Hi, I'm Studying IxD.
For this summer I'm looking for Internship around the world in
different companies in different field from Google and Microsoft to
small interactive art and media companies. I realized that the role
of interaction designers may differ very widely regarding the focus
of the
I think you have a design problem. So the first thing you need to do
is reduce. You are aiming too broadly and looking for a simple answer
in an ever complex world.
First, what do you want to be when you grow up? I ask this to all my
students when they are asking me work related questions. Don't
On Jan 30, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Neil Cadsawan wrote:
The larger issue at hand is the way the iPad handles files in general.
It seems there's no way for files to be shared from app to app
without the need to connect to a network file server.
Your point is fine, but it wasn't the point I was
Graham, thanks for the feedback and the links... to answer your
questions:
1. The login could build a sense of community, yes.
2. Yes, the details will be used for marketing purposes.
3. The motivation will be premium content, such as a customized
desktop widget.
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Hi Ali,
I think the IxDesigner will get more responsibility to be a creator
not just adjusting usability. The more knowledge you have the more
opportunity you will get. Creativity will be more appreciated in this
profession and even more knowledge about globalization.
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Acme Holiday Cottages
The firm Acme Holiday Cottages manage the lettings of holiday
cottages. They started in a small way in a popular resort in a
national park, but over the years they have developed the business to
cover the whole region.
The business is managed from an office in Felltown where
Hi Guys,
I'm wondering of anyone has any experienced with designing
interfaces for tv production room monitor-wall / multiviewer
displays?
I'm working on an interface for one at the moment which is made up
of a number of user selected objects such as video tiles, audio
meters, text displays,
Thought I'd get a few good opinions here on the matter...
Which would you consider more effective for a user? I thought there
was a natural choice, but it seems I've received differing thoughts,
so I figured I'd put it out to the group.
I think iPad will change or shift computers line up. Desktop computers
slowly will disappear from our desk, it moved to a remote place and
become server... and we starting to use laptop as workstation, while
iPad will replace the role of laptop today. iPad is a perfect mobile
computing device to
Hi Dave
Do you have the links to the talks by Bill Buxton where he talks
about this as I would be very interested in listening to them too.
And a comment, as the work by Donald Schon about reflective
practitioners stands out as being more applicable to both disciplines
even more. As software
I'm amazed that someone was willing and able to track down a
reference from pre-web days. :) I think the reporter said the
TITLE was drab, not the ARTICLE. However, language changes so what
seems drab today was necessarily (?) academic at the time. If
only I could retitle it now
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Hi all,
I am doing a presentation at a conference this year on e-government
web forms, and would like to include examples of well-designed forms
from different countries. I have some examples, but could use a few
more.
Do any of you have screen shots of e-gov web forms that demonstrate
any of
Hi,
I'm looking for a research published on the web recently that says
using pictures of people or faces on website does not have an effect
on its users. Users find Websites having pictures to be no different
to websites without them.
Please help me find it. Just to further clarify this is not
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*18-19 February 2010*
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Pre-programme 17th and 18th, please see
I left some comments about it here http://tinyurl.com/ybu2kqn
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I think Apple was really smart to leverage everything they created
with the iPhone. Especially the App Store. I think it will be huge.
I think the simple change in form factor and screen size will create
a whole new use case that doesn't exist yet: casual computing. You
CAN put a laptop in your
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Welcome to the Interaction Design
IMHO it's more about the spacing between the buttons than about the
arrangement. I would probably prefer the left-to-right version, but
in both cases you should have more space between the columns or rows
depending on which arrangement you choose.
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I find that this is really depending on the target audience
demographic or culture. But generally I prefer #2 because as you've
mentioned that these are list of items, which people will normally
see it in vertical order.
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(cross posted)
What: an opportunity to learn about various aspects of wayfinding
Where: Brighton, UK
When: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, 6:30pm (talks start at 7:00)
Cost: free
For more info and to *book your place*, go to
http://uxbrighton.org.uk/event-wayfinding/
We have 3 talks so far (with 1
Well... I don't know of any really good forms on gov web sites but
here are some that are more or less OK:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/ofasplashbsignon/
http://government.ru/smsalert/
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Here's a good Buxton video on 'Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem'
from CHIFOO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfNMJ9ONpg
On Jan 29, 2010, at 8:56 AM, ScottL wrote:
Hi Dave
Do you have the links to the talks by Bill Buxton where he talks
about this as I would be very interested in
Dear Dave...
Seeing my problem as design point of view will really help me a
lot...I'll Focus on that and I'll come back with more questions
soon
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Thanks for creating CTRL-Z, John!
Is your article (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=743034) available via
open access somewhere?
- Fredrik
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To post to this list ...
It will depend on personal preferences, for example if part of your
target is used to another interface where one of these orders is
used, they may expect this one to be similar.
If the list will be actual text (justified to the left), people will
most likely choose the vertical order.
If you
At first glance, kind of hard for me to give an opinion without knowing what
content would live in the tabs and buttons. What content is the user being
asked to click on and why?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:26 AM, joe joekanno...@hotmail.com wrote:
Thought I'd get a few good opinions here on the
It's going to be very hard to put the giagnormic screen protectors on, and
still get all the air bubbles out.
On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:02 AM, yulius wrote:
I think iPad will change or shift computers line up. Desktop computers
slowly will disappear from our desk, it moved to a remote place
Ali,
I'd like to reinforce Dave's comments. I started my career in
interactive a little over 2 years ago (after undergrad). Since then
I've had the benefit of getting experience as an interactive
developer and designer. My philosophy was that if you get experience
in each of the different
Having spent many years as both an operator and layout designer of
control booths, I would advise getting to know each of the roles. Be
careful to observe how much light they have to work with under
working conditions, what workarounds they currently have in place and
especially, the moments when
It depends on culture and region, however horizontal arrangement is
more natural.
There are also several alternative views. Why don't you want to:
1) Copy from QWERTY keyboard? Many users are experienced with it.
2) Copy from mobile phone keyboard ? The same as with QWERTY
keyboard, but the list
Miriam L. Gerver
I am doing a presentation at a conference this year on e-government
web forms, and would like to include examples of well-designed forms
from different countries. I have some examples, but could use a few
more.
Here are some examples that have some good design features. No
On that note, any tips on a good resource to learn design sketching
from?
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Welcome to the
Sent to you by jtang via Google Reader: Why My Mom’s Next Computer Is
Going To Be An iPad via TechCrunch by Guest Author on 1/31/10
Editor’s note: This is a guest post penned by Ethan Nicholas, developer
of the million-dollar iPhone game iShoot and the newly released Kim
Rhode’s Outdoor
The biggest problem I have w/ this article is the fact that the iPad has to be
docked to a home-base machine just like the iPhone.
The iPhone is crippled w/out a computer running iTunes, an Address Book, iCal
etc. to synch it up with - the computer where you manage all those wonderful
bits of
Thanks for the responses.
Sorry for any confusion, I just used placeholder text. I'll try to
clarify a bit. It's for a touch-screen kiosk. The buttons in this
case will be employers or names of companies, sorted alphabetically
across multiple pages using tabs. Users will of course have to select
Hi Karl,
I just recently purchased this book: http://amzn.com/0123740371
Some really great tips for sketching UX!
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Sent to you by jtang via Google Reader: Nokia, Nintendo, Netflix and
E-Ink respond to the iPad via Engadget by Paul Miller on 1/30/10
We're sure just about every company on the map has an opinion on
Apple's new device, but a few big wigs have taken time out of their
busy schedules to weigh in on
This piece by our very own Will Evans (@semanticwill) is a tremendous
piece on the importance and value of sketching.
http://blog.semanticfoundry.com/2010/01/31/shades-of-gray-thoughts-on-sketching/
- dave
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Brandon E. B. Ward wrote:
The biggest problem I have w/ this article is the fact that the iPad has to be
docked to a home-base machine
It also assumes you have quality wireless inside the home, something not
all of us can manage. Thanks to all the noise insulation in my interior
walls, my
Based on what I've read (which might not have been very extensive),
faces unfortunately do have an effect on users--but I think you can
use that to your advantage in this argument.
http://usableworld.com.au/2009/03/16/you-look-where-they-look/
Users tend to fixate on pictures of faces. The
Karl Nieberding wrote:
On that note, any tips on a good resource to learn design sketching
from?
Two answers:
1) Assuming you can't find a local class, I'd go with the Rapid Viz book.
2) Draw every day for 30-60 minutes. Drawing tip of the day: It takes
about 1000 sketches to get pretty
If it's anything like an iPhone or an iPod Touch, I can guarantee it
will suddenly forget how to talk to a network, and probably more
than once.
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I'm glad others are thinking about these issues as well:
http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been
This is a great representation of my thoughts so far.
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