[IxDA Discuss] Password reset / retrieval Best Practices?

2009-02-09 Thread SPatrick
Hi all, Can anyone point me to a resource on best practices for password reset/retrieval? Does anyone have any good information to share? Thanks! Susan Patrick User Interface Designer III The Midland Company - CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This e-mail

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

2008-04-18 Thread SPatrick
At the Information Architecture conference in Miami last week, Jared Spool imparted that eye tracking is just fluff to get the executives excited about UCD he doesn't value it as a science beyond the obvious. We already know that people don't look at advertisements and avoid certain areas of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] biz dev

2008-01-25 Thread SPatrick
I yell OUT OF SCOPE and run away. :-) Seriously though, the process changes based on the importance (cost) of the project. For low-cost projects, I will gather everyone in a room for a few hours, brainstorm, write on the whiteboard until we have our first design - very collaborative, very little

[IxDA Discuss] Gadgets are great... if your customers can figure them out.

2008-01-09 Thread SPatrick
Here's a good article from The Consumerist... it states that consumers often return electronic gadgets under the assumption that they don't work, when in fact, they just can't figure out how they work to the tune of $14 billion per year. It just gets easier and easier to find work ;)