When it rains, it pours, and Adaptive Path has opportunities for
contract contributors across a range of projects and a range of time
frames (from 2 weeks to 24 weeks).
So, if you are a great
- UX Generalist (research/strategy/design)
- Interaction designer
- Visual designer
- Design
Henning Fischer, design strategist at Adaptive Path, was interviewed
about developing a mission statement and discusses a tool we use
frequently at Adaptive Path, the mad-lib like elevator pitch. It's a
place I begin when crafting a vision statement.
Register before July 1st to get early bird pricing. See the speaker
line up below and register here: http://www.uxweek.com/
UX Week 2009
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA
September 15-18
Early bird until July 1st = $2,195
With your FOPM discount = $1,865.75
I've spent a lot of time pulling
On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Vishal Iyer wrote:
Business model is most definitely *not* a part of design
Wow. This statement made me choke on my ale (I'm in London).
Business model is definitely part of the customer experience, as Jeff
Bezos so admirably pointed out:
Adaptive Path (my company) has conducted a wide variety of in-house
training for a wide variety of organizations.
We've often given our UX Intensive and Good Design Faster public
workshops as on-site training, tailored to an organizations' needs.
Two points:
1. I agree with Jared's concern.
In an earlier (and excellent) thread on this list about Strategic
Interaction Design http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=36819, I
wrote I think it might be harmful to equate 'strategy' with
'business' as many are doing here.
The point of an
You could spend tens of millions of dollars on placing advertising
that does little more than demo the product, the way Apple did with
iPhone.
(I'm only half-joking. It was a brilliant move on their part.)
--peter
On Jun 2, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Gretchen Anderson wrote:
Looking for some
Adaptive Path has just released it's latest RD Project
Mobile Literacy
Designing Mobile Technology for Emerging Markets
http://www.adaptivepath.com/mobileliteracy/
Through research done in the Kutch district in rural India, we
developed insights about what works (and, largely, what doesn't)
Like others, the destination screen was not immediately clear.
I didn't *get* that the large floaty letters next to the system map
were meant to map to the buttons. Also, it takes quite a bit of effort
to discern which destinations are aligned with which floaty letters.
I would do two
What about the mechanical buttons on the current BART kiosk
machines. Would
you touch them?
I actually depress them with my tongue.
--peter
Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
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Please RSVP on Upcoming:
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Beyond the Desktop: A Panel Discussion on Emergent Interaction Paradigms
Adaptive Path
363 Brannan Street
San Francisco, California 94107
Adaptive Path is hosting a discussion on Wednesday, April 8th titled,
Beyond the Desktop:
On Mar 30, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Dan Saffer wrote:
There are many products that have limited information architecture,
but a lot of interaction design:
- appliances and consumer electronics like stereos, digital cameras,
microwaves, etc.
Are you kidding me?
Have you used a digital camera
What has been reasonably suggested, I think, is that there is a
continuum of products: some of them require more IA than others,
some require more IxD than others. In the same way some projects
require more visual design than others. Your objection seems to be
that I dared say that the
In his recent blog post, Dan makes a comment I've heard elsewhere, and
would like to probe:
To call everyone who practices in the field user experience
designers is not only a web-centric attitude (where information
architecture and interaction design are more closely aligned than
Throughout all of this, what's most disconcerting is that a few people
who represent the early interests of these different communities
continue to operate as the primary voices of leadership, though their
perspectives are not shared by the broader communities they claim to
represent (at
When I said:
Thankfully, the membership demonstrates far more sense than the
leadership.
I did not mean the current leadership of the IAI or IxDA. From what
I've seen (which, admittedly, isn't much), current leadership gets
it more often than not.
--peter
On Mar 29, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Jon Kolko wrote:
==
I can agree that an experience is a personal thing that can no
more be
designed than love can be architected or happiness blueprinted. But
we *can*
create the affordances that suggest, coax, and guide users towards
experiences we designers
Please RSVP on Upcoming:
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Beyond the Desktop: A Panel Discussion on Emergent Interaction Paradigms
Wednesday April 8, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adaptive Path
363 Brannan Street
There have been clear and consistent signals over the last year that
I just wrote about field research and personas for HarvardBusiness.org
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/merholz/2009/03/the-best-way-to-understand-you.html
The heart of my message there is that the best way to understand your
customers is to Go To Them.
The follow on is that not everyone in
On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
I'm curious: what type of goals and metrics exist in your company
that are related to good user experience and good design? Do you
have goals metrics that are company-wide, team-wide and
individual?
I actually think this is really, startlingly,
I wrote about Siftables on my blog.
http://www.peterme.com/?p=735
In it I wrote,
...one thing we’re still really stuck on is the Single Screen
Interface. All of this activity is still geared toward a single
display, whether a TV, mobile device, a computer screen, or a wall.
(Seeing
Dan's and Christopher's lists are the best, though I wonder what the
following people have designed that warrants inclusion:
| - Hugh Dubberly
- Jaron Lanier
- Ted Nelson
- Terry Winograd
- Herbert Simon
- Claude Shannon
- Marvin Minsky
If you're going to include Tim Berners-Lee, I think
On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Christina Wodtke wrote:
... you could even simplify that to Strategy is the
plan for how to
I'm wary of reducing strategy to just the plan, because, as we all
know, plans often (usually?) need to be changed once you start acting.
That's why philosophy and
[yes, this is cross-posted]
Adaptive Path has announced it's entire slate of 2009 in-person
events, and we're offering a range of topics, price points, and
locations. Here are the events with their current pricing (regular
pricing in parenthesis).
February 5: Managing Design Projects,
I will chime in and say that Andrew Otwell's comments are probably the
most appropriate for the 2nd Ed of D4I, given the primer-like nature
of the book.
I think it might be harmful to equate strategy with business as
many are doing here. I think the magic of D4I is approaching IxD in
an
In repeated posts, William Brall asked:
What is the excuse for this? Other than that people are used to it?
I think there are two factors at play. On the outside, they appear as
the laziness that Jared identified, but I think it's something
different. It's more of an organizational
Between now and the end of the year, you can get 15% off the
registration price of any Adaptive Path event, simply by using the
promotional code RNSB (for Register Now, Save Big).
http://adaptivepath.com/events/
Of particular interest to the IxDA audience, I highlight the following
This discussion on UCD/ACD has been both frustrating and enlightening.
The single biggest thing it demonstrates to me is just how thin our
understanding of theory is, and the impact that theory has on how we
work.
What do I mean by theory? Theory is a robust conceptual framework that
Regardless, I think my main and more important point is that activity
centered design feels soul-less to me. It's motivation as I've heard
people
describe it here and other places is discount UCD (getting to the
point
quickly).
I would argue that UCD, as typically practiced, is soulless,
Folks--
Many things are happening with our events over at Adaptive Path. Use
the promotional code FOPM when registering for any of these and
receive 15% off.
On August 6th, Brandon will be presenting a live virtual seminar on
“Showing the Value of UX.”
[Apologies for cross-posting]
Tomorrow, July 16, at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern, 5pm GMT) my
colleagues Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson will be giving a virtual
seminar on their Ten Tips for Managing A Creative Environment:
http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/jul/
In this talk, you'll learn
I was just about to respond with almost exactly what Jared said,
though with far fewer links to Jared's material.
Persuasion is inherent in design, particularly interaction design,
particularly web design. Along with Jared's research, I suggest
dipping into the work that BJ Fogg has been
IxDA folks--
A plug for Adaptive Path's UX Week 2008, taking place August 12-15 in
San Francisco.
http://uxweek.com/
Early registration ends June 30.
Each day covers a distinct aspect of UX design and practice:
* Day 1: Fundamentals of User Experience
* Day 2: Service and Media Design
[excuse the cross-posting]
Just a reminder that tomorrow Adaptive Path is hosting the Queens of
Content for a two-fer presentation at our offices at 363 Brannan.
Details here (and please use Upcoming to let us know if you're coming!)
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/668376
We start with
[excuse the cross-posting]
Just a reminder that tomorrow Adaptive Path is hosting the Queens of
Content for a two-fer presentation at our offices at 363 Brannan.
Details here (and please use Upcoming to let us know if you're coming!)
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/668376
We start with
[excuse the crossposting]
We're celebrating the release of SUBJECT TO CHANGE: CREATING GREAT
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD, and you're all invited!
All four authors will be present (one lives in Austin, now), so it's a
special chance to meet, greet, and get books signed by
There's nothing on TeeVee I've seen recently that's blown me away,
from a work related standpoint, than the description of The Uncanny
Valley on 30 Rock:
http://www.gamewithabrain.com/2008/04/25/news/30-rock-tackles-uncanny-valley-with-worlds-first-porn-video-game
--peter
IxDers--
At Adaptive Path, we've got two upcoming events of potential interest
here, and the prices for both increase April 30.
UX Intensive - Minneapolis, June 16-19
http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/jun/
This is our four-day, hand-on, skills-building event, each day
covering a
Well, now I definitely must join the thread.
A few comments throughtout:
I think Rick's original article was pretty much full of it, and little
more than an expression of small-minded designer thinking. The thing
that most amused me is that after he quotes me (out of context, and
with no
On April 9, come to Adaptive Path's offices (363 Brannan Street) for
not one, but TWO glorious presentations.
The information is also on Upcoming.org, and if you do plan on coming,
please say you are attending or watching there.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/466964
The headliners are Jan
On April 9, come to Adaptive Path's offices (363 Brannan Street) for
not one, but TWO glorious presentations.
The information is also on Upcoming.org, and if you do plan on coming,
please say you are attending or watching there.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/466964
The headliners are Jan
Hey all--
[and apologies for cross-posting]
Tomorrow night Adaptive Path is hosting an after-work soiree at Hotel
Tomo in San Francisco. We're celebrating the completiion of our first
day of our UX Intensive, and would love the Bay Area UX Community to
join us!
When: 5:30-7:00pm, Tuesday,
Johnny Lee will be presenting and demoing his Wiimote hacks at
Adaptive Path's UX Week 2008 conference this year.
http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/aug/
--peter
On Jan 30, 2008, at 6:16 PM, John Vaughan wrote:
Just got this in off the wire from a longtime colleague:
A penny and a
Institutees--
Early bird pricing for MX: Managing Experience Through Creative
Leadership ends on Sunday. It takes place April 20-22 at the Mark
Hopkins.
http://adaptivepath.com/events/2008/apr
I invite you to join us in San Francisco for this year’s conference,
where we’ll explore the
Ooh! This is an easy one.
There's no such thing as a User-Centered Design process.
User-centered design is a philosophy, a sensibility, not a process.
--peter
On Nov 27, 2007, at 5:52 PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. wrote:
I know I'm asking for a war here, but let's try it anyway. I think
if we
IxDAers--
Adaptive Path is celebrating its time in Beautiful British Columbia
with an evening of drinks and socializing in downtown Vancouver.
Tuesday, November 13.
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Relish Restaurant Lounge - 888 Nelson Street
Drinks are on us!
We hope to see you there!
--peter
And when the SF-IxDA event is done, why not come by Adaptive Path
(363 Brannan, between 2nd and 3rd) for our open house? We're talking
projects and serving beer. Probably be going until ~10pm
--peter
Welcome to the Interaction
Chris, I think you've put forth a pretty narrow view of design
management.
What's more, I'm not sure that managing a design team requires much
business-specific education anyway. It takes a lot of talent and
the ability to do many things other than hands-on design, of course.
But most
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