Re: [IxDA Discuss] Will you be at SXSW Interactive?

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Fahey
I'll be at SXSW. Is someone keeping a list of all these IxDA SXSW attendees? Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Principal / User Experience Director Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Ahistoricity of Interaction Design

2009-12-14 Thread Christopher Fahey
list or even their bookshelf. I didn't expect such sentiments from you, especially the former. Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Principal / User Experience Director Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Interaction Designer/IA at Behavior Design - New York City

2009-12-06 Thread Christopher Fahey
for these opportunities: http://www.behaviordesign.com/careers Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Principal / User Experience Director Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The People's Front of Design (was Re: JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote)

2009-03-30 Thread Christopher Fahey
, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] Designing (for) Experiences

2009-03-29 Thread Christopher Fahey
aspects of experience can, I think, be designed, or at least designed for.] Cheers -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Combined Conferences (was Its Just UX)

2009-03-28 Thread Christopher Fahey
must submit a 16-page draft of your presentation. It's ludicrous. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Its Just UX

2009-03-27 Thread Christopher Fahey
blur the lines and wander across the borders. In short: No need to throw down any walls here. Just open some gates. Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Fahey
On Feb 18, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Christopher Fahey wrote: The difference you describe exists today, but it didn't exist ten or twenty years ago. We can hardly blame folks in the 1980's and earlier for blurring engineering and user experience

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-18 Thread Christopher Fahey
contribution to the universe was in engineering. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-17 Thread Christopher Fahey
of fictional worlds: - Gene Roddenberry - Stanley Kubrick - Philip K Dick - Neal Stephenson - William Gibson Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Telling Interactive Stories - At NYCUPA Event

2009-01-29 Thread Christopher Fahey
content? Also, Alina: I have to say that your question (Do you think newspapers readers understand how and what to click...) may be a little given that the vast majority of the readers of most news web sites are not newspaper readers at all. Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down?

2008-08-25 Thread Christopher Fahey
with Apple's ability to secure profitable deals with the record labels as it does with the UX. Without those advantageous deals (deals that, if I recall correctly, were markedly better than many other music stores were able to negotiate), the UX couldn't exist. -Cf Christopher Fahey

[IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office

2008-07-18 Thread Christopher Fahey
And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?

2008-07-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
for a hundred years? I am working on a presentation on this topic (see me deliver it September at Euro IA 08 or the O'Reilly NYC Web 2.0 Expo), so this thread has been extremely helpful to me. Thanks! -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Which is a better Navigation Structure

2008-06-15 Thread Christopher Fahey
, and may need to update it frequently. IMHO, alphabetization only works if the subject matter has little to no alternate possible naming. If every item in your index has one, two, three or more alternate names, your labor increases by that same factor, probably more. Cheers -Cf Christopher

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expectations

2008-06-09 Thread Christopher Fahey
a backrub? That's both unexpected *and* delightful. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise sues Axure for patent infringement

2008-06-09 Thread Christopher Fahey
by fearmongering lawyers, is almost impossible to accept. For those concerned about the legal ramifications of exposure to competitors' patents, the best solutions seem to be: 1) Quit the list. 2) Quit your company (or client). Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-27 Thread Christopher Fahey
think, but little to no mention of the value of design itself, much less the value of designers. In omission alone, this is an insult. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone 2.0 Game Over? I think not!

2008-04-27 Thread Christopher Fahey
to stand out at all. So far, no carrier has come close, so they all still fall in the general category of SUCK. In short, ATT is probably not much of a disadvantage to iPhone. Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-25 Thread Christopher Fahey
(if a little facetiously). And the designers who read it lap it up: Are Designers the Enemy of Design? http://tinyurl.com/29q667 -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-20 Thread Christopher Fahey
) completely stupid (Move the search box to the left (where you currently have the picture of the cute little puppy) because everyone seems to spends time looking at the left side of the page). -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior http://www.behaviordesign.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
away. I'm not sure what you're asking, I guess. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
is it would be great if I someday had a chance to help those poor Agile developers. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
literature, it's important to determine if when they say design they mean UX design or tech design, because usually they will mean the latter. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
-- perhaps with some interactivity, but not enough actual coding to warrant, say, a hard core programming team. Which is to say a prototype to test the user experience, not a prototype to test the engineering challenges. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-12 Thread Christopher Fahey
code planning/design or any design of any sort whatsoever. I was really confused by that, and I think the thread on this list about that topic kind of fizzled out. Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-12 Thread Christopher Fahey
and functionality), but this is the basic idea. Design first, code it halfway, then collaborate closely down the home stretch. I'd love to hear what people think of this approach, especially if you've tried something like it. I'm pretty confident in it, at least for now. Cheers, -Cf Christopher

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Ethics: Business vs. User

2007-11-14 Thread Christopher Fahey
to increase company profits. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA

[IxDA Discuss] IxD Ethics: Business vs. User

2007-11-13 Thread Christopher Fahey
? -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what are your fundamental tenets of design?

2007-11-12 Thread Christopher Fahey
Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com On Nov 12, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Lisa deBettencourt wrote: I am curious about what you design by. What are your fundamental tenets of design; those little bulleted phrases

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What tools do you use for prototyping?

2007-11-06 Thread Christopher Fahey
learned is that since the iPhone came out, people are starting to expect far more rich interactions from touch screens than they used to. Read for more: http://tinyurl.com/2n93em http://www.graphpaper.com/2007/10-31_georges-seurat-dot-com Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do Engineers Understand UX documents? (was Alan Cooper on Software...)

2007-11-01 Thread Christopher Fahey
to know, because, again, in my experience the opposite -- that they totally get and greatly appreciate our documentation -- is decidedly true. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Alan Cooper on Software Design: Code=Design?

2007-10-31 Thread Christopher Fahey
this article in two parts. I'll see if I can get the second part posted to this list. Completely agree! :-) This is one article that isn't helped by splitting it in two. I look forward to the rest. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Alan Cooper on Software Design: Code=Design?

2007-10-31 Thread Christopher Fahey
more fundamentally dysfunctional than he ever has before. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah

[IxDA Discuss] Do Engineers Understand UX documents? (was Alan Cooper on Software...)

2007-10-31 Thread Christopher Fahey
documentation hard to follow? -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com I don't think anyone writing in this thread feel Cooper is attacking ID, rather he seems to be rehashing very old positive concepts on ID

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A List Apart web design survey results

2007-10-21 Thread Christopher Fahey
it through Google, linking to it from other sources, etc. My complaint is that a great number of professionals don't read anything whatsoever. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] functional designer?

2007-10-20 Thread Christopher Fahey
documentation process from your methodology, saving many thousands of person-hours. Yet another exciting development in the slow death of the functional spec. [1] http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives/001050.php -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A List Apart web design survey results

2007-10-20 Thread Christopher Fahey
are the only ones I care about, usually. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] theory behind login screen of IxDA ?

2007-10-19 Thread Christopher Fahey
? chris.fahey? Christopher Fahey? Chris Fahey? Caps sensitive? With spaces?... What is the authentication here? It doesn't say on the form, and I do *not* want to read all that little grey text. I am not confident that this is a secure system... How do I find out what name I initially used

Re: [IxDA Discuss] d schools

2007-10-10 Thread Christopher Fahey
exist to do the bidding of d-school educated design thinking strategists. And lo and behold he stepped up and responded to my thoughts. A conversation is ensuing: http://tinyurl.com/3869at Cheers, -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Managers (was: d schools)

2007-10-10 Thread Christopher Fahey
hate to push it far to the side in order to take on the kind of responsibilities managing a business entails. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com