Re: [IxDA Discuss] Job: Microsoft User Experience Evangelist (US based)
Chris Wrote.. UXE's must be able to speak compellingly and enthusiastically to many audiences within the design ecosystem, including designers and production artists, producers and client/services managers, as well as creative directors and general management. As a user experience professional your job description failed to talk to me. Looks like you want a visual designer who does a bit of interaction and is charasmatic rather than a user experience person. If you want to evangelise about user experience doesn't it help that you actually preach user experience in all that you do? As it stands the post reads like the bad old days when you had 'tech' and you had 'design'. There's nothing about being user centric, usability, accessability in here - it's all about being compelling and engaging, which is about a third of what user experience is about. I'm not anti-microsoft it's just when I'm after a solution, the current tool set from Microsoft is behind the curve for where user experience is and based upon the old bad model bells and whilstles being more important than information and functionality. So if you're an evangelist yourself then you've just done the exact opposite of what you where looking to do. All this just leaves me thinking Microsoft don't get user experience. -- Stewart Dean 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: Interactive Engineer (Flash) - Redmond, WA - Recruiter - Contract
Seeking Flash/AS 3.0 guru to climb onboard with an award-winning team within the largest software company in the world. Join designers and engineers who create solutions for the top advertisers in the world. This team is all about sticky sites, fierce creativity, and bold interactivity - these guys don't sit still, and neither does their work! This is no regular contract job, no dull resting spot on your way to more exciting places, but an opportunity with our world-class client to create far-reaching and highly dynamic work while interfacing on an international level with colleagues in Europe and Asia. If you like to be kept on your toes, have strong software development experience, and consider yourself a problem-conqueror, this may be a life-changing destination on your journey through the exciting world of product design... Responsibilities: Collaborate on creating highly interactive user experiences and data driven applications Implement application development methodologies (OOP design patterns, control development, etc.) Work with engineering team to develop requirements Your background should include the following: Advanced Flash and AS 3.0 4+ yrs software development experience Experience developing and testing across multiple browsers, platforms, etc. Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and scope development work Passion for new technologies Experience building quick prototypes for new ideas and concepts Nice to have: Flex, C#, Java or other OOP language, Silverlight or WPF Experience with agile methods like TDD, Scrum and XP UI design, IA, and graphic design background You should be: A self-starter. You see a problem and you just have to fix it! Team player - we're all on this road together Conqueror of technology - Flash can't do what? Prove 'em all wrong and lead the way! What do you get? It doesn't stop with the work itself. Imagine receiving exceptional benefits that you would be hard-pressed to run into anywhere else as a contractor. Like a no-cost health plan option and a 401k that vests immediately. Yes, we match. And no, you don't have to wait a decade for the benefits to kick in. We have resources and we like to share. Did I mention bonuses, educational reimbursements, and a Flexpass? Does that sound so bad? Send resume and samples to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your work will be reviewed and qualified candidates will be contacted within 48 hours. Sakson Taylor, an Aquent company, is a firm that offers content design and development, marketing, and creative services solutions. For more than 20 years, we have helped provide outsourcing and staffing solutions to clients such as Microsoft, HP, and Starbucks. We're a minority-owned business, committed to maintaining professional quality with a personal touch. 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 used google in 1997 and thought it was fabulous. I used cuil yesterday and thought it was ridiculous. Do any of you remember using Google back in the day for the first time? I remember explicitly clicking the I'm Feeling Lucky button and thinking I got back the most idiotic search result for what I typed in. In fact, the I'm Feeling Lucky button was the cool thing they were pushing back then that was supposed to Change Everything(tm). Does anyone use that feature even though it's still on the main page? Not that I know. 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
Andrei: This is the kind of feedback that kills a lot of the innovation in our industry as a process or means to approach design. Hi Andrei, could you elaborate a little further on how negative feedback can kill 'innovation'. I see that as a very simplistic understanding of what motivates people driven by ideas they believe in. Feedback is feedback and if you put your ideas out there, especially in the way the cuil guys did, you had better be able to roll with the punches. Andrei:I like a lot of thinking going on in the product and find it interesting to take apart to see what works and what doesn't. so lets hear it already! /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
[IxDA Discuss] [local][EVENT] Berlin/Germany Get Together
So it`s up for number IXDA Berlin`s local meeting III: When7pm - 10pm Wednesday, August 6th 2008 Where newthinking store GmbH, Tucholskystr. 48, 10117 Berlin Just as last time: New Thinking Store, who`s kindly hosting us and provides space, beamer and network connection (http://store.newthinking.de/), closes at 9pm. So that`s the time then to crawl for a nearby pub to fade out the evening with your drink of choice. Topics this time: Design Processes. As stated last time we consider it quite interesting how IxD is done and organised in the different organisation we work in. So I guess I gonna start and present some of the ideas at D-LABS GmbH to start the discussion. If you are interested feel free to prepare slides or any material from your perspective and bring them along. I guess we are all not too much interested in a general talk about UCD processes, so I`d rather see this as an entry point for a discussion about the practice we are all conducting. So hope to see you in a week. If you got any comments, change requests, worthy truths don`t hesitate to mail me. As always: bring everyone who might be interested. Spread the word! If you are reading this and feel like interested in the Berlin local group come and join our Groupsite at: www.ixdaberlin.collectivex.com Best! Thomas 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] Job: Microsoft User Experience Evangelist (US based)
Will, It's a big job, obviously we need more help. :) Chris Bernard Microsoft User Experience Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 630.530.4208 Office 312.925.4095 Mobile -Original Message- From: William Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:21 PM To: Chris Bernard Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Will Tschumy; Sean Seibel Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Job: Microsoft User Experience Evangelist (US based) Isn't that your job? will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:09 PM, Chris Bernard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft is looking for new User Experience Evangelists (UXE) in the US. If you have a desire to work with some of the best designers and design focused agencies in the world, don't mind some travel, and love a grand challenge :) head over to www.microsoft.com/careershttp://www.microsoft.com/careers to learn more about the positions. Below are direct links to two of the opportunities, we'll be posting more soon. http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=77D57AE5-1D46-4DB1-B5C0-7BC224FFC876start=1interval=10SortCol=DatePostedSortOrder= http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=15BF7761-1310-40DA-A924-8E8F5E8F2CD8start=1interval=10SortCol=DatePostedSortOrder= Please note the formatting is goofy on the postings, we are getting that fixed soon and are aware of it, also the requirements will be slightly different for each location. Here's what we're looking for. As a User Experience Evangelist (UXE), you are Microsoft's representative to the designer/agency community helping to win the hearts and minds regarding the Microsoft platform. The notion of User Experience lies at the center of Microsoft's continued long term success as a platform company by enabling our partners and customers to build rich, immersive, compelling end-user experiences that stand-out and differentiate them from competitive offerings. The creative professional audience is a critical element of the overall development process. In order to realize improved software UX, designers will need to be empowered to design and build the best possible content in the most productive and efficient collaborative environment together with professional developers. The UXE is a role with the mission of engaging with the broad community of designers and influential's driving excitement around design related technologies for both the standards-based Web and Windows platforms. This position is a great opportunity to build perception of Microsoft in the design space and to create usage of Microsoft's platform and tools technologies through breadth marketing programs and community engagement with designers and developers. UXE's must be able to talk about and demonstrate both great design and design technologies in-depth and speak to the business value of great design in the Web and software industry. UXE's must be able to speak compellingly and enthusiastically to many audiences within the design ecosystem, including designers and production artists, producers and client/services managers, as well as creative directors and general management. UXE's must also be able to engage in technical dialog with more traditional development organizations such as ISVs and IT departments, where the art and business of design is less understood and developed. We'd love to have you contact us directly about these opportunities but we can't. If you're even remotely interested in the roles please go to the site and take a look at the positions and apply if you're interested and possess the necessary qualifications. We'll answer generic questions about Microsoft and UX if that helps but can't discuss the roles with you directly until you've applied for a role and been contacted by our HR representative. Note also we are targeting folks to be located in Austin, LA, NYC and Washington DC (This won't be obvious in all the job descriptions). Relocation may be possible and more importantly we're looking for the right people. If you're in other major urban centers in the US such as Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco or Seattle don't hesitate to apply if your knowledgeable and passionate about UX and want to help the biggest software company in the world help people make great experiences. One final thought. Microsoft has hundreds of user experience and designer opens across product and service teams. Visit www.microsoft.com/careers http://www.microsoft.com/careers and do a keyword search on user experience and design to see what positions we have available. Chris Bernard Microsoft User Experience Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 630.530.4208 Office 312.925.4095 Mobile [cid:image001.jpg@01C8F1BF.46C3BE20]http://www.silverlight.net/ Blog: www.designthinkingdigest.comhttp://www.designthinkingdigest.com/ Partners:
[IxDA Discuss] Research on user errors with multiple screens?
Sorry if this is a bit of an esoteric request but I'm hoping someone can help - I'm not even sure what keywords to use for these searches. (All the results I get back are talking about multiple windows in standard desktop OSes or applications. It's even more frustrating because people are inconsistent in what they call a 'screen' or 'display'.) I'm looking for research on rates, types, and descriptions of errors made by people who have work environments with multiple screens. In the domain where I work (financial services) it's common for people to have two side-by-side displays and some people have as many as six (often stacked 3 wide by 2 high). I've begun working in such an environment myself, having two side-by-side screens and I observe that I make a number of errors in this format that I do not make in single-screen situations. For example, it's VERY common for me to shift my gaze and mental focus from one screen to another and begin typing as though the cursor/window focus had followed my gaze. Informally I feel like I make this category of error much more often than I make the comparable error with two windows side-by-side on one physical screen. But of course informal self-observation isn't highly reliable data. So as a designer I wonder if there are such data that would aid me in designing better multiple-screen interfaces. References or ideas would be greatly appreciated. TIA --Alan 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
We're working directly from requirements to prototype, adding in supporting documentation of flows and wireframes only when needed, (Note a good overall style guide helps a lot). The tactile nature of prototypes aides greatly in articulating ideas and displaying functionality to developers. Note prototypes do necessitate discovery of functionality, which can be problematic for new functionality, and this is where annotated diagrams shine as they're explicit. Prototype libraries, be they JS, CSS, HTML snippets, generic prototype, to draw upon makes prototyping much more rapid. Note we don't use Azure or iRise, but we do use Scriptaculous, Prototype, EXT, etc. As far as reuse of code, this has always been a slippery slope for us, (and everywhere I've worked). Certain elements translate well from prototype to build, such as CSS and JS transitions, Layouts can sometimes translate depending on what they are. The best prototypes are rapidly changed at low cost, production code level prototypes often do not have this flexibility. When we started focusing on production quality code for the prototyping it seemed to come at the expense of a focus on prototyping to requirements. This caused certain designs not to be prototyped as the prototyping-engineering effort was too high, (which does not necessarily translate to overall engineering LOE being too high). Modifiying prototype design became a cost benefit exercise, which is counter productive to the prototype experience, (rapid, cheap, aide to discover the new and make mistakes at low cost). Rich On 7/29/08, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Todd Moy wrote: Hi Todd - Not to skew the topic too much, but have you been able to move the prototype into something designers and developers can directly build upon? Or, have you found the prototype's code to be throwaway? (Which is not to say valueless, but simply that the code needs to be rewritten in the final piece.) -T While not typical for the industry, our prototypes are production quality code and when we hand them off, engineering has been putting them into production w/very little rework. However, I wouldn't let that prevent you from trying — 90% or more of the prototypes built in the software industry are throwaways. There's still a lot of benefit that comes from throwaway prototypes. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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 -- 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
What about http://clusty.com/ a great clustering search engine, with a much nicer UI. I first used it in 2005 so its been around for a while and I tend to go there when I am unable to find what I want using Google. Why is cuil better then clusty? Perhaps as Cuil claims, it's because it covers three times as many Web pages as Google and I'm guessing this is probably more than Clusty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
This is the kind of feedback that kills a lot of the innovation in our industry as a process or means to approach design. Innovation might not be the correct word here. There is plenty of innovation, like ASK. Cuil is trying too hard to be different with their UI. 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 7/29/08, Jennifer Hoppenrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're doing more and more rich media here at Razorfish and probably elsewhere, and the old wireframe comp prototype methodology is proving more difficult, because while wireframes are great for static websites, they really don't express the various interactions that a rich media environment can provide. Having 20 wireframes to show the various states That's exactly what got me started using Axure in 2005. That and wanting to integrate prototyping into my practice since I began, but without having the necessary coding skills or client budgets to support a whole separate prototyping resource on a project. I've been trying to find tools which will allow us to create 1) dynamic wireframes to emulate rich media, and 2) early prototypes to help guide us prior to launch. Azure and iRise both seem to do well in the latter, but poorly in the former, with one being considerably more expensive. Hmm. I'd say they both achieve these tasks very well. They are the raison d'etre for both these tools. I've seen iRise demoed a few times, but my main familiarity is with Axure. I have prototyped many many rich interactions with the tool, and I even taught a half-day workshop on the subject at the 2007 IA Summit. Axure offers many different tools that support the creation of rich interactions, but sometimes it takes a little creativity and forethought in combining them to make more advanced interactions happen. [Plug: I actually teach basic and advanced Axure prototyping classes, so if you're interested please contact me off-list.] Regarding which would work better for you, that's ultimately up to you to decide. But I can tell you that I work, like you, in an agency model, and Axure works much better for us in that situation. We took a look at iRise but the costs for just a single license (or seat as they call it) were... very, very high. And the price we were quoted was a *discount* based on our small size. I've seen iRise used effectively in large enterprises, but never in an agency. I've toyed with just developing in interactions Flash, but that may not be realistic. I have seen a new Adobe product called Thermo ( http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Thermo ) that seems to promise to solve both dilemmas, but it hasn't been released yet. Ah Thermo. : ) The only prototyping tool to induce iPhone-like lust in the IxD community. I've seen it in real life at interaction08 and it is *slick.* I have two concerns with it though. 1) The workflow we've seen is Visual Designer Developer. So far, I haven't seen wireframes done in Thermo. Only comps (imported from Photoshop). 2) How does it handle printed documentation? On the projects I work on, clients almost always want printed documentation, which is a big reason I use Axure. I can do my prototyping and my documentation pretty much at the same time. Now... responding to the folks who are saying that you need these code-based toolkits. If you and your UX team already have coding skills, great. Check out those toolkits. If you don't, then having a separate prototyper on your projects use them is only slightly more efficient than someone coding a prototype from scratch, which is the whole thing I personally am trying to avoid. And second, there's this debate about whether the prototype should be in a form that can be evolved into a production system. Personally, I am strongly against this in most situations. I strongly believe that the prototype is the designer's playground. It is where we can be creative, test our crazy ideas, obliterate the bad ones, and iterate on the good ones. Obviously we should be collaborating with developers on the impact that *fully tested* interactions will have on them, but we should be free to get all our failures out of our system before that happens. I imagine that there are situations where it could be efficient to intend prototype code to evolve into a production system... very large projects that *do* require a dedicated prototyper, etc. But most of these situations that I've run into have been efforts that enterprises have staffed and managed themselves. Wow... it's a long drop from up here on this high horse... : ) Anyway, I hope this is useful to you. - Fred -- Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant Evantage Consulting O: 612.230.3838 // M: 612.810.6745 IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (google/msn) // fredevc (aim/yahoo) T: http://twitter.com/fred_beecher 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
[IxDA Discuss] ANN: Nathan Shedroff's new book in progress on sustainable design
(apologies for duplicate postings) I'm excited to announce that Nathan Shedroff, author of Experience Design and co-author of Making Meaning, has begun work on Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable for Rosenfeld Media. Sustainable design is clearly a timely, critical topic. The design world makes a tremendous impact on the produced world in terms of usability, resources used, and understanding of priorities. Designers have an unprecedented opportunity to use their skills to make meaningful, sustainable change in the world—if they know how to focus their skills, time, and agendas. In Design is the Problem, Nathan will examine how the endemic culture of design creates unsustainable solutions, and will help designers bake sustainability into their design processes. You can learn more and engage with Nathan at his book-in-progress site: http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/ Keep up with his progress by subscribing to the book's feed: http://feeds.rosenfeldmedia.com/sustainable-design/ And be the first on your block to buy it (and receive a discount) by signing up for publication notification: http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/info/publication_notification/ Please pass this along; many thanks! Louis Rosenfeld :: http://louisrosenfeld.com Rosenfeld Media :: http://rosenfeldmedia.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] Interaction'09|vancouver
Hi IxDA Community, We are hard at work planning efforts for our next conference in Vancouver February 5-8, 2009. A couple of things to note: Conference website is up at: http://interaction09.ixda.org We have an interaction09 twitter account: @interaction09, join to stay in touch We will be launching a Crowdvine connection space on the site in the coming weeks. This was a very popular component of last year's experience. We'll let you know when it's up. Dates to Remember: Deadline for lighting round speaker submissions is August 31, (you can now apply to speak at the conference directly on the website at: http://www.interaction09.ixda.org/program.php) Full Program Announcement and opening of conference registration will be October 1 If you would like to help out we still need some volunteers. You can contact me at info(at)interaction09.ixda(dot)org If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the event you can contact us at sponsors(at)interaction09.ixda(dot)org to learn more. Regards, Greg Petroff Conference Chair Interaction'09|vancouver 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 Jul 30, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Fred Beecher wrote: And second, there's this debate about whether the prototype should be in a form that can be evolved into a production system. Personally, I am strongly against this in most situations. I strongly believe that the prototype is the designer's playground. It is where we can be creative, test our crazy ideas, obliterate the bad ones, and iterate on the good ones. Obviously we should be collaborating with developers on the impact that *fully tested* interactions will have on them, but we should be free to get all our failures out of our system before that happens. Even though most of our prototypes these days are being recycled for production, I'm inclined to agree w/Fred. I don't think prototypes need to be created with the end goal of being used for production. It's a nice to have, but not a must have. In fact, in a survey I ran last month for people who prototype, creating reusable code was ranked 10th, when asked what factors were most important for a prototyping tool. Incidentally, the top three were 1) Time and effort to produce a working prototype 2) Creating a usable prototype for testing 3) Price. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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: Information Architect / UI Designer : Boston : Recruiter : Full Time
Dissero ( http://www.dissero.com/ http://www.dissero.com) is the premier recruiting firm focused on high growth technology companies. Our client is a leading media and publishing company that is located just outside of Boston. We have been engaged to conduct a search for an Information Architect / UI Designer. This position will play a significant role in this company as they are looking to modernize 50 - 70 web properties for a variety of leading publications. This position will be responsible for understanding audience needs and tasks; creating detailed user interface specifications, including wireframes, functional flows and site maps; and producing user interface designs that meet the audience needs. Responsibilities * Gather requirements to determine target audience and objectives; analyze audiences and their information and functional needs; and set scope and interface strategies. * Define site architecture and the intended user experience through the development of wireframes, site maps, process maps, feature lists, mockups, and prototypes. * Design and build web pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Visio, XML, and XSLT. * Present design deliverables to project teams and business owners. * Conduct usability testing and design reviews to identify problems and improvements to the user experience. * Collaborate with internal project teams to ensure that an explicit user experience is maintained throughout project execution. * Collaborate with SEO experts to ensure implementation of SEO best practices in site design. * Create and maintain user interface standards and style guide. Requirements * 5+ years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or experience designer (or similar role). * Demonstrated experience with user-centered design techniques and ability to execute on architecture and design of large-scale website projects. * Demonstrated experience conducting user research and translating user research into design decisions. * Strong knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology. * Experience using web analytics data to inform design decisions. * Excellent oral and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. * Detail-oriented, able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, team environment. * Proficiency with relevant software tools (Illustrator, Visio, Photoshop, MS Office, Acrobat, Dreamweaver). * Proficiency with web standards including XHTML, CSS, Web Accessibility and Section 508, as well as web usability best practices. * Bachelor's degree in Information Design, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field strongly preferred. To apply: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Cline | Principal | Dissero, LLC Phone: 617.420.0059 Ext. 111 | Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.dissero.com/ www.dissero.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] Design of forms on web vs paper
On Jul 27, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Jessica Enders wrote: As a matter of best practice, should forms on the web be designed to look like their paper equivalents? Why/why not? My take is simple: The question is irrelevant. In fact, you could as a similar question that would be equally irrelevant: Should forms on the web be design to look like other forms on the web? The real question is Should each form on the web be design to best support the user's experience? The answer would, of course, be Yes. And the next question is the one that's important in your case: How should you best support the user's experience? That's where I'd start. Hope that helps, 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
[IxDA Discuss] InfoCamp Seattle 2008 registration now open!
Join us for the second annual InfoCamp, September 27 and 28th! Register now at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39383 InfoCamp Seattle 2008 is an interdisciplinary unconference for anyone interested in user-centered information and design. The event is open to students, professionals, and entrepreneurs in information architecture, librarianship, content management, user experience, and usability. InfoCamp Seattle provides participants with an opportunity to share ideas, debate current issues, and discuss the future of the craft. The unique format of the un-conference allows attendees to create their own sessions and discuss topics of their choosing in real time at the point of need, creating a vibrant atmosphere where all are engaged. What: InfoCamp Seattle 2008 http://www.infocamp.info When: September 27-28, 2008 9am-5pm both days, plus an optional social event on Saturday evening Where: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA Register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39383 Get involved: http://infocampseattle2008.pbwiki.com Thanks! Aaron, Andy, Corprew, Genevieve, Joshua, Kathryn, Kristen, and Rachel Your InfoCamp Seattle 2008 organizers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Aaron Louie Chair, ASIST Pacific Northwest chapter Sr. User Experience Architect, ZAAZ 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
Andrei, apologies for continuing to critique your definition of Innovation, but just to labour the point... When someone can churn out a copy of an 'innovative' search engine (a mashup to be exact) in less than 24 hours I feel its safe to say you're not setting the 'innovation' bar high enough Introducing Yuil, better results using 'just enough pages' (o; http://sampullara.appspot.com/yuil/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Oh, this should be fun. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:22 PM, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei, -- The lesson here is that we cannot remove artificial dependencies, but we can reduce them. - Hao He 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] IXD teams on the org chart
I'm really interested in finding out more about how companies have transformed as they grow their IxD teams and where they fit into organizations. For some companies it seems to happen at the very beginning where a experience savy person is the head of the company, and for others it is a process of hiring and promoting people into positions such as Chief Experience Officer, VP of Experience, etc... *My Questions...* 1) What organization structures (reporting chains) have you experienced or witnessed? 2) How are organizations structured to address strategic and tactical goals? 3) What books, articles, videos, do you know of where I could find out more? Thanks, -d- On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 1:28 PM, Daphne Ogle [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hello all, I'm interested in hearing how your IXD teams fit into your overall organizations. We are going through some growing pains at my organization and are trying to find the right place for our IXD team to fit...mostly from a reporting structure. I started with the organization about 1 1/2 years ago as the first interaction designer on their team. I reported directly to the associate director (AD) along with our product managers. We have a development team and a training and support team that both have their own managers who report directly to the associate director also. Since I joined the team we have made in-roads into building user centered practices into our overall development process. And have grown the team, adding another interaction designer and a visual designer. With the additional team members and growth in general of our team the AD is no longer able to directly oversee all of us. The scenarios we are looking at are 1) to have someone in the group manage the group that reports to the AD, 2) move the team under the development group or 3) under the training and support group. I feel it's important for the design team to keep its own identity (and implicitly importance) yet it will be a big stress on our limited resources to add management responsibilities to our practical design work. In addition, although the development manager and training and support manager support our work we have experienced some conflicts of interest (technical concerns trumping good design too often and a we can just train them perspective...I'm sure this sounds familiar to many of you). Neither have a deep understanding of interaction design. We have an existing product we support through evaluation and enhancements and we build new products so we work closely with both groups. And we still have a lot of evangelizing our work to do. So, after a long set-up... my question is have any of you experienced a successful org structure similar to those I describe? Thoughts on the conflict of interest? Any other structures out there that we aren't thinking about? Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer! -Daphne Ogle Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Guidelines http://listguide.ixda.org/ List Help .. http://listhelp.ixda.org/ (Un)Subscription Options ... http://subscription-options.ixda.org/ Announcements List . http://subscribe-announce.ixda.org/ Questions .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home ... http://ixda.org/ Resource Library ... http://resources.ixda.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
On Jul 30, 2008, at 4:22 PM, pauric wrote: Andrei, apologies for continuing to critique your definition of Innovation, but just to labour the point... I think you missed my point entirely. Please re-read what I wrote. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 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] Usability testing on the cheap- Silverback, ?
If you're willing to give up the ability to moderate a usability session then for $19 per tester you can outsource the whole thing to www.UserTesting.com (I work there). We've built an online network of pre-screened user testers who can think out loud and stay on task without a moderator. So you just post a request for users (who match your target demographic) to do a series of tasks on your site, and in an hour or so you're watching screencasts of them browsing your site and speaking their thoughts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31694 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] Looking for good interface examples
I'm gonna throw this one out there, does anyone know of any good examples of the classic Don't show this again message or of the ability to control a similar preference from a pop up window. Thanks! Lis 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 - User Experience Designer Information Architect - NY - Full time - Recruiter
User Experience Designer Information Architect Imagine your dream position close to world class water, mountains, winter sports, wineries, top shelf educational resources, and still convenient enough to weekend in The Big Apple. IF your skill set focuses on User experience Conceptual design and utility AND ranges across User research Audience testing User testing Heuristics evaluation and analysis THEN your BS and 3 years of experience (or equivalent) in designing extremely usable, consumer-oriented web-based interfaces and the life-cycle of web software development with a track record of successfully managing your projects can bring you onto this team and a bold, inclusive environment. Add in competitive compensation and great bennies and it*s no secret that this position will fill quickly. For consideration, please send your resume ASAP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If this job is not a good fit for you please feel free to forward this job to your friends and colleagues who can make use of this great opportunity or visit www.bestica.com/jobs.aspx for other positions Regards Veena Gowthamchand Recruiting Coordinator Ph: 210.614.4187 Fax: 210-745-1631 www.bestica.com http://www.bestica.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/veenarecruiter http://www.linkedin.com/in/veenarecruiter 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] filters for a profile search
Hey IxDAers, I'm designing a site that enables law firms to search law student profiles to find job candidates, and have have to build the interface attorneys will use to search the student profiles. I'm struggling with how to start the search. Most fields have set values (state, law school name, law degree, field of practice, state licensed in), and it seems we'd kick it off with filters. There are about 15 such fields to search by, and we've got the primary filters list down to 5 (those stated above). other filters will be progressively disclosed. Searchers could use all 5 primary filters to yield a focused results set - e.g., school name, practice area, state licensed in, degree. Or, searchers could pick one or two filters to yield a large set they can further winnow - e.g., state only. I'm kinda stuck in the search starts with a keyword entry box, or else it's a trip planner mental set. I want to see examples that aren't keyword or trip planner searches, but don't have any in reach. Well, any that are good examples. Can you point me to - or, share a shot of one you like - that starts with filters? Or, offer me advice to help? Thank you. -- Jay A. Morgan Information Architecture Scenario-based design. Design Patterns Mental Models. 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] filters for a profile search
If law students were like music, this could be fun: http://soundtrack.pumpaudio.com/ Perhaps you might find some inspiration in this example. Best, Azmir Jay Morgan wrote: Hey IxDAers, I'm designing a site that enables law firms to search law student profiles to find job candidates, and have have to build the interface attorneys will use to search the student profiles. I'm struggling with how to start the search. Most fields have set values (state, law school name, law degree, field of practice, state licensed in), and it seems we'd kick it off with filters. There are about 15 such fields to search by, and we've got the primary filters list down to 5 (those stated above). other filters will be progressively disclosed. Searchers could use all 5 primary filters to yield a focused results set - e.g., school name, practice area, state licensed in, degree. Or, searchers could pick one or two filters to yield a large set they can further winnow - e.g., state only. I'm kinda stuck in the search starts with a keyword entry box, or else it's a trip planner mental set. I want to see examples that aren't keyword or trip planner searches, but don't have any in reach. Well, any that are good examples. Can you point me to - or, share a shot of one you like - that starts with filters? Or, offer me advice to help? Thank you. 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] Discounts for Upcoming Adaptive Path Events; Online, SF, and Copenhagen
Folks-- Many things are happening with our events over at Adaptive Path. Use the promotional code FOPM when registering for any of these and receive 15% off. On August 6th, Brandon will be presenting a live virtual seminar on “Showing the Value of UX.” http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/aug/virt.php It takes place 10:00am Pacific, 1pm Eastern, and 5pm GMT. This 75- minute online seminar provides aspiring UX professionals with the approaches for thinking and talking about the value of UX within your organization as well as specific tools and design activities that lead to and communicate business value. From August 12-15, we’ve got UX Week 2008, which is going to rock the house down. http://www.uxweek.com/ We’ve got amazing keynotes, workshops, visits to museums, and a show floor dedicated to the future of user experience. There’s still some seats available, but I’ve been told we might have to cap registration soon. And then 13-16 October (note the date format!) we’re offering UX Intensive Copenhagen, our hands-on four-day workshop on the core elements of user experience. http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/oct/ --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
