Re: [IxDA Discuss] Inserting jQuery into Axure
Do you mean integrate it into the generated HTML prototype, or into the actual .rp file? I don't think you can do the second - and the first is obviously a problem because your code would get overwritten when you re-generated the prototype. I'd recommend coding an HTML/jQuery prototype outside of Axure if the interactivity is that important. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45632 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] [plug] In-progress book about interaction design on Kickstarter
hi Nick, writing a book about our craft check out Kim Goodwin's book - Designing for the Digital Age. It really covers everything you need to know about our craft (except what was already covered in About Face) and the relationship to other design disciplines. would be interesting to know more about what does your book add to the already existent ones? and the target audience. From your PDF it seems more towards educating product managers / business. Cheers, Adler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45531 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] Inserting jQuery into Axure
I'd like to be able to hack the Axure template so that I can put bits of jQuery in there so that it always appears when generated. But there only seems to be one base template that Axure uses to generate code, so - not sure how to have different bits of jQuery on different pages without a lot of fiddly showing and hiding. I'd also like the Axure elements to interact with the jQuery bits. I've discovered you can put in an iFrame to hold the jQuery, but it seems pretty limited - i.e. I can't get anything in it to interact with the Axure elements. :s By the way, I usually do code my wireframes these days, but my current client has very particular reasons for wanting to use Axure to do with maintainability, so I'm bound by this for now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45632 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:Senior Mobile Visual Designer; Scandinavia; Recruiter; Full Time
£Neg + benefits I'm specifically looking for talented professionals outside of Europe. Visa and sponsorship are not an issue for this forward-thinking client. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with market leading and innovative creative design agency. My client in this instance are specifically looking for candidates with experience in designing for mobile or handheld handsets. A strong graphic design background plus significant mobile UI design experience is required. This is a superb opportunity to get into a company that is experiencing success after success and is growing rapidly. What a career opportunity! Please send a portfolio along with your CV/resume. Exceptional candidates from outside of Europe are very welcome. Sean Pook s...@ic-software.co.uk __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ 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] What are your principles for making digitalproducts/services
Hi, I would wholly agree with the methods and procedures that you prescribe throughout this mail and think that there are some very strong points for those in the start up / design stages to follow. Yet point 5 flies in the face of so much established knowledge it seems as though its been thrown in to check if people read that far. With out the need to list the backdrop of various papers that show the strength in getting the views of more than just the design team. You seem to have put a glib statement in and offered weak rational as to why you view it as the case. Regards, B Hendy -Original Message- From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Petersen Sent: 14 September 2009 22:46 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] What are your principles for making digitalproducts/services I would like to hear what principles different people use when making digital products. Here is a the most fundamental of mine: 1. Start simple, stay simple. It cannot be said enough. Less is more - much more, and there is a very good explanation that it pays to understand. If you do less you can measure more. If you can measure more you can better experiment with what works. Most products are simple, based on simple insights. Make sure that you stay true to that idea as you develop until you know you have done everything possible to test it. Don't add new features and think that it will help, it wont, not yet. When Zyb was designed in 2005 they made sure to make their product as focused around the administration of mobile data. They didn't change until they had tried out different possibilities to see what worked. http://000fff.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/021.png 2. Build to integrate. Think about whether your product could be a good extension to already existing products/services. That way you are tapping into the already existing digital ecosystems out there. This will make it easier for people to adopt your product and provide you with a trust factor that you have a very hard time obtaining on your own. 3. Don't confuse change with improvement. One of the biggest challenges when record artist produce their albums is the fatigue from listening to the same riffs over and over. It's one of the reasons why many of them have a problem listening to the album when it's finally out. Startups as intense and time consuming as they often are can be similar. It's very tempting after a couple of months of looking at the same interface over and over to want to change it. Don't submit to this whether you are a manager, designer, developer. stay on target. You are making this for your customers not yourself and they, unlike you haven't seen anything before. 4. Don't do everything that is possible only what is necessary. Constrain yourself. A good product has limitations. It doesn't just succumb to every temptation that comes along. Focus on what makes the product the product and only add features if you get clear signs that it is needed. Most users will have to learn your product anyway so don't try to impress them with features that might be cool but that is simply not elemental to your success. I-Tunes have many flaws, Basecamp from 37Signals leaves a lot to be asked for, but when all is said and done, their products are rock solid and there is no feature like the solid feature. 5. Don't do usability tests or focus groups. I could write a whole book about why usability test and focus groups are bad for you and your customers but I wont. Instead I will offer the following few observations. Most products are fairly simple and most of the testing can be done in house. Most usability tests are not even close to reflect any realistic version of the environment your product will end up in. The mistakes that you might find are not going to be those that will determine the success of your company. Many usability tests consist of max 10 people which is simply not a significantly high enough number to make any decisions based on. The single best solution is to start simple simple and make sure you can measure how people use your product. If people are having problems you will find out soon enough and you will find out where it matters. 6. Think how, not what The feature war is over, actually it's been for a long time. So much can be gained from thinking about how to make the features that you have stand out and ad value. If you can solve it on the back-end then do it. When I started working on the Nasdaq Market Replay application I soon realized (as most people probably did) that market data is kind of like a sound sample. Once that insight was made we approached stock info like we would music. This meant that you could trim your stock sample and replay it like a piece of music. http://www.adobe.com/resources/business/rich_internet_apps/?ogn=EN_US-gntray _sol_ria#nasdaq Reply to this thread at
[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Austin // Tues, Sept 22nd // Work Smart! Better Design Process with Sketching and Dynamic Prototypes with Sketchflow
Product design requires fast and light weight strategies, in order to make decisions, changes and true innovation. Building prototypes in same medium as the final product is something other industries have done for years. If you want to learn how to push your design process with real collaboration, and live solutions at every phase, then Sketchflow in Expression 3 is THE tool to explore. Discover how to take the ‘fuzziness’ and uncertainty out of your stakeholder meetings, with lo-fi, working sketches and prototypes. Showcase the inherent value of your solutions with rich, tangible, interactive, illustrative, working narratives that clearly demonstrate success. By adopting a dynamic process you can: create and test ideas instantly, FEEL the user experience and share it with your team and clients, all while keeping the solution light and non-destructive. It’s time to take the frustration out of your work! The event is free of charge and open to all interested parties. Complimentary adult beverages and light snacks provided Sponsored by Microsoft - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - RSVP: http://ixdaaustin.ning.com/events/prototyping-panel (If you are not already a member, you'll need to sign up first. It's free) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - WHEN Tuesday, Sept 22nd, 2009 6:00 – 6:30pm Networking 6:30 – 7:30pm Presentation 7:30 – 8:00pm Networking and Conversation WHERE Cuba Libre 409 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701 *www.cubalibreaustin.com * PRESENTER Sara Summers is a User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft based out of Austin, TX. Sara is currently coauthoring a book for experience designers, entitled *Dynamic Prototyping*, expected to be on bookshelves by the end of this year. She has a personal mantra of design democracy – happy, healthy designers and developers working and playing together to create beautiful, inspirational products. Sara speaks often and loves to talk about big ideas, changing everything, breaking your toys, throwing away your designs and capturing new ideas. She reads everything she can get her hands on and prides herself in being an armchair social and cognitive scientist and researcher. Academically, Ms. Summers is trained as a technologist and visual designer, with a BS in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue University. IxDA Austin produces regular face-to-face community events to gather professionals who design interactive systems and products of all kinds: web, desktop, enterprise, mobile, consumer electronics, digitally-enhanced environments, and more. All interested parties are welcome! If you'd like to learn more please email us: austin-lo...@ixda.org 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] Free UX benchmarking report + NNG courses in Las Vegas and Berlin
(Apologies if you receive more than one of these.) Join our UX benchmarking email list for a chance to win a personal copy of our first report (on UK mobile phone e-commerce). Click here to send a subscription email. mailto:subscribe-uxbe...@listman.syntagm.co.uk?subject=subscribe Also, just a reminder that we are running a full-day Ajax Design and Usability course (including substantial coverage of accessibility) at the NNG conferences in Las Vegas and Berlin plus Card Sorting in Las Vegas (not card counting in spite of the obvious connection!). See http://www.nngroup.com/events/ for details. If you cannot make these venues, the courses can be run in-house and are usually cost-effective for groups of 4 participants or more. Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:william.hud...@syntagm.co.uk mailto:william.hud...@syntagm.co.uk http://www.syntagm.co.uk http://www.syntagm.co.uk/ skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. 12 UK mobile phone e-commerce sites compared! Buy the report: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/uxbench.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/uxbench.shtml Courses in card sorting and Ajax interaction design - Las Vegas and Berlin: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/csadvances.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/csadvances.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ajaxdesign.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ajaxdesign.shtml 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] What are your principles for making digital products/services
What established knowledge? I am not against testing, just against certain types of testing. I can expand on why. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45640 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] Birmingham, UK: \'Outside The Box\' - User-testing context-aware mobile technology in the field - A case study
This is now taking place at my works premises, HRO'C Digital, 15 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3DU http://brumixda.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/outside-the-box-user-testing-context-aware-mobile-technology/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45400 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] UXconference, December the 3th, Lugano, Switzerland
Dear all, i am writing to inform you about an event you can find interesting. I am talking about UXconference, a conference about user experience that wants to show and explain innovation about this sector. The conference, that will be on December, the 3th, will include different speech’s typologies about four themes: user experience strategy and innovation, agile design, mobility and playful user experience. The speechs will be in italian. If you want to partecipate as a speaker the call for papaer is open until October, the 15th. For further information: http://www.uxcon.com/. Thank you for your attention, i hope to see you at UXconference :) Bye, Diana Malerba Sketchin Sagl Via Trevano 38 6900 Lugano Switzerland www.sketchin.ch www.sketchin.ch/it/blog 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 - User Experience Designer at Blitz
Looking for a User Experience Designer Blitz BLITZ Agency (http://www.blitzagency.com), located in Southern California, is looking for a UX Designer who is living the digital lifestyle, is passionate about building great user experiences and committed to client success. The candidate we seek will hit the ground running and possess a strong interpersonal dynamic and energy level to match. If interested please reply to this thread or email ssc...@blitzagency.com. **Overview** The UX Designer will be responsible under the direction of the Director of UX, for producing innovative Interaction Design Models, Functional Specs, Sitemaps, Use Case Scenarios, End User Personas, and wireframes in order to provide the companys design and development teams with a clear road map, including all the information necessary to execute BLITZs and our clients vision for a variety of interactive projects. **Qualifications** Bachelor's degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Communications; 2+ years of applicable industry experience; Candidates must be well-versed in user-centered design methods and techniques; Proficient to expert in: Visio, PowerPoint, Photoshop; Must have project experience working with teams on large scale, long-term projects; Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills; Excellent verbal and written skills; Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously; Prior experience in a software or game design environment or interactive agency preferred. 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] Are carousels effective?
For a carousel at runtime that is completely at the user's control regarding advancing and going backward, at http://www.horatioalger.org/history.cfm. Best regards, Paul Turner :: Interaction designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45551 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] IxD10 Student Competition - Looking for Sponsor(s)
For the first time IxDA is going to include a student competition as part of the Interaction conference. We have gathered judges from education and practice from all over the world to be on our jury but to make this truly work, we also need financial support. We are still working on specific details, but here is the outline structure we will be working with. At the end of September we will be posting the details of the competition itself. The first part will allow any student (graduate or undergraduate or recent grad within the last year) to submit work done as a student. The Jury will review these submissions in the form of process books with supporting media such as videos and prototypes (all virtual as the team will be remotely distributed around the world). From these submissions 3-5 students will be chosen as finalists. Finalists (this is where the funding comes in) will be sponsored attendees of the conference including travel, accommodations and conference admission. During the conference, these finalists will work on a project as a team and then present their work to the conference as a whole. Further, they will present their submissions to the whole conference. Both of these in conference events will add further opportunities to excel in front of the jury in attendance to chose a single winner. We hope that part of the submission process will include a process poster of some sort that can be included in the Art Gallery we will be curating as part of Interaction 10 (another brand new addition). Any sponsor can gain exposure as part of the Student Competetion display and of course will be part of the program, and any presentations made before, during and after the conference in press, etc. While IxDA's roots has been squarely focused on industry practice of those doing interaction design, as we mature, it is clear that our practice will be greatly influenced by the education eco-system. This competition is a key way to show support, and bring guidance to the education community about what is IxD, and what is good IxD. It will be an opportunity for the community as a whole to comment and critique the educators who work with these students. I hope that one or some among you would be interested in taking this on. As for specific dollar amounts, we can discuss that through further correspondance, but I'm sure you can imagine the bare minimum to cover the cost of 5 students traveling from around the world as a good starting point. Thank you. Sincerely, Dave Malouf Professor of Interaction Design Savannah College of Art Design -- Dave Malouf http://davemalouf.com/ http://twitter.com/daveixd http://scad.edu/industrialdesign http://ixda.org/ 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] Seattle and Washington DC workshops with Lou Rosenfeld
(apologies for cross posting) Hi all; I'll be teaching my day-long workshop Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience in Seattle (October 29) and Washington DC (November 9). Steve Krug will teach his new Rocket Surgery Made Easy workshop on do-it-yourself usability testing the next day in each location. Details, registration and discount information are available here: http://louisrosenfeld.com/ssa I'll kick off the day by walking through the basics of learning how people search your site, focusing on analyzing the important stuff--the short head of frequent queries rather than the long tail of onesies. I'll also place site search analytics within the broader context of both user research and web analytics, looking at how they all might be better integrated. But most of the workshop is very hands-on, focused on a few exercises where we'll analyze real query data, and covering a variety of case material that show how site search analytics can improve the performance of not only search, but of content, navigation, and metadata as well. All in an intimate, fun setting. I hope to see you in DC or Seattle this year! cheers Louis Rosenfeld :: http://louisrosenfeld.com :: @louisrosenfeld Rosenfeld Media :: http://rosenfeldmedia.com :: @rosenfeldmedia 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] Are carousels effective?
Hi Elizabeth, It seems that Apple likes the carousal approach for the iPhone app store. (iTunes 9.0) In this case, it is a much needed piece of the page as it helps people discover new applications for their devices that may get overlooked otherwise. I agree with one of the people above who mentioned it depends a lot on the content and the value the carousal has to offer the viewer. In Apples, case it was a great improvement so it was well accepted by the community. If what you are displaying can make it easier to discover parts of your content that has a benefit to the viewer then I believe it's worth while. Kind regards David Roach da...@bbiggapps.com davidro...@creativeclasssoftware.com DigiMagic Experience The Unknown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R-tVGeO11s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45551 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] Section 508
Does anyone have suggestions on a way to prioritize steps in an audit of a site for section 508? Using web-based automated tools such as Cynthia Says as a starting off point for further investigation is not an option as the URL is not public facing yet. What's an effective way to get started? -- Regards, Jerome jeromecoving...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromecovington http://delicious.com/jeromecovington http://twitter.com/jeromecovington http://www.fbook.me/jeromecovington 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] UXconference, December the 3th, Lugano, Switzerland
Hi, the conference sounds very interesting - but .. i don't speak italian!!! If you plan to organize this conference next year too, it would be great if you choose english :-). Br, Claudia (Greetings from Vienna) http://usabilitytalks.blogspot.com http://www.techtalk.at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45652 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] Adobe Fireworks for wire framing
I used Fireworks for all my design work: prototypes, screenshots, wireframes. * Fireworks give you ultimate flexibility as you can consider it as Photoshop Illustrator in 1 package. * It is pixel based sizing as someone pointed out. Hence, it is great for any design work for screen-based: Web, desktop, mobile-phone screens. The biggest problem I have with Fireworks is the lack of stencils, though there are some shipped with the software but they are not enough. For interactive prototypes, I prefer to export to Flash and go from there. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45590 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] User Experience Designer - Citrix Online - Santa Barbara CA
Citrix Online is growing and we're looking for a mid-level UX Designer for our User Experience team! We're passionate about our simpler is better design philosophy, so we're looking for someone with a knack for creating clean, intuitive, and usable interfaces to join our team of talented and highly collaborative designers. As a UX designer, you will be responsible for defining the user experience of award-winning Citrix Online software products including GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, GoToAssist and GoView. The Senior User Experience Designer specializes in visual design or interaction design, working within an agile user-centered design process to create intuitive and easy-to-use software and web interface designs. Responsibilities: You will work on a variety of projects under the GoTo umbrella which require creative problem solving, a passion for the user experience and an eye for detail. The User Experience Designer works to understand business and user needs, then concepts and documents the design of proposed interactions and interfaces for software development teams. You will also work with user experience researchers to translate usability study findings into improved interface designs. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Human Factors or related fields with at a minimum of 1-2 years experience in visual design, interface design, information architecture or interaction design for web or software applications. You must have a strong ability and passion for the user experience, having created deliverables such as page flows, wireframes, UI specifications, web page mockups or software interface elements for complex web or software applications. E-Commerce experience is a definite plus, and you get extra points for obsessive attention to detail and a proven ability to communicate and collaborate with others. About Citrix Online: Citrix Online offers a casual work environment, flexible scheduling, and a generous benefits package including 401(k) plan; health, dental and vision insurance; and other benefits to eligible employees. We're also located just a few blocks from the beach in Santa Barbara, California. Apply online at www.citrixonline.com/jobs to Req. #6900. Please include a link to work samples or an online portfolio. If you are unable to submit through the website, please send your resume and work samples to kristen.johan...@citrix.com. This is a full-time on-site position in the Santa Barbara area. No agencies or freelancers please. 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] EVENT: PhillyCHI | Electronic Ink Happy Hour - Wednesday, September 30
Join Electronic Ink and PhillyCHI as we talk design and celebrate PhillyCHI’s 5-year anniversary! Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM Location: Electronic Ink One South Broad Street, 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Map: http://tinyurl.com/rynwxo Parking: http://www.philapark.org/ RSVP by Monday, September 28, 2009: philly...@gmail.com Come socialize with design and usability professionals, learn about the design process, and tap into your creativity, all over some tasty food and drinks. Also, have a chance to win a raffle prize! About Electronic Ink About Electronic Ink Electronic Ink is an international design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, environments and one another. To learn more about Electronic Ink’s services, please visit http://www.electronicink.com. About PhillyCHI PhillyCHI is the Philadelphia region’s chapter of the ACM SIGCHI, an interdisciplinary academic and professional group interested in Human- Computer Interaction, User Experience, Usability, and other related disciplines. PhillyCHI holds monthly meetings and socials to network and discuss current topics in HCI. Learn more at http://phillychi.acm.org/ . .. Dave Cooksey Founder Principal saturdave information architecture, taxonomy, user research, usability 713 Pine Street 1R Philadelphia, PA 19106 email: d...@saturdave.com phone: +1.215.219.8960 web: http://saturdave.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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
BLITZ. An entire site done in Flash? Seems like the place to go if you want to experience the sizzle without the bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
BLITZ. An entire site done in Flash? Seems like the place to go if you want the sizzle without the bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
That's a little uncalled for, don't you think? Looks like they do some pretty solid Flash work for their clients and their site reflects that. I'd be interested in the position if it weren't in LA... -MIKE D On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Cornwall kcornw...@flytrapinteractive.com wrote: BLITZ. An entire site done in Flash? Seems like the place to go if you want to experience the sizzle without the bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
RE: BLITZ. An entire site done in Flash? Seems like the place to go if you want to experience the sizzle without the bacon. I've never understood the flat-out bias against Flash/Flex sites. Use it if you want, don't if you don't. Use it piece-meal, use it 100%. Depends on the experience you want. I'd like to see someone pull this off in AJAX or .NET or PHP: http://www.ff.com Almost all the arguments against 100% Flash/Flex sites of yester-year are moot nowadays. And as far as BLITZ is concerned - they build some freaking awesome stuff. Anyone would be lucky to work for them. Brandon E. B. Ward brandonebw...@gmail.com UI • UX • Ix Design Flex • Flash Development Portfolio: http://www.uxd.me LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonebward VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/brandonebward A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert A. Heinlein On Sep 16, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Michael Dunn wrote: That's a little uncalled for, don't you think? Looks like they do some pretty solid Flash work for their clients and their site reflects that. I'd be interested in the position if it weren't in LA... -MIKE D On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Cornwall kcornw...@flytrapinteractive.com wrote: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653 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 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
Without getting into one of those endless Flash=bad/Flash=good arguments, my beefs with Flash for a company's web site are: 1) No CMS (that I know of), so content usually changes very slowly, because you have to upload a whole new Flash package to make the smallest change. 2) Little SEO, so the company is obviously not interested in being found by a search engine. That's OK, I guess, but a little short- sighted in my opinion. Anywhere you can get someone to find you is a potential piece of work. 3) No blog integration (that I know of), and the companies that I like often have a blog. It gives me a little hint as to what they think and where their priorities are. 4) Not viewable on an iPhone (or most others, for that matter). That means that if you are on the road and trying to reach them, need a contact number or email and not at a desktop, you are out of luck. In this case, they don't even redirect to a page with directions - you just get a page that doesn't render properly. That's just not acceptable. 5) Most of the time, you can do what an all Flash site does with an embedded Flash piece where you need it, which solves problems 1, 2 and 3. In this case, that city photo they have with the helicopter and lightning is cute but completely unnecessary. They seem to have avoided the 100% Flash situation, but the page doesn't render well without it anyway, which breaks the rule of failing gracefully. For a company home page,I submit that's again, not acceptable. 6) The whole rotating thing that people do with Flash always reminds me of neon signs and electronic billboards (and scoreboards). In a word, tacky and irritating. Now, that isn't exactly a problem with Flash, but with how companies like this one use it on their Web sites. If they want to present themselves as tasteless and in-your-face, that might work for some clients, but it's not a company I'd want to work for either. Full disclosure: I recently quit working for a company that had an all Flash site.. My title was VP of Creative Solutions.The CEO insisted that some day Flash would replace HTML on the Web. I told him he was wrong, plus most of the above. They went with it anyway, despite my vehement protests. Since then, most of people who were working for them have left and they are being sued by a Placement Agency. 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
On 15/09/2009, at 23:01, Brandon E. B. Ward wrote: Almost all the arguments against 100% Flash/Flex sites of yester- year are moot nowadays. They are not. That's why BLITZ's website is not 100% Flash. Regarding user experience on 100% Flash websites: while it's fun to make Bobby run and fly around Red's website, I'm less thrilled about their use of Click here as the only affordance (?) for a link on the home page's main story. -- Santiago Bustelo, Icograma Buenos Aires, Argentina // IxDA Buenos Aires: http://www.ixda.com.ar 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] [PLUG] The Joy of Running (On)
Lately I've found myself writing a lot of run-on sentences...on purpose. Come see why you might benefit from this technique that helps define your solution or align your team on large-scale strategic projects. http://oxbyd.wordpress.com/ Also, if you have a favorite run-on of your own, please share it on my run-on Hall of Fame page! http://oxbyd.wordpress.com/the-run-on-hall-of-fame/ 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
