Send me an email and I'll put a few contact emails through to you.
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A great hi fi of an Android phone and interface elements here:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/18/android-gui-psd-vector-kit/
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I work in the medical software space. The biggest problem is not how
to display the information (UI, etc.; socially or cloud etc.) but how
to convert all the static data out there into one format.
I don't think governments can mandate it. I don't think it's going
to ever happen because there are
I have a family friend who does patent applications and drawings for a
group of lawyers. There are very specific guidelines you must follow
and I found most of them here:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/design/rules.html
I recommend you search uspto.gov thoroughly and even consult with a
It's not Wave but the protocol it uses, XMPP, that Google is trying
to leverage with this new app. If more devs jump on the bandwagon,
Google controls yet another platform for communication.
I have only seen the demo video for Wave but even with that small
view I get the impression it's just a
http://www.netflix.com
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=rating
(discusses download.com rating pattern)
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.ebay.com
iTunes - song/track rating (circles become stars when you click and
drag across)
Almost any site that sells stuff also has
I recommend Magento's shopping cart experience:
http://www.magento.com. Just implemented it and it has a great
breadcrumb-style checkout process so you always know what step
you're on.
Have you looked at various Pattern sites like Quince or Welie.com?
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Found more here in IBM's UCD pages on their website:
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/ucd/ucd.html#gettingstarted
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I have to say I get a lot of inspiration from motorcycle design.
Ducati is a big example, however it's the relationship between user
and machine that seems so refined and perfectly researched that
intrigues me.
The motorcycle and rider are useless without each other - it's a
symbiotic
Not much out there, it's true, probalby because Interaction Design as
a discipline is relatively new. However, all is not lost - two ideas:
1. This site has a good explanation and a basis for a vision:
http://www.ixda.org/en/about_ixdg/what_is_interaction_design.shtml
2. Go to
Three personas for iPhones in a hospital setting:
Clinician (doctor or nurse)
Clerk (admin assistant/non clinical)
System Admin (IT)
Check out Capzule.com for lots of good iPhone screenshots for the
medical space:
http://capzule.com/
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Others have done eye-tracking, it's not new - bank on their
experience! In particular, check out Jakob Nielsen's F shaped
pattern for Reading Web Content
(http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html) and LukeW
(http://www.lukew.com/).
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Why reinvent the wheel when there are so many tools out there that do
this? Atlassian's Jira and Replicon work well together to manage
developer workflow.
Besides that, I like your design. It's clean, with good contrast and
actually uses color. Replicon doesn't use color all that well, with
just
The one gripe I have with Replicon that I hope your system addresses
is being able to carry work from previous weeks forward to the
current week.
Right now I have to start from scratch every week and it's a big
pain. I charge .5 hour just to fill in my timesheet because of this.
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I say whatever you do, do it consistently and the user will get it.
Even interfaces and navigational elements that break the mold do so
with a purpose; no matter how much grunge or web 2.0 is applied
to the situation.
Regarding the point about the Cancel button, I say leave it in. There
are many
My opinion is that Interaction Design doesn't influence or manipulate
behavior it facilitates it; simplifies it.
Read my full opinon here:
http://thesalon.blogspot.com/search?q=bokardo
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This person was laid off which implies he/she was an employee. As
such, he/she has no rights to the artwork created. In fact, they need
to get permission to display that work in a portfolio because it's
proprietary information.
Where did people get the idea that there's a contract involved in
Also, yes you can be sued if you display work that's not owned by you
and claim it as your own. Most of the time we just get a free pass...
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Please don't forget to pick a design partner as well! Unfortunately
many IxD sites suffer from design envy. Let's rise above! :D
Good work on the raising of funds. I put in my $5 to the cause.
We've started building the Auckland, New Zealand IxDA (or at least
thoughts of one day having it) and
No offense, but your app doesn't seem to do anything Powerpoint
doesn't do? And the Olive XP style for screenshots? A bit Fugly.
It's all arrows.
What sets this app apart? What makes it remarkable?
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I'm a graphic designer turned web designer turned IxDer and I can say
the pencil paper thing definitely is core to graphic design.
Basically, Get away from the computer if you really want to be
creative.
As Bill Buxton says in Sketching User Experiences: Designers
can sketch, non designers
I'll just quote Bill Buxton here from Sketching User Experiences:
Those who saw multiple designs gave us more critical comments. A
few even rejected one of the designs (something extremely rare in
studies that only evaluate one design, and therefore very
significant). But constructive
Over here Marketing Team and the software look and feel are entirely
separate. Marketing strictly handles how the overall product is
presented to customers and potential customers.
The connecting force really is the brand standards. We actually have
a hired team whose sole focus is to redesign
I love this post! It's very pertinent to what the design team I'm on
is dealing with, particularly communicating requirements to
developers.
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As an American in New Zealand and former member of AIGA I have my own
perspective on this.
There are a lot of parallels between the two orgs, but I think IxD
tries to separate itself from graphic design/look and feel
per se. Our aim is the interaction, not the exact look of that
interaction.
We discussed this very issue in my department recently.
We decided that it's a balance between security and usability. What
typical user wants to have a password 10chars long with a capital
and a special character? A short list:
1. Someone going to their banking site
2. Someone accessing tax
I'd love to see this data as well.
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Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To
http://www.cooper.com has a few videos on their blog regarding
integrating agile and Goal Directed Design, but I have yet to hear
anything more conclusive than, let's all just get along.
The IxD team I'm on has decided regular check-ins are what we
need to work better with our Dev department, but
I recommend Visual Studio, but also use Balsamiq Mockups
http://www.balsamiq.com to mock up your sites/web apps. MSFT's
Express versions of their apps are also great, and valid for business
use.
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Francis Norton sent me this (IxD at IBM). Definitely worth
mentioning. I wonder if this works with Waterfall process as well?
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Some great IxD Patterns sites which will help you with patterns and
terminology:
http://www.welie.com
http://ui-patterns.com/
There's many more out there. Just look up Interaction Design
Patterns.
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Movie sites usually have good carousels. Some other good carousel
patterns here:
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=carrousel
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I'm continually impressed with Balsamiq mockups. It's a wonderful
tool for not only mock ups but for planning for mock ups as well, eg.
wireframing.
Sign up to the blog and you'll get free templates, the most notable
being the iPhone-centric ones, but there are many others.
I do love Fireworks
The Senior Interaction Designers and I have created a system where we
order our project process by the 6 Cooper Steps.
What I've done, especially with the latest HUGE project I'm working
on, is to work backwards. Sounds strange, but imagine the finished
design, even if it's just a box on a visio
Are your findings posted to the web? I'd love to see some as we're
grappling with the User Centered Design vs. Agile problem right now;
trying to integrate the two.
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Genius Design = Intelligent Design.
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Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To
Ask them how many engineers use their software.
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Welcome to the Interaction Design Association
*Development style. * More and more engineering-driven places are
using Agile and Agile-esque approaches such as Scrum for development.
This can make it challenging to meet big-picture needs such as UX
IA. It is indeed possible, however.
I'd love to learn more about this; maybe I'll start
Ah yes, strategy. :)
At my company there are no Project Managers (insane, right?!) so we
IxDers are tasked with inital Project Management (ie. strategy).
Ignoring that whole can of worms, I think IxD can serve as the
initial strategists for a project and probably shoud, by definition.
Where the
You should have a look at Air New Zealand's in flight entertainment
system. It was designed by Al Cooper, I believe. Is very usable and
is a great example of IxD.
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I'd follow Alan Cooper's advice on this one: Make the interface give
the user data instantly, like the view screen fighter pilots use.
Make a toolbar that gives the user these messages. The user rolls
over a tool and the message toolbar lets him/her know what the button
is for.
Optimally your
Hi! I'm new to the field as well, but I'm a Web Designer by trade.
I've found two books by Alan Cooper especially helpful, as he's a
proponent of Interaction Design:
The Inmates are Running the Asylum and About Face I (there's
three books that I know of in the About Face series).
Go to Alan
Twitter is fantastic if you are moving to a new country! I'm moving
to New Zealand 11/12/08 and it's been invaluable connecting with my
fellow web designers and interaction designers.
I've met two recruiters there as well, one of which has gotten me to
the 2nd interview at a company that has a
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