Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Robert Racadio]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> 
> Put your observations on the Internet. Maybe no one will see them, but the
> discipline of taking your observations out of your own head and publishing
> them in a sharable form will force you into telling a story. As much as
> design research is about observing others, there's something very personal
> about how and what we see, and developing that voice will serve you well.
> Collect stories and retell them in your own way, emphasizing the
> perspective
> you want others to take away."


This topic reminds me a lot of an article on Russel Davies's site: How to be
Interesting.
There, he talks about how observing, creating, and sharing are all keys to
becoming more interesting people.

Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some
> of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting
> inspiration.
> Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got
> inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's
> research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing
> but
> can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal
> process/framework out there?
>  
>
For myself, I use a combination of things to store ideas. Instead of
bookmarking with delicious, I use ma.gnolia.  As much as possible, I only
bookmark higher level sites than specific individual articles.  For those, I
send to DEVONthink to catalog and categorize.

Flickr I use for photo collections, Tumblr I use for single photos, videos,
and snippets of overheard conversations, and I send text messages to Twitter
to remember one or two-sentence ideas.

For more in-depth brainstorming, I do more stream-of-consciousness capturing
into a moleskine.

It is certainly a lot of services, but because each one fills a very
specific niche, I have no trouble keeping the discipline to use each one.

Best,

Robert

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

[Will Evans]

Although some have argued that Twitter may be an effective tool for user
research, I think anyone who thinks it can be the *only* tool is delusional.
It can, at best, provide some data for user research, but I would be
negligent to argue that you could use that and some other similar tools to
develop deliverables like personas.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Lucilla Madamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Thanks for the post.  This whole Twitter thread has certainly got me
> thinking on viewing Twitter as a tool for doing user research among a
> particular type of research participants, i.e. ones who are comfortable
> with
> SMS and IM either on the mobile or PC platform.  I doubt if Twitter itself
> on its own can provide the kinds of deep data that you'll need.  If that's
> the case, how would you use Twitter in conjunction with other types of
> qualitative research methods?
>
> Here's another interesting post: a survey of 3,000 US-based users and their
> use of online communities. *The study concludes that Twitter serves
> niches:*"Although both Twitter and SecondLife have received enormous
> amounts of
> press coverage, and are used intensely by some people, they are dwarfed in
> membership by the major social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and even
> LinkedIn."
>
>
> http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2008/10/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know.html
>
>
> cheers,
> Lucilla Madamba
>
> LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/lucilla
> Twitter:  sailorlass 
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Cone Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Twitter is a fantastic tool for user research. It can be used to
> > advantage in many cases for both enabling and conducting user
> > research.
> >
> > Here's an interesting post:
> > http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/02/01/twitter-for-ethnography/
> >
> > I have begun using Twitter recently. Drop by sometime @
> > http://www.twitter.com/conetrees :)
> >
> >
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

[Lucilla Madamba]

Thanks for the post.  This whole Twitter thread has certainly got me
thinking on viewing Twitter as a tool for doing user research among a
particular type of research participants, i.e. ones who are comfortable with
SMS and IM either on the mobile or PC platform.  I doubt if Twitter itself
on its own can provide the kinds of deep data that you'll need.  If that's
the case, how would you use Twitter in conjunction with other types of
qualitative research methods?

Here's another interesting post: a survey of 3,000 US-based users and their
use of online communities. *The study concludes that Twitter serves
niches:*"Although both Twitter and SecondLife have received enormous
amounts of
press coverage, and are used intensely by some people, they are dwarfed in
membership by the major social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and even
LinkedIn."

http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2008/10/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know.html


cheers,
Lucilla Madamba

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Twitter:  sailorlass 


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Cone Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Twitter is a fantastic tool for user research. It can be used to
> advantage in many cases for both enabling and conducting user
> research.
>
> Here's an interesting post:
> http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/02/01/twitter-for-ethnography/
>
> I have begun using Twitter recently. Drop by sometime @
> http://www.twitter.com/conetrees :)
>
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ivrea Legacy ... Its like impressive

[Ali Naqvi]

Hello David,
during my MSc degree at the IT University of Copenhagen, I was taught
by Simona Maschi who was an Associate Professor at Interaction Design
Institute Ivrea and Heather Martin who was an Academic Director at
Ivrea.
I have gained immense knowledge and learned alot from these two.
Their creative and outspoken teaching techniques were amazing. They
encouraged wild ideas and were very different from the previous
Interaction Design tutors at the IT university.
They spent alot of time showing us videos and cases of previous
students at IVREA which inspired us to cross boundaries.

Ali


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] What to teach interaction design students

[Ali Naqvi]

Hello,
-target group analysis, where you focus on qualitative research
methods. Focus group interviews etc.
-introduction to Interaction Design and ethnography. (field
observation, empatic design, service design etc)
-Concept development 
-Usability and User Interface Design
-Cultural differences and how the right communication might prevent
misunderstanding from occuring.

Hope I could help >)

Ali 


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[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IA Paris - Nov. 2, 2008

[Sylvie Daumal]

-- sorry for cross-posting --

Hello everyone,
Please join Paris IA informal meeting. Goals : Find new friends, drink
a glass, discuss, have fun and create an IA/UCD community in Paris.

Date:  Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008

Time: from 7PM

Place:
Barlotti,
Lounge Bar (upstairs)
35 Place du Marché Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
Phone: 01.44.86.97.97
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/5qwonv

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Christina Wodtke, Melissa Weaver

Feel free to contact me!


Sylvie Daumal

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Jeff Howard]

I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important
is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll
jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and
index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the
movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance.

The only "formal" process I have for non-project related research
is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world
though a different set of eyes.

// jeff


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[IxDA Discuss] New thread notifications for IxDA Discuss

[Jeff Howard]

There's a new e-mail option for discussion list subscribers that some  
of you may be interested in.


Members can now subscribe to "new thread notifications" in order to  
receive only the first post of each new thread. This option will  
result in much less e-mail than the full subscription. Subscribers  
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the 70-80 that would normally pile up from the discussion list. At  
the same time, it's a little more frequent than the thread digests,  
so members can keep a closer watch on the zeitgeist of the list from  
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Like the digests, new thread notifications will include a link in  
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through e-mail you can still reply to these messages; they work just  
like the regular e-mail subscription. You'll simply receive a lower  
volume of e-mail.


If you'd like to try it out, head to your profile on the IxDA website  
and choose "Edit Profile/Subscription" at the top of the page.


http://www.ixda.org/profile.php

Under your subscription options you can choose between full e-mail,  
thread digests or new thread notifications (or unsubscribe from e- 
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As always, feedback/critique on the new option is encouraged.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Matthew Nish-Lapidus]

One thing I really don't like about coroflot is how the term
"interaction design" just means anything interactive.. most people who
tag themselves with interaction design there have done a few websites
or flash.. kind of misleading if you're actually looking for IxD work


On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also -
>
> Is anyone using http://www.coroflot.com/ for their portfolios? Do they find
> it actually works for them?
>
> Just wondering.
>

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Matthew Nish-Lapidus]

i tend to use a soft cover moleskine (one of the thin ones) because
it's easy to carry everywhere.  i alternate between blank paper and
grid paper versions...  that's where i write all my ideas, sketch,
make to-do lists.. all sorts of stuff.

then, when i have an idea that i want to easily reference i'll
transfer/refine my notes into evernote.  i like evernote because i can
access it online, on my iphone, and on my computer.  it also keeps
copies of everything offline so i don't need to worry about wi-fi or
service outages.

for photos i use flickr, but more personally than for design stuff. ..
i also use delicous for all my bookmarks, although i find i rarely go
back to it.. just the act of saving something there tends to make me
remember it.

as for portfolio.. i actually don't even have one right now, but i'm
about to set one up this afternoon.. and it will live on my personal
webserver.



On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a point
> is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input from
> others -
>
> Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi-private
> with granular control over who sees what - where you can store
> ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to
> only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of
> a community. just wondering.
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Will,
>>
>> I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's
>> nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing
>> it consistently in the past couple of years.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>>
> --
> ~ will
>
> "Where you innovate, how you innovate,
> and what you innovate are design problems"
>
> -
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whistler Trip after IxDA

[Will Evans]

Any update on Skiing at Interactions|09

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:47 PM, greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We should have the package this week. The two conference hotels also
> have sister hotels at Whistler and we are asking them to get us
> preferred pricing.
>
> Stay tuned!
>
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Will Evans]

Also -

Is anyone using http://www.coroflot.com/ for their portfolios? Do they find
it actually works for them?

Just wondering.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a
> point is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input
> from others -
>
> Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service:
> semi-private with granular control over who sees what - where you can store
> ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to
> only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of
> a community. just wondering.
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Will,
>>
>> I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks.
>> There's
>> nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing
>> it consistently in the past couple of years.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>>
> --
> ~ 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]
> aim: semanticwill
> gtalk: semanticwill
> twitter: semanticwill
>
> -
>
>


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[IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Dilbert showcases a reaction to design

[Juan Lanus]

It also showcases a hardcore developer´s reaction.
Dilbert reaction to the harsh critic on his design is to diminish it: his
reply is almost a "so what?"
In this stripe the author depicts Dilbert as a standard old fashioned IT
engineer, for whom the design issues are worthless.
--
Juan Lanus




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> Ah, yes...too true.  Thanks for sharing!
>
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Will Evans]

Looks like we are tribe-sourcing a requirements document, doesn't it :-)

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I would make mention of two points by way of requirements for such a
> system:
> * it should be as immediate as flipping open a sketchbook; or that should
> at
> least be your aim. So MMS integration; twitter integration; photo-blogging
> etc
> * it should replicate down to my local machine a la MobileMe. This service
> needs to be persistent, and that means I need a copy of it that I can reach
> at any time.
>
> 2008/10/26 Andy Polaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Steve Baty]

I would make mention of two points by way of requirements for such a system:
* it should be as immediate as flipping open a sketchbook; or that should at
least be your aim. So MMS integration; twitter integration; photo-blogging
etc
* it should replicate down to my local machine a la MobileMe. This service
needs to be persistent, and that means I need a copy of it that I can reach
at any time.

2008/10/26 Andy Polaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>
> I'm with Pieter in that I like to have stuff stored all over the place so
> that I'm not reliant on one service/site. Google is about the only place I
> trust not to go bankrupt anytime soon. (Trust in what they do with the data
> is, of course, another issue)


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Andy Polaine]

Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi- 
private with granular control over who sees what - where you can  
store ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow  
access to only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or  
in the context of

a community. just wondering.


For me – and I suspect quite a few people here who also have the  
technical/design skills – this would be my own website and server  
combined with something like Basecamp.


I'm with Pieter in that I like to have stuff stored all over the place  
so that I'm not reliant on one service/site. Google is about the only  
place I trust not to go bankrupt anytime soon. (Trust in what they do  
with the data is, of course, another issue).


Best,

Andy


Andy Polaine

Research | Writing | Strategy
Interaction Concept Design
Education Futures

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Pieter Jansegers]

I'm mainly using Twitter, Tumblr and babl.nl at this moment.

Next to a paper notebook for more fuzzy ideas.

I've learned not to keep all of my notes and urls in just one single
place...

FavoritesAnywhere.com's disappearance, Murl.com's crash and mybookmarks.com's
reset have learned me this lesson the hard way ...

Currently I've lost 40 websites at eduinfo.com...

But I've still some 40 other ones left...

My advice:
Diversify to insure the survival of your notes and urls.

Pieter Jansegers
http://jansegers.tumblr.com



On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Will,
>
> I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's
> nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing
> it consistently in the past couple of years.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> 2008/10/25 Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know
> some
> > of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting
> > inspiration.
> > Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got
> > inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's
> > research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing
> > but
> > can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a
> formal
> > process/framework out there?
> >
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Will Evans]

Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a point
is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input from
others -

Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi-private
with granular control over who sees what - where you can store
ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to
only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of
a community. just wondering.

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> Will,
>
> I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's
> nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing
> it consistently in the past couple of years.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

[Martin]

Other people are still the most interesting content period.

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Steve Baty]

Will,

I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's
nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing
it consistently in the past couple of years.

Cheers
Steve

2008/10/25 Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some
> of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting
> inspiration.
> Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got
> inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's
> research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing
> but
> can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal
> process/framework out there?
>
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories

[Andy Polaine]

I have 33 notebooks going all the way back to my university days when  
I first started numbering them - these days they're mostly Moleskines  
or Miquel Rius ones (if I can my hands on them). It's not a terribly  
formal process though. They switch from being notebooks to journals to  
sketches to "remember the milk". But I like the mix because it's a  
more honest record of things.


I use Flickr and my blog for a great deal of stuff. It makes it handy  
when teaching or searching for things. I like to think of it as my  
extended memory (because I can't even remember my own mobile phone  
number these days of having stuff programmed in).


Best,

Andy


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

[Andy Polaine]

Twitter reminds me a great deal of MOOs in the early days of the  
interweb, except without the high-school kids running around barfing  
on everyone.


Blogs and personal websites are much like the personal spaces people  
used to build for themselves within MOOs too. The open chat is very  
much the same and following a certain batch of people is very much  
like going to a themed room in a MOO and chatting with people. Even  
setting up your Follow stream to be request only reflects some of that  
dynamic (some MOO rooms were/are invitation only). A person's Twitter  
homepage is much like the 'look' command in MOOs too.


I see a lot of the same timbre of conversation, even though the themes  
have moved on and broadened, of course. It's interesting to see so  
much come around again and also interesting that it no longer needs  
the virtual space metaphor for it to work. Other people are still the  
most interesting content online.


Best,

Andy


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Countrywise understanding of IxD

[Cone Trees]

Regarding the pay bit, this might help:
http://www.coroflot.com/community/results.asp

Filter the results by selecting 'Interaction/ Web Design' from the
'Area of Concentration' dropdown.

With a sample size of around 400, it's not a very good source,
especially since what you get is a mix of interaction and web design
professionals, but could be useful to begin with.




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