Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Ok, if we really need, I agree with the fact that we should consider a wider spectrum. So, I would like to mention to... ... Enric Bernat, creatorof the Chupa Chups lollipop. ... King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor. ... Emilio Bellvis, re-inventor of the mop. Ferran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38833 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA Dublin, Ireland: February Meeting %u2013 Mon 16th, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Hi Cristina, I uploaded Bill's Crafting Personas slides to our local IxDA Google Group in the Files section. I also attached it to a discussion thread at our new Ning site. http://ixdadublin.ning.com/forum/topics/bill-caemmerers-crafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38617 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?
Thanks very much, Jack. I don't know why Google didn't do it for me - but it didn't. The piece by the ex-Assistant Commissioner will be particularly useful for me. Best Caroline From: Jack Moffett [mailto:jackmoff...@mac.com] Sent: 18 February 2009 22:57 To: Caroline Jarrett Cc: 'IXDA list' Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy? On Feb 18, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Caroline Jarrett wrote: Jack, could you give me some references to this work? Due to my fascination with forms in general and tax forms in particular, I'd love to find out more about this claim, which I'd not heard about previously despite a few contacts here and there with the Australian Taxation Office. Certainly. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/desi.2008.24.1.55 http://design.case.edu/2002workshop/Positions/Preston.doc http://design.case.edu/2002workshop/Positions/Preston.doc http://powerofdesign.aiga.org/content.cfm/smith_cat Google's fast. I got my previous post as one of my search results! :) Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com First, recognize that the 'right' requirements are in principle unknowable by users, customers and designers at the start. Devise the design process, and the formal agreement between designers and customers and users, to be sensitive to what is learnt by any of the parties as the design evolves. - J.C. Jones _ This message has been comprehensively scanned for viruses, please visit http://www.avg.power.net.uk/ for details. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Using this list: How do I change my subscription email address?
Same question. [To change, unsubscribe and re-join with new address] - this is unclickable on the page... 2009/2/18 James Wanless ja...@wanless.info There are two grey links at the top of your profile page and one is for your subscription. Interesting that it's a very difficult to read shade of grey on an interaction design site. James 2009/2/18 Mike Caskey m...@casadev.com Help? I searched the profile page and saw no option for editing this. It notes that I should remove my subscription and re-subscribe, but my email address stays there. Thanks! Mike Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- James Wanless email: ja...@wanless.info web: http://james.wanless.info Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Christina Li Founder, uiGarden.net (http://www.uigarden.net) Weaving Usability and Cultures +44 (0) 7845269566 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
Hi Michael, I also tried it in a shop and had the same experience you had... After a few mins of frustration, I discovered the double touch screen function and the rest came natural to me. I do think you should give it a second chance!! Cheers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38144 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] VMWare vs. Parallels (was Re: A business case for switching Mac
On 18 Feb 2009, at 21:09, j. eric townsend wrote: VMWare also doesn't slow down your OSX install the way Parallels does due to how the virtual machine is implemented. I regularly develop for linux and OSX, running linux under a VMWare partition with no hassles. When needed, I also run a xp pro instance under VMWare, and it's also quite peppy. I'd also give VirtualBox a go http://www.virtualbox.org/ - I've been very happy using this as my XP/IE6 machine during testing. Much snappier than Parallels - but not as feature rich as VMWare. Can't beat the price though. Cheers, Adrian Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
Had a storm for over month now, my colleagues, on the other had have Iphones The screen on the storm does not, as previously stated *require* you to push but registers touch also, however there is no feedback, yes the button lights up but its under your thumb, so you can't see it unlike the Iphone where is 'pops out' to give a response. The screen attempts to orientate itself to how you use the phone, (landscape or portait) but is very poor at responding to changes, and can take several seconds to re-orientate, Web browsing is fine though the built in browser is v poor, I downloaded opera mini and its better but not great As for configurability, frankly it sucks, I've tried several times to change the settings so it doesn't lock after 5 seconds (seemingly) of inactivity, the touch screen software is poor and counterintuitive with too few opportunities to configure to the users personal needs. Email is ok, it's a blackberry and I expect that, though the desktop software IMO rivals Itunes in its stupidity and intrusiveness. The build is very good and the actually hardware is nicely put together but let down by really poor software, which feels like RIM have failed to consider the simple human factors needed when using a touch sensitive application. In short, great phone, terrible software means I'm considering ditching it for an Iphone in the very near future, and I HATE apple with a passion, but they do have it right when it comes to the touch phone experience. John Morse Information Architect Professional Services Group UPA,Prince 2, ISEB IT Architect, AIIM, MBCS Eduserv innovative technology services john.mo...@eduserv.org.uk tel: +44 (0)1225 474395 mob: +44 (0)7500 069524 fax: +44 (0)1225 474374 http://www.eduserv.org.uk -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Maria Sent: 19 February 2009 04:14 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm Hi Michael, I also tried it in a shop and had the same experience you had... After a few mins of frustration, I discovered the double touch screen function and the rest came natural to me. I do think you should give it a second chance!! Cheers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38144 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. Simple question, Why? John Morse Information Architect Professional Services Group UPA,Prince 2, ISEB IT Architect, AIIM, MBCS Eduserv innovative technology services john.mo...@eduserv.org.uk tel: +44 (0)1225 474395 mob: +44 (0)7500 069524 fax: +44 (0)1225 474374 http://www.eduserv.org.uk -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Nik Lazell Sent: 18 February 2009 10:25 To: IXDA list Subject: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac Hi all, Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. I have been asked to write a business case for switching. Does anyone have an suggestions or experience of writing such a case? Thanks, Nik Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Hi John, My main reason would be that I find Macs far easier to use and Omnigraffle has some fantastic stencils available thanks to communities such as Graffletopia and Konigi (http://konigi.com/tools/omnigraffle-wireframe-stencils) I guess I also find it pretty complicated to do simple tasks in Visio, such as duplicate a page, paste-in-place (both of which seemed to required delving into the Visual basic Editor, and then running Macros). There may well be simpler ways of doing the tasks mentioned above, so obviously welcome any suggestions. Added to this, the simplicity of creating clickable PDF's in Omnigraffle has meant I prefer to work in a mac environment these days. Thanks, Nik -Original Message- From: John M. Morse [mailto:john.mo...@eduserv.org.uk] Sent: 19 February 2009 14:00 To: Nik Lazell; IXDA list Subject: RE: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. Simple question, Why? John Morse Information Architect Professional Services Group UPA,Prince 2, ISEB IT Architect, AIIM, MBCS Eduserv innovative technology services john.mo...@eduserv.org.uk tel: +44 (0)1225 474395 mob: +44 (0)7500 069524 fax: +44 (0)1225 474374 http://www.eduserv.org.uk -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Nik Lazell Sent: 18 February 2009 10:25 To: IXDA list Subject: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac Hi all, Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. I have been asked to write a business case for switching. Does anyone have an suggestions or experience of writing such a case? Thanks, Nik Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
For completeness, adding Ted Nelson to the list of greats. (Named hypertext, and his motto is A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds.) Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
To be fair, this didn't read as a statement for shoehorning author/ities based on categories, but there is a decent question to be raised about the number of women (etc) being seen as IxD Greats, whether it's presentation, representative imbalance, industry culture and history, oversight and publication and so on. The same goes for other groups - for a field that would seem to consider ethnography as significant, I think ignoring these aspects would be a mistake (even if not a subject for this thread). /tangentially yours, Scott On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Angel Marquez angel.marq...@gmail.com wrote: That is like me saying their should be more mexican people on the list. I wouldn't say that. -- In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. -Patti Smith Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working on a sketchy stencil - it was one of the reasons why I prefer Visio, I'll certainly be looking at Omnigraffle again once this is out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38871 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
There's already a sketchy stencil for Omnigraffle. http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/414 I've also followed Michael Angeles's tips for making your own, and I'm pleased with the results so far. 2009/2/19 Alex Horstmann a.horstm...@gmail.com: I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working on a sketchy stencil - it was one of the reasons why I prefer Visio, I'll certainly be looking at Omnigraffle again once this is out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38871 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Hi Amy, Thanks! I did look at that, but I just didn't click with it. Sorry that that's not an objective reason - perhaps it's a little *too* sketchy! The exporting to a clickable PDF is a really big factor for Omnigraffles though. Cheers! Alex 2009/2/19 Amy Silvers ahack...@gmail.com There's already a sketchy stencil for Omnigraffle. http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/414 I've also followed Michael Angeles's tips for making your own, and I'm pleased with the results so far. 2009/2/19 Alex Horstmann a.horstm...@gmail.com: I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working on a sketchy stencil - it was one of the reasons why I prefer Visio, I'll certainly be looking at Omnigraffle again once this is out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38871 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Alex Horstmann - http://blobfisk.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
I was an existing PC user I switched to a Mac (had an option to choose either) primarily for Omnigraffle. Also, I find Adobe CS a lot faster on a Mac. Though I'm not entirely sure about this- I think that a PC with comparable performance for tools that most UX designers use is going to run almost as expensive as a MAC. I'm saying this because even the standard PC desktop I had does not compare with my Macbook Pro (the PC laptop was almost unworkable). I use the Macbook as my primary machine and I find the portability very convenient (also have Parallels in the unlikely scenario that I need a PC). Finally, isn't Mac s/w especially iWork a lot cheaper (did I miss better?) than the Windows counterpart. -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. Simple question, Why? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Yeah, I can see how the sketchy stencil from Graffletopia wouldn't be for everybody. I've used it when I needed something quick and didn't have time to create my own, but it is a little limited. Having used both Visio and OmniGraffle extensively, I can't say that OG is exponentially better than Visio--Visio is a decent tool that does quite a lot. It's just that OmniGraffle does everything more elegantly (and has a lower learning curve than Visio). With the availability of virtualization tools (I prefer VMWare Fusion by many miles over Parallels), I don't see any reason not to have a Mac, and just run Windows apps, including Visio, when needed. 2009/2/19 Alex Horstmann a.horstm...@gmail.com: Hi Amy, Thanks! I did look at that, but I just didn't click with it. Sorry that that's not an objective reason - perhaps it's a little *too* sketchy! The exporting to a clickable PDF is a really big factor for Omnigraffles though. Cheers! Alex 2009/2/19 Amy Silvers ahack...@gmail.com There's already a sketchy stencil for Omnigraffle. http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/414 I've also followed Michael Angeles's tips for making your own, and I'm pleased with the results so far. 2009/2/19 Alex Horstmann a.horstm...@gmail.com: I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working on a sketchy stencil - it was one of the reasons why I prefer Visio, I'll certainly be looking at Omnigraffle again once this is out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38871 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Alex Horstmann - http://blobfisk.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Theories/principles in interface design
On 9 Feb 2009, at 22:14, Gretchen Anderson wrote: Wow! Thanks for this. As someone who misunderstood the research, it's helpful. But this brings up a question for me: Intuitively, 7+-2 *seems* to be a nice boundary for many instances (number of choices offered, groupings) and I'm curious if there is research that bears this out. I know the book about how too much choice actually paralyzes people from choosing. and personally, I do have problems when I am forced to peruse a big list to choose something. Anything concrete from people? I think that the original research is misconstrued because it reinforces some design judgment/instict, and I wonder if there isn't something to that instinct. Or maybe I just want to oversimplify. ;) A more relevant bit of research here might be the Hick–Hyman Law http://tinyurl.com/agvhnb which talks about reaction time when presented with a number of items. Again - people tend to over-generalise the research. Things like having the choices in a known predicable order (e.g. an alphabetical list of countries), or where different options are presented differently (e.g. having the most common choice in a fixed position and highlighted) will affect naive interpretations. As with most things it depends :-) Adrian Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Installing Libraries in Axure 5.0
I have Axure 5.0 installed and not 5.5 I am looking to add some Libraries to my widget panel and can't seem to get them in. Unlike version 5.5, 5.0 does not offer the Load Library option. I would be great to have these installed and have them accessible as needed similar to my Photoshop styles, actions or patterns. For some reason I think this is very simple to accomplish. Any help would be greatful. Thanks. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
if it comes from Apple, software is relatively inexpensive the first time around, but when a new version comes out, you just buy it again, rather than upgrade. It is a slightly different pricing model that lowers the hurdle of switching platforms (in either direction btw). But they are fairly confident... attrition from Mac to PC is pretty minimal. Over the long haul, if you upgrade, they get their money just like Microsoft does. Mark On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Vishal Iyer vishaliy...@gmail.com wrote: I was an existing PC user I switched to a Mac (had an option to choose either) primarily for Omnigraffle. Also, I find Adobe CS a lot faster on a Mac. Though I'm not entirely sure about this- I think that a PC with comparable performance for tools that most UX designers use is going to run almost as expensive as a MAC. I'm saying this because even the standard PC desktop I had does not compare with my Macbook Pro (the PC laptop was almost unworkable). I use the Macbook as my primary machine and I find the portability very convenient (also have Parallels in the unlikely scenario that I need a PC). Finally, isn't Mac s/w especially iWork a lot cheaper (did I miss better?) than the Windows counterpart. -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. Simple question, Why? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Dan's and Christopher's lists are the best, though I wonder what the following people have designed that warrants inclusion: | - Hugh Dubberly - Jaron Lanier - Ted Nelson - Terry Winograd - Herbert Simon - Claude Shannon - Marvin Minsky If you're going to include Tim Berners-Lee, I think you need to also include Marc Andreessen, as his innovation of bringing imagery into WWW was fundamental in making it of broad interest. Other people I would add: John Maeda (his interactive toys/tools from the 90s...I wish he'd stop theorizing and get back to making stuff http://www.maedastudio.com/index.php) Lisa Strausfeld Jake Barton (http://localprojects.net) Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc) Kai Krause (already mentioned by others) Marc Blank, Dave Lebling (creators of Zork/Infocom) Steve Jobs (also already mentioned) --peter Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Thanks for the stickers gmail team!
I just received my gmail stickershttp://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/get-your-gmail-stickers.htmlin the mail. Talk about user experience, getting a self addressed envelope with no return address in the mail with your own hand writing is odd. I didn't get a unicorn or a flying robot. What a jip. The glittery M is r*ckin. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Job: Technical Writer/Product Communication Specialist
Hi - I'm posting this here because 1. I consider documentation to be an inseparable part of any product that people have to learn, and I would argue as such it's part of user experience 2. I have hopes that once the main documentation has been brought up to speed, this position will involve more work on the product side as we IxD'ers typically think of it, producing deliverables like requirements, wireframes, user stories, personas and so on (see dan brown's communicating design book). It's my (currently tiny) department, so hopefully I can make that happen. That said, there is no doubt the primary job will be documentation to start. Might be a good transition for someone with technical documentation experience who is interested in moving to product management/design. Apply or inquire at the URL or email at the bottom you can ask me questions if you like. Recruiters - I will forward your emails to the care...@unicast.com address so you might as well use that to start. :-) thanks - Michael Description: Technical Writer/Product Communication Specialist Unicast is seeking an individual to lead our product documentation effort. This position will be responsible for creating a consistent, approachable, and comprehensive means of learning to use our software. This will include authoring release notes, in-product help documentation, training material and tutorial content. Ideal candidates will have a less is more approach that keeps the end- user's reading time/effort in mind, and be able to communicate concisely. Responsibilities: •Write software documentation for internal and external customers •Organize existing documentation, identify any holes and spearhead efforts to fill them in •Manage all content of customer-facing technology training site •Develop of tutorial-style training material using Captivate •Contribute to efforts to develop and standardize internal documents to support the product development process Required Experience: Requirements: •Bachelors degree or higher •Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills •Proven track record of researching and writing excellent and easy to understand software documentation •Knowledge of HTML, XML and additional web technologies like CSS and JavaScript •Proficiency using Adobe FrameMaker •Working knowledge of Windows and Macintosh platforms •Ability to estimate tasks, set priorities and work independently to meet deadlines http://www.abso.com/jobboard/unicast/unicast.html or send an email to care...@unicast.com . Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
So maybe a different way to consider this topic: What products, design ideas, or other innovations have been created in the field that have lasted the test of time or made a significant impact, and who was responsible for them? Then you'd get a more practical list and provide create where credit is due. So, rather than list people, which is prone to popularity and unreliable memories of the audience, you'd ask yourself things like... Who created hyperlinks? Who created the desktop model for the graphical user interface? Who created the bezier curve drawing interface? Who created the painting interface? Who came up with the notion of bookmarks? Who created the WASD + mouse model for first person 3D environments? Who came up with Copy Paste? Who came up with Undo? Who came up with the core notions of choice, resulting in Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, Menus and core Form controls? Who designed the Mac IIci? Who developed the Palm Graffiti input system? Who designed Microsoft Word 1.0 (or whichever version was the first to use an optical mouse instead of pure keyboard input like Wordstar) Who designed VisiCalc? And so on and so on... Obviously, again, this line of question is computer and software tech heavy. I know the answer to many, but not all. Would be nice to get the collective wisdom of the crowd to find all the answers. Getting a list like this made would also go towards a long way of collecting more core fundamentals around interface design and software, which has been missing for many years now. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
The victor writes the history. Did the wright brothers invent the airplane or the montgomery? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Embeddable fonts for PowerPoint
In trying to avoid a fiat from management against non-Microsoft fonts in my PowerPoint presentations, I've been learning more about how to embed fonts within a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. Microsoft's reference on the subject was my first destination: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA010348241033.aspx This site actually included the technical details of PP font embedding that I was looking for: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00076.htm I instaled this Windows explorer extension that provides a surplus of information about font files, include their embeddability. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/TrueTypeProperty21.mspx So, I quickly learned that the OpenType version of Helvetica Neue I've been using won't be embeddable at all. (PowerPoint won't embed OpenType fonts, and the version of the font I have only allows preview and print embedding, anyhow.) Is anyone aware of online font search tools that filter based on the embeddability afforded by a font's license? Has anyone had positive experiences embedding respectable fonts in PowerPoint? Thanks, Jonathan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?
Josh, I'd like to tie this back to the mission of the IxDA and highlight two of the points from that statement: * Evangelism* - Promoting awareness of the discipline, craft, and value of interaction design and design research among businesses, academia, consumers, and colleagues *Innovation* - Advancing the discipline of interaction design On the surface of it at least it would seem that the US National Design policy - and specifically the involvement of the IxDA as a professional association in the formative and developmental stages of that policy - are consistent with those two objectives. What better way to demonstrate the relevance and importance of interaction design to a broader audience than to become actively involved in such an initiative. I recognise that the IxDA's membership will not benefit equally from involvement in such a program. As an Australian member of the IxDA the benefits would be much more indirect than they would for US members. However, I recognise the leadership role the US plays in public policy on a global stage; the influence of US on Australian government policy-making is clear. Similarly, raising the profile of IxD as a discipline with the ability to tackle big problems can only help practitioners in all parts of the world. So, with some call for caution with respect to the allocation of overall resources of the IxDA, I would support our involvement. Best Regards Steve 2009/2/19 Josh Seiden joshsei...@gmail.com Folk, Recently, a group of leaders from various US design organizations came together to discuss the question of a US National design policy. This summit meeting resulted in 10 design policy recommendations, which can be found here: http://www.designpolicy.org/usdp/policy-proposals.html (The full report on the summit meeting can be found here: http://www.designpolicy.org/usdp/summit-report.html) After the summit meeting, the leaders of this initiative contacted IxDA to ask for our participation and endorsement. In turn, the Board has asked me to reach out to you--the community--to help us decide how (or if) IxDA should participate. The Board finds much to support in the 10 policy initiatives. In particular, the spirit of optimistic patriotism is welcome, and we certainly support the efforts of those who are motivated by that spirit. That said, the 10 policy proposals include some items that the Board strongly disagreed with as well. The Board finds itself similarly split on whether or not the very idea of design organizations partnering with government is a good idea. What do you think? Should IxDA get involved? Are there specific initiatives that YOU would like to support by working alongside your IxDA peers? Are there alternative ways you would like to see IxDA proceed? For quick reference, here are the the 10 recommendations: 1. Formalize an American Design Council to partner with the U.S. Government. 2. Set guidelines for legibility, literacy, and accessibility for all government communications. 3. Target 2030 for carbon neutral buildings. 4. Create an Assistant Secretary for Design and Innovation position within the Department of Commerce to promote design. 5. Expand national grants to support interdisciplinary community design assistance programs based on human-centered design principles. 6. Commission a report to measure and document design's contribution to the U.S. economy. 7. Revive the Presidential Design Awards to be held every year and use triple bottom-line criteria (economic, social, and environmental benefit) for evaluation. 8. Establish national grants for basic design research. 9. Modify the patent process to reflect the types of intellectual property created by designers. 10. Encourage direct government investment in design innovation. What do you think? How do you see IxDA's role relating to this? Thanks, Josh Seiden -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: steveb...@meld.com.au | Twitter: docbaty | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty Blog: http://meld.com.au/blog Contributo: Johnny Holland - johnnyholland.org Contributor: UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com UX Australia: 25-27 August, http://uxaustralia.com.au UX Book Club: http://uxbookclub.org/ - Read, discuss, connect. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Design For Mobile conference, April 20-22, Early Bird ends March 7
In late 2007, we got tired of all the conferences focusing on mobile user experience being in Europe. Usually London. Since more and more there's really great mobile design work going on in North America, we decided to make a new conference. And in 2008 it was terrific. The 2009 conference is approaching, with topics ranging from academic to theoretical to incredibly practical, from user research to implementation. We'll have a workshop on gestures for mobile phones and a workshop on designing documenting mobile interaction. Design For Mobile April 20-22 Lawrence, KS, USA http://design4mobile.mobi/conference.html A limited number of discounts, 15% off, is available using code social_bb Barbara Ballard barb...@littlespringsdesign.com 1-785-838-3003 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:58 AM, dave malouf dave@gmail.com wrote: Why do I say this. I might have invented in the past the most amazing interactive systems. BUT did they really practice interaction design clearly not, not having had studio training they weren't doing design at all, right? ;^) Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Peter Merholz pete...@peterme.com wrote: If you're going to include Tim Berners-Lee, I think you need to also include Marc Andreessen, as his innovation of bringing imagery into WWW was fundamental in making it of broad interest. I thought the earliest prototype browsers had imagery (as well as read/write, and note-taking functionality)? I realize this is a quibble, though and the experience I shared with no doubt many people on this list was going from www/lynx to Mosaic. I want to add Brewster Kahle but I can't really justify it. -x- -- Christian Crumlish I'm writing a book so please forgive any lag http://designingsocialinterfaces.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Andrei, I agree that the artifacts are as important to acknowledge as the individuals who created them. I like the timeline approach for that reason. It's a way to aggregate the artifacts; such as applications, components, and publications - and the people that created them in a format that illustrates how each built on what came before. Since all entries can presumably be cross linked it allows one to follow whatever thread of connection catches one's interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38833 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Is lynx better than links? I've been using links for phase1 and the only draw back so far is not being able to open gmail in it. Terminal commands seem to have a more intuitive progression than a lot of interfaces. Unix international? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Christian Crumlish x...@well.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Peter Merholz pete...@peterme.com wrote: If you're going to include Tim Berners-Lee, I think you need to also include Marc Andreessen, as his innovation of bringing imagery into WWW was fundamental in making it of broad interest. I thought the earliest prototype browsers had imagery (as well as read/write, and note-taking functionality)? I realize this is a quibble, though and the experience I shared with no doubt many people on this list was going from www/lynx to Mosaic. I want to add Brewster Kahle but I can't really justify it. -x- -- Christian Crumlish I'm writing a book so please forgive any lag http://designingsocialinterfaces.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?
To build on Gabby's comment, we could bite off a small piece of #2. What if IxDA members adopted various government sites, and reviewed their key interactions? We'd give advice for making their (often byzantine) sites more effective, both for end users and for organizations (in the form of less time wasted on user confusion). We could even hand them UX flows and other helpful documentation. But it would be up to the government to make the changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38901 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?
To build on Gabby's comment, we could bite off a small piece of #2. What if IxDA members adopted various government sites, and reviewed their key interactions? We'd give advice for making their (often byzantine) sites more effective, both for end users and for organizations (in the form of less time wasted on user confusion). We could even hand them UX flows and other helpful documentation. But it would be up to the government to make the changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38901 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
I really don't see the point to all this for us in this community. A timeline of the greatest interactive inventions of all time seems really pointless as a means of expressing the history of the discipline of interaction design. Despite Christian's snide comment, what I was referring to was less about design but about using methods, applying known theories, and understandings for achieving great IxD, as opposed to well, genius. One might say by acknowledging these earily genius' we are saying that everything we believe in as a discipline and a practice is well meaningless. On the other hand lauding these accomplishments in such a way that outlines what makes them great interaction designs. What part of their aesthetics? their use of time? the quality motions? their use of affordances? etc. etc. And most importantly how did they impact behavior? It might even be worthwhile to create a set of criteria that makes something a great interaction design as opposed to us just randomly using our gut to express these notions. Again, though I'm not so sure that saying great invention is the same as great interaction design. - dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38833 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:46 PM, dave malouf wrote: It might even be worthwhile to create a set of criteria that makes something a great interaction design as opposed to us just randomly using our gut to express these notions. This seems appropriate. I would presume that before you can ask questions like Who created Copy Paste or Who developed Graffiti for the Palm? you'd have to first test whether they passed the criteria. I just didn't make that explicit. Again, though I'm not so sure that saying great invention is the same as great interaction design. How is there a practical difference? How would we know that Rand was a great graphic design without the work he did at Direction or the various brands he created, or that Dreyfuss was a great industrial designer without the telephone? I mean... the books they wrote are certainly inspiring and insightful, but what makes their opinions relevant is the fact they had the body of work to back it up. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Hi Andrei, I'm not sure why you went that way. I totally agree that its in the artifact (the DESIGN) that we need to look at the designer and not the thinking. In fact, I don't think that I was even suggesting looking at the designer at all, nor their thinking. I thought I was suggesting 2 things: 1) that in choosing what might go into a timeline we develop criteria for what is a great example of interaction design. 2) I would also suggest that not every great invention is great interaction design. I.e. the cotton gin was instrumental in industrializing the production of cotton, but is that great IxD? I have no idea! There are a host of inventions that were culture changing for good or bad that I'm not sure were good IxD.But then I haven't seen the answer to #1 suggestion. To be clear at no time was I suggesting that we should judge anyone on the basis of their thinking. THOUGH I do think there were pioneers in design education who we may want to judge on the work of their students, and their total contribution to the field/discipline, but to me this is a different but still important category. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38833 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?
Inventions that employed reification, polymorphism and reuse should be allowed into the ixd fame domain. That would include the origins of machine uses of transportation communication. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Instant Messaging UIs and Annoyances
Found myself preparing to design an IM Client today. Was wondering if anyone has been faced with the many pieces of an IM Client (even a simple one) and also, in general, what bothers you about you IM client? Or, what has an IM client done that annoyed you and made you switch? Looking for the things that irritate people when it comes to IMing. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices
You could try Axure, if you work on a PC (not available for Mac). It allows you to build the wireframe and annotate it at once. Then it automatically builds the product requirements document when you're done. It makes sense if you're working by yourself. But it can be tedious for collaboration--you have to have Axure to make changes and generate a new version of the requirements doc. (On the other hand, if you own the requirements doc anyway, it makes sense). It might be worth a trial for what you're doing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39000 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
