[IxDA Discuss] What will thousands of CPU cores unlock?

desktop? Here's some food for thought: http://edge.org/3rd_culture/anderson08/anderson08_index.html Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In this island, ever

[IxDA Discuss] Zoomii: Google Maps -like interaction in a bookstore

What do you think? - Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In this island, everything happens for a reason." - John Locke, LOST Welco

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

/wireframes/ This is a fantastic stencil set. Thank you for the tip! Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In this island, everything happens for a reason." - John L

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why haven't video calls taken off

cause the room is likely to be free of outsiders. Video also helps to interpret who's speaking. In private calls it's obvious. Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In this island,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you think: Is participating in a poll "social networking"?

on between people - but it is something that a group of people participate in, even though they simply cast a vote. Thoughts? Participating in this poll is "social networking" to me. Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +35

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Raising awareness for Interaction Design in a corporate IT company

de of same VW components? People aren't rational - people rationalize. That's so obvious when we're talking about sales and marketing. Hence, try to make it equally obvious when you're talking about design. How much does it cost to not do it? Good luck! - Petteri -- Pet

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How to design a useful FAQs page?

minated with the FAQ. The next 80 percent can be reduced if you repeat the most frequent answers just next to the phone number. Ideally, you don't need the FAQ page(s). But in reality you of course do, because many people expect you to have them. Good luck! - Petteri -- Petteri Hiisil

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Spatial reasoning and spatial memory

book uses language as a window to human nature. In this speech he explains why such approach can be a good idea: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/164 Also, his older book "How the Mind Works" is an eye-opener. Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija /

Re: [IxDA Discuss] "Gathering" requirements (was: NN/g IxD immersion course)

equirements were there to collect like flowers from weeds. Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated." - Tim Peters

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User stories vs. user personas

ion that improves the current situation and is compatible with human goals as described in the persona? Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simple is better than complex. Complex is better

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Reductionism

goals can be achieved, which problems are blocking the way, how to break the problems into parts, and how to organize their solutions into blueprints. Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä palvelumuotoilija / Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[IxDA Discuss] Do you recommend Expression Blend?

best practices for creating experiences that are anything but lowest-common-denominator.") 2) Did it help the team to come up with better results in the end? Did you save time? 3) Do you recommend Expression Blend? Why? Thank you for your time, - Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Adding Depth to Skills

ook "Marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held". (Quote by Oliver Morton, The New Yorker - which I agree with - so read the books in that order, if you want to study breadth-first :) Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Se

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Three kinds of design

2 groups. If you bow to the sales force, you have to bend over to the buyers, and vice versa. In the end they have to agree on the same price, so there is a design target - the value of the exchange. (Beliefs * Desires) = Value? Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior In

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Define the "User Centered Design" process

, such as organizational processes or material/information flow design (when applicable) is all part of the behavior of the new solution. I hesitate to call that user- centered. User-directed, maybe. But goal-directed feels better. Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior Interaction Designer

Re: [IxDA Discuss] persona is a tool to "feel the pain" of the activity

And the version 1.0 can be quite good. Everything you need - for starters, nothing you don't - at first. All this isn't mean to say that you can't design without personas. Sure you can. But when used with care, I've found that they save a lot of time, create better

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA's Annual Board Meeting

ake a page that displays the latest entries _which have something to do with IxD_ ? Maybe the smart masses who can code, could solve this for the rest of us?-) Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simple i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA's Annual Board Meeting

u look back to 2007, has there been any mainstream stories in the mainstream media that would mention good behavior as the main driver for why a product or a service has made a difference? Best, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Data Visualisation

riodic_table/periodic_table.html Thanks, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated." - Tim Peters _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Target.com Loses Accessibility Law Suit

with making technology accessible, and I like standards, but suing companies for not reaching such an arbitrary bar is questionable. Best, Petteri -- Petteri Hiisilä Senior Interaction Designer iXDesign / +358505050123 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simple is better t