[IxDA Discuss] [event] UX Brighton: Local Remote Usability Testing

2008-08-18 Thread Danny Hope
(Apologies for the cross-post.) Tomorrow night, Brighton, UK: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1010045 -- This sessions focusses on 2 new products for 2 types of usability testing: 1) Guerilla Usability Testing with Silverback (Andy Budd) Usability tests are an excellent way of discovering

[IxDA Discuss] Oz-IA/2008 - discounts for IXDA members

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Scheid
Hi everyone, Oz-IA invites your participation to this premier Australian event on Information Architecture for the web. Join us in Sydney on the weekend of September 20th-21st, 2008, for two incredible days of presentations, panels, and networking with information architects from across Australia

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-18 Thread Itamar Medeiros
A few people would agree with me that the initial shock of having to learn everything again tells us that it was quite a bold move for Microsoft to try this approach. But my first impression of the Fluent User Interface model is that its strongest contribution to the user experience is to boost

Re: [IxDA Discuss] calling people for IxD education initiatives

2008-08-18 Thread Sachin Ghodke
I have been trying hard to find online certificate courses for me educate myself with and have come up with nothing so far that match my criterion. Also there are not many or practially not any to the level here in India that one would want to educate one with IxD credentials. Can you let me know

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Activities of Usability team

2008-08-18 Thread Guillermo Ermel
Thanks a lot. I'll take that into account. Best regards, Guillermo 2008/8/18 Melvin Jay Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Ermel, Hello to you. =) I would like to start by saying the infamous IT DEPENDS quote. A lot of it depends on where you are in the organization and the type of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-18 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
Actually, you can track hours against an original estimate w/Harvest (close to #5). We use Harvest and then manually generate invoices using Pages. I'm a real stickler for how I want our invoices to look, which is the only reason we use Pages to do this. Other than that, I'm pretty happy

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-18 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
Perhaps we're intelligent enough to know that instructions are more like guidelines and we take them with some liberty. On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Patrick Barrett wrote: If people on this list won't follow user instructions then who will? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-18 Thread Michael Moore
Thanks for the idea Todd. Do you go to Reports and export out the data you want as a .CSV file, import it into Numbers, then move it over to Pages for formatting? I don't see any way to edit the Harvest invoices directly. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:

[IxDA Discuss] Chicago event: Presentation/Discussion on Web Accessibility (free)

2008-08-18 Thread Wunderlich, Judi
WEB ACCESSIBILITY Date: Tuesday, August 19th Time: 6pm (presentation begins at 6:30) to 8:30pm Location: 500 W. Madison, 12th floor conference room, Chicago, IL 60661 Host: AQUENT / Judi Wunderlich ­ [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the Chicago Interactive Design/Development Meetup Group Presenter:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-18 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
Actually, I go to reports, run reports per project and then take those totals and manually type them into our Pages template. Sounds a bit awkward, but it only takes about 5 minutes. We bill by task. The biggest issue I have is that we have two bill rates: one for consultants and one for

[IxDA Discuss] Interfaces/Research for 12-17 year olds: Any thoughts?

2008-08-18 Thread Julian Mccrea
Hey guys, Long time lurker, second time poster J I am designing a web interface for a well-known entertainment brand for the ages of 12-17 years in the UK. What I am looking for help with is around user behaviour with this audience: 1) Continuous partial attention - in my

[IxDA Discuss] Power of Google Search Words...

2008-08-18 Thread Catriona Lohan-Conway
Ok so we all know about search engine optimization but who would have thought that when you pasted the word WHEN into Google in error you might get this... http://www.deathclock.com/ how weird is that? My supposed expiration is to be on Monday, March 16, 2043. __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-18 Thread Jared Spool
On Aug 18, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Alan Wexelblat wrote: You would be free to use that taxonomy, provided you did not copy other protected elements, such as visual design - which is what I think the subject-named case is about. The ING / PNC trademark case is about the brand representation

[IxDA Discuss] [JOBS]: 2 Senior Level UX positions at Autodesk, Waltham, MA.

2008-08-18 Thread Boston IxDA
FYI. --- Company: Autodesk, Inc. Job Title: two senior level UX positions at Autodesk in Waltham, MA 1. Senior Researcher Evangelist, Design Patterns http://autodesk.recruitmax.com/ENG/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=JobProfileszOrderID=65586 2. Senior User

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-18 Thread Chauncey Wilson
I'm working on getting some IP lawyers who also have some connection with user interface or interaction design to submit proposals for UPA and CHI. This discussion brought up some good issues and there have been other issues regarding patents, copyright, trademarks, liability, fair use, licensing,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] calling people for IxD education initiatives

2008-08-18 Thread James W . Bond Jr .
Sachin, I have had similar luck with online courses. I think Iowa State and Rensselaer Polytechnic have online Human Computer Interaction courses, but these are far more technical than most IxD positions seem to be (meaning they go into software development more than most IxDers would say is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Shep McKee
Fail. On my first click, Women... The site crashed (Server Error) (And I'm at work - so bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, but the audio was so choppy, I shut it off instantly) Second try: Men server error again... Third try: Finally I get in. No offense Stephen, maybe I didn't give it a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Stephen Dondershine
Hi Shep No offense taken. I have no personal stake in this site whatsoever, so feel free to rip away. I had no technical difficulties or latency with the navigation, so I can't comment on those issues. There are some load times on a few other pages, but I think the target audience for this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-18 Thread seth b
Actually, I go to reports, run reports per project and then take those totals and manually type them into our Pages template. Sounds a bit awkward, but it only takes about 5 minutes. We bill by task. Wow, all that sounds like a lot of work. Why don't you expect your solution to handle pretty

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-18 Thread Elizabeth Bacon
As co-founder of a boutique design development consultancy, we have various product ideas on the back burner that we can pursue to fill up time between client projects and enhance our portfolio. All I can say in this thread is that I'm abandoning any further work on our time tracker

[IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down?

2008-08-18 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503367.html Discuss. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down?

2008-08-18 Thread Jared Spool
On Aug 18, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503367.html Discuss. What aspect would you like to discuss? I think that it sucks, because I enjoy Pandora and Last.fm (which I assume will fall prey to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-18 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I had my iPhone for weeks before I put any music on it and have only listened once. Having audio,while nice, didn't factor into the purchase decision at all. I bought it for everything else it does and b/c I knew it would have a better UX than my previous not-so-smartphone :) Sent from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Sterling Koch
I didn't get the errors, but I confirm Shep's latency issues. It's hard to get past that to comment as to the site's usability. - Original Message From: Shep McKee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:31:13 AM Subject: Re: [IxDA

[IxDA Discuss] Welie.com and Design Patterns

2008-08-18 Thread Brian Hoffman
All, A recent Google search of mine returned the site Welie.com as one of the first hits. I've never seen this site before and couldn't find anything about it in the IxDA archives. Since the site is about patterns in design interaction, I was wondering if any of you have used the site and what

[IxDA Discuss] Wireframes: Illustrator/Indesig n question…

2008-08-18 Thread Meikel Steiding
Hi everybody, I have a question regarding your Illustrator/Indesign wireframing workflow. In the upcoming months I am going to create a huge wireframe documentation. I am going to use InDesign CS3 to layout the whole document and Illustrator CS3 to create each wireframe graphic. After

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Welie.com and Design Patterns

2008-08-18 Thread Shaun Bergmann
Odd that the search fails within IxDA, because there have been some recent discussions involving welie.com. One came up under Pattern Tap, (http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31495search=pattern tap) Another came up under Best Practices VS. Patterns

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Jared Spool
Having spent a ton of the last 10 years of my life studying the usability of e-commerce sites, I can tell you that it's impossible to discern usability without understanding the goals of the business. It's possible that Ralph Lauren won't measure the success of this site in revenues

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Welie.com and Design Patterns

2008-08-18 Thread Shaun Bergmann
hmph. I think the next discussion could be regarding the benefits of using tinyurl.com over cutting and pasting. Well, you get the idea. Shaun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32152

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Stephen Dondershine
LOL! That's a great video. Wasn't aware of the latency issues when I submitted the site, but if you can ever get past them take a look and you'll find a few cool concepts in there worth thinking about. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Welie.com and Design Patterns

2008-08-18 Thread Bojhan Somers
It's definitly a great resource, his pattrens are categorized nicely which makes it easy to search through. He is a very reconized interaction designer in the Netherlands and his blog posts are very good so I would definitly refer to this resource. Best Regards, Bojhan Somers www.bojhan.nl

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes: Illustrator/Indesig n question…

2008-08-18 Thread mauro pinheiro
Hi Meikel, I'm not sure the InDesign+Illustrator is the best choice for your wireframe documentation. If you're using a PC, you should take a look at Axure - http://www.axure.com. I have some friends who have been using it and they seem very happy with it. I've never used it, as I haven't done

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down?

2008-08-18 Thread Jarod Tang
Another example of well designed objects be killed by rights. As the founder said, the business model is broken by the rights/changes promotion. As compareable iTurns (on business model side). since so many people love pandora, it MAYBE have some way out instead of saying we are done. But where is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Marking Required vs. Optional form fields

2008-08-18 Thread Erin Walsh
I'm very late coming to the party, my apologies... That said, we recently did similar prototype testing on several search forms with a mixture of required and optional fields. On the team we were split on the best approach, so we tried to distinct methods: one with optional spelled out,

[IxDA Discuss] New invitation from Scott McDaniel

2008-08-18 Thread Scott McDaniel
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[IxDA Discuss] New invitation from Scott McDaniel

2008-08-18 Thread Scott McDaniel
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes: Illustrator/Indesign question%u2026

2008-08-18 Thread Kim Bieler
Meikel, I think you might be better off creating your wireframes in InDesign. You can create a master page with common elements, then put each wireframe on a different page. InDesign CS3 you can import other InDesign documents as graphics and if you choose show import options when you place the

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA-SF presents: Motion Design: Storytelling and Wayfinding in Mobile UI Design

2008-08-18 Thread k lenox
IxDA-SF is pleased to have Punchcut this month sharing their insights on mobile interface design. Motion design is a key component in emerging device user interfaces. Designers must go beyond the gloss and use motion and animation to guide users through an experience. We will discuss and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down?

2008-08-18 Thread Brett Ingram
Anyone hiring? ;-) Thanks, Brett w (773) 525-7595 m (415) 902-4128 On Aug 18, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503367.html Discuss. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Jared Spool
Being that my offices are a stones throw away from Philips Andover (where G. Bush Sr., Jeb Bush, and G. W. Bush Jr. all went to school) and I drive through the campus every day, I can say they do wear exactly this wardrobe. I'm going to bet that the kids aren't necessarily the buyers in

[IxDA Discuss] 6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

2008-08-18 Thread Russell Wilson
I've been working with my team to devise a small set of metrics (don't want overkill) to help both guide our efforts and measure our progress. Please take a look at my post if you have any interest in this area and comment. I would love to get feedback on metrics that others are working with.