Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?
For some reason... my latest emails aren't getting posted. So I guess I have to use the website. -- Graphic design which fulfills aesthetic needs, complies with the laws of form and exigencies of two-dimensional space; which speaks in semiotics, sans-serifs, and geometrics; which abstracts, transforms, translates, rotates, dilates, repeats, mirrors, groups, and regroups is not good design if it is irrelevant. Graphic design which evokes the symmetria of Vitruvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambridge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a good gestalt generated by intuition or by computer, by invention or by a system of coordinates is not good design if it does not communicate. -Paul Rand -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. 1 408 306 6422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] statistical significance
Many thanks to everyone, that's all really useful advice. - I suspected it was a bit of a how long is a piece of string? question(!), but at least now I know I'm heading in the right direction. :) I'll let you know how it goes! Regards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31284 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] Marking Required vs. Optional form fields
From: Marty DeAngelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] We weren't thinking about using the asterisk to indicate the optional fields - we were considering either having the big (Optional) after the legend or maybe an alternate icon (I was leaning against that because who knows what an 'field optional' icon looks like?). My concern is that if 9 out of 10 items are required, then those 9 red asterisks create more noise in the form. I would rather try to call out the ONE field which isn't required but necessary to include, such as Apt # or Suite #. Make sense? Sure. I'm OK with indicating the optional field with the text (Optional). Just one concern: it's not really about the number of required fields, it's the invasiveness of those fields and whether they are appropriate in the context. Sometimes you'll need more than merely an indication (or absence of it), you'll need a full explanation of (say) why a street address is required for a purely electronic transaction. If every field is appropriate, then indeed the red asterisks are more noise - although I'd consider replacing them with small, discreet body-font colour asterisks instead, for those web-savvy users who specifically look for such things. best, Caroline Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07990 570647 Effortmark Ltd Usability - Forms - Content We have moved. New address: 16 Heath Road Leighton Buzzard LU7 3AB 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] Interactive prototyping
On 7/14/08, oliver green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I need to prototype a concept that is a blend of web based applications and mobile applications. Is there any tool that I can use to showcase the concepts for both? Any interactive prototyping tool should be able to handle both. I'm a big fan of Axure myself, and although I've used it mainly for Web desktop apps, I've seen a company using it for mobile devices as well. They created a background image of the device and just did their wireframes on top of that image. This worked well for testing people's ability to navigate through the device's IA. I have done a *little* bit with trying to prototype in Axure for hardware myself and I've run into these issues: 1) If you have soft buttons, people testing (with a mouse in a web browser, mind you) will want to click on the soft button labels (on the device's screen), not the representation of the physical buttons. 2) If you want to do a hardware prototype, you either need to have a device that can run a Web browser or... 3) You need to hack something together with an external VGA screen acting as a 2nd monitor and plugged into a real computer. 4) Again with hardware prototyping, you'll need some way to make pressing the buttons on the physical prototype correspond to mouse clicks at particular locations on the screen. For this, you'll need something like an Arduino: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage These issues will likely apply to ANY interactive prototyping tool you use, not just Axure. I'm guessing it will be even more unlikely that a given device will be able to run Flash than a Web browser (*cough* iPhone *cough*). Take care, 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Register vs. Sing-Up vs. Join Us
Keep it simple /join or /register Sign up, indicates that the users are about to recieve something from you. Register indicates that they are about to provide their data for your use Join indicates that they are about to participate in something. Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31308 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] Confirm password field - Superfluous?
I'm intrigued by the idea of letting the user turn off password masking with a radio button or a checkbox, but one concern -- is there a likelihood that a lot of users will be tabbing through this form? Unless your users are savvy enough to know to use the space bar on checkboxes/radio buttons, those tabbing through the form would need to go to mouse to turn off the masking, which may take them longer to do than it would to just type the password again. 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] statistical significance
Steve said: If you know that you have a user segment that is relatively scarce, but important for you to capture - like your executive team, for example - you should be certain to include a representative of this group in your studies. Essentially you're adopting a stratified sampling technique rather than a purely random sample as a deliberate tactic to cover small audience groups. Just make sure you take this into account when you evaluate any of your findings quantitatively. Your small audience groups would be over-represented in this case. Regards, Jakob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31284 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] Marking Required vs. Optional form fields
I agree with Caroline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31241 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] online shopping - checkout experience
I'm curious about checkout. Is anyone else also interested in this, or am I the nerd at the party right now? I've experienced some good and some not so good (ok, I'll say it: horrible). Most recently I've been impressed with the checkout experience offered by the out-the-box design in Magento (a free, open-source online shopping system). It appears to be a one-page checkout, showing you right off the bat that there are 6 things to go over during checkout (maybe a bit much for the top-level steps in the process): 1. Checkout Method, 2. Billing Information, 3. Shipping Information, 4. Shipping Method, 5. Payment information and 6. Order Review. You find that each step is short and sweet as you're walked through the process and the forms are free of clutter. I'm thinking of adopting this as my current template for basic checkout process. Has anyone else on the list dabbled with ecommerce and checkout, or even Magento? Comments on your dream checkout? Mike Caskey Denver Colorado 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) Sr UX Designer, Bellevue, WA, Recruiter, Contract
My client is looking for a CONTRACT full time ON SITE Sr. UX Designer to work on a portal and widget project here in Bellevue, WA. Rate $45-$55 Per Hour Doe Bellevue, WA ** Local Candidates Only Please! *** Expected duration for this project is 2 months, with the possibility of additional follow-on projects and or additional opportunities within the company. Could be a perfect break from Microsoft or a filler project while you wait for the next big thing. Primary Tasks will include: Interaction design docs wireframes verticals within the PORTAL and content WIDGETS (i.e. news, weather, stocks) Research into PORTAL / WIDGET best practices Redline documentation for developers Light-duty design work to stylize the product, but no logo / formal branding work. The ideal candidate will have: Portfolio of relevant work samples History of experience in the UX / IA / Interaction design field Proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop, and Visio Ability to work with a product manager to evolve and document the project Ryan Lum Principal Recruiter, Contract Services DDI: +1 425 460 4291 Mobile: +1 425 533 1928 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 40 Lake Bellevue Suite 100 Bellevue WA 98005 USA t: +1 425 635 0300 f: +1 425 635 0333 w: www.greythorn.com ** This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Greythorn or the FiveTen Group or any of its subsidiaries. If you are not the intended recipient of this email and its attachments, you must take no action based upon them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. This email and its attachments are believed to be free of any virus, or defect, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure this. Greythorn does not accept responsibility or liability for any loss or damage arising in any way from its receipt or use or for any errors or omissions in its contents which may arise as a result of its transmission. This email is covered by Greythorn's Terms and Conditions of Business, a copy of which can be viewed o n our website, or obtained on request. 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] Organizing files and folders
On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Maxim Soloviev wrote: By unknown reasons I dont like to use My Documents, right now there are just bunch of all stuff I move here from desktop. On Mar 18, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Leandro Alves wrote: My music stays at iTunes library. My photos goes to iPhoto library. A simple thought you could develop and even include on your studies if you find it interesting: why do people using Macs tend to use the 'designated folders for stuff' (Downloads, Documents, Pictures...) much more than Windows users (and the corresponding My Documents, My Pictures, etc)?? I've noticed it in friends of mine who use these platforms, and even in me as well!! I'm a quite recent Mac user (been using Windows for ages) and I'm strangely finding it logical to put stuff there. Never did on Windows though, I always had to create work, photos, downloads, .. directories (or even drives) like most of you seem to do. Maybe it's because they're more accessible using Finder? Or the fact the Downloads folder is on the dock, by default.. And, of course, because some of the applications just use it that way (iTunes, iPhoto,..). Anyway, I don't like having to care too much about where my programs/ documents are stored, and that's why I totally love the Mac way, with programs like Spotlight/Quicksilver enabling you to instant launch things without the need of locating them. Rui Ramos 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] Social sharing icons
Hello Amy, I think you are right that they have started to appear on practically every site these days. But does it make sense? I think what is important here is to map or put the relevant icons on the types of sites that are existing. By this I mean, for example: on networking sites only networking icons should be displayed, and so on. And more over too many clicks to get there. However, at times I feel they are quite a distraction and they always discourage me to visit them. The reason I am discouraged is because I know that I need to go through the process of registering on the site and all that stuff. A smiple waste of time if that site is not related to my interests. These icons are probably another way to market website. These act as icon advertisements as I would say (see, banner advertisements). They are a good business tool but only if marketed well and as per my thoughts in the first paragraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31250 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] Confirm password field - Superfluous?
If this is a low security application, does it make sence to simply display the password when they create it? Even for a low security application the password a user chooses can be high security. Many people have only a small number of passwords, which they re-use across applications. For such a user not hiding the password means a serious security risk. I wouldn't be surprised if people would react by choosing another password, different from their usual and more difficult to remember (which would result in even more helpdesk calls!). Marielle 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] Register vs. Sing-Up vs. Join Us
Sign up, register, join and create an account all have different uses. I would try to stay close to their natural meanings. Join a club to become a member. Create an account for financial purposes (in an online store). Register for an event. Sign up for a newsletter. (Please note that English is not my native language, my examples might not be correct). I wouldn't use the short forms /users/reg and /members/reg but I would choose the forms /users/register and /members/register instead. Marielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31308 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] statistical significance
Hello Elizabeth, I probably may not be a complete expert on things but this is how i would approach your problem. I would map every minute detail of the process involved. Once having done that, i would then want to understand the internal social fabric that would affect daily work and find places where i would be able to stop all the unwanted time gaps. This would then enable me to understand the problem in whole and then start developing the system that will nearly take care of these issues. Remember that during the transition from paper beauraucracy to digital one the processess and people's work pattern needs to be understood. Sometimes the new process that you define will find resistance and the changes will gradually take effect to see the results. If these 300 are from one department then you probably will have to suffice understanding the work process. If they are not from one department then you wil probably need to interview approximately 4 from each deptartment arrive at a possible solution. You might find it difficult to get some ready made tools to arrive at your conclusion but if you do go by this approximation, you should be fine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31284 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] statistical significance
A statistical approach: you are comparing two conditions (old system vs. new system) and have an idea about the direction of the effect (the new system is more efficient, resulting in faster times). Can you make an estimate of the expected difference between the two conditions? What is the smallest difference you would not want to miss? It takes more measurements to detect a small difference. Look up 'effect size' and 'statistical power'. Are you planning to test both conditions on the same subjects or are you planning to use two separate groups? For between-subjects measurements there are other statistical tests than for within-subject measurements. If everyone performs faster with the new system (and you have been careful to control for learning effects and other artefacts) you have a strong indication that the new system is faster. But if you use two separate groups, there is a chance that (by pure chance) the faster users end up in one group and the slower users in the other. If you can clearly state your assumptions, determining the sample size is pretty easy to do with basic statistics. Marielle Winarto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31284 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] USID2008 Conference- Call for Papers
Hi All, USID Foundation (Formerly HCI-Hyderabad) invites papers for USID2008 conference. The conference is planned from 4th to 6th September 2008 in Bangalore, India. Thanks Regards USID2008 Team www.usidfoundation.org Mobile: +91 9866237620 * * * * * * *USID2008 Call for Papers** *The advancement in communication and Internet technology are affecting our life at work as well as at home. Complex social structures are evolving as a consequence of greater mobility, online social networks and virtual communities. There is a need to think about the challenges and opportunities this advancement is bringing to interface/interaction styles design and in creating the entire value chain that impacts the overall socio-cultural socio-economic development of our society. Professionals, Academicians, Researchers and Students are invited to submit papers addressing various design issues and insights on any of the listed theme: *THEMES* - User Interface design for online social networks and virtual communities - User Interface design and evaluation issues for small screen devices (Mobile Entertainment M-Commerce) - Impact of Interactive technologies on work and social life - Practices and opportunities in User Interface design for eLearning *ELIGIBILITY * Open to the professionals, academicians, researchers and students. *IMPORTANT DATES * *Registration:* July 20th 2008 *Submission: *August 10th 2008 The papers short listed by the review panel will be presented during the USID2008 and all accepted papers will be published in the USID2008 Conference Proceedings. Teams will be notified of acceptance or rejection the week of August 25 2008. Authors of selected papers will be expected to attend the conference in order to present their submissions to other conference attendees. USID Foundation will also notify the authors through email or phone and also through post. For Details and Guidelines etc. visit www.usidfoundation.org/usid2008/papers For Registration send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your name, institution/organization, and the theme. 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] Behavioral patterns of an online gamer: references/experiences share needed
Hi Manish, I'm not sure exactly what you're after but you might find some usefult stuff here: http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/ Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31281 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] Issues with iPhone update 2.0
Has anyone else lost their contacts, photos and calendar on their phone but not on mac? I have tried all the work arounds on apple.com and mobileme to push contacts but no joy. I contacted iPhone tech support and await their reply. __ Catríona Lohan-Conway User Experience Architect 917 405 5127 [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
[IxDA Discuss] deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters
All, What is it called when you are creating deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters? Can you point me to any sample deliverables for this? I'm most interested in references for small screens. Here is a link to an image that describes what I am trying to document: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1306/699488300_6b4657dd8f.jpg?v=0 For example, a list in my deliverable might show volume limit (on, off) The other issue is creating a deliverable used by many team members. we have one document that was all in illulstrator with such a list but now we are wondering if we can put this section into an excel or word table for the developers. Thanks in advance, Michele 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] Confirm password field - Superfluous?
Password field: Momentary reveal. The users are corporate users at call centers where they are not allowed to be distracted by such things as e-mail and internet access. The application is being developed in Silverlight so we have a lot of functionality flexibility. My development team and I have decided to build a password field that reveals the character typed but only for a moment. Once we get that working I want them to implement functionality that allows the user to move the character cursor across the letters to again reveal them momentarily. This allows the user to review what they have typed in. I believe this is advantageous over an extra UI control such as an option button. Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31190 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] Is Google trying to use human intelligence to improve search results?
Hi all, Aiding my wife in playing around with a dream, I searched for france immigration in Google. I got the following result set: http://tinyurl.com/6pzdd7 If you've ever searched for immigration info, you know that it's very difficult to actually get government info. The companies that help you obtain work permits, etc. crowd the top results. Google appears to be trying to mitigate this by prompting searchers to suggest better results. Look at the bottom left of the screenshot... you'll see the text Know of a better page for 'france immigration?' Suggest one. Then look at the top right of the results... you can see the suggestions others have made as well as review your own, very much like Wikipedia. On the surface, this sounds like interesting interaction design... because sometimes people really do know better than Google. But if you dig deeper, problems appear. First, won't the spammers have a field day with this one? If the model is truly a Wikipedia one, then I assume normal people will have the opportunity to redress the wrongs done by spammers... but they can be insistent (as the 640 messages in my spam box attest to). I worry that this will fail due to the lower level of investment that normal searchers have. Second, I haven't seen this on other searches, so Google has it targeted. But here's the thing... once you've found the site, you typically don't run another query that got you nowhere the first time. So how is this going to get populated with anything useful? My initial opinion is that this is either a Very Good Idea or a Very Bad Idea. What do you all think? 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] [PLUG] Ten Tips for Managing A Creative Environment - July 16
[Apologies for cross-posting] Tomorrow, July 16, at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern, 5pm GMT) my colleagues Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson will be giving a virtual seminar on their Ten Tips for Managing A Creative Environment: http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/jul/ In this talk, you'll learn approaches for developing and maintaining a healthy, creative environment within your organization and specific tools to help support the entire creative team. This talk has been very well-received a both SXSW and Web 2.0 Expo, and we wanted to make it more widely available. Use promotional code FOPM and get 15% off (this, or any of our events!) --peter 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] Issues with iPhone update 2.0
No, but I did have an issue where I lost all my applications because my work computer wasn't authorized. Unfortunately I also lost all my money data too. Blah, it would have been nice for iTunes to have asked to authorize that computer before syncing. David On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Catriona Lohan-Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else lost their contacts, photos and calendar on their phone but not on mac? I have tried all the work arounds on apple.com and mobileme to push contacts but no joy. I contacted iPhone tech support and await their reply. __ Catríona Lohan-Conway User Experience Architect 917 405 5127 [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 -- Art provokes thinking, design solves problems w: http://www.davidshaw.info 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] deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters
Hi Michele, In our work at EightShapes, we use a documentation system that enables us to create deliverable PDFs that include linked files of artwork, probably much like the Illustrator visualizations you may be describing. We'd take those illustrations, place them into a deliverable page that looks like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanacurtis/2671486436/sizes/o/ and then annotate those variations using specifically formatted annotations for behaviors, states, editorial notes, and data formats. Each of those annotations may refer to marked figures on the left hand side of the page. These deeper specs are more well suited for developers and QA, whereas we may prepare a separate deliverable to be reviewed by project stakeholders or other non-technical audiences. This is made easier since the Illustrator artwork is modularly linked and can be reused across multiple documents. Thanks, Nathan -- Forwarded message -- From: Michele Marut [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:32 AM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com All, What is it called when you are creating deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters? Can you point me to any sample deliverables for this? I'm most interested in references for small screens. Here is a link to an image that describes what I am trying to document: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1306/699488300_6b4657dd8f.jpg?v=0 For example, a list in my deliverable might show volume limit (on, off) The other issue is creating a deliverable used by many team members. we have one document that was all in illulstrator with such a list but now we are wondering if we can put this section into an excel or word table for the developers. Thanks in advance, Michele 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 -- Nathan Curtis Principal, EightShapes LLC e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.eightshapes.com/ p: 703.296.8831 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] Death to Personas!... webinar on Catalyze
Can't wait to see how you address Robert's spurious hypothetical question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31324 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] Is Google trying to use human intelligence toimprove search results?
Aiding my wife in playing around with a dream, I searched for france immigration in Google. I got the following result set: http://tinyurl.com/6pzdd7 Fred, thanks for pointing this out! You don't happen to have a screenshot of what you see when you click Know of a better... do you? I'm curious whether they wanted you to enter just a URL or also details about why it was a good page, whether you needed a Google account, etc. They must be A/B testing it as I just repeated the search and don't see the recommendation link. I can't imagine that any normal person would have the time or inclination to fix a search that didn't perform well for them -- rather, it seems the people who would be most motivated would be spammers and corporations. This will be an interesting one to watch. If anyone has more info, do share! Meredith 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] Death to Personas!... webinar on Catalyze
We even address the esteemed Robert Hoekman Jr's statement: What's actionable about a persona? See http://www.catalyze.org/ for registration info. Glad I could help you fill out your itinerary. I guess this means I have to watch the webcast now, huh? -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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] ANN: Kevin Cheng's new book-in-progress
This is great news. Congrats Kevin Lou. As a tangent, Understanding Comics has come up a lot lately in my work and teaching. The reference is usually around documenting RIAs or any highly dynamic application. The reason is that comics is not just a great way to communicate ideas, but have a language for communicating motion, time, message, emotion, etc. that can really be useful when trying to communicate complex interactions. Check it out! Understanding Comics (Scott MacCloud) . -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31356 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
Interesting food for thought. Best, Gloria 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
There's something humorous hidden here. Either in the fact that there was no link attached, or in how easy it was to google the referenced article. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Gloria Petron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting food for thought. Best, Gloria 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] Contextual Marketing
Very nice little 'application' on CNN. (http://www.cnn.com/) Click on the little t-shirt icons. Done by the http://www.barbariangroup.com/ Such a simple interaction device; intriguing and marketable. 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
LOL - sorry about that. :-) 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
The factual intelligence benefits from briefness -- most ideas can be expressed in few sentences (see Strunk, for example). The emotional intelligence (as well as closely related BS) is not going to be influenced by the efficiency of Google. Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Shaun Bergmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's something humorous hidden here. Either in the fact that there was no link attached, or in how easy it was to google the referenced article. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Gloria Petron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting food for thought. Best, Gloria 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
LOL! I thought it was on purpose, to reinforce the point of the article! Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Gloria Petron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL - sorry about that. :-) 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] Confirm password field - Superfluous?
There are two ways to look at this and before that i would like to say that the confirm password is essential at the current stage that it is. By this i mean it is important to verify user key strokes even if means that most of the users do pay attention or are concentrating the most while typing the password. The two ways to look at this are: (1) Keep the confirm password fields as they are for the reason i mentioned above. (2) Keep a single field but do not mystify the password by displaying asterix in the field. If verification for password is needed then simply display what is actually being typed rather than displaying encrypted field entry. This way the user will know what is being typed and can visually verify it if he/she has got it right. This will safely eliminate the single password entry error issue. And we really do not need to show encrypted field entry after all the password need not be hidden from the person who is typing it. Another way that i felt was quite innovative was the way i registered on IxDA. I registered from my office. And when i wanted to access the website again from home, this instance i was again asked to verify my name and mail. My guess, is that this is being done by mapping either the MAC id of your machine or your Machine IP address. If this is the case then it provides sensitive information to third party. But since we know that IxDA is a very serious community it is obvious that this personal information will 'never' be misused. This is only if IxDA has configured the Sign In process to the website. Having said all this, my best bet would be #2 if you want to push your idea across. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31190 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] Is Google trying to use human intelligence toimprove search results?
Google is experimenting with the feature Edit search results. More info on: http://www.google.com/support/faqs/?editresults Know of a better page is just one of the features they are testing. The others are: - Like it? - Don't like it? - Make a comment As I understand it, user input will mainly affect their personalized results. In this way, spam shouldn't be a problem. Marielle Winarto 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. 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] deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters
Hi, Nokia calls this a Settings Screen: http://tinyurl.com/5cc83a Cheers, Jakob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31346 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] Marking Required vs. Optional form fields
Hi all, I recently designed a form for a banking application where I marked optional fields as (Optional) with reduced font size (2 pts less). I've used the same form language to add instructions to some complex/confusing labels, where required. Just seeking an opinion on the approach I took. Regards, Mudit Mittal -- www.graffiteria.co.in [m] +91 99 204 80802 [e ] [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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ 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] Contextual awareness on mobile apps
Dan, Did you see the mobile version of OmniFocus? From their intro page (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/iphone/): %u201CUsing your location, OmniFocus can create a custom list of actions to complete nearby. Buying groceries? OmniFocus can show you the closest grocery store and create an instant shopping list.%u201D In fact, I just now noticed that it can run standalone on the iPhone (not needing to sync with my Mac at home), so I'm going to pay for it right now and see how things go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31360 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
There are so many ways in which this article is bad. Bad research, bad writing, faulty conclusions based on shakey premises. The title alone should shy people away - it's sensationalistic. First - the author has no ability to discern the difference between intellect/intelligence and literacy, or intelligence and focus. This is not merely a matter of semantics. To use the word 'stupid' implies that google indeed reduces I.Q. yet the author never discusses intelligence anywhere in the article - he discusses focus, and literacy. Further, his issue is not with Google qua Google - but with Hypertext. Very, very different things. A well researched criticism of hypertext as a medium, and it's effects on cognition would have been interesting. This was not. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sebi Tauciuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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] deliverables with a section on menu options with their related parameters
Jakob, This document displays the interactions very nicely. When it says - The setting value list uses one-row choice items. If the setting contains no value, the dynamic part displays %u201CNo value,%u201D where the value equals the item name, for example, %u201CNo image.%u201D - where does a developer go to get the names of the settings and dynamic information? Thank you, Michele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31346 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
gotta wade through all this thick ironizing here do y'all use spray starch to help make the author's point? LOL. Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
Generally, none of those adjectives readily describe Atlantic Monthly articles (which also regularly hew to a requisite length-- 2,000 to 5,000 words-- I used to submit essays, and have the yellowing rejection slips to prove it-- of which readers of the New Yorker and Harpers are also accustomed). Sensationalistic, bad research, bad writing. I've heard the Atlantic criticized for being too conservative, too over-researched, too constipated (that last one comes from me, over the past 20 years), but RARELY would anyone hear it called sensationalistic, and this is old school magazine writing, fact-checked to death over a full month or more. The Atlantic is known for publishing some of the best writing in the country. I'm just saying. Putting the Atlantic Monthly in the same category with, say, a Murdoch publication, begs absurdity. On the other hand, I may have come across a error in it myself, but it may be more along the quibble my old journalism prof had with saying a student graduated instead of was graduated. I take special joy in finding these things, mostly because my wonderful old prof has passed away, and somebody ought to still be able to do what he did, quibble, just to keep his memory alive. Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are so many ways in which this article is bad. Bad research, bad writing, faulty conclusions based on shakey premises. The title alone should shy people away - it's sensationalistic. First - the author has no ability to discern the difference between intellect/intelligence and literacy, or intelligence and focus. This is not merely a matter of semantics. To use the word 'stupid' implies that google indeed reduces I.Q. yet the author never discusses intelligence anywhere in the article - he discusses focus, and literacy. Further, his issue is not with Google qua Google - but with Hypertext. Very, very different things. A well researched criticism of hypertext as a medium, and it's effects on cognition would have been interesting. This was not. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sebi Tauciuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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] (Job) Interaction Designer at Qik, Inc., Full-time, San Francisco Bay Area
This is a great opportunity to work with a tight-knit team on a service that is revolutionizing the way people share video with their networks. Our service crosses platform, so we are interested in talking with interaction designers who have web-only experience but are interested in learning more about the mobile space, as well as IDs who've worked in mobile and are looking for a chance to broaden their experience. Please submit your resume with a portfolio website to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Candidates are strongly encouraged to have an online portfolio for best consideration. This position is located in Redwood City, CA. Only candidates with proper permits to work in the United States can be considered. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates. Nancy Broden Director of User Experience, Qik, Inc. -- Job Description Qik, Inc. is looking for a mid-level interaction designer to join its User Experience team on a permanent, full-time basis. The interaction designer should have a strong understanding of the user-centered design process and be comfortable working independently alongside design and engineering team members. The ideal candidate should have 2-3 years of experience designing interfaces for the web and/or mobile and feel comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment. About Qik Qik (http://qik.com) enables camera-equipped mobile phones to stream live video to the world via 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi networks. Qik is changing the way people communicate and interact with others by letting them share what they see and interact with friends, family or a broader audience in real-time. Qik is a well-funded startup offering competitive compensation packages and great benefits. We are located steps from the Caltrain station in Redwood City, 30 minutes from San Francisco and San Jose by bullet train. Our office is around the corner from outstanding live music at the Fox and Little Fox Theatres, across the street from free entertainment in Courthouse Square, and surrounded by a wide array of restaurants. If you are excited at the thought of designing a new way for people create and share experiences with others, we’d like to speak with you! Responsibilities include: - performing heuristic audits - developing conceptual models, personas, scenarios and storyboards - defining user task and interaction flows - creating screen- and page-level interaction designs - writing user interface specifications that capture proposed designs in details - working with a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the feasibility of proposed solutions. Required qualifications: - strong understanding and demonstrable experience of user-centered design process - 2+ years designing effective interfaces for mobile applications and/ or consumer facing web-based applications - undergraduate degree in relevant field and/or equivalent work experience - ability to communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale to other members of the design, development and executive team - working experience with appropriate design tools including OmniGraffle, Adobe CS, etc. as they relate to documenting interface flows and screen- or page-level features and functionality - focused attention to detail - sense of humor and positive, flexible attitude - ability to multi-task and work on competing tasks with tight timelines - strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills - comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment Desired qualifications: - prefer candidates with previous experience in an agency setting and/ or OEM/wireless carrier background - domain experience in relevant technologies (J2ME, WAP) and platforms (J2ME, Symbian, MS, iPhone, Blackberry) advanced degree in relevant field --- 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
Regardless of the article's inappropriate title, the author seems to be missing the nature of how most people read on the internet. IMO, skimming the internet is much more akin to reading a newspaper than reading a novel, or an article in a journal - we scan the headlines looking for something that peaks our interest, and if we find something, we continue to read. The rest is discarded. It feels like the author is looking at the issue kind of backwards. Instead of a short attention span, this method seems to be an efficient way of sorting through tons of material. I'll agree that this article is way too long. It easily could have been edited to one quarter of the length without losing any actual content. I'm guessing that was on purpose! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31358 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
I'll agree that this article is way too long. It easily could have been edited to one quarter of the length without losing any actual content. I'm guessing that was on purpose! Short articles typically aim at PROVIDING INFORMATION; long articles often try to MAKE THE READER THINK. Atlantic is well-known for it's thought-provoking publications. If the article didn't deliver the thinking part, there is a slight chance that the author is right :-) Lada 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
True - But did the writer ever answer or even deal with the title - Does Google make people stupid? What I meant by sensationalistic is that he/editor intentionally choose google to grab readers even if the article had nothing to do with Google search making people cognitively impaired. The article had to do with the nature of hypertext, which I know you know - has been well researched. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Christine Boese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Generally, none of those adjectives readily describe Atlantic Monthly articles (which also regularly hew to a requisite length-- 2,000 to 5,000 words-- I used to submit essays, and have the yellowing rejection slips to prove it-- of which readers of the New Yorker and Harpers are also accustomed). Sensationalistic, bad research, bad writing. I've heard the Atlantic criticized for being too conservative, too over-researched, too constipated (that last one comes from me, over the past 20 years), but RARELY would anyone hear it called sensationalistic, and this is old school magazine writing, fact-checked to death over a full month or more. The Atlantic is known for publishing some of the best writing in the country. I'm just saying. Putting the Atlantic Monthly in the same category with, say, a Murdoch publication, begs absurdity. On the other hand, I may have come across a error in it myself, but it may be more along the quibble my old journalism prof had with saying a student graduated instead of was graduated. I take special joy in finding these things, mostly because my wonderful old prof has passed away, and somebody ought to still be able to do what he did, quibble, just to keep his memory alive. Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are so many ways in which this article is bad. Bad research, bad writing, faulty conclusions based on shakey premises. The title alone should shy people away - it's sensationalistic. First - the author has no ability to discern the difference between intellect/intelligence and literacy, or intelligence and focus. This is not merely a matter of semantics. To use the word 'stupid' implies that google indeed reduces I.Q. yet the author never discusses intelligence anywhere in the article - he discusses focus, and literacy. Further, his issue is not with Google qua Google - but with Hypertext. Very, very different things. A well researched criticism of hypertext as a medium, and it's effects on cognition would have been interesting. This was not. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sebi Tauciuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine. -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
I was struck just the other day by a Marshall McLuhan quotation I hadn't looked at in a good long while. It really shocked me out of my perspective, sort of a revisioning, or perhaps, McLuhan might say, with time, I began to recognize the pattern in the media reversal. It was his famous bit about the global village in Gutenberg Galaxy. Understanding Media is always fresher in my head, but like I said, a new perspective, something I was reading in wikipedia, put it to me in another way, not highlighting the interconnectedness of the global village, but rather it's TRIBAL nature, particularly McLuhan's warning (yes, warning) against FEAR as part and parcel of tribal-ness. Namely, I got a dose of post-9/11 McLuhan, which I'd actually read some years before. McLuhan didn't think the global village was such a good thing. Sort of in the Ong sense, he did think it dumbed a culture down, even if he was a big bad old technological determinist. So McLuhan, in his riff on media being the message/massage, made the point it doesn't matter what [Google] says/does, the message is irrelevant. The message OF THE MEDIA is go tribal, go stupid. So you could watch PBS 24/7, McLuhan would argue, and the predominant message you would get is go tribal, go stupid, live in tribal fear. Now how's that for some provocative food for thought? Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True - But did the writer ever answer or even deal with the title - Does Google make people stupid? What I meant by sensationalistic is that he/editor intentionally choose google to grab readers even if the article had nothing to do with Google search making people cognitively impaired. The article had to do with the nature of hypertext, which I know you know - has been well researched. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Christine Boese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Generally, none of those adjectives readily describe Atlantic Monthly articles (which also regularly hew to a requisite length-- 2,000 to 5,000 words-- I used to submit essays, and have the yellowing rejection slips to prove it-- of which readers of the New Yorker and Harpers are also accustomed). Sensationalistic, bad research, bad writing. I've heard the Atlantic criticized for being too conservative, too over-researched, too constipated (that last one comes from me, over the past 20 years), but RARELY would anyone hear it called sensationalistic, and this is old school magazine writing, fact-checked to death over a full month or more. The Atlantic is known for publishing some of the best writing in the country. I'm just saying. Putting the Atlantic Monthly in the same category with, say, a Murdoch publication, begs absurdity. On the other hand, I may have come across a error in it myself, but it may be more along the quibble my old journalism prof had with saying a student graduated instead of was graduated. I take special joy in finding these things, mostly because my wonderful old prof has passed away, and somebody ought to still be able to do what he did, quibble, just to keep his memory alive. Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are so many ways in which this article is bad. Bad research, bad writing, faulty conclusions based on shakey premises. The title alone should shy people away - it's sensationalistic. First - the author has no ability to discern the difference between intellect/intelligence and literacy, or intelligence and focus. This is not merely a matter of semantics. To use the word 'stupid' implies that google indeed reduces I.Q. yet the author never discusses intelligence anywhere in the article - he discusses focus, and literacy. Further, his issue is not with Google qua Google - but with Hypertext. Very, very different things. A well researched criticism of hypertext as a medium, and it's effects on cognition would have been interesting. This was not. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sebi Tauciuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as though the author was providing an example of the types of articles that we are inclined to glean for meaning. It seemed a little meta in that way. I also found reading this article online a very interesting experience. I wonder how the experience of reading it would be different if you were reading the print article in the physical magazine.
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from TheAtlantic.com
We have already gone/been tribal. Look at your twitter connections - that is your tribe. And the tribes boundries is the map without a territory because it exists in Eco's hyperreality. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Christine Boese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was struck just the other day by a Marshall McLuhan quotation I hadn't looked at in a good long while. It really shocked me out of my perspective, sort of a revisioning, or perhaps, McLuhan might say, with time, I began to recognize the pattern in the media reversal. It was his famous bit about the global village in Gutenberg Galaxy. Understanding Media is always fresher in my head, but like I said, a new perspective, something I was reading in wikipedia, put it to me in another way, not highlighting the interconnectedness of the global village, but rather it's TRIBAL nature, particularly McLuhan's warning (yes, warning) against FEAR as part and parcel of tribal-ness. Namely, I got a dose of post-9/11 McLuhan, which I'd actually read some years before. McLuhan didn't think the global village was such a good thing. Sort of in the Ong sense, he did think it dumbed a culture down, even if he was a big bad old technological determinist. So McLuhan, in his riff on media being the message/massage, made the point it doesn't matter what [Google] says/does, the message is irrelevant. The message OF THE MEDIA is go tribal, go stupid. So you could watch PBS 24/7, McLuhan would argue, and the predominant message you would get is go tribal, go stupid, live in tribal fear. Now how's that for some provocative food for thought? Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True - But did the writer ever answer or even deal with the title - Does Google make people stupid? What I meant by sensationalistic is that he/editor intentionally choose google to grab readers even if the article had nothing to do with Google search making people cognitively impaired. The article had to do with the nature of hypertext, which I know you know - has been well researched. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Christine Boese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Generally, none of those adjectives readily describe Atlantic Monthly articles (which also regularly hew to a requisite length-- 2,000 to 5,000 words-- I used to submit essays, and have the yellowing rejection slips to prove it-- of which readers of the New Yorker and Harpers are also accustomed). Sensationalistic, bad research, bad writing. I've heard the Atlantic criticized for being too conservative, too over-researched, too constipated (that last one comes from me, over the past 20 years), but RARELY would anyone hear it called sensationalistic, and this is old school magazine writing, fact-checked to death over a full month or more. The Atlantic is known for publishing some of the best writing in the country. I'm just saying. Putting the Atlantic Monthly in the same category with, say, a Murdoch publication, begs absurdity. On the other hand, I may have come across a error in it myself, but it may be more along the quibble my old journalism prof had with saying a student graduated instead of was graduated. I take special joy in finding these things, mostly because my wonderful old prof has passed away, and somebody ought to still be able to do what he did, quibble, just to keep his memory alive. Chris On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are so many ways in which this article is bad. Bad research, bad writing, faulty conclusions based on shakey premises. The title alone should shy people away - it's sensationalistic. First - the author has no ability to discern the difference between intellect/intelligence and literacy, or intelligence and focus. This is not merely a matter of semantics. To use the word 'stupid' implies that google indeed reduces I.Q. yet the author never discusses intelligence anywhere in the article - he discusses focus, and literacy. Further, his issue is not with Google qua Google - but with Hypertext. Very, very different things. A well researched criticism of hypertext as a medium, and it's effects on cognition would have been interesting. This was not. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sebi Tauciuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too long for me. Gave up reading up after two paragraphs. Does this prove the article's point? Sebi On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Incidentally, I found the article too wordy for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- I totally agree. I found myself wondering whether it was done intentionally - as
