Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for internship or summer job!
hello everyone, i am student of computer science and engineering in IIT-Kanpur and i am a experienced web designer .i am looking for some projects,internships,part time jobs for this summer not only for web designing but also for computer related aspects..so if any one of you knows any please let me know ..thank you in advance..abhishek(prince.abhishe...@gmail.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48791 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: scientific collaborator at the Interaction Design Lab of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switerland
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) is advertising a job vacancy at the Department of Environment, Construction and Design (DACD) for the Visual Culture Lab in Lugano - Trevano SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATOR at full employment (100%) Tasks in the field of research in Interaction Design: collaborate with the head of the research in design and technology to the devel-opment of research activities; participate to applied research projects for the development of fully functioning prototypes; provide documentation in order to prepare and present the research activities; disseminate the research results by updating regularly the laboratory web sites. Within the teaching activities of the Master in Interaction Design: collaborate with the lecturers by preparing the materials and documents for their activities; supporting the activities of students in prototyping. Skills in one or more of the following fields are positively evaluated: software for 3D modelling (Rhino, Maya, 3D Studio); fast prototyping (3D printers, 3D models pre-print softwares); web applications such as Xhtml, Css, Xml, Php, Sql, Actionscript, Java, Java-script, Ajax; mobile applications such as iPhone SDK, Adobe Flash lite, Python, Brew, Java Me; hardware/software programming such as Arduino, OpenFrameworks, Max/Msp, Pure Data, Processing, Isadora, Eyesweb. For further information,, please contact: Massimo Botta tel. + 41 (0)58 666 63 94, massimo.bo...@supsi.ch The applications can be handed exclusively via postal mail until February 19th (date stamp) together with curriculum vitae, diplomas, study and work certificates, references and salary expectations at: SUPSI Direzione, Le Gerre, CH-6928 Manno (indicating the job announcement) Incomplete, mishandled or late applications will not be accepted 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: Interaction Designer / San Francisco / DesignMap / Fulltime Contract
DesignMap Inc. is looking for an interaction designer who will want to help grow our studio and be a critical member of our team. At our studio we enjoy deep and lasting working relationships with our clients. We do exciting and innovative visionary work that is incredibly important to our clients and impacts their businesses immediately. We work with our clients to understand their business, have an impact on strategy, execute against that strategy, and then support the work through implementation. You may... -no longer want to follow boilerplate process or design lingo of an interactive agency -be struggling for organizational support at an internal design team of a software company -want to fine tune your design craft, learn more about proven methods and tools, and have a measurable impact on innovative products -really love to dig into deep and complex design, user, and product problems -envision a lead position at respected design studio -enjoy not working weekends and having a very balanced work/personal life -- Interaction Design Role -Have a user-centered design approach, methodology, and tools -Research and analyze applications and product spaces -Design mental and product models -Design and execute wireframes -Design and execute mockups -Create specifications for design systems -Talk to developers or clients -Research experience a plus -Prototyping experience -- Experience -2 to 4+ years of direct experience designing both content websites and web-based applications -Expert at Photoshop and Illustrator -Excellent at communicating design concepts -Direct experience in the web-application design field -Demonstrated ability to understand complex business and technical requirements -- Intangibles -Ability to work in a close knit design team -Ability to spot from 20 yards a pixel out of place on a mockup -Innate balance of form and function -Truly enjoy design, in all forms -Refuses to use catch-phrase design terminology -Client presentable -Able to work autonomously, without day-to-day project management guidance or deadline tracking -Provide a Text/Word/PDF version of your resume and portfolio of work to jobs (at) designmap (dot) com. We would like to see a range of final deliverables and interim deliverables created during the course a project. -- About DesignMap DesignMap designs web sites, web-based and desktop applications, and supports in-house product development teams that do the same. We are Designers, not Artists. We believe in Logic. We develop Systems. We know that to be successful our design must not only be delightful and innovative but also viable and buildable. This balanced methodology is what makes us tick, and what make us passionate about design, your business and your users. We know that any product we design must be delightful and intuitive and buildable and viable. Finding perfection in this balance is what makes us passionate about design, your business and your users. We start our engagements by deeply understanding our client's problems, issues and information. Then we create a visual record of our understanding to get shared agreement on the problem, the goal, and the solution. Then we put our skills and services together in a way that meets the client's particular needs. 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] Indicating secondary and tertiary sort order
Hi Dimiter, i don't think that multiple sort-order indicators are worth the clutter. The search order can already be checked by looking at the data. Given that the data wouldn't contain enough duplicate fields to check the search order, why should the user care in first place? If, however, enough duplicate information gets displayed that users indeed care of tertiary sort order, then i guess a different visualization scheme should be considered in order to remove that redundancy. In case tertiary sort order is really vital for your table, you'll also need a better interface to manipulate that sort order. For example, consider changing tertiary sort order from ascending to descending: this task amounts to playing a piano piece of five clicks on the table header. some brainstorming: http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/tablesortorder.png regards, peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48469 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] Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect)
It's ridiculous and childish to dismiss Apple's design success as Apple Craze and form over function. The iPhone was hyped beyond belief before it was announced, more after it was announced, and it continues to sell like crazy on (in the US) a crappy network, and earns extremely high satisfaction ratings. The idea that the same process that produced the ipod and iphone can be dusted off as irrelevant is to miss the advantages of having a vision and a process, the very things that IAs tout as necessary. There's a huge amount to learn from what Apple is doing, and my guess is the market will be warm to the ipad in version one, and in 2 or 3, it will take off even more than the ipod. This is the first digital device I could see my parents using, and that says a lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48772 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] Data to support the ROI of implementing faceted search?
Since click through on search results is based on the quality of the search and the quality of the results descriptions, I think it would be hard for anyone to guestimate any KPIs without know the project. As for case studies, take a look at the book Search User Interfaces by Marti Hearst. It's available online at http://searchuserinterfaces.com/book/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48776 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] Indicating secondary and tertiary sort order
Hi Dimiter, The example was to illustrate my last sentence - regarding the functionality to order columns by drag and drop. The idea is to always have a sorted table - with the vertical sort priority set from the first column to the last. When the user wants to change the sort order can simply reorder the columns by dragging them. Sounds intuitive to me and easy for visual orientation within the table data . Good luck! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48469 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] Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect)
Hmm, as a girl, the branding iPad forces me to run screaming. :) On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:56 AM, jtang jarod.t...@gmail.com wrote: Sent to you by jtang via Google Reader: Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect) via John Battelle's Searchblog on 1/27/10 (image ) While the world watches the next coming of Jobs, I reflected on my gut feeling as to the iPad, and why that feeling is inherently one of disappointment (see my predictions 2010 (#5) and my post earlier this week). And I'll admit, this one is not entirely logical. But then again, I don't always base my predictions (or my business decisions) on pure logic. Sometimes I just go with a feeling. So what is my feeling about the iPad? Well, to be honest, it's simply this: I want one. I want to play with it, I want it to work the way I want it to work, I want it to do everything I wish a device like this should do. I am the guy, after all, who wrote his master's thesis on the Internet-connected tablet and its impact on the media business (yes, I really did. In 1991-92). What? Wait a minute, Battelle, you're saying you WANT one, AND that it's going to disappoint? Yes, stay with me. Here's why: When Apple introduced the iPhone, I really, truly did NOT want one. And it became a game changing hit. I eventually caved and got one (but don't use it much), and I still have major reservations about the platform. When Amazon introduced the Kindle, I really, truly, did NOT want one. I eventually caved and got one (but don't use it much), and I still have major reservations about the platform. But the iPad? Oh, yeah - I really, really want one. Which, to my mind, almost dooms the thing immediately. Why? Well, because it can't possibly live up to my expectations. I want one for entirely irrational reasons. I want one because it holds the promise of all that might be good, right, and perfectly executed in the world of computing, media, and culture. The iPad is the Obama of devices: It's all hope, inspirational oratory, intelligence, and good intentions. But as we have seen, a year later, reality (whether business or political) often gets in the way of intelligence. It looks like the iPad will adopt the iPhone approach to apps in full, so that's one more distribution orifice created, for example. In any case, I'll probably get an iPad. And one year from now, I'll probably be disappointed. Irrationally disappointed, but still, disappointed. I guess we'll see. I hope I'm wrong. I'll probably be wrong. If I am, I'll cop to it (and reset my gut to boot). Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to John Battelle's Searchblog using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48772 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
[IxDA Discuss] Driving users to register...
Is there any general research or opinion out there when it comes to driving users to register on a general information site? For instance, is it better to tease content by offering one recipe or advice column to give users a taste, and then to lock the rest behind registration? My concern is that 1) people won't register if they know they can get the information for free on other sites 2) It feels like a cheap ploy to offer content and then put up a barrier to accessing it 3) the way to get users to register is to build trust and a sense of value in a website 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] Building experience through reverse engineering
Hi everyone, There are some great points here and I really appreciate the feedback. Yes, thinking about it, I'd agree that it could be quite tedious deconstruct a website in it's entirety. I still think it might be worth perhaps cherry picking some interesting solutions. Or even bad solutions that could do with improving, like you suggested David. I'll definitely check out some agencies and non-profit groups. Actually Greg, I also think the OSS side of things could be really good. (Although I have to confess that I am just starting to get to grips with Django!) The only other thing I was wondering about was if anyone knew of any in-depth case studies. Ok, it's still reading, but it may also be a half way house between the theory and actually doing. I found a few in Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Does anyone know of any others? Cheers again ALJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48685 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] Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect)
maybe 'iTap' would work? or 'iTouch' or 'iSense' or 'iTablet' whatever the name, it really could not change what the product was. 'iPad' is just as ignorant as iTap for men would be. ;-) No vice meant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48772 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] UX Lx talk submissions close this Sunday, Jan 31
Just a quick reminder for all of you that UX Lx: User Experience Lisbon talk submissions close this Sunday, January 31st. So if you're holding onto great research findings, case studies or simply if you have groundbreaking ideas, don't miss out and submit your talk before the deadline ends. UX Lx is 3 day event focused on all topics User Experience and will take place in the beautifully sunny city of Lisbon, Portugal from May 12 to 14 2010. It's a mix of talks and workshops with all the greatest in the industry, such as Jared Spool, Peter Merholz, Luke Wroblewski, Dan Saffer, Donna Spencer, Brian Fling, Bill Scott, Dana Chisnell, Eric Reiss, Caroline Jarret, Susan Weinschenk and Manuel Lima. It's also a great opportunity for networking and to immerse yourself in a different culture for a few days. More information can be found at: http://www.ux-lx.com Talks can be submitted at: http://www.ux-lx.com/opensubmit.php Hope to see a lot of you in Lisbon! 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] Driving users to register...
Hi Marc, See my feedback below: 1) people won't register if they know they can get the information for free on other sites. If your website is offering the same content that's available for free elsewhere chances are people won't register. It also means that you, more than likely, wont end up as high on Google as people will be less likely to link through to paid-for services. As with most website unique, interesting content is what drives people to visit and explore. A better service for registered users as opposed to non-registered users is, for me a reason to register. 2) It feels like a cheap ploy to offer content and then put up a barrier to accessing it. Quite a few different media websites use a similar busines model to get people to pay, New York Times, Business Week etc, where you either get access to the first 4 articles for free then have to pay or you are offered a short intro to the article and to view the entire article requires registering/paying. NYTimes paid for model http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100120/MEDIABUSINESS/100129995/1001 3) the way to get users to register is to build trust and a sense of value in a website If you're giving people a better service, or access to unique content for registering then you're more than likely to register. Basically, for the user, what's the pay-off? I'm giving you my details and what will I get in return. If you use IxDA as an example you get to participate in online discussions with a well respected peer group for registering your details. I have a couple of questions: 1. Is the login to help build a sense of community for the website? 2. Are you collecting details just so you can market/spam to them? 3. What's the motivation for someone to register? This research may help you http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990711.html http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article2629.asp Hope this helps Graham Sear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48799 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] Driving users to register...
Sorry ignore my last post, thought I would get some auto styling from copying and pasting your previous comments. Here it is again but this time with a slightly better visual hierachy... Hi Marc, See my feedback below: 1) people won't register if they know they can get the information for free on other sites. If your website is offering the same content that's available for free elsewhere chances are people won't register. It also means that you, more than likely, wont end up as high on Google as people will be less likely to link through to paid-for services. As with most website unique, interesting content is what drives people to visit and explore. A better service for registered users as opposed to non-registered users is, for me a reason to register. 2) It feels like a cheap ploy to offer content and then put up a barrier to accessing it. Quite a few different media websites use a similar busines model to get people to pay, New York Times, Business Week etc, where you either get access to the first 4 articles for free then have to pay or you are offered a short intro to the article and to view the entire article requires registering/paying. NYTimes paid for model http://www.btobonline.com/apps /pbcs.dll /article?AID= /20100120 /MEDIABUSINESS /100129995 /1001 3) the way to get users to register is to build trust and a sense of value in a website. If you're giving people a better service, or access to unique content for registering then you're more than likely to register. Basically, for the user, what's the pay-off? I'm giving you my details and what will I get in return. If you use IxDA as an example you get to participate in online discussions with a well respected peer group for registering your details. I have a couple of questions: 1. Is the login to help build a sense of community for the website? 2. Are you collecting details just so you can market/spam to them? 3. What's the motivation for someone to register? This research may help you http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990711.html http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article2629.asp Hope this helps Graham Sear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48799 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] Data to support the ROI of implementing faceted search?
Good Morning All, Interesting conclusion on why searchers click on results Jennifer. Many studies (Pew Internet Trust being the most famous) point to the assumption on the part of searchers that they click on results based on an assumption that the search engine has served up the most relevant result in a certain order. So quality is presumed before consideration of the actual result. I agree that result descriptions are an important factor both in relevance ranking (presence of search terms) and in support of the searchers scan to find the search terms in context (hits highlighting). Regardless of metaDescription though, those top three results get all of the attention. For me, the ROI of faceted search is found in allowing searchers who have a vague idea of what they need to know in order to find what they need to find the ability to refine their results, not their search, but the results that appear. Results refinement supports awareness that enhances discovery. In essence, they take less time to search with greater success. The greater success using search increases its use that further diminishes time spent searching across the system. Of course, all of this is dependent on the facets themselves. Out of the box facets in most enterprise systems and those found on Google are not that helpful in my estimation as they superficially represent document features instead of contents. But, give me a rockin' search engine like FAST ESP and I'm sold. Kudos to Marti Hearst for her book. It is a fantastic resource. I can only hope it inspires us to think more as much about the design of search interfaces as we do the site itself. Just one gal's opinion... marianne Daedalus Information Systems -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:56 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Data to support the ROI of implementing faceted search? Since click through on search results is based on the quality of the search and the quality of the results descriptions, I think it would be hard for anyone to guestimate any KPIs without know the project. As for case studies, take a look at the book Search User Interfaces by Marti Hearst. It's available online at http://searchuserinterfaces.com/book/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48776 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] Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect)
WE DEMAND - haha! On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Sachin Ghodke sachyn.gho...@gmail.com wrote: And one of the most important reason why iPad and Apple in general will disappoint - http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad A step backward is disappointing for a brand like Apple. -- You always have the carny connection. - Clair High 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] Sharing files from iPad to iPad
Does anyone know how you'd share a file created from the new iWork from one iPad to another person on their iPad? Or from any other app on one iPad to another person's iPad? Or, when using iWork, what happens when you save that file and open it later. Or how you'd grab a chart off of Numbers and drop it in Keynote. Does that just use the standard copy and paste? Any out there get their hands on one to play with it yet? I'm really curious how this works. Thanks, -Neil 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
Hi all, I just came across 37Signals' Sortfolio (http://sortfolio.com/), which allows users to filter through portfolios. It reminded me a little of Google's Fast Flip (http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/), although that interface offers minimal filtering and meets different user needs. I'm interested in finding similar interfaces that showcase pages and allow extensive filtering. Can you think of any more examples? (It'd be nice if they were as well-executed as Sortfolio, naturally.) Jeff 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] Sharing files from iPad to iPad
Hey Neil, How's it going? From what I've read, iPad does support standard copy-paste. File sharing is a great question since there is oddly no USB. There is a file sharing directory that syncs with your computer, through a wire or dock or possibly Bluetooth. You can connect to an external monitor (or projector) but you have to use the dock to do so. One more thing to pack. Personally I'm not that excited about the iPad. Sure, you can use iWork and iPhone apps (in large scale!), but it doesn't run my design apps and doesn't multitask. :( As an artist, I wish it had a stylus (and ideally, pressure sensitivity) for fine-tuned drawing illustration. As a UX person, I wonder, how am I supposed to sketch out my concepts, flows and wireframes on this thing? Apparently, I'm not. Apple has produced an attractive option for the consumer market and coolhunting road warriors, but it's no Modbook killer. Yes, I know I have high ideals, but it irks me that we're a decade into the 21st century and I still don't have my magic drawing paper. Or my personal jet pack. Or my robot butler. Get with the program, Steve! Patricia in Seattle --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Neil Cadsawan n...@cadsawan.net wrote: From: Neil Cadsawan n...@cadsawan.net Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Sharing files from iPad to iPad To: disc...@ixda.org Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:30 AM Does anyone know how you'd share a file created from the new iWork from one iPad to another person on their iPad? Or from any other app on one iPad to another person's iPad? Or, when using iWork, what happens when you save that file and open it later. Or how you'd grab a chart off of Numbers and drop it in Keynote. Does that just use the standard copy and paste? Any out there get their hands on one to play with it yet? I'm really curious how this works. Thanks, -Neil Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48813 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
This site offers filtering by expertise and skills. They have a large collection as well. http://www.carbonmade.com/portfolios/ Avi Avinab Singh MS Human Factors Ergonomics North Carolina State University On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Jeff Kraemer jeff.krae...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I just came across 37Signals' Sortfolio (http://sortfolio.com/), which allows users to filter through portfolios. It reminded me a little of Google's Fast Flip (http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/), although that interface offers minimal filtering and meets different user needs. I'm interested in finding similar interfaces that showcase pages and allow extensive filtering. Can you think of any more examples? (It'd be nice if they were as well-executed as Sortfolio, naturally.) Jeff 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
Wondering how they define expertise in this sense - is it hand- entered? Verified? Is the concept of expertise generated algorithmically based on some number of weighted attributes? Expertise is one of the harder nuts to crack in enterprise 2.0 knowledge management so I am wondering how they handle it here. Does the system assign a trust factor to the expertise? Just wondering. ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems Will Evans | Director, Experience Design tel: +1.617.281.1281 | w...@semanticfoundry.com http://blog.semanticfoundry.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/semanticwill aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Avinab Singh wrote: This site offers filtering by expertise and skills. They have a large collection as well. http://www.carbonmade.com/portfolios/ Avi Avinab Singh MS Human Factors Ergonomics North Carolina State University On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Jeff Kraemer jeff.krae...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I just came across 37Signals' Sortfolio (http://sortfolio.com/), which allows users to filter through portfolios. It reminded me a little of Google's Fast Flip (http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/), although that interface offers minimal filtering and meets different user needs. I'm interested in finding similar interfaces that showcase pages and allow extensive filtering. Can you think of any more examples? (It'd be nice if they were as well-executed as Sortfolio, naturally.) Jeff 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
[IxDA Discuss] History of the undo command FYI
I thought people would enjoy this excerpt from a New York Times article: Our expectations that any action can be taken back have been primed by a few decades of personal computing, which injected the founding metaphor of undoing into the common consciousness. An early glimmer of our Age of Undoing appeared in a prescient 1976 research report by Lance A. Miller and John C. Thomas of I.B.M., drably titled Behavioral Issues in the Use of Interactive Systems. It would be quite useful, Miller and Thomas observe, to permit users to take back at least the immediately preceding command (by issuing some special undo command). Useful indeed! The undo command would become a crucial feature of text editors and word processors in the PC era, assigned the now-familiar keyboard shortcut of Control-Z by programmers at the research center Xerox PARC. In the software of the 80s, some undo commands became multilevel, allowing users to take back a whole series of actions (called the undo stack), not just the most recent one. Ad-hoc un- verbs began to emerge for these reversible innovations. In 1984, the software company NewStar introduced the unerase command for its word-processing program NewWord, while I.B.M.s VisiWord countered with undelete. From there it was a quick step to unbolding, unitalicizing and even un-underlining your errantly formatted text. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.htm?_r=1 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
Looks like sortfolio is just lining clients up with vendors and taking a hands free approach. From their about page: Does Sortfolio make any guarantees? Any web design firm is free to place their ad on Sortfolio, but Sortfolio doesn't review the ads, censor the ads (unless they are offensive), or make any warrantees or guarantees about the quality of a firm's work. http://sortfolio.com/about I agree on the expertise factor. I'm working with some internal projects that deal with competencies and ratings on people and knowledge. You can pull credentials, knowledge sharing statistics and a some other data to generate loose algorithims but that doesn't guarantee expertise and trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48814 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] iPad.
The issue I have with this line of thinking is that Apple has already opened Pandora's Box on the iPad. With iWork, people will will create content and they'll want to share that content. How do you share anything from one iPad to another? Are we just going to fall back to a cloud sharing system? You might say that this isn't a problem on the iPhone, but the iPhone is a pure consumption device. It really isn't a problem. The form factor doesn't make anyone want to create anything on it other than text messages or emails. Now with this new form factor, I think people are going to want to create more and different kinds of content than just emails or Facebook updates. As soon as that happens, they'll want to share that with everyone. They'll want to use the iPad in a way that it's unclear how to do. Something's going to give. I just don't know what. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
If you're thinking about portfolio sites, there's the newly relaunched AIGA member gallery (http://portfolios.aiga.org) hosted by http://www.behance.net. Tania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48814 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] iPad.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction, based on a few surprising data points I've already gathered and an intuition: The iPad is going to make a big splash with older people. Grandmothers and grandfathers, retired people, older folks that a desktop or laptop has up until now just seemed to be overkill. Elders who may have been amazed by the the iPhones younger folks have shown them, but felt that they either didn't need a phone, it was too small and fiddly, or both. My 88-year-old neighbor who only has a very old mid-1990s computer (that can't effectively connect to modern online experience) excitedly showed me all the news item clippings on the iPad she's collected and suggested that this may just be what she was looking for. Another friend said that his 77-year-old mother surprised him by announcing that she's decided she's going to get one. The simplified nature of iPhone/iPod Touch-scale apps, coupled with the easy to carry around or prop up form factor may indeed be an excellent fit for the lifestyle of older adults. Widgets that are as simple as weather, finance, photos, email, messaging, etc. on the iPhone/iPod Touch are very handy, simple, and useful and the kind of service and information that there's no easy, large-format access to by older people without computers or small mobile devices. The Nintendo Wii surprised a lot of people when it became a hit with older people, and the iPad may be the next device to do the same. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 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] iPad.
Jim, My 70+ parents are going to order one! :-) Kevin On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Jim Leftwich wrote: I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction, based on a few surprising data points I've already gathered and an intuition: The iPad is going to make a big splash with older people. Grandmothers and grandfathers, retired people, older folks that a desktop or laptop has up until now just seemed to be overkill. Elders who may have been amazed by the the iPhones younger folks have shown them, but felt that they either didn't need a phone, it was too small and fiddly, or both. My 88-year-old neighbor who only has a very old mid-1990s computer (that can't effectively connect to modern online experience) excitedly showed me all the news item clippings on the iPad she's collected and suggested that this may just be what she was looking for. Another friend said that his 77-year-old mother surprised him by announcing that she's decided she's going to get one. The simplified nature of iPhone/iPod Touch-scale apps, coupled with the easy to carry around or prop up form factor may indeed be an excellent fit for the lifestyle of older adults. Widgets that are as simple as weather, finance, photos, email, messaging, etc. on the iPhone/iPod Touch are very handy, simple, and useful and the kind of service and information that there's no easy, large-format access to by older people without computers or small mobile devices. The Nintendo Wii surprised a lot of people when it became a hit with older people, and the iPad may be the next device to do the same. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 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] Driving users to register...
Have you seen this presentation from Joshua Porter? It seems to be aimed towards online software, but many of the same principles would apply. http://www.slideshare.net/bokardo/designing-for-sign-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48799 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] Why The Apple iPad Will Disappoint (The Obama Effect)
Um, what the heck are you going on about? Is the iPad any different from the iPhone in this regard Go back to using Linux and let us get back to drooling, okay? grin -- Jim Via my iPhone On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Sachin Ghodke sachyn.gho...@gmail.com wrote: And one of the most important reason why iPad and Apple in general will disappoint - http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad A step backward is disappointing for a brand like Apple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48772 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] iPad.
Jim, Great call. I have been trying to figure out the right thing to buy my very intelligent, computer-free aunt who is 88 years old and lives in the outbacks of Minnesota. (As a side note - she and her husband sold and repaired business equipment and typewriters - right about the time when the first Xerox copier came out). She recently asked me about netbooks which she read about in the AARP magazine. I have also considered buying her a Kindle. But the iPad is a better match. Very smart insight. - Donna Quoting Jim Leftwich jl...@orbitnet.com: I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction, based on a few surprising data points I've already gathered and an intuition: The iPad is going to make a big splash with older people. Grandmothers and grandfathers, retired people, older folks that a desktop or laptop has up until now just seemed to be overkill. Elders who may have been amazed by the the iPhones younger folks have shown them, but felt that they either didn't need a phone, it was too small and fiddly, or both. My 88-year-old neighbor who only has a very old mid-1990s computer (that can't effectively connect to modern online experience) excitedly showed me all the news item clippings on the iPad she's collected and suggested that this may just be what she was looking for. Another friend said that his 77-year-old mother surprised him by announcing that she's decided she's going to get one. The simplified nature of iPhone/iPod Touch-scale apps, coupled with the easy to carry around or prop up form factor may indeed be an excellent fit for the lifestyle of older adults. Widgets that are as simple as weather, finance, photos, email, messaging, etc. on the iPhone/iPod Touch are very handy, simple, and useful and the kind of service and information that there's no easy, large-format access to by older people without computers or small mobile devices. The Nintendo Wii surprised a lot of people when it became a hit with older people, and the iPad may be the next device to do the same. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 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] Showcase/Portfolio examples
Hi there. I hope I am not totally misinterpreting your question. It seems to me you are more interested in seeing how different portfolio sights allow the user to sort rather than finding a place to showcase your own work. If it is the first instance I have a couple of examples and if not maybe they will just be entertaining to peruse. The first two have very extensive filters you can set. http://www.thefwa.com/ This is an award site that showcases award winners with links to their online presence. You can also view profiles and select any of the headers to do your sort (much like a spreadsheet). The display of information pages vertically as well as horizontally. http://www.workbook.com/ This is an online version of a long standing advertising tool for photographers and illustrators. If you select either group you are able to narrow down your search by several criteria. This is the designer/developers pet project related to single function web sites. Because it serves such a narrow purpose the sort works very well. The showcase features a few call outs. There is also a search box and a list of tags which are selectable and displayed in such a way as to indicate their depth. Each of the results has a link to the web site being featured. http://singlefunction.com/showcase/ Best, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48814 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] Sharing files from iPad to iPad
There's supposed to be heavy dependence on MobileMe, iTunes, iDisk and with assorted third party apps (Dropbox, AirShare), but that doesn't seem to directly answer the question for now, does it? An article with some ideas: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/29/apple_to_target_ipad_at_business_users_through_new_features_sources.html The demos seem to imply a little more cohesive and coherent use of media with Mail, but I've been known to misinterpret things in the past. Scott On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Neil Cadsawan n...@cadsawan.net wrote: Does anyone know how you'd share a file created from the new iWork from one iPad to another person on their iPad? Or from any other app on one iPad to another person's iPad? Or, when using iWork, what happens when you save that file and open it later. Or how you'd grab a chart off of Numbers and drop it in Keynote. Does that just use the standard copy and paste? Any out there get their hands on one to play with it yet? I'm really curious how this works. Thanks, -Neil 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 -- You always have the carny connection. - Clair High 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] iPad.
The response to Swartz's post that comes to mind for me is to ask what the iPod and iTunes have done for the greater music market, while still holding onto to a great deal of its comprehensive control. Scott On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Neil Cadsawan n...@cadsawan.net wrote: Weird that my last post got munged somehow... In any case, I was pointing out a post by Aaron Swartz: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ipad and a post on Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/jamais-cascio/open-future/iworry With the iPhone OS being a closed system, this could be problematic in the sense that as a device that supposedly fills in the gap between the iPhone and the Mac, it doesn't really share many capabilities of a Mac. I think people are okay having a limited ability to install applications through iTunes on an iPhone due to its form factor. With this new form factor, it's much more a general computing device and expectations might be more like a Mac - being able to do things you'd expect on a Mac. I'm certain people will try to jailbreak the iPad to get around this limitation, but that's not an optimal solution. For the iPad to truly fit that space, Apple would have to give up some control, and I don't ever see that happening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 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 -- You always have the carny connection. - Clair High 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] Mac apps for a recent convert ...
Hi IxDa folk ... This may be a little OT. I have finally switched to a mac. (Thanks to my new employer for buying it!) I am guessing that there are a lot of people on the list that use a mac, and I have a question for y'all ... As a UI/Ux/Ix Designer, what software should I take advantage of? I used Fireworks on a PC, so now I am using it on a mac. I decided to use Coda over Dreamweaver. I am sure that there is a lot of great software out there for me to indulge myself with, can you guys/gals help me out? Thanks! Grady Kelly gr...@gradykelly.com http://www.gradykelly.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] Mac apps for a recent convert ...
Apps I love: Greenprint: http://www.printgreener.com/ (Installs like a printer, lets you easily exclude pages without anything useful on them, images, etc. when you print) I cannot do anything without Typinator: http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/ I love Screenflow for usability research: http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm XScope to see browser dimensions and resolutions on whatever you're running, measure, loupe, etc. etc.: http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope OmniGraffle for maps and diagrams, and other Omni software: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/OmniGraffle/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48830 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] Sharing files from iPad to iPad
Thanks for that link. It answers some questions on the direction Apple's going to take. I guess the iPad to iPad connection simply won't exist. It seems like a missed opportunity to use Bonjour to see people around you and have your own mesh network. Maybe that'll come later. I can hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48813 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
