Re: [IxDA Discuss] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business
Here is a brief little test. See it as a proxy variable for turning freelance work into a sustainable business. It's just an exercise. Set your alarm for 3am tomorrow. Get up with your alarm at 3am for the next week. Report back. On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:17 PM, stefanie kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: When I made the leap from employee to running my own business, this book helped me a lot: http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Not-Enough-Business-Designers/dp/0321278798/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1217087479sr=8-6 It's very practical and focuses on design specific items such as hourly rates vs. project based fees, billable hours and how to protect your work. Good luck! Stefanie 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] The (design) process
Anyone know the source of this video? Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31624 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] The (design) process
it's been all over the twittoverse all week - no idea about the source On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Chris McLay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know the source of this video? Chris -- ~ 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] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com
Ironically that this intelligent debate started on the Internet. Information on the Internet is beyond what traditional means used to offer. Traditional reading methods is inadequate for the amount of information that needs to be assimilated. Instead of complaining that we don't read like we used to, how about providing methods that people can use to sensibly move through large amount of data, because reading word for word aren't one of them. 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] Cuil
A new clustering search engine? Wall Street Journal article here: * http://tinyurl.com/5b9e9q http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. It was a little quirky this morning. Even though it comes from three architects at google, how is it different? *Popularity is useful, but has dominated search results so heavily that it gets harder and harder to find the page you want, especially if your search is a complex one. Cuil respects popular pages and recognizes that for many simple searches, popularity is an easy answer to your question. But for a deeper search, establishing relevancy is more than a numbers game. Cuil prefers to find all the pages with your keyword or phrase and then analyze the rest of the content on those pages. During this analysis we discover that your keywords have different meanings in different contexts. Once we've established the context of the pages, we're in a much better position to help you in your search. -- ~ 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] I love the cloud, but...
Keep a copy locally and a copy on the cloud :) Google Gears has the right idea ... rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] Big/Little
Does anyone know who first used Big/little (eg BIG IA vs little ia) in the UX context? -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling 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] Big/Little
Whitney asked: Does anyone know who first used Big/little (eg BIG IA vs little ia) in the UX context? My idea was always that it was Peter Morville: http://argus-acia.com/strange_connections/strange004.html That's what I used as the basis for my T-model that does away with the discussion :-) http://www.peterboersma.com/blog/2004/11/t-model-big-ia-is-now-ux.html Peter -- Peter Boersma | Senior Interaction Designer | Info.nl http://www.peterboersma.com/blog | http://www.info.nl 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] Cuil
http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. And will fail soon. Example: Do a search for, uhm, design. Check the very first entry: http://www.wpdfd.com/ Notice the focus of that most popular/authoritative/relevant entry. Now, click on the next tab Web Design. Wonder where the first entry (the top choice in All results and with a pure web focus) went. Puzzle over the grouping algo. Then ponder on how long it would take Google to do the same IF they thought they needed it. Scratch head and try to pronounce the name of the service. Cool, innit? ;-) -- Kontra http://counternotions.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] Cuil
I tried Cuil for a search on *nailed by nikita + grindhouse* (*) I didn't get a result until there was nothing more left than *grindhouse*which is a little bit disappointing. I think the concept's ok and I like the interface, which is very minimal, but the results and the way to search is not quite there yet ;-) * A colleague of mine mentioned that a friend of his made the fake movie trailer that won Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse DVD contest) 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] Cuil
The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. It seems that avoiding a costly scroll for examining more results would be a win, but people are quite use to a single column and it makes the ad placement tricker. Will Evans wrote: A new clustering search engine? Wall Street Journal article here: * http://tinyurl.com/5b9e9q http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. 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...
Actually, speaking of keeping backups, is there any consensus on what business risks are involved with cloud computing? I'm looking at Mingle as a project management tool and wondering what happens if they go under in two years. Is it comparable to the risks involved in any technology, where you assume you'll have to upgrade periodically, or abandon old technology in favor of the new hotness? -- Kim + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Kim Bieler Graphic Design www.kbgd.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] Design and Usability Resources You Would be Interested in?
We are a User Experience Design staffing company redesigning our website. In our redesign we are trying to add resources to our website that design and usability professional's would be interested in. A) Can you suggest some resources we should keep our website updated with? B) Some of the Ideas I would like your opinion on are -Contribution by people on design and usability jokes and a gift certificate every month for the best design joke contributed by the community. -Upcoming UX and Usability Conferences. -Design Schools. -User Groups like ixda, UPA, etc -Latest news in User Experience Design world. -Free tools like color contrast C) I would also like to add a business case periodically where the companies can add a detailed business case about their design/usability challenges and ask suggestions/solutions from the community. The best detailed solution would be awarded by a sponsored prize. We are hoping to reach 50-100 designer's come to our website everyday through our staffing efforts. I would appreciate suggestions so we can focus our resources on the right content. Thanks Harvinder Singh 210-614-4198 O 210-884-1311 C [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bestica.com Bridging the IT Talent Gap http://www.linkedin.com/in/harvindersingh Visit www.bestica.com/jobs.aspx for other jobs No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1569 - Release Date: 7/23/2008 1:31 PM 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] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business
Never go into business alone. Always have a business coach or someone who's been in business before to guide you. Also, read up on this book: E-Myth - Revisited - By Michael Gerber There are several others I can recommend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31583 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] Cuil
I actually find the horizontal / multi column results search a lot more natural in this kind of setting. usually the summary section isn't necessary for most searches, so changing the format to a more blocky, horizontal grouping might actually be beneficial. Since users have to read the results in any case, their eyes are already moving horizontally, so the idea of putting the top results in a shoulder-to-shoulder seems like a natural. There are bad ways of doing that, of course. But from a purely visual (non interaction) design point of view, the entry page seems somehow wrong. Maybe that's just because current vogue and standard is an open, airy, white-space style search page. Right now the major problem seems to be server overload so it is tough to see how responsive the site will be. Andy Edmonds wrote: The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. It seems that avoiding a costly scroll for examining more results would be a win, but people are quite use to a single column and it makes the ad placement tricker. Will Evans wrote: A new clustering search engine? Wall Street Journal article here: * http://tinyurl.com/5b9e9q http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. 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] Cuil
Andy Edmonds wrote: The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. I hated that bit. I didn't know where to look, which column would contain the most important search results? Just made my eyes jump around the page and not land anywhere. Add to that the tiny font on the site and its a sure fire only with style switched off app but I'm not sure that the functionality is worth moving from Google. Lucy 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] Cuil
well, as people are want to do, i typed jdgimzek into the engine, and it did not return any results on jdgimzek.com fail. jd On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Damon Dimmick wrote: I actually find the horizontal / multi column results search a lot more natural in this kind of setting. usually the summary section isn't necessary for most searches, so changing the format to a more blocky, horizontal grouping might actually be beneficial. Since users have to read the results in any case, their eyes are already moving horizontally, so the idea of putting the top results in a shoulder-to-shoulder seems like a natural. There are bad ways of doing that, of course. But from a purely visual (non interaction) design point of view, the entry page seems somehow wrong. Maybe that's just because current vogue and standard is an open, airy, white-space style search page. Right now the major problem seems to be server overload so it is tough to see how responsive the site will be. Andy Edmonds wrote: The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. It seems that avoiding a costly scroll for examining more results would be a win, but people are quite use to a single column and it makes the ad placement tricker. Will Evans wrote: A new clustering search engine? Wall Street Journal article here: * http://tinyurl.com/5b9e9q http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. -- Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.springstudio.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] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business
All good suggestions here, I'd add/extend a couple of them: IF you get 1 + partner(s) Spend time getting to know them and their desires. Come up with exit strategies, buyout clauses, other leaving clauses as soon as you start talking about partnerships. Note 3 partners are NOT a crowd, but 2 can be cramp your style. Split your personal and business lives in finance and life style, and don't confuse the two. Don't get enamoured by your own business, if your business can't pay you market and/or what you're worth, (given ramp up time), fire your business. Pay yourself a consistent amount, let the business coffers rise and fall with the tide. Just a few ideas. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.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] Cuil
I don't like this grid layout, I can't tell which result is more relevant...the last item in column 1 or the first item in column 2. Lists are unambiguous, girds not so much. Patrick V. Barrett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damon Dimmick Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:21 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil I actually find the horizontal / multi column results search a lot more natural in this kind of setting. usually the summary section isn't necessary for most searches, so changing the format to a more blocky, horizontal grouping might actually be beneficial. Since users have to read the results in any case, their eyes are already moving horizontally, so the idea of putting the top results in a shoulder-to-shoulder seems like a natural. There are bad ways of doing that, of course. But from a purely visual (non interaction) design point of view, the entry page seems somehow wrong. Maybe that's just because current vogue and standard is an open, airy, white-space style search page. Right now the major problem seems to be server overload so it is tough to see how responsive the site will be. Andy Edmonds wrote: The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. It seems that avoiding a costly scroll for examining more results would be a win, but people are quite use to a single column and it makes the ad placement tricker. Will Evans wrote: A new clustering search engine? Wall Street Journal article here: * http://tinyurl.com/5b9e9q http://www.cuil.com/ launches today. 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 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] Cuil
Not that you can check now (they seem to be down), but their image matching software is not all that accurate. There are two David Malouf's of interest in the search results (I win on the 1st page on Cuil--Yeah!), but the picture is never of me or even associated with me. Once they even had Jared Spool's picture. But most times it is some other David Malouf (usually the more famous Australian novelist). What really sucks is that none of my categories show up on the right even though I'm more of the articles listed on the page. They have a lot of work to do. ;-) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Cuil
I love that the natural first test of a search engine is can you show me me? On a separate note, someone mentioned earlier that search engines are a lot about branding, which I am certainly inclined to agree with. It's going to be hard for any new players in the search engine market to overcome the fact that Google is a verb. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave malouf Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil Not that you can check now (they seem to be down), but their image matching software is not all that accurate. There are two David Malouf's of interest in the search results (I win on the 1st page on Cuil--Yeah!), but the picture is never of me or even associated with me. Once they even had Jared Spool's picture. But most times it is some other David Malouf (usually the more famous Australian novelist). What really sucks is that none of my categories show up on the right even though I'm more of the articles listed on the page. They have a lot of work to do. ;-) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Cuil
It's going to be hard for any new players in the search engine market to overcome the fact that Google is a verb. Even if Google is, in fact, the McDonald's of search -- until a significant number of people realize that corn fed beef will make them fat and die, they won't switch. Billions and Billions served up baby. So anyone on this list work on the IxD, IA, or UI for this new entry into the search field? God, if mean, Google, needs some competition. For once in perhaps the last year - I am actually withholding judgement. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Jackie O'Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I love that the natural first test of a search engine is can you show me me? On a separate note, someone mentioned earlier that search engines are a lot about branding, which I am certainly inclined to agree with. It's going to be hard for any new players in the search engine market to overcome the fact that Google is a verb. 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] Cuil
So far about even mix so far between positive and negative... I once considered tilting the grid a little to the right, so that either up/down or left/right strategies would get the intended rank ordering. For Cuil, the inclusion of graphics from the page helps make the column layout more scannable, supporting backtracking by grafting unique visuals onto an unfamiliar layout. Another columnar search layout that's pretty slick is http://alpha.managedq.com Patrick Barrett wrote: I don't like this grid layout, I can't tell which result is more relevant...the last item in column 1 or the first item in column 2. Lists are unambiguous, girds not so much. Patrick V. Barrett 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] Cuil
It is the one subject about which all persons have expert knowledge. On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Jackie O'Hare wrote: I love that the natural first test of a search engine is can you show me me? On a separate note, someone mentioned earlier that search engines are a lot about branding, which I am certainly inclined to agree with. It's going to be hard for any new players in the search engine market to overcome the fact that Google is a verb. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave malouf Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil Not that you can check now (they seem to be down), but their image matching software is not all that accurate. There are two David Malouf's of interest in the search results (I win on the 1st page on Cuil--Yeah!), but the picture is never of me or even associated with me. Once they even had Jared Spool's picture. But most times it is some other David Malouf (usually the more famous Australian novelist). What really sucks is that none of my categories show up on the right even though I'm more of the articles listed on the page. They have a lot of work to do. ;-) -- dave -- Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.springstudio.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] Cuil
There are bugs. 1) This morning I searched on a term (usability) and then switched my preferences to allow for questionable content (by default this is protected) and the same search returned zero results. 2) Recently I did a search which yielded only 5 results on screen, confirmed by the fact that there was only 1 page of search results, further confirmed b the fact that the forward and next arrows were disabled, yet the upper right area said, 88 results for [my search term] 3) Response time for additional results pages was extremely slow. Tried again just now and actually got a message: No results because of high load. Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again. Perhaps Cuil was released too early? Regarding the design, I have mixed feelings thus far. I like that there's more info revealed for each result and that there's some small graphical element in the results. However, the layout is less efficient to browse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Jeremy Yuille [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: 2. a second approach i see could be for you to tie Pattern Tap into existing design pattern collections, by adding value from the design implementation inspiration side. +1 This is the direction my thoughts have been going. We've got a bunch of pattern collections where we say to ourselves it would be great to have way more visual examples to illustrate the variations and possibilities with this pattern and we're starting to have these great pattern-gallery-visual collections that are prompting grumps like me to say but it's not *really* a design pattern unless it has x, y, z... I think these are two great tastes that will taste good together. People like me who curate pattern libraries can link across to sites like Pattern Tap and factoryjoe's pattern collections on Flickr to point to examples of the patterns we are describing. Likewise, PatternTap and other sites can feel free to link to written descriptions of the patterns they are depicting, where available. Not that I would discourage you, Matthew, from adding problem/context/solution/rationale type elements to your visual example collections, but I also don't think you have to do that to gain some of the value that would be accomplished via cross-linking. eg: Pattern Tap might help fill out the 'examples' that other pattern collections use, and also extend these examples from merely illustrating the IxD pattern to describing different types of successful implementations from a visual and IxD aesthetics perspective. Lastly, is there any way that the framework of this site could be used for a more traditional Pattern Library? If so, I'd love to entertain that idea with some help from some of you smart types :), if you're interested! Absolutely I think this could be so, and I think you are demonstrating some great social and community features that most living pattern libraries would probably kill for. -xian- -- Christian Crumlish http://xianlandia.com Yahoo! pattern detective http://design.yahoo.com Yahoo! Developer Network evangelist http://open.yahoo.com IA Institute director of technology http://iainstitute.org 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] Cuil
My thought was that the launch generated a lot of interest, so they may have underestimated the load of the new site curiosity traffic. Denial of service-type, just a little overloaded as people check out the potential David to Giant Google. Chris On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Maureen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are bugs. 1) This morning I searched on a term (usability) and then switched my preferences to allow for questionable content (by default this is protected) and the same search returned zero results. 2) Recently I did a search which yielded only 5 results on screen, confirmed by the fact that there was only 1 page of search results, further confirmed b the fact that the forward and next arrows were disabled, yet the upper right area said, 88 results for [my search term] 3) Response time for additional results pages was extremely slow. Tried again just now and actually got a message: No results because of high load. Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again. Perhaps Cuil was released too early? Regarding the design, I have mixed feelings thus far. I like that there's more info revealed for each result and that there's some small graphical element in the results. However, the layout is less efficient to browse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Cuil
YEp, they are down... On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:46:20, dave malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that you can check now (they seem to be down), but their image matching software is not all that accurate. There are two David Malouf's of interest in the search results (I win on the 1st page on Cuil--Yeah!), but the picture is never of me or even associated with me. Once they even had Jared Spool's picture. But most times it is some other David Malouf (usually the more famous Australian novelist). What really sucks is that none of my categories show up on the right even though I'm more of the articles listed on the page. They have a lot of work to do. ;-) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Cuil
Needs a lot of work (image display prefs, spell check, column prefs, etc). Might work though. Site is running slow and quirky. I agree with Andri that scan ability might be an issue when trying to reach users already accustomed to the single column display. Again, easy fix with added preferences. Andy, it makes the ad placement tricker. Not necessarily. For instance, preferential websites would now be somewhat masked to the searcher, thus resulting in more clicks. Where Google exuberantly exclaims a preferential website with different colors and directly above the search results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31630 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] Cuil
I don't know, Lucy. It's hard to know if the multi-column would be better or worse if we were used to it. Maybe we've all been trained to expect the row-by-row format since that's been the default for 10 years, but if this concept were actually implemented well, it might prove beneficial. Wonder if the luminaries have done research on this. PS: Have you noticed that the image/results pairing is slightly random? Like they just grab any old image from the result site and go with it. I guess the algorithm needs a tiny bit of work. -Damon Misenreseau wrote: Andy Edmonds wrote: The UI design is interesting as well. Multi-column search layouts have typically not fared very well at scale, though I personally like them just fine. I hated that bit. I didn't know where to look, which column would contain the most important search results? Just made my eyes jump around the page and not land anywhere. Add to that the tiny font on the site and its a sure fire only with style switched off app but I'm not sure that the functionality is worth moving from Google. Lucy 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] Cuil
Just looking at it from the interface, Google's format of displaying results lends itself to rapid scanning before choosing to click anything. Also, the way google extracts a small amount of text from each web page and highlights some key things makes it much easier to make a decision on which link to click. The results displayed in cuil seems like a whole lot of digesttoo much text. Nobody would want to invest so much of time reading all that text. A lot of information is hidden under tabs or mouseover categories which again doesn't allow you to easily scan content. -- -- Smitha Ram Senior Interaction Designer Thomson Reuters | www.thomsonreuters.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] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business
Talk in person with as many sole practitioners as you can in your specialty to learn how they made it. The largest pitfall for me was not understanding adequate cash flow and planning for the lean times. I'd say the challenge area for most is financial management and adequate capitalization. You can't charge what you think the job is worth as though you were paying for it from your own wallet. Talk to others to learn what they charge. Do some research. I used contracts and ask for a healthy deposit up front to begin work. That helped me get better clients and reduce cash flow problems. I believe in doing your own bookkeeping so you understand your expenses and overhead. Be aware if you set up a partnership, you have more liability if the partnership doesn't work out. A corporate structure is worth set up if you want the tax advantages. If you aren't good at business administration, hire an accountant to help you. Figure out what is your area of strength and focus. Draw in support and resources, realizing you may spend half your time running your business and getting new business. Take time to network out of your office on a regular basis. Also take time to regularly assess where you are going, how you spend your time and if it's worth it. Personally I love freelancing, and did it for more than a decade. By choice now that I'm a parent, I have a day job, benefits and go home to my family at 5 pm. I still freelance part-time to do select design projects. Here's a good way to boost your confidence: Spend a few hours line up all your best work you ever did and look at it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31583 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] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business
For me the difference between freelancing and having my own design business was the kind of projects I received. When I had my own business I could pursue the kind of work I wanted to do, and the type of clients I wanted to work for. This built my skills and portfolio to strengthen me toward those goals. Also I had more freedom to work from my own office. When I freelanced I often fixed other people's mistakes, did a lot of grunt production, and worked in other people's shops with no benefits and no guarantees for my own future. Taking the risk of running a business was worth it to me. Educate yourself about money, taxation, corporate structures, and sales. You might spend half your time selling and running your business. I find it very rewarding. The biggest challenge is planning for times of zero cashflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31583 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] adding nodes to a navigation tree?
For an intranet application I am working on, there is a navigation tree. It looks similar to this one: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v510/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm .wp.ent.doc/wps/dgn_navtree.html Users must be able to add nodes to it. The nodes could be added anywhere, not just at the end of an existing level. I can think of a few ways to accomplish this and none of them seem too satisfying: - create add here buttons before and after each existing node. - have users select an existing node and then choose whether they want to add their node before or after (or above or below). - have users select a level to add to, and then the order within that level as a second step. What would you think is the best practice here? Any other ideas I am missing? Any examples out there that I could look at? Thanks! Sheri 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] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration
A few web design collections: http://www.flickr.com/photos/splat/sets/981332/ http://bestwebgallery.com/ http://www.templatemonster.com/ http://www.designmeltdown.com/ On Jul 23, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Jeremy Yuille wrote: btw - does anyone else here have any design driven sources that I could share with my students? -- Kim + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Kim Bieler Graphic Design www.kbgd.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] adding nodes to a navigation tree?
Context menu. They can right click on nodes or links in the nodes to Add New Item Here. And in the tree itself when they make it, they can drag and drop their item it in it's siblings, or even drag it out into it's parents, or even deeper into it's child tree nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31666 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] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration
On Jul 25, 2008, at 6:20 AM, matthew Smith wrote: How would you best describe what Pattern Tap showcases? What language would you change or redefine? I'd be interested to see how we can gaurd those terms well, and honor the work of folks like yourself, while hopefully at the same time, offering a bit of expansion to terms like pattern. A collection of designs for inspiration. It's my opinion that general pattern libraries are of limited value. What teams really need are libraries of patterns that have been proven for their users in their specific design contexts. These will include localized thinking, including brand-related issues and details about the things that make their own experience unique, such as voice, tone, and feel. For example, the patterns for KodakGallery.com would be very different from the patterns for Flickr.com, even though they'll have a lot of the same types of elements, because they are trying for very different experiences. I think both teams could turn to a site like PatternTap for inspiration (which I think is your goal), but would create a library of patterns that was unique to their own needs and offerings. That's my take. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks 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] Cuil
they are trying to be too cute with the interface. 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] Good Examples for Report Building Options?
I'm currently working on the IA for a web app that allows users to select from several options to build a report. The hierarchy of options is thus: Client has one or more Campaigns A Campaign is made up of one or more Elements An Element has one or more Tags Where the end user can choose one or more clients, campaigns, elements, and tags. Any links or examples would be appreciated. Thank you, Ron Akanowicz Usability Consultant softerwareconsulting.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 786-853-1666 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
