[IxDA Discuss] The career path to ixda...?
I recently gave some advice to a young lady in NYC; interested in pursuing a career as an Interaction Designer. This was admittedly general and more limited to a nudge in a direction that would create an avenue of information. I am not an Interaction Designer; I support a consulting firm that engages Designers for long term project work. She had hosts of questions; including questions about entry level opportunities that might put her in a relevant environment while she advanced her education with relevant course work. The questions I would submit on her behalf would include: what are best education courses to take; to build the right foundation, best places to take them (preferably in NYC) and how best to present herself as novice seeking to work in some entry level capacity; in a relevant environment; to support an IA context and benefit from the exposure to professionals currently engaged as an Interaction Designer... Any insights or leads from our esteemed online contribtutors? Thanks in [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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil Project
Thanks so much for sending this, Dan. I've been searching for a decent free IA tool for a volunteer project working with colleagues with differing levels of technical ability and mostly online. Pencil looks like it might fit our needs. And hey, they build for Firefox. It works for me. Elena Dan Saffer wrote: Anyone played with this? http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. 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 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
[IxDA Discuss] Upcoming Event series: Hong Kong Art, Design and Consumption with renowned designer Tommy Li (beginning 10 July)
CONNECTING WORDS AND IMAGES Exhibitions, Lectures and Screenings on Hong Kong Arts, Design and Consumption The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) and the Department of Design at York University proudly present a vibrant programme connecting exciting visual images and thought-provoking words on Hong Kong arts, design and consumption. The Connecting Words and Images event series includes two exhibitions by globally renowned Hong Kong designer Tommy Li and a lecture series designed to enhance understanding of Hong Kong arts and design. The free events run from July 9 to August 24, 2008 in downtown Toronto and are open to the public. The event series continues on September 26 and 27 at York University and includes a lecture by Professor Rey Chow of Brown University. EVENT SCHEDULE 1) Opening Lecture: The Experience of Design Business Promotions: Canada and Hong Kong/China Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 from noon to 2:30 pm Venue: Room 310, Metro Hall, 55 John Street (at King), Toronto Capacity: 50 people (first comes first serve basis) Speakers: * Arlene Gould, Strategic Director, The Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) * Wendy Wong, Department of Design, York University * Tommy Li, Tommy Li Design Workshop, Hong Kong ** Light lunch included, RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) Opening Reception for Creative Works of Tommy Li exhibitions Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Venue: Chinese Contemporary Xchange, INDEXG, 50 Gladstone Ave., Toronto ** RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) Creative Works of Tommy Li, Part 1: Mao Series Date: July 9 to July 20, 2008 Venue: Chinese Contemporary Xchange, INDEXG, 50 Gladstone Ave., Toronto Gallery hours: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm (closed on Sundays and Public Holidays) 4) Creative Works of Tommy Li, Part 2: Commercial Design Date: July 9 to August 25, 2008 Venue: Urbanspace Gallery, Studio 117, 401 Richmond St West, Toronto Gallery hours: Weekdays 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm (closed Sundays and Public Holidays) Tommy Li graduated from the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Over his career, he has received almost 500 awards worldwide. Li is a member of the esteemed Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and his company, Tommy Li Design Workshop Limited, is a leading brand and image consultant for many prestigious corporations in China, Hong Kong and Japan. For more information, please visit http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/Connecting_Words_and_Images.html or contact Wendy Wong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organizers: York Centre for Asian Research, York University Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts Sponsor: Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Acknowledgements: City of Toronto Metro Hall, Urbanspace Property Group Chinese Contemporary Xchange INDEXG Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) Chinese Canadian Advertising, Marketing Media Association (CCAMMA) Asian Heritage Month-Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc, Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) York University Ste. 270, York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 Telephone: 416 736 2100 ext. 44068 Fax: 416 736 5688 [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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hotel Websites: Flagship User Experience
Hi, About user needs and expectations like wanting to know what the bathroom looks like - we have done a lot of research for hotels and online travel in Europe and have heard similarly interesting requests including: Close-up pictures of the floors/carpets View from the window(s) Pictures of the breakfeast buffet Many people would prefer realistic pictures to glossy professional shots. Videos and 360-views as well as interactive walk-throughs are regarded as more credible than pictures. Another frequent request is about being able to compare hotels and hotel rooms easily. Has anyone seen a good example of online comparison tools? It's not particularly about hotels, but I like the idea and it's fun anyway: http://www.hungrysuitcase.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30965 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil Project
Hi Dan, I was playing with this today using the Firefox version. I am a bit frustrated because it could generate an html file instead of png. But, it's free. Cheers 2008/7/7 Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone played with this? http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. 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 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?
So, is persuasion a part of what we do as IxD, and if it is should we seek expert opinion from those who are experts at persuasion? I think that a large part of what we do is persuasion, but in a different way then a lot of marketing seems to do it. A lot of marketing is just getting in people's face to build brand awareness. Marketing is responsible for pop up ads, a terribly unpersuasive and unproductive user experience. Marketing is responsible for sticking advertisements on the top or left side of pages that nobody clicks on. Marketing is responsible for those horrible ads that when you roll over them expand to cover most of the page. Marketing is often responsible for wanting splash pages in front of the content. Marketing does not yet understand interactivity. They persuade through projection.. TV, magazine ads, radio, billboards, the thing they all have in common is that they are passive experiences. If you want to build a passive persuasive experience, seek out marketing. If you want to build a persuasive interactive experience, and everything on the web is an interactive experience, I think that most marketing departments and people are not up to the task. There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part not. Even these company sponsored Alternate Reality Games that attract a ton of hard core users because of their interactivity, imo, fail at their marketing message. No one buys McDonalds because they hired a company that created a fun ARG. Josh Powell On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope I am not skewing or shifting the point of this argument. But I think the question I am hearing Robert ask is. who does the designer work for? That's not at all what I'm asking. We work for both the user and the business. I'm concerned with the details—those tiny, subtle details that influence people (ethically, of course). The words you use in your value proposition statement and/or tagline. The numbers you choose to show on the homepage. Which bullet points you use to entice the most people. And so on. A good marketer should know how to craft these elements really well. Should an IxD know, too? -r- 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
[IxDA Discuss] Secondary Research Methods
First time post! Recently I've been reading / hearing / conversing about how to identify your target demographic and what constitutes secondary research and the difference between that and marketing. I have heard several different views from clients / contractors and employers from basically - the company does user research for everything including information serach into the broad scope to identify demographics and revenue - to that of marketing who identifies the demographic and user researchers deep dive into the user types, tasks etc. Does anyone have any views on this? What should be defined by marketing and what is secondary research? Who should define the scope of users e.g. for our website we are targeting X user type? and what happens when the scope is very broad? What would constitute reliable secondary research when no marketing is available? Just a few thoughts to get the ball rolling ;) 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Error Messages (Was: Hiding and Disabling Menu Items)
Yes as suggested by AJ, progressive errors is a good idea. But displaying errors when user tabs out ... how or where to show when you have three column of fields. Floating layers along with the field seems to be one solution. But it might be a pain if user decides to go ahead with the error or warning for later revision. Soon he might end up with bubbles all over the screen. Extreme case but just in case. Suman On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Alok Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suman, 1st part of the solution would ofcourse be how the forms are designed - to prevent the error itself. If the error does happen, here aret eh things we have done with long forms: 1. Display error as user moves from one field to the next and not on Submission. This reduces the number of errors users have to deal with 2. In our case we created a hierarchy of errors - for instance if a password field was left blank - then we throw and error that it was blank and not that it did not have minimum characters and it did not use a number etc.. so only 1 error - AJ On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Suman Paul wrote: I with banking software. For me things are bit different. Inline error although is a god idea but most of the forms being large and having constraint of showing maximum in one page kinda rules it out. Combine with it numerous validation error which might occur, developers shy away from providing specific error messages and prefer throwing generic and even in some cases technical error messages. Any proven method how to show error in such situation? Of course simplifying the form itself will solve lot of problem, but yet we are left with lot of fields and more the field more the chance of error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31032 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 -- Thanks Regards Suman Paul http://www.linkedin.com/in/skeep http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sumank.paul/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] UCD Broken? I say NO
Well I agree to a certain extent if it wasn't exactly that this is the problem of UCD. It does not really go outside it's own premises to integrate as a part of a process, but claim to be the verification point of the process. I was taught a very simple thing when I studied design. Design is a decision. In other words you need to make good decisions in order to create good design. What constitutes a good decisions is a different story all together and UCD does not really look at that. Instead it caters although maybe unintentionally to a wisdom of the crowds aesthetic WITHOUT including the knowledge already accumulated by many years of knowledge from the designers. The crowds is not wrong because they are the users of your product, design, platform, interface whatever you wanna call it so you end up with UCD being percieved as the most objective way to validate your product. UCD would make sense to a certain extent if it was applied correctly I agree, but it never is and never will be because of the nature of how projects that utilizes on it are done today. Also many of the people who uses UCD have an academic background and have never actually done any nity gritty design themselves which add further to the problem of the whole area. Academic people will most often have a much more strategically important position than the designers and will therefore be the people translating and verifying the actual design through these processes up against the clients. UCD basically most often makes no sense other than from an economic and political point of view (the agency doing it can make money since they are selling it as yet another component and the client will have secured themselves from any punishment from upper management by being able to claim that it was based around UCD) UCD should IMHO if anything be something you use AFTER the launch to alter your product based on the input. This is where the input is valuable and the feedback can be used to make decisions. But at the current state it ads no value but basically simply just is a proof that many companies don't really dare making decisions and dare I say fail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31098 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?
Good products sell themselves. So the better a company is at creating any given product or service with as much thinking around those small subtle points already in the conceptual stage the better. Copy-writing should be at least something that you have an opinion about even more so how to help the marketeer simplify his/her messaging which I guess is as much an information design skill. For instance if a bullet point paragraph contains two different points maybe it is better to actually create two bullet points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31083 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil Project
Looks like they just have Linux and Windows versions available. I'll wait until they have a Mac version. (Not intended as a poke or anything, I just don't feel like firing up Parallels to check it out at the moment. Would rather have something run native in my OS.) -ty On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone played with this? http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. 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 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil Project
Is it? Can it generate HTML files? I would love if it can. And yes, for sure its nice to just have a look at basic IA. Cheers!!! On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Rafael Schouchana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dan, I was playing with this today using the Firefox version. I am a bit frustrated because it could generate an html file instead of png. But, it's free. Cheers 2008/7/7 Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone played with this? http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. 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 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 -- Keyur Sorathia Towards Better Interaction mobile : +91 98198 15448 email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://towardsbetterinteraction.wordpress.com/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any good example of good user experiences design in broadband providers websites?
Obviously the main focus is centered in the following question: How much I'm gonna to pay per month and what kind of service level i would be granted? This is centanly the most obvious question but as a marketing manager how you will push (upsell) other services maintaining clarity of the offer? The people would be able to subscribe the offer online. Cheers Angelo On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Daniel Szuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Angelo: Before providing a list of sites or designs - what key questions do you think people would have of broadband providers before arriving at their home page? What are the types of things they would want to be able to do through the web site? (before visiting a shop?) rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30966 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
[IxDA Discuss] Pencil: open-source wireframing Firefox add-on
Hi there, I just found out about Pencil, an open-source wireframing tool that is available as Firefox addon (and standalone application). It looks very interesting and I love the fact that it's free. I have already mailed the author asking about possible improvements such as exporting interactive HTML pages or creating automatic annotation documentation. Obviously, I got my inspiration from Axure RP there. http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Home.html The question which wireframing/prototyping tool is best has already been asked, I am interested if you know about other open-source products such as Pencil. Regards, Liou Yamane 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil: open-source wireframing Firefox add-on
Sorry for the redundant entry. I have some delay in the discussion digest mail, so I didn't notice the earlier post... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31140 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?
A lot of marketing is just getting in people's face to build brand awareness. - Agree. What does marketing get rewarded for today? What are their KPIs? Side note -- Have seen more marketing departments over the last 2 years take more notice of terms like UX and CX which is a good thing ... but they are not entirely sure how to create a holistic CX. Has anyone seen similar trends in your respective markets? rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31083 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?
In my little world, we see corresponding trends towards SEO and away from Brand and Marketing as tools for finding customers. But it is difficult to determine if that is caused by market conditions, industry trends or corporate agendas. Traditionally I have looked at marketing as long term and very difficult to metric, and sales as short term and very metric driven. But in the 'what have you done for me this week' world of portals and online advertising, if you can not metric results (favorable) in the next 15 days, month or quarter, the resources will not be there for you. As a result, investment in deep research and long term vision is missing from the landscape of recent years. Mark On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:22 AM, Daniel Szuc wrote: A lot of marketing is just getting in people's face to build brand awareness. - Agree. What does marketing get rewarded for today? What are their KPIs? Side note -- Have seen more marketing departments over the last 2 years take more notice of terms like UX and CX which is a good thing ... but they are not entirely sure how to create a holistic CX. Has anyone seen similar trends in your respective markets? rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31083 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil Project
On 7/7/08, Ty Hatch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like they just have Linux and Windows versions available. I'll wait until they have a Mac version. (Not intended as a poke or anything, I just don't feel like firing up Parallels to check it out at the moment. Would rather have something run native in my OS.) It works on Mac in FF3. I haven't pounded real hard on it, but it didn't crash on me. F. 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
[IxDA Discuss] NH UPA July Meeting: 10 Marketing Myths Usability Experts Need to Know, 7/23/08, 6 PM
**Apologies to those that have received this announcement more than once** Topic: 10 Marketing Myths Usability Experts Need to Know Speaker: Aileen Cahill, Customer Connections When: Wednesday, July 23rd Refreshments Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food beverages will be provided. Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish Where: Chordiant Software, Inc. (Google map: http://tinyurl.com/43le9t) 8 Commerce Drive Bedford, NH 03110 Summary: As user experience professionals, we work with marketing teams all the time. Successful collaboration isn't always easy, but it's key to creating a superior customer experience that meets the goals of both the business and the customer. Aileen Cahill has helped re-engineer companies into becoming more customer focused for over 20 years. She will share insights from her time on the inside; marketing's modus operandi, key motivators, organizational metrics, and facilitate an exploration of frameworks and processes where collaboration will deliver a truly remarkable customer experience; both online and offline. Aileen Cahill co-authored the transformative marketing text used by leading MBA programs, Internet Marketing: Building Advantage in a Networked Economy, which presents a customer-focused framework for integrating marketing both online and offline. She is a classically trained brand marketer from the Fortune 1,000 and Customer Relationship Management pioneer who founded the Pepper + Rogers Group consulting division. Aileen is currently an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern Maine and is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm Customer Connections. Her MBA in marketing is from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Experimental Psychology from SUNY Binghamton. RSVP: Please send RSVPs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and refreshments. ***NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.*** Hope to see you there! Best, Kyle Soucy President, NH UPA --- Kyle Soucy Founding Principal, Lead Consultant Usable Interface Usability and Interface Design Consulting Phone: (603) 205-0315 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.usableinterface.com 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil: open-source wireframing Firefox add-on
Liou:I am interested if you know about other open-source products such as Pencil. Here's a quick video I put together of Pencil DENIM using the open source wiimote whiteboard hack http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-740006272150946907hl=en regards /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31140 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Interaction Designer at Bitstream/Pageflex - Cambridge, MA - Contract 4+ months
JOB: Interaction Designer at Bitstream/Pageflex - Cambridge, MA - Contract 4+ months Join the Pageflex division of Bitstream, Inc. to design a new Adobe InDesign based plug-in to extend our existing line of variable data publishing products. This is a hands-on (non managerial) position where the ability to work independently to specify the feature set and produce the detailed interaction design for an innovative plug-in for the print publishing industry is required. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES •Identify the product feature set based on marketing and product line compatibility requirements. •Become familiar with Adobe user interface standards for cross-platform plug-ins. •Develop the detailed product design specification through an iterative process of producing design representations for informal user testing and review by product development and marketing team members. •Produce a final design document which will serve as the reference specification for testing and documentation. EXPERIENCE •3+ years software product design experience. •Portfolio of visual, interaction design, and product specification work. •Enthusiastic team player and effective collaborator with strong interpersonal skills. •Excellent written and verbal communication skills. •Familiarity with Adobe InDesign and document authoring tools is a plus. This position is a temporary, 4-5 month contract. Future follow up work to refine and extend product features is possible. The Pageflex product line is the technology of choice for variable publishing. Pageflex offers unique design capabilities with its patented flex technology. For additional information on Pageflex, please visit www.pageflex.com. For consideration, please submit a resume along with salary requirements to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bitstream, Inc. 245 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142-1200 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB Creative Art Director Philadelphia Recruiter Full Time
·100k = bonus ++ *Relocation Assistance is Available* A minimum of 7-9+ years of directly related experience in interactive design is required with 3 years experience as Interactive Art Director. Agency or UI experience Lead Design Concept and Presentations, supervisory experience - Expert Photoshop and Illustrator skills are required. Understanding of and able to design for Flash and HTML. Proficient in iWorks and Microsoft Office. Knowledge of Fireworks, CSS, Dreamweaver, GoLive, iWorks and Microsoft Office is a plus. - Knowledge of browser and code technologies and limitations and has an understanding of Video technology as it relates to online video delivery. - Superior visual literacy and expert understanding of typography, illustration, and photography. - Demonstrated experience participating in full cycle design projects is required. ** 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
[IxDA Discuss] I love the cloud, but...
... when Google Docs goes down, you can almost hear the collective moan around the world. -- Kim 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil: open-source wireframing Firefox add-on
Pauric, That's awsome. How long did it take you to get the wimote hack working? Any special issues or is it pretty straight forward. It's on my list of things to do. -Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31140 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior Interaction Designer: SF: Jessie Stehle (Recruiter): Full Time
Title: Senior Interaction Designer Location: San Francisco Compensation: $100K - $120K base DOE + bonus + excellent benefits + regular telecommuting opportunities A large, well known, leading consumer site is seeking a talented Senior Interaction Designer to construct and lead the team in user-centered design processes: ensure that Web-based products, applications and marketing pages are easy to use, help its customers to meet their needs and business partners to fulfill their goals. This non-profit company has worked to foster and improve relations between its members and various related groups, law enforcement and fire officials, the insurance industry, equipment suppliers and government/regulatory agencies. The Senior Interaction Designer will deal primarily in an extreme redesign of browser-based enterprise software, including employee-facing sales and service interfaces across a wide variety of products, and must be passionate about his/her work. This is an amazing opportunity for someone seeking a stable yet intense creative environment. The successful candidate will have exceptional interaction design skills and extensive experience with the tools and techniques of user interface design and prototyping. Your professional background should include high-level experience design, persona and scenario development, storyboarding, information architecture, user task flows, site maps, navigation structures, wireframes, and interface design specifications; graphical user interface design is a plus. Some travel may be required. Responsibilities: * Assist business partners in turning high-level business requirements into more specific project requirements * Conduct user and task analysis to define user needs (user scenarios, persona/profile building and interpretation) * Develop high-level information flows and navigation systems (concept diagrams, flow charts, site maps, etc.) * Drive implementation of functionality through research and usability testing * Develop detailed user experience specifications (wireframes, schematics, storyboards) * Work with visual designers to ensure the look and feel of given initiatives meets intended user interaction * Participate in the development of product prototypes for usability testing and proof-of-concept purposes * Participate in usability tests by helping to define methodology, conducting walk-throughs and developing reports * Represent proposed solutions to business partners Qualifications: * More than three years of Web-application interaction design and/or information architecture experience * Undergraduate or graduate degree in fields such as HCI, HumanFactors, Information Architecture preferred * Demonstrated knowledge of the software application design and creation process, particularly how it pertains to Web development * Ability to understand and interpret existing site design and style guides and create effective solutions within those guidelines * Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively through oral, written and graphic-design formats with staff as well as business and technology partners * Conceptual understanding of a range of Web-related technologies, including HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML and JavaScript * Working knowledge of interaction-design tools including Visio, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar software * Strong organizational skills * A deadline and detail-oriented approach If you feel that you are qualified for this position, please email me a Word doc or PDF version of your resume and link to your portfolio. Candidates must provide a portfolio, including examples of interactive work and must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer. Please note: * Resumes submitted without a portfolio will not be reviewed. * Not all resumes will receive a response. Jessie Stehle Creative Recruiter Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Site: http://www.cm-recruiting.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstehle *If you know of someone who you would like to refer for this position, please have him or her email me directly and mention your name. If you would like to refer someone confidentially, please mention this in your email. I can pay a $1,000 - 3,000 referral fee for each hired candidate.* 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
[IxDA Discuss] Reminder: Seattle Monthly IA/UX Meetup TONIGHT! (5:30pm at ZAAZ)
For this month's meetup, we'll join the Perspectives on Social Media event tonight at ZAAZ in downtown Seattle: http://www.websocialarchitecture.com/community/2008/06/youre-invited-s.html See you there! Aaron On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Aaron Louie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ZAAZ, an interactive web agency in Seattle, is hosting their Perspectives on Social Media event on Tuesday, July 8th, so we'll be joining them for this month's information architecture and user experience meetup. WHAT: Tinker, Tailor, Maker, Sailor II: Perspectives on Social Media http://www.websocialarchitecture.com/community/2008/06/youre-invited-s.html WHEN: Tuesday July 8th, 5:30-8:30pm WHERE: ZAAZ 414 Olive Way, Ste. 500 Seattle, WA 98101 WHO: Brian Fling, Flingmedia Justin Marshall, ZAAZ Samantha Starmer, REI Nancy White, Full Circle Associates Wendy Chisholm, Wendy Chisholm Consulting See you there! -Aaron -- Aaron Louie User Experience Architect, ZAAZ Chair, ASIST Pacific Northwest Chapter http://asistpnw.org http://ia.meetup.com/57 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web based project management
Thanks Bryan - Mingle looks good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31121 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pencil: open-source wireframing Firefox add-on
Thanks Greg, I'll highlight the issues and ask an open question. 1) Johnny Lee has two versions of the whiteboard app on his site, I had to use the older. 2) I'm 'writing' on an painted wall. As such the IR LED would not reflect off the wall back to the wiimote. I had to modify the general design of the pen so that the LED pointed back towards the wiimote. 3) the current general design of the IR LED pens has a momentary switch operated by your finger. I placed the switch at the tip of the pen.. so when I press down, the LED comes on. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauric/2650415902/ So, the contents of the posted video are just proof of concept. I'm working on a multitouch navigation of our application's visual models. I'm not seeing the collaborative whiteboard vision. That said I'm really interested in people's perspectives on problems this might solve for designers. Aside from a few edge cases I dont see how this is any better than projector/keyboard/mouse thanks /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31140 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
[IxDA Discuss] Check out our very own Liz Bacon (VP of IxDA) talk about Personas
http://tinyurl.com/5893nz Liz Bacon of Devise (and VP of IxDA) and Steve Calde of Cooper will be on Catalyze as a web cast. -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Check out our very own Liz Bacon (VP of IxDA) talk about Personas
Here is the non-Tiny version of the URL https://mzinga.webex.com/mw0304l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=mzingaservice=6main_url=%2Fec0509l%2Feventcenter%2Fmainframe.do%3Fmainurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmzinga.webex.com%252Fec0509l%252Feventcenter%252Fevent%252FeventAction.do%253FtheAction%253Ddetail%2526confViewID%253D282726260%2526siteurl%253Dmzinga%26siteurl%3Dmzinga It is a long one! you can find it listed here: https://mzinga.webex.com/mw0304l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=mzingaservice=6 look for July 23rd event about personas. -- dave On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Terry Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like it's no longer available. any other sources? On 7/8/08, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5893nz Liz Bacon of Devise (and VP of IxDA) and Steve Calde of Cooper will be on Catalyze as a web cast. -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ 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 -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] I love the cloud, but...
Collective pain quantified... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_docs_is_down.php That all said, if you were to add up the collective time lost due to Word fubar'ing your work.. g'docs is still extremely reliable. /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31149 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Client Service Manager | Hong Kong | HeathWallace (HK) Ltd. | Full-time
*Client Services Manager, Hong Kong* To support the growth of our business in Asia Pacific, HeathWallace is looking for a seasoned Client Services Manager. This is a challenging regional role with the mission to develop, plan, and deliver user-centric online solutions for our clients in Asia Pacific. In addition to being an integral resource for the Hong Kong office, the role will work closely with the team in UK to deliver the appropriate solutions to clients. This role will also be responsible to help drive business development activities for Asia Pacific. *Main Responsibilities* The Client Services Manager is required to run projects, manage / develop client relationships and help drive business development activities: *Account management business consultation * - Capture and analyze business requirements from clients (existing and prospective) and assist clients to develop and articulate their online strategy, objectives and priorities. - Develop appropriate methodology and approach to delivering tailored solutions for clients utilizing HeathWallace in-house expertise and those of our partners. - Apply user-centered design principles to help develop client solutions. *Project management * - Develop project plan and co-ordinate with internal resources such as design and development - Manage relationship with clients on a day-to-day basis - Lead the delivery of projects to clients ensuring integrity of solution as well as client satisfaction * Business development * - Help drive HeathWallace business development strategy and plans and co-ordination with UK team as appropriate. - Prepare proposals and presentations to existing and new clients to support pitches and tenders. *Experience and Skills * - 4 to 6 years of project and account management experience in new media and/or marketing, preferably in financial services context and with agency background. - Strong experience with conducting user research user experience analysis, and developing information architecture for internet and intranet websites. - Excellent knowledge of internet design and build practices, including knowledge of web usability accessibility. - Good knowledge on web technologies and their application to create business solutions. - Exceptional presentation and writing skills. - Financial services experience an advantage. - Practical knowledge of Microsoft Office including Microsoft Project, Adobe Illustrator, Visio. - Good understanding and passion for working with the Internet and new media. *Other Skills Required * - Cultural adaptability: ability to work with different culture. - Languages: Fluent spoken and written English is required (native level). Other languages such as Mandarin are preferred but not essential. - Persuasiveness, resourcefulness and attention to detail. - Highly reliable; ability to assume responsibility and accountability. - Excellent communications and interpersonal skills. - Desire and ability to innovate. - Willingness and flexibility to travel. Location: Hong Kong Salary: Negotiable *Contact Information* Interested candidates should send their resume/C.V. to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Background* HeathWallace is a UK-based digital design and development agency specialized in delivering effective online solutions for global financial services firms and other leading brands in Europe, Asia and North America. Since end 2004, HeathWallace has experienced a steady inflow of projects from its international clients for their Asia Pacific businesses. It also recognizes that there are several other opportunities in the Asia Pacific region for HeathWallace to pursue due to its strong track record and specialist know-how with designing and developing websites for leading global brands especially those in financial services. As a result, HeathWallace has established a branch office in Hong Kong since November 2006 in order to better serve its existing clients as well as to pursue new opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. For more information about HeathWallace, please visit our global website at www.heathwallace.com 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
[IxDA Discuss] LA UX Meetup Event: Deliverables Poster Session - Yahoo! Santa Monica - Thursday/7.24.08 at 7pm
*LA UX Meetup Event: Deliverables Poster Session - Yahoo! Santa Monica - Thursday/7.24.08 at 7pm* For more details, see the full listing at:* * http://ia.meetup.com/55/calendar/8305145/. *Looking for volunteers to present their deliverables! Must RSVP at the LA UX Meetup website link above.* *Topic: Deliverables Poster Session* For those of you who've been to the IA Summit in past years, this session will be familiar to you. This is an entire session dedicated to sharing a variety of deliverables for people to browse through, discuss and be inspired by. It's a chance to see how others are communicating design to their coworkers and clients. Pick up some tips and tricks that your peers are using or participate to get feedback on your deliverables! We need some presenters for this one, so if you've got something from a previous project --an interesting wireframe, a creative new way of showing a sitemap, or a funky diagram that really sells the concept -- share it with us! We're looking for any type of deliverables ranging from personas to wireframes to conceptual models to user research reports - the whole spectrum of outputs from your IA sweat and tears. If you're interested, contact Coco Chalfant at cocochalfant at gmail.com. *Host: Yahoo! Santa Monica* Food Beverages provided by Yahoo! *Location:* Yahoo! Santa Monica 2450 Broadway (Trivia: Sometimes referred to as building E) First floor - Training room Santa Monica, CA 90404 http://tinyurl.com/68... *Parking info:* Unfortunately, Yahoo! can't offer parking validation. Therefore, we recommend street parking, primarily along Broadway. The block of the Yahoo! Center and westward is a commercial street, so there should be plenty of space available after 6 pm. However, the parking garage is available to the public, but it'll cost $29, which is obviously quite expensive. *When:* Thursday/7.24.08/7:00 pm *RSVP limit:* (65) Space is limited to 65 people, so RSVP today! - You can always get in touch with me through the 'Contact Organizer' feature on the Meetup.com http://meetup.com/ website: http://ia.meetup.com/55/suggestion/ 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
