Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer in new Ford Commercial

2008-05-08 Thread mark schraad
bait - bite 'cause I probably design so much more than just the interface. Mark On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 8, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: As far as I know, this is the first time an interaction designer has appeared on a TV

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer in new Ford Commercial

2008-05-08 Thread mark schraad
reducing your variances to well within acceptable tollerances On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Jeff Garbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 8, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Will Evans wrote: Wouldn't want to get into a debate with her - she has a blackbelt and would kick most of our butts. You did

Re: [IxDA Discuss] the UX hall of shame

2008-05-07 Thread mark schraad
Robert could you please keep your threads straight. This clearly should be under the heading 'can we make it to easy'. ;) On May 6, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: When I started there, I was told, unofficially, that they never wanted their products to be too good, because

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-05 Thread Mark Young
I don't find Adobe product o be particularly user friendly, but I do find them to be consistent and remarkably efficient Remarkably efficient is very user friendly when the user is a professional digital content creator. I think the age of products like Photoshop and Illustrator makes them

[IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-02 Thread mark schraad
I was reading about Microsoft having recruited Adobe's (think photoshop UI and more) Mark Hamburg to work on user experience. I don't find Adobe product o be particularly user friendly, but I do find them to be consistent and remarkably efficient once you get over a learning curve. I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-02 Thread mark schraad
I think there is another thread of logic here which is to measure the potential and realistic investment of the user as a metric for furthering 'ease of use'. For casual letter writing that the layperson does via live office or google online, ease of use is critical. For professional users of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Trying to educate my design team

2008-05-02 Thread mark schraad
more effective. Mark On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Michael Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, all. I have been lurking for a while and finally have a dire need that I hope you all can help me with. I am currently trying to organize some 'lunch and learn' sessions in an effort to educate

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-02 Thread mark schraad
amongst lead users (most often the professional users) is an important consideration. After all - continued improvement to the product should not, but sometimes does, shorten the adoption and longevity of that product. Mark On May 2, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Jared M. Spool wrote: On May 2, 2008

[IxDA Discuss] DC Ixda

2008-04-29 Thread mark schraad
Thanks Will, for organizing the meet and greet last night in Dupont Circle. Nice to meet all of you - great turnout. I hope we can do that again, and on a regular basis. Mark Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-28 Thread mark schraad
same traits and putting them to use. We have no one to blame but ourselves when our thunder is stolen. Mark On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Jared M. Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here in New England, we have a saying: If the glass is half full, you must be an optimist. If the glass is half

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-28 Thread mark schraad
on the approach Bill Buxton speaks to in Sketching... I now spend more time crafting presentation and marketing design than I actually do designing. Its just part of the package in a company with lots of 'opportunity' for designers. Mark On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Christopher Fahey [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of complex checkbox treeviews

2008-04-25 Thread Mark Pawson
Yes Will, I think you have nailed it. Sorry I took a long time to reply. It seems to get more complex everytime I think I have an idea. The data is geological in nature, geological surfaces, seismic sections, well logs, faults etc etc. These can be displayed in various windows either 2D or 3D. The

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-23 Thread mark schraad
Where does that come from? I have never heard Nussbaum or any one else of credible substance state this. This sounds like a large heaping of angst talking to me. Mark ...the cynical and ironically designer-hostile Nussbaum/d.School camp in which design is too important to be left

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

2008-04-20 Thread mark schraad
of subject watching the now classic dancing bear in the basketball game. Mark http://www.dothetest.co.uk/ On Apr 20, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Paul Nuschke wrote: Eyetracking lets you see where people are looking in real time. Welcome

[IxDA Discuss] Can Visio generate UI documentation

2008-04-15 Thread Mark Pawson
-C4D4-4F11-956D-A27D849E4A62.dc ik Mark Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines

[IxDA Discuss] Examples of complex checkbox treeviews

2008-04-15 Thread Mark Pawson
and checkboxes. Is there any good examples of such complexity available for public viewing? I have checked Vista guidelines and a few pattern sites with no luck. Thanks Mark Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Highly Usable Forum ?

2008-04-09 Thread Mark Young
ugly but very handy. Does usability depend on how a particular site sets it up? Could you point to a much more usable example. -Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27947

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Spatial reasoning and spatial memory

2008-04-09 Thread Mark Young
You might look at the experimental psychology literature on spatial attention - Anne Treisman's work for example. Its pretty esoteric from the point of view of a designer but it digs into how the different features of objects (color, shape, etc.) are processed in parallel, suggesting which kinds

Re: [IxDA Discuss] REQUEST: Stats on Mac IE 5 ...

2008-03-31 Thread mark schraad
not sure how valid these stats are... somewhere between .05 and .3 - but it sounds to high to me. http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Brandon E.B. Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO - None. No hard data needed. I will never support that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Work, discussion, theory around physical haptics on touch devices?

2008-03-25 Thread mark schraad
to cancel them out is with headphones, which tends to divide an otherwise collaborative workspace. Also, when I get a new phone or iPod, the first thing I do is to turn off all of the audio alerts. Mark On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey there, My team

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can you please discuss the effect of the US recession

2008-03-25 Thread mark schraad
Actually a very cool town. Lots if industry headquarters by midwest standards and the headquarters of Target (if you consider them a design patron). On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: UX Intensive in June is in Minneapolis... Strangely, this is the second conference

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Valuable courses for interaction Designers

2008-03-21 Thread mark schraad
In order if importance: 1 A cog psych course - sensation, perception cognition - leave the eye tracking machine alone 2 A behavioral psych course 3 A basic Anthropology/ethnographic course Note the emphasis on people, not technology. Of course if your undergrad is in any one of these feels you

Re: [IxDA Discuss] DEFINE: Affordance

2008-03-20 Thread Mark Schraad
Seriously, this is actually very good... From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordances An affordance is the quality of an object, or an environment, that allows an individual to perform action. The term is used in a variety of fields: perceptual psychology, cognitive

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD: Mac Resources

2008-03-18 Thread mark schraad
and Paparazzi On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kim Bieler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Utilities: - Linotype Font Explorer if you have more than 25 fonts. It's free! And much less buggy than Suitcase. - An FTP client like Fetch - Stuffit compression app -- Kim + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread mark schraad
Two points of what I consider common etiquette (call me old school if you want). First, if I am standing in front of a person having a conversation and the other person is emailing, texting or answering the phone it is a definite indicator that I not only don't have they're full attention, but

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread mark schraad
Sorry, did not mean to blow by your point. It was taken and I also find it interesting. I also find it interesting to observe how people pick up on those social ques and norms and to what level they react. Some charge forward the exact same way they always do.. others take those ques and adapt

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread mark schraad
for those you tolerate (community)... and so forth. I think you are also right on in your earlier assessment of this as a moving target... Mark On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, Aren't concepts of rude dynamic? I agree about disruption to a point

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Mobile Twitter Effect

2008-03-17 Thread mark schraad
Handset induce ADHD? On Mar 17, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: Further, I have to say... the whole use of Twitter and mobile devices at the conference really depressed me. It seemed like every ten seconds no matter who you were with, they all kept looking down at their iPhones

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Proper Etiquette

2008-03-17 Thread mark schraad
Because changing behavior (the technology is right and of course the user is wrong) is one of the most difficult tasks an interaction designer will grapple with. It is rarely successful. On Mar 17, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Maxim Soloviev wrote: I'm wondering why everybody is getting angr...

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what helped most in your career?

2008-03-16 Thread mark schraad
failure On Mar 16, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: Hi all, If you were to name one thing (or a few) that contributed most to your success, that brought a lot of value to your work, that greatly improved your design skills (you get the idea), what would it be? Maybe it's a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what helped most in your career?

2008-03-16 Thread mark schraad
ok - besides a failure... a first rate mentor On Mar 16, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: Hi all, If you were to name one thing (or a few) that contributed most to your success, that brought a lot of value to your work, that greatly improved your design skills (you get the idea),

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what helped most: mentors

2008-03-16 Thread mark schraad
Dave infers an important point. You don't have to limit yourself to one mentor. I can identify many mentors through my career... one for graphic design, another design thinking, a couple for how to research, one for brand and marketing, several as an entrepreneur... still looking for a

[IxDA Discuss] collaborative group structures

2008-03-14 Thread mark schraad
. Just curious... what do you participate in? What would you prefer? What is been most successful in your experience? And are there other varieties? Thanks, Mark PS - I realize this is rather simplistic... but this venue kind of screams for contrast of ideas

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design at Apple

2008-03-13 Thread mark schraad
' they design, but the firm embrace of design's value by the rest of the business. Mark 200 sketches 10 well thought out comps 3 polished presentation 1 great idea where it all comes together Lada On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:53:46 -0400, W Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Similarly - colleague and I

[IxDA Discuss] NN/g Group's Interaction Design Immersion

2008-03-11 Thread Mark Hoffman
Hi Kim, I volunteered to help out with Bruce Tognazzini¹s course when the NN Group was here in Seattle in 2006. I wasn¹t allowed full participation as a volunteer, but got a lot out of it anyway. Bruce gives a great presentation and you get to practice quite a few prototyping techniques. It¹ll

Re: [IxDA Discuss] argument for designing 1024px wide

2008-03-11 Thread mark schraad
Why does it have to be a specific size? Could it be mutli-size compatible? On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Juan Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My client, an IT company, is very strong on the position that their new website design should be bigger than 1024px wide (1280px wide). They know

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone SDK

2008-03-08 Thread mark schraad
importantly, pay attention, these kind of changes in the market always present large opportunities for folks like us. Mark On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:28 AM, Pankaj Chawla wrote: BlackBerry is dead. Microsoft is dead. Windows Mobile is dead. Amazon is dead. Kindle is dead. Nokia is dead. Motorola

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone SDK

2008-03-08 Thread mark schraad
Sorry Dave, apparently I misread your intro... I spent a few hours this afternoon trying to find an introductory product that penetrated a 10+ year old market with the same sort of numbers as the iPhone. I can neither find or think of one. On Mar 8, 2008, at 12:42 PM, dave malouf wrote:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Deliverables and Developers

2008-03-04 Thread mark schraad
. This helps to make the dev review a little less harsh. As for docs, we deliver mocks - typically as pdf with layered annotation. Often times we script the interactions with flash or html, but that is fairly rare. We also have a wiki for nearly every project and nearly daily team updates. Mark On Tue

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Interaction degree

2008-03-01 Thread mark schraad
as discrete disciplines. Mark On Mar 1, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Kevin Conlon wrote: On it%u2019s surface, the title, Design Research, doesn't personally work for me; it's missing the interaction part that really says what the design research is about. Beyond the title, the degree as is more about

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction design of appliances

2008-02-28 Thread mark schraad
The ergonomic abstracts could keep you reading for years to come on this topic. Mark On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:46 PM, timoni grone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody has an experience of designing interactions for appliances? Does anybody HIRE such people? I would like

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Interaction degree

2008-02-27 Thread mark schraad
year degree with the addition of social science, cognitive science... and research? Any current design faculty want to take a shot at this? Mark On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:32:58, dave malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack, YES! YES! YES! The only undergrad program I know of is a minor of IxD

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Interaction degree

2008-02-27 Thread mark schraad
there in it. This might be one reason its tough for new graduates as its tough, unless you are lucky enough to have prior design work experience, to really be able to hit the ground running. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:59 AM, mark schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of thoughts on this topic

Re: [IxDA Discuss] intensives/cooper u

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Hoffman
Just came back from the 4-day Interaction Design Practicum at Cooper in early February. Like Brad, I have a UCD/Usability and Visual design background and was impressed with how they actually implemented the Goal Directed Design Process. It's definitely tailored for the real world. Their focus on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Portfolios

2008-02-24 Thread mark schraad
and the problem definition, and then explaining the solution and results. I always want that to be a conversation, and not subject to my writing skill or the viewers interpretation. This is NOT a fashion show or a beauty pageant. Mark On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Christine Boese wrote

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Portfolios2

2008-02-24 Thread mark schraad
is highly over rated as a screening mechanism in interaction design. I think I can afford to pass on those sorts of opportunities. Mark On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Christine Boese wrote: Just to throw things in a slightly different direction, I'm wondering if folks on this list have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers?

2008-02-21 Thread mark schraad
Absolutely... so wish I had a second language! On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Chris Bernard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although today I would argue that doing a turn in Asia for a few years is equally if not more valuable.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers?

2008-02-21 Thread mark schraad
need more specific and deeper skill sets. I am not saying it is right or desirable, but it certainly seems the trend. Mark Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers?

2008-02-21 Thread mark schraad
And... the word seems to have gotten out that this position is ill defined and pays rather well. Like Andrei, I am getting resumes that are all over the mat and hardly qualified. Lots of people with a tech background and absolutely no design foundation. Mark On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM, W

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Means to an IxDA message? WAS: Re: Where are all the designers?

2008-02-21 Thread mark schraad
The only profession I see in a more unbalanced demand/supply position is the SEO specialist. On Feb 21, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Elizabeth Bacon wrote: There are simply more jobs than IxDs right now. We're all engaged in solving interesting problems, and the world is exploding with yet more

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Most Frequently Used Features in Microsoft Office

2008-02-20 Thread mark schraad
Doesn't it just make you want to shout out 'buzzword bingo'? On Feb 20, 2008 8:44 AM, W Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My biggest - one of them at least, axes to grind - is the use of in-language, jargon, bad metaphors and cliches. The most annoying one, however, is the use of sports

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Signup screen as the first screen?...tangent

2008-02-20 Thread mark schraad
Falling off my chair laughing. I worked all week to get 'catiwompus' into a client meeting. Today was the day. No real idea how to spell it. On Feb 20, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Steve Baty wrote: [Also: props on getting 'discombobulated' into a sentence. Not something I see every day :) ]

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers?

2008-02-20 Thread mark schraad
habits early with great companies. Life will limit the options for you soon enough - get after it early. Mark On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Ari Feldman wrote: The same goes for us in NYC! Rents in manhattan for a 250 sq ft studio are easily $1900 or more. A two bedroom apt in a good

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Password enforcement UI - good, bad or ugly?

2008-02-19 Thread mark schraad
is pretty harsh unless the sit has a lot of liability. Suggesting those as 'tips' for a more secure password offers the user a lot of flexibility. Mark On Feb 19, 2008 11:33 AM, Kenny Kutney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thought maybe I could garner some opinions on the usability of password

Re: [IxDA Discuss] friday fun: what's the coolest thing you've designed?

2008-02-15 Thread Mark Kot
The Interactive Wheel System: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/interactive.do Originally done in Director as a stand alone app. This year we tied it into the site and it is now done in Flash. Mark Welcome to the Interaction

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

2008-02-15 Thread mark schraad
, but funding ran out. Of course that was right about the time that visual basic was released (thanks Alan Cooper) and most developers thought they had everything they needed to do interface design for windows. I think it took another three years before I got my next UI project. Mark On Feb 15

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Analytics: Omniture SiteCatalyst

2008-02-13 Thread mark schraad
I do not spend a lot of time in Sitecatalyst, but I have an account and we have a bunch of folks that are eyeball deep into it every day. What I have found is that there is so much data, it is hard to extract information. Get trained, spend a bunch of time, and then try to sort out which

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

2008-02-13 Thread mark schraad
it will be a bit. Still, I am glad that you are pushing. Mark On Feb 13, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Alan Cooper wrote: Dave, I'm currently taking a welding class. To learn how to weld, I am making lines of weld-bead on sheets of scrap aluminum. This is a very useful pedagogic device. After a couple

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

2008-02-12 Thread mark schraad
-- Forwarded message -- From: mark schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 12, 2008 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote To: David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 12, 2008 9:43 AM, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Design is cultural to me

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

2008-02-12 Thread mark schraad
like it when we pair design on the front end with our process. Mark On Feb 12, 2008, at 2:15 AM, Jeff White wrote: There are ways to do real design in agile - incorporating user research, concept ideation, exploration critique, and true iteration based on things like usability testing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] look and feel

2008-02-11 Thread Mark Canlas
that is visual, except for the interactions. http://www.designobserver.com/archives/032084.html#comments -Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08

[IxDA Discuss] look and feel

2008-02-11 Thread mark schraad
There is an interesting editorial and follow up discussion regarding the term 'look and feel' - at the design observer (mostly a graph design blog). I have used the term many times when speaking to clients. To me it is everything about the site that is visual, except for the interactions.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Boolean AND OR in a graphical user interface

2008-02-11 Thread Mark Pawson
The most effective way is not to do it. We tested this in an Oil and Gas thick desktop app and concluded after many years that users may say they understand AND vs OR but they clearly do not. In one case we even parroted back a scenario asked for by geologists and engineeers in a usability test

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Working with Product Analysts/Manager

2008-02-10 Thread mark schraad
that they believe need to be met first and foremost. The user experience is, it seems, nearly always for sale in a rigidly structured, metric driven, corporate environment. This is short term thinking. Mark On Feb 10, 2008, at 10:14 AM, karen wrote: I was responding to the Cooper thread

[IxDA Discuss] Charles Owen and design thinking

2008-02-09 Thread mark schraad
Charles Owen and design thinking Unless you have been under a rock lately you know that the collaboration between IIT/ID and the Rotman school of business has created a dynamic and ground breaking partnership that has aggressively advance the worth and recognition of what we do as

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction 08 lifeline

2008-02-07 Thread mark schraad
There was some talk of having podcasts or other methods of participation... for those of us unable to attend. Has there been any progress there? If so, where would we find it? Thanks, Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [IxDA] Futures research education?

2008-02-02 Thread Mark Schraad
There are lots of books and examples out there regarding scenario planning. One of the best can be downloaded for free as a pdf from GBN. http://www.gbn.com/ArticleDisplayServlet.srv?aid=34550 Mark Plotting Your Scenarios An Introduction to the Art and Process of Scenario Planning December

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [IxDA] Futures research education?

2008-02-02 Thread Mark Schraad
...and speaking of Shell, they (are one of the few companies that) do a nice job of documenting the results of their planning. They create videos, booklets, and they publish extensively on the web. Annual reports are also good place to look for scenario artifacts.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Its all a bit confusing!

2008-02-02 Thread Mark Schraad
assets sought after. Mark On Feb 2, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Hi guys, I refer to the discussion on the difference between interface design, and interaction design. Im currently a second year student studying design futures, whilst my course is a good course it allows me

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Continuous Scroll

2008-01-30 Thread Mark Schraad
This is cool. The only downside is that users often use the scroll bar as an indicator of the longth of the page. This pretty much skews what is an important bit of feedback to the user. Mark On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at 09:05AM, Etkin Ciftci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As supported

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-30 Thread Mark Schraad
... and many of them already code. Dave, if the masters student already has a design undergrad degree, so they skip the first year? Mark On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:29 AM, dave malouf wrote: Hi Andrei, we're close. I think that the foundations taught in architecture and ID programs are quite specific

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
. On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at 12:13PM, W Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snark Beside turning the page of a brochure - what are some other types of interactions between a user and a brochure? Taking it out of the envelope? /snark On Jan 29, 2008 12:11 PM, Mark Schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
I agree entirely Jim. I know interaction designers that specialize in brochures. The definition of this group, as a desciption of self is getting a bit tiresome. Mark On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at 12:02PM, Jim Leftwich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The phrase interface design up to this point

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
Nicely framed Andrei. While have been pushing for broad sweeping inclusive definitions, it was pointed out to me that that approach greatly limits their usefulness. Perhaps if the majority is included, and it give a more finite description, we will be better off. Mark (trying to be less

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Criteria?

2008-01-26 Thread Mark Schraad
, but in this sense they often are. The do however see themselves as qualified to make many many design decisions. Mark On Jan 25, 2008, at 9:57 PM, David Malouf wrote: 1) People who have worked in and have been trained in the processes around studio/crit * this could be anyone who has either gone

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Criteria?

2008-01-26 Thread Mark Schraad
On Jan 26, 2008, at 11:28 AM, David Malouf wrote: On Jan 26, 2008 9:02 AM, Mark Schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A designer is a person the arranges elements in a final order for a specific purpose. Those elements can be visual, physical or conceptual. The designer develops a strategy

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Criteria?

2008-01-26 Thread Mark Schraad
in environments like what Dave is calling 'studio'. It can be amazing. Mark On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Adrian Howard wrote: On 26 Jan 2008, at 17:27, Mark Schraad wrote: [snip] Look at the roster of designers at IDEO, Cooper, Razorfish... and so many other firms. If you look up

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Criteria?

2008-01-26 Thread Mark Schraad
' - not their process. Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should web apps maintain state when moving between tabs

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Pawson
Well here is a wrench to throw into the works. I was working on a core UI architecture for an Oil and Gas application that had three tabs: Home, Search and Map. Our big debate was should the search results, which could be a huge spreadsheet view, be reflected on the map or should the map be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Criteria?

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Schraad
So Dave, Only because I know that you don't mind being put on the spot. How do you define who is a designer? What are the criteria? Mark On Friday, January 25, 2008, at 10:57AM, dave malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, (Kumbaya!) we are all Designers, great! (I actually think that most

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Myers Briggs, DISC, Personality of UX Folk

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Schraad
... but never felt anywhere close to conclusive as benchmarks. -Mark On Friday, January 25, 2008, at 11:06AM, Benjamin Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, DISC is NOT a rating. It only identifies what kind of basic personality someone has. Here's a link to my trainer: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interactio design?

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Schraad
I am on board. The friggin silos drive me nuts. Mark Schraad designer On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:56 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: Wipe out the entire design colony and start afresh and just name anyone who does work in any of these areas

[IxDA Discuss] biz dev

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Schraad
. Is this a collaborative process - or is it more waterfall.? Do you get enough input? Is there research done? Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] new features

2008-01-24 Thread Mark Schraad
wanting buy in from staff for some decisions (having a role in the decision process helps assure investment in the outcome) will the feature stick better if we tell them about it, or if they discover it. The later would acknowledge that users are subject to more than pure utility. Mark

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Correlation between product usability and stock price?

2008-01-24 Thread Mark Schraad
and forecastable success. I would LOVE to see this theory fortified with harder evidence... hmmm, what should I be doing nights and weekends... Mark On Thursday, January 24, 2008, at 09:51AM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=293 Tehann+Lax invested $50k in what

[IxDA Discuss] new features

2008-01-23 Thread Mark Schraad
out there?) - as opposed to directing their attention to it? Has anyone had this conversation or have insights to the issue? Thanks -Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-22 Thread Mark Schraad
the term UCD frequently to focus decision makers on the need for research. Mark On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 08:26AM, Jeff White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I'm selling the benefits of UCD to an executive, and my teammate is selling the benefits of data driven design or user interface engineering

[IxDA Discuss] design process - and my role

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
, and the needs exposed and defined through the research? Personally, I very much like sharing the vision, the process and the results. Mark David Malouf said: No, I'm not saying that I only want to be in a particular phase. I'm saying that ideation is more powerful part of the whole than

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
Seriously Andrei, you are saying that in order to be an interaction designer, the designer has to have the skills to code the prototype? Or, if they had someone else build the code, they really did not design it? On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:09 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: I would expect it to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] design process - and my role

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
Malouf was referring to, is much more complex. Every designer should have the opportunity for this sort of collaborative experience. On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Jack Moffett wrote: On Jan 20, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Mark Schraad wrote: Giving up the egocentric vision of 'I am THE designer

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
not. That is production, not design. Agreeing on when a process moves from design to production is likely critical to our agreeing on this issue. Mark *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
Good thought - let's move forward. User Centered Design (UCD) is an approach to the design process that emphasizes adding value to the end user as more important than the inclusion of specific technologies, monetization or other motivations. Hammer away... Mark On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:32 AM

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Schraad
the 'genius' label. The other aspect that is implied here is the singular vision for the deliverable - which is valuable in focus and efficiency of process. Mark On Jan 20, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Jim Leftwich wrote: I also just want to say right now at the start that I'll strongly oppose

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-19 Thread Mark Schraad
So - if I am designing the control mechanisms for an elevator that is electric and mechanical - I am not an interaction designer? I does seem odd to shift the definition from what we do, to what technology or medium we do it with. Mark On Jan 19, 2008, at 5:39 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things)

2008-01-18 Thread Mark Schraad
I'm in... On Friday, January 18, 2008, at 03:21PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can easily create a wiki or blog for you that you can do whatever you like with. We would appreciate that initiatives that are done in the ixDA name are kept under the ixda.org domain whether

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Training methods/training materials?

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Schraad
based upon your carefully guided lessons. This gives them buy in and ownership of the importance of usability in what they do. Mark On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 08:50AM, Tom Dell'Aringa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, My boss has asked me to do some usability training sessions for our

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MacBook Air

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Schraad
are doing say... print design and production with slower machines and less than 2Gig. Frankly, were I in the market for a new laptop right now, this would likely be my purchase. Mark On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 12:02PM, Ari Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i concur. this has cube

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MacBook Air

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Schraad
weight. But, and this is a big but, it is my second machine. I have a very fast workstation at my desk where I do most of the heavy lifting. All I am saying is that there is a market for this product and it is not the designer. Mark On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 12:14PM, Ari Feldman

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MacBook Air

2008-01-15 Thread Mark Schraad
go. Mark On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at 02:02PM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just blogged a short summary of the wicked feat of engineering after following the MacWorld Keynote http://toddwarfel.com/archives/macbook-air/ . It's really quite brilliant?no ethernet, no CD/DVD

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MacBook Air

2008-01-15 Thread Mark Schraad
as well as competitive reasons, is certainly not in conflict with UCD. User needs (wireless computing) are clearly driving the design. Mark On Jan 15, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: On Jan 15, 2008, at 2:26 PM, pauric wrote: also, not to sound like a broken record, but integrated

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