where in
that hierarchy to look to meet whatever need, and novice users could learn
to look there too.

F.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-11 Thread Adam Connor 
I'm not trying to perpetuate or initiate any kind of ACD vs. UCD
death-match, but ACD is very, very new to me, and thus I'm curious.

Something Robert mentioned early in the thread:
"As in, the need the user has at a given moment may only exist
because you created/encouraged an expectation in the first place, but
then you say a good experience isn't about meeting expectations."
got me wondering:

Consider a situation where a system (app/service/what-have-you) is
being designed to tackle a common task or set of tasks (one for which
many products/services already exist) in a profoundly new way.

Does researching potential users and their needs/expectations present
a flaw in that their perceived needs and expectations are biased due
to the many products/services that they may already be using to
accomplish the task?

Is this a situation where ACD would then have a better chance at
introducing change and innovation due to the idea that in ACD its the
activity of the carrying out the task itself that is looked at and
preconceived notions are somewhat ignored.

Furthermore it sounds as though there is room for ACD and UCD to live
harmoniously within the same project? Am I understanding that
correctly?

Forgive me if I've got this all wrong, or if this is clear as mud.

-adam


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thermo screenshots

2008-06-11 Thread Andre Charland 
Thanks for the heads up Martin! Thermo definitely sounds promising.

I'm curious what the what designers in the group think about tools
like this. Is it going to work? Is it going to be powerful enough for
designers? Are AS3 developers going to be happy with the code it
produces? Let's discuss.

Andre.

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> The Adobe MAX 2008 blog has some Thermo screenshots:
>
> http://max.adobe.com/blog/2008/06/thermo-screenshot-exclusive_3238.html
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expense and income tracking apps?

2008-06-11 Thread Nachtjaeger 
In addition, while TSheets.com does not directly handle expense and
income, it IS perfectly tailored as a mobile app., and can be used as
a Time Tracking Tool


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[IxDA Discuss] [Announcement] CogSci 2008 - D.C. July 2008

2008-06-11 Thread Will Evans 
Hey all,

Just a reminder - CogSci 2008 is in DC this July. For those that will also
be attending - look me up, I will be there, of course. Here are the details:

CogSci 2008 is the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science
Societyfor basic and applied
cognitive science research. We encourage researchers
from around the world to submit their best work and to attend CogSci08 to
hear about the latest theories and data from the world's best cognitive
science researchers. Each year, in addition to submitted papers, we invite
researchers to highlight some aspect of cognitive science. This year, we are
highlighting *The Development and Decline of Cognitive
Function
*. Finally, we are also celebrating the 30th
Anniversaryof CogSci
with a special symposium. The co-chairs for this year's conference
are Vladimir Sloutsky , Brad
Love,
and Ken McRae .

The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the beautiful and newly
renovated Omni Shoreham
Hotel,
July 23 - 26. Since 1930, the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. has
played host to presidents, world leaders, and inaugural balls, making it a
truly historic Washington landmark. This grand luxury hotel is nestled on 11
acres in picturesque Rock Creek Park in northwest Washington, D.C., and is
only steps away from the National Zoo, numerous other attractions, a
plethora of restaurants, and the metrorail.


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and what you innovate are design problems"

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Using a Survey to Asses Usability

2008-06-11 Thread Will Evans 
Definitely Tamlyn -

It's one of the few books for IxD folks that you can download the electronic
version and within an hour you have actionable principals, patterns, best
practices to put into your designs immediately...

For other people - I am trying to finish a book review today and will post
back to the group.

- Will

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Tamlyn Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks everyone! Lots of good advice.
>
> Will: I've been meaning to buy LukeW's book since it came out but your
> reminder pushed me to action :) I'll give the download a read this
> evening.
>
> Diane: we do have some fairly sophisticated web analyitics software
> but I'm not sure anyone knows how to use it!
>
> Cheers, Tamlyn.
>

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] [ixda] horizontal log in fields on web apps

2008-06-11 Thread Sunandini Basu 
here's a good article that explains a lot of things:
http://www.uie.com/articles/user_expectations
HTH, Soo

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-11 Thread dave malouf 
The way I look at this sometimes (sometimes, mind you) expectation is
a subset of user needs. I need to have my expectations met in certain
activities.

To me "expectations" is a subset of "needs" types.

-- dave


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Project Management with Scrum

2008-06-11 Thread Jens Meiert 
> I would like to know if anyone out there has any experience working with
> the Scrum Project Management

Just a very quick note that me, I had quite good experiences with
Agile Development in general and scrums in specific, as they do help
all people involved getting quick status updates and iterating in a
very fast way. However, scrums are a tool that does not replace
"traditional" project management (that's what I kind of read between
the lines) though.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usage Of Print Friendly Functionality

2008-06-11 Thread Danny Hope 
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Sean Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Probably the best solution is to create a smart print stylesheet. The
> CSS should strip out all the unnecessary graphics etc and allow the
> user to print ONLY what's needed. You could also switch fonts to a
> serif. That way ALL pages print gracefully and you're not using any
> unnecessary ink or paper.

I agree.

'Printer friendly' should be an attribute *not a function*.

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