Re: [IxDA Discuss] Making a web application feel like a native application

2010-02-15 Thread Rich Rogan
! Ciao! Rich Rogan -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Miles Lennon mol2...@gmail.com wrote: For my latest project, I want to make the web application look and feel like a native one. I don't want the user to feel as though he

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good RUP Resources when it comes to UI Documentation, etc.?

2010-02-08 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sketching before the Wireframes

2010-02-02 Thread Rich Rogan
. That I should be doing wireframes within the drawing program. What are your suggestions and thoughts on this issue? -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?

2010-01-26 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Reloaded: Forrester's Take on IA

2010-01-25 Thread Rich Rogan
, a bunch of accountants and lawyers? It's a good thing and time for Design to go for C level, and CEO level in all enterprises! Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Peter Morville morvi...@semanticstudios.com wrote: I've added

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?

2010-01-25 Thread Rich Rogan
Master probably isn't the best role. Successes with scrum I've had revolve around teams being pragmatic not dogmatic in regards to Agile methodologies, I think this is the overarching key that will lead to success. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Sun, Jan

Re: [IxDA Discuss] somebody knows a available graphic design job? I\'m desperate....please give me some information\'s or ideas

2010-01-13 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] are we an early indicator of economic recovery?

2009-12-18 Thread Rich Rogan
in high demand can be an early indicator of economic recovery. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dear CEO:

2009-10-06 Thread Rich Rogan
this communication which have nothing to do with UX, (see virtually all Agile Development processes). -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Documentation requirements

2009-08-07 Thread Rich Rogan
a bit of artistic look and feel UI, or for example: developing a kiosk UI. OK hope this helps, Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:57 AM, shivan kannan shivan.kan...@gmail.comwrote: I understand creating the following different

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Just Because You Can Innovate Doesn\'t Mean You Should

2009-08-07 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Choosing best colors for \highlighted\ text

2009-07-23 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Biz models and design Re: Shaun Inman's Fever

2009-06-19 Thread Rich Rogan
to a trivial and inconsequential level. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Biz models and design Re: Shaun Inman's Fever

2009-06-18 Thread Rich Rogan
as designers have a lot to contribute toward thinking through business model implications. Business models do affect User Experience, but this something that we need to work with the business teams. -Vishal -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Young Designer Seeking Advice

2009-06-08 Thread Rich Rogan
books are the most relevant. Good Luck! Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Conan Team to IXDA members]: Paying job posts to fund IXDA activitiesother issues

2009-05-19 Thread Rich Rogan
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[IxDA Discuss] Any NYC'ers see the planes flying low in Manhattan now?

2009-04-27 Thread Rich Rogan
Any NYC'ers see the planes flying low in Manhattan now? Looking for something on the news and there's nothing. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any NYC'ers see the planes flying low in Manhattan now?

2009-04-27 Thread Rich Rogan
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Rich Rogan jrro...@gmail.com wrote: Any NYC'ers see the planes flying low in Manhattan now? Looking for something on the news and there's nothing. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dead polar bears (was: UX Challenge organizers must be insane)

2009-03-04 Thread Rich Rogan
altogether. If we want to set it up as a skill-honing event, it needs to be open and inclusive-- perhaps a rockstar or two could serve as judges... -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Infrastructure Initiative, re-launched

2008-12-16 Thread Rich Rogan
://tinyurl.com/5r33be lists them all. (We'll be embedding this form into our website soon!) So, if you see this call for contributors and want to help out in any of these areas, please feel free to submit your info indicate that! -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Infrastructure Initiative, re-launched

2008-12-16 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Infrastructure Initiative, re-launched

2008-12-15 Thread Rich Rogan
, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Elizabeth Bacon li...@elizabethbacon.comwrote: Dear IxDA Members, I'm pleased to be re-launching an initiative dedicated to delivering next-generation infrastructure for IxDA.org. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Topic: Interaction Design Pattern - Chessboard layout

2008-12-15 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visual Design Candidates

2008-12-02 Thread Rich Rogan
the designer understand what could be developed and what would be well received by the team and users. Being on location helped immensely. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can good design save the world?

2008-10-29 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Initiated Save vs. Implicit Save

2008-10-17 Thread Rich Rogan
action, such as Save. We also have the case of different execution options of initial Save VS Discard and interim Save VS Undo VS Discard. And lastly there's the interim Save VS Submit, with Submit being an actual and necessary Finalization step, (leads to workflow, etc). -- Joseph Rich Rogan

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Finally! My Prayers Will Be Answered. In 3 years.

2008-10-14 Thread Rich Rogan
premium prices to keep your margins higher than your competitor. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Auto-suggest on Web Apps

2008-08-22 Thread Rich Rogan
) Fields that contain this feature are difficult to differentiate from those that do have it. Unless I start typing I won't know that I have this feature available. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive prototyping

2008-07-30 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] adding nodes to a navigation tree?

2008-07-29 Thread Rich Rogan
. This would imply that you wold need a single top level system node in order to create the highest level node. This seems to be reasonably standard interaction, (see Window Explorer). Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] turning freelance work into a sustainable design business

2008-07-28 Thread Rich Rogan
, let the business coffers rise and fall with the tide. Just a few ideas. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: how will rising gas prices affect e-commerce?

2008-07-17 Thread Rich Rogan
years back I worked with a large fulfilment co. and I believe even back then the conventional wizdom was that high gas = more internet purchases. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Anyone attending the IOForum conference in NYC on the 15th?

2008-07-07 Thread Rich Rogan
them for their projects? -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hiding and Disabling Menu Items

2008-07-02 Thread Rich Rogan
want to play? -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hiding and Disabling Menu Items

2008-07-02 Thread Rich Rogan
not be there (feedback - system has bugs, what changed/somethings broken), VS when we disabled the button this reinforced that entity x didn't have this functioanlity. Rich On 7/2/08, Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 2, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Rich Rogan wrote: I'd have to agree with what I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hiding and Disabling Menu Items

2008-07-02 Thread Rich Rogan
when considering features to which not all user roles have access. Leaving those showing but disabled can be frustrating. Paul Eisen Principal User Experience Architect tandemseven -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices vs. Patterns

2008-07-01 Thread Rich Rogan
), are nothing more then a grab bag of design concepts, which by chance may or may not work well together. Also I wouldn't consider Patterns an evaluation tool, hopefully you come up with the patterns upfront and utilize them in your designs. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] And now a completely different take on design

2008-07-01 Thread Rich Rogan
Is there any good design that's not at least initiated by one crazzy guy, (or gal)? Rich On 6/30/08, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's really one man thinking a crazy idea - wanted Senior Crazy Idea Man. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals

2008-06-23 Thread Rich Rogan
ideas, it's debatable the efficiency of this method. I'd say it's better if striving to Advance a Field is coupled with a real problem to solve, within a real business environment. And it's Prima donna. ;) (this doesn't get caught in my spell check ;) -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals

2008-06-20 Thread Rich Rogan
, (in a make it happen type of world). -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Changing from Web apps to Enterprise software apps

2008-06-05 Thread Rich Rogan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Something do to in New York, June 5

2008-06-04 Thread Rich Rogan
://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ I saw it on Sat, and it was great, very different then a regular art exhibit... Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Something do to in New York, June 5

2008-06-04 Thread Rich Rogan
Got to break it to you... Brooklyn is definitely where it's at in NYC :) On 6/4/08, Kim Bieler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is everyone intent on sending me to Brooklyn? Is Manhattan no longer cool enough? -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

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

2008-05-08 Thread Rich Rogan
)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design in an Agile Environment

2008-04-21 Thread Rich Rogan
.. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design in an Agile Environment

2008-04-21 Thread Rich Rogan
a team together and involving the clients/users/devs/designers right from the start. Laura Francis -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fighting trolls

2008-03-27 Thread Rich Rogan
wouldn't want to hamper this. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http

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

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Rogan
, this is not going to stop, although it will probably slow down. Keeping all this in mind, 2001 was like the great depression for Tech, 2008 will still probably suck :( -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] OT: Who's Your City?

2008-03-24 Thread Rich Rogan
in these spiky places, along with proximity, overcomes many obstacles. Rich On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:59:44, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My #1 conclusion so far has been cultural differences around communication styles. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http

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

2008-03-18 Thread Rich Rogan
isn't there, you should really question whether you should be there. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] row selection and interaction in a table or list

2008-02-27 Thread Rich Rogan
) in a table most of the time. However once we get into the discussion of interaction consistency, it gets more complicated. I would like to know if anyone has done any research in this area. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

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

2008-02-21 Thread Rich Rogan
a shout if you want to find a mega deal great neighbourhood in NYC. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Reliability of affinity diagrams

2008-02-15 Thread Rich Rogan
perrspective this could be done via a prototype. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

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

2008-02-15 Thread Rich Rogan
. Wait a minute, did you ask what was the most notorious product you ever worked on? (PS. the software works great, the gaming of it is another thing.) there are some heavy hitters on this list and i'm sure everyone is curious what some people here have done. any takers? -- Joseph Rich Rogan

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Less talking, more doing (was: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote)

2008-02-13 Thread Rich Rogan
forum brings out both nonsence and diamonds for you to mine. I couldn't get the diamonds just working hard and doing a good job in iscolation. Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sources for Design Inspiration

2008-02-13 Thread Rich Rogan
PROTECTED] wrote: Once you've settled in on a wireframe or layout, where do you go/ what do you do to seek inspiration when defining/designing the color space, palette, aesthetic, icons, (look feel :-P ) etc.? B Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

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

2008-02-12 Thread Rich Rogan
the first few iterations, leaving the GUI alone for a bit. All in all design can jump on the Agile bandwagon, and be a good team player, one key ingredient is the rest of the team needs to be flexible as to the inherent baggage design brings with it. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc

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

2008-02-12 Thread Rich Rogan
with a holistic and deeply forward thinking view. -- dave Agreed totally with your last statement, but this in no way negates Design working with Agile methodologies. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Video of Interaction08

2008-02-11 Thread Rich Rogan
This would be fantastic, as so many people woud've liked to go, but couldn't, (me being one), and really want to keep up on the findings. Thanks Dave -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com *Come to IxDA

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

2008-02-11 Thread Rich Rogan
related, the designer becomes both PM and Designer, so it's a good idea to loop in PM's for advice. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to go backwards

2008-02-08 Thread Rich Rogan
Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:17:20, Simon Asselbergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear paintgrl99, First off all, nice you are joining at interaction08. Back in the old days I was considered a thought leader. You still are. You just have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Customizing Components

2008-02-06 Thread Rich Rogan
better is a lot better then a little worse ;) Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ratio of designers to developers

2008-01-22 Thread Rich Rogan
) -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ratio of designers to developers

2008-01-22 Thread Rich Rogan
with a team of 50 engineers. It would either the designers are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of what needs to spec'd and designed, or the engineers are sitting around creating their own design if there is a lack of work spec'd out, or both. -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A question in this year's business trends

2008-01-07 Thread Rich Rogan
... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-26 Thread Rich Rogan
Seasons Greetings all from the peanut gallery of workers working on Christmas, with nothing better to do then comment on the state of ID: In response to Murli's thoughtful Straw Man theory and Katie's Copy Paste abilities; Design does mean a lot of things for sure, but it's not undefinable,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-19 Thread Rich Rogan
I think the foremost talent needed in being an Interaction Designer is the ability to Design, defining Design as the ability of creative problem solving in a spacial manner for users. I think this aspect of spacial design for users skill can further be broken down into the ability to design for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing for CMS

2007-12-06 Thread Rich Rogan
One of my previous projects dealt with design for an in house built CMS app. The company had reviewed many CMS solutions, and came to the conclusion that it was easier/better/cheaper to develop one from scratch. I was pretty sceptical with the Build VS Buy approach as CMS apps can be very

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UI Architect vs. Business Manager

2007-11-29 Thread Rich Rogan
Hi Elizabeth, Your job description seems somewhat common to what I've experienced in various places. IA's/UX'ers can wear many hats. Presently I'm the owner of UI design and User Experience, which involves flushing out all requirements which are executed or displayed via the GUI. Along with this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] large tables and lists with lots of columns - where are the best practices?

2007-11-27 Thread Rich Rogan
Hi Frank, I've had the same issues in several jobs. Given the premise that you've got to display the info, there's a number of ways I've dealt with this in the past, the best solution is always on a case by case basis: 1. Have Hide/Show options per column 2. Have initial columns fixed, then

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where does the usability department belong?

2007-11-12 Thread Rich Rogan
I've been in different orgs where usability/interface design/interaction design/information architecture was aligned with various other departments and each alignment had it's issues: Align with Business, (BA's) - functional requirements usurp user centric requirements Align with Marketing -

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Paper is not a prototyping tool

2007-11-12 Thread Rich Rogan
My main beef on this thread is that goofy statements are made, (paper is not a prototyping tool and the only way to design complex software is with high fidelity prototyping), and then these statements are backed up with mumbo jumbo speak, posturing to be enlightened thinking, and then double

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Paper is not a prototyping tool

2007-11-12 Thread Rich Rogan
so fast that it is often a different skill set with big picture vision VS guru level latest coding techniques. Have you never heard of great architects who were not AutoCad geniuses? On 11/12/07, Andrei Herasimchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 12, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Rich Rogan wrote

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Paper is not a prototyping tool

2007-11-09 Thread Rich Rogan
Is this thread related to the idea the Paper is not a Prototyping tool? Or is this a semantic discussion on the boundaries of job/skill description? As far as the statement Paper is not Prototyping Tool this really seems like a ridiculous statement. Mustard on a hot dog bun could be used as a

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

2007-11-01 Thread Rich Rogan
Dumping Agile in the mix... My overwhelming experience has been that regardless of what design deliverable ID's creates, having proximity, dialogue and iteration with various stakeholders, during the design cycles is the key to success. Throwing design deliverables over the wall, regardless of

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

2007-10-31 Thread Rich Rogan
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dmitry Nekrasovski Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:49 AM To: Rich Rogan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Alan Cooper on Software Design: Code=Design? Amen Rich. While reading this article

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

2007-10-30 Thread Rich Rogan
In Coopers article he seems to Jump the Shark, (makes assumptions that have little relevance to most companies I've worked for), when he writes: Of course you can see how both of these problems, (engineers don't know how/can't follow design), would stem from the same root: if a programmer has