Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs
PDFs are a flop as far as web content goes, are they not? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31430 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs
Hello Ben, As i would look at this is open the PDF in a separate window. This allows the user to go on with his work. Opening the PDF in the same browser window is frustrating as PDF is not meant for web. I think Adobe should work on their Acrobat solution and also provide a far more advanced optimising tool for the PDF to be converted to web. They should probably call it the WebPDF format or something like that. PDF is, as Mark said, not for the web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31430 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB : Experience Designer, Portsmouth NH
Mad*Pow is an experience design studio based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Since 2000, the company has used its proven methodology to create powerful multi-channel experiences for its clients. Mad*Pow partners with sales, marketing, and customer service teams looking to leverage the interactive channel to support how customers, partners, and employees interact with their organization. We are the firm that industry leaders hire to create concepts for the future of their sites and systems. We work on stimulating projects with big brands. We are growing and we are energetic. We are based in beautiful and historic Portsmouth, NH and service clients all over the world. If you are a creative, user centered, logical, flexible and fun team player then you need to join us! As an Experience Designer you will be responsible for: • Task Flow Creation: Conceptualizing ideal user paths/task flows/ scenarios • IA Design: Building the information architecture and navigational system • Screen Inventory Building: Identifying key screen types and generating full screen inventories • Interface Concepting: Creating High Level Interface Concepts • Interface/Wireframe Design: Designing Wireframes concepts • Consultation/Collaboration: Giving feedback to our other team members whether during peer review or during brainstorming sessions • Collaborating with our visual designers to create the visual design layer (Visual Design Experience is a plus) • Communicating requirements and troubleshooting with client dev/tech teams (Proficiency with devspeak is a plus) • Receiving direction from our User Experience Director, Chief Experience Officer and Chief Creative Officer • Keeping lines of communication open with our production and project management staff Experience with the Following is a Plus: • Personas: Defining target users and authoring detailed user personas • User Research: Conducting contextual inquiry (in person observation interviews) with target users to understand their mental models and behaviors. • Research Analysis: Analyzing information gained during user research and also conducting heuristic and competitive analysis. • Recommendation Authoring: Writing recommendation reports based on research • Usability Testing: Conducting usability testing, analyzing the results and creating a recommendations report Qualities we are looking for: • Creativity Analytical Skills: We are looking for someone who can quickly absorb technical information, analyze it and come up with solid solutions. Someone who understands the parameters of a project and then innovates within those boundaries, someone who knows the rules and when to break them. • Communication/Attitude: We are looking for someone who is a great communicator, with both internal team members and clients. We are looking for open, honest, fun, positive and friendly creatives who thrive on challenging work and a fast paced atmosphere. • Presentation Skills/Independence: We are looking for a candidate that can present their ideas to clients during workshops and presentations, and someone that can hold their own when on site with a client. • Flexibility: We are a flexible shop, and we are looking for candidates who also are flexible. You will be able to work from home or in the office to create deliverables. When collaboration is required, we will work together in the office. Some weeks will require over 40 hours, and when that happens we will compensate with flex time/days off, etc. • Project Management: The ability to organize yourself, raise flags, set expectations with clients and team members is essential. • Travel: In this position you must be willing to travel whether driving to a local workshop, or flying to a client location for a few days. We have families too and will always try to work within reasonable scheduling constraints. This is a full time or contract position offering a fun and exciting working environment in a rapidly growing company, competitive salary and great benefits. We will only look at candidates who can commute to Portsmouth, NH, and/ or who are willing to work on-site at our client's Boston Area locations. We are a results-driven firm. We deliver on our client's business goals and we enjoy doing it. This is why we have been so successful. As such, candidates who include an example in their cover letter of how their efforts produced results on a specific project or within an organization will be given preferential treatment. Also a link to a portfolio or case studies would be helpful. Contact us via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our website at www.madpow.net. We look forward to hearing from you! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ubicomp Reading List
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice overview of Ubiquitous Computing (with PDFs). http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jpd/ubicomp/ From the list description: The goal of the reading list is to ensure that Ubicomp students are familiar with a broad body of work in ubiquitous computing. It does not constitute everything you need to know, but rather provides an overview of those perspectives that will allow students to critically engage with the research literature, and position their own work within it. It is selective and representative rather than exhaustive. What else should be on this list? http://www.studies-observations.com/everyware/ -- Regards, Danny Hope http://yandleblog.com/ 07951 828 312 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: how will rising gas prices affect e-commerce?
I think there's a wishful side of us all that hopes business picks up, whatever our businesses may be. But Citibank just posted a net loss of 2.5 billion dollars from people having trouble paying home, auto, and credit card debt. The effect of high gas prices on e-commerce may be just a blip compared to the effects of job losses, hiring freezes, empty storefronts, and foreclosures. I'm pretty sure that people will continue to buy food and gas and other necessities. Readers will continue to buy books - they can't help it. Internet services, like online banking, will endure. But consumer luxuries purchased online? Ouch. Michael Micheletti On 7/11/08, Angel Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend is a writer for an LA-based appeal newspaper and he was wondering what the folks in the Interaction Design community might have to say about this question: how will rising gas prices affect e-commerce? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
[IxDA Discuss] IDEA awards: Interactive Product Experiences
The IDEA awards that came out today have a category that may be of interest to Interaction Designers see Interactive Product Experiences http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_winners.asp?Categories_ID=24 What I found interesting is that the iphone was not in this category but won a gold award in the communication tools category http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_winners.asp?Categories_ID=17 Michele Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
[IxDA Discuss] Job: Flash Designer - Redmond, WA - Erin St. Pierre (RECRUITER) - Full time - Contract, 6months
Job: Flash Designer - Redmond, WA - Erin St. Pierre (RECRUITER) - Full time - Contract, 6months We are seeking highly creative Flash designer with beautiful visual work to join our client's gaming division. No Actionscript needed, just an amazing portfolio. If this is you, please contact us! This is a 6 month contract position, working fulltime, onsite in Redmond, WA. Great benefits are offered, including no-cost health insurance and a generous 401k plan. Please send us your resume and portfolio to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We look forward to hearing from you! PLEASE NOTE: This is an onsite, full-time contract opportunity in Redmond, WA. Sakson Taylor, an Aquent company, is a firm that offers content design and development, marketing, and creative services solutions. For more than 20 years, we have helped provide outsourcing and staffing solutions to clients such as Microsoft, HP, and Starbucks. We're a minority-owned business, committed to maintaining professional quality with a personal touch. ___ Erin St. Pierre Recruiter - Microsoft Sakson Taylor / Aquent Making Content Powerful Direct: 206.883.2845 | Fax: 206.632.6927 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit www.sakson.com http://www.sakson.com/ to find out more about Sakson Taylor, an Aquent company. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs
Sachin, Like any application, Acrobat has its own set of pitfalls when you're trying to make PDFs accessible to web use. Acrobat professional does have a set of tools for optimizing files for web-based viewing. It all depends upon how the file was created and its original intent for use. There are more variables in play than just thinking the format is unsuitable for web use. If you're a MAC user, you may find preview is a more acceptable means of viewing the format via the web. There are plenty of problems associated with using javascript, for instance, with certain browsers, but that does not mean that it is impossible to use. Creating the file for use on the web is where it starts. Oftentimes, one has to deal with a file that was created for print. I know adobe has been tinkering with the format over the past few years, but the main issue is that print still relies upon the format so heavily to transmit information. So we're stuck for now. I do agree that separate windows is always the best way to view files. Peter On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Sachin Ghodke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Ben, As i would look at this is open the PDF in a separate window. This allows the user to go on with his work. Opening the PDF in the same browser window is frustrating as PDF is not meant for web. I think Adobe should work on their Acrobat solution and also provide a far more advanced optimising tool for the PDF to be converted to web. They should probably call it the WebPDF format or something like that. PDF is, as Mark said, not for the web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31430 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 -- Peter Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617-275-9193 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Practical UX tips for developers
Last night there was an excellent presentation made at the NYJavaSIG It was at Google's 9th Avenue Offices, there were well over 200 coders there. Building a *WOW* User Experience in Java Ben Galbraith http://www.javasig.com/meeting/meeting/viewMeeting.xhtml?cid=39611meetingMeetingId=5 Sorry this is after the fact. Ben said he would post his slides on his site: http://www.feature50.com/ but they're not up yet. Best, Ray - Original Message From: Qixing Zheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:53:50 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Practical UX tips for developers Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has done presentation for developers to show them why is UX design relevant for them (not just designer's job) and offer them practical tips. I've found many presentations on why UX is important, but haven't found a lot tailor to the developer audience. I'm interested in pratical tips that developers can apply to their work. Thanks in advance! Qixing Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Practical UX tips for developers
We have recently done a 45' presentation for software architects and developers at Microsoft´s RAF 2008 and MIX Essentials, Buenos Aires. Summarized translation available at: http://www.icograma.com/articles/raf2008.en.php Additional notes about rhetorical strategies used: INTERACTION DESIGN IN THE 21ST CENTURY We shared childhood dreams and passion for technology with the audience, set an ambitious goal (a better world), and established interaction design as an understandable and achievable mean for the audience to that end. THE CAVEMAN PROGRAMMER The demo was received with open laughs and guilty smiling nods. Displayed atrocities were a 'little secret' we shared with the audience. After the demo, the audience was aware that something was wrong. But no one was able to point out what the problems were. We had them interested in knowing the answer. THE USER Huffman encoded design (or huffman encoded interface) is a metaphor we found appropiate for programmers to understand interface design tradeoffs. -- Santiago Bustelo // icograma Buenos Aires, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31431 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Contextual awareness on mobile apps
http://www.podmo.com/ is a Bluetooth based contextually aware network. Good thing about Bluetooth: Will work just about anywhere with nodes, which is also the biggest down-side. The people in Podmo have managed to get the most popular coffee franchise in Adelaide to hop on the bandwagon and set up posts in all their outlets. This provides good cover in areas of the city where these cafes are. GPS while being the most accurate and widely available means of contextual awareness still seems to face some reliability issues on phones. Nokias have A-GPS, which means that phones triangulate a general location and connect to a server via the phone's internet to get a list of the closest satellites to connect to. This is great, but then it won't be able to connect in areas where there is no reception, and I've found this to be Nokia centric. I've got a Samsung i550w with GPS, but I'm unable to use Nokia's location service. This might be changing and it seems most people are happy with the GPS on the new iPhone and I am confident that with convergence rolling more of our devices together, the day will come soon that GPS on phones is the norm. Nokia is already including geotagging into some of their newer model phones. People are demanding more and more from their mobile apps, and contextual awareness it would seem is the way to go. I agree that one of the biggest issues with such applications is cross platform compatiblity. Where I'm working we've been thinking about how to go about building a mobile app for our purposes, but because we're a small crew we find it's difficult for us to commit to one platform. It would seem however, that J2ME would appear to be closest to being the most widely accepted platform to work off but then the problem is that it isn't supported by the iPhone (yet) which will likely bring in the highest number of users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31360 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs
Most of the times I like to make %u2018modal changes%u2019 explicitly. Therefore, if I have to add a link to a PDF I write something like this: My document (PDF, 1.2Mb) The standard Adobe PDF icon as in the Apple Investor Relations SEC Filings page is also useful as is clearly saying that the link is pointing to a PDF file. As a user I prefer the dialog box asking me what to do because I don't like viewing PDFs on my browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31430 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs
I've never done research on this, so can't say what most people want, but my personal perference (always dangerous to base decisions on) is to open the PDF in the browser. Most PDFs are rubbish in terms of content. Users don't care to save them, and don't want to have to delete a saved copy from their hard disk. Generally someone was too lazy to supply a web version of the content, so the user has to endure a PDF version. The download happens regardless of if the file is saved, or is simply displayed. Users need to know they are about to see a PDF prior to clicking the link. But don't make them go through another step of asking if they want to view or save it. They can save it easily enough after viewing it in the browser. That said, the one problem I find to viewing a PDF in the browser is the struggle to search on keywords or view a table of contents. Everyone wants to scan long documents, and long PDFs don't allow that in a browser. All the more reason PDF versions of content shouldn't be offered unless their is a specific need for a print formated version of the content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31430 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IDEA awards: Interactive Product Experiences
Beautiful! I for one am really looking forward to the day when there are entries for conglomerate interfaces like the ones which control commercial or residential automation. (IE Crestron or AMX) These touchpanels control a dizzying array of systems. The scope of interaction on this one device ranges from the Big Picture 'macro' of controlling things like lighting, Heating/Air conditioning, security etc for the entire home / office, down to the 'micro' interactions of controlling an MP3 player, a DVD library (or setting an alarm clock for the bedroom). To be honest, most of the interfaces like this that are installed out there are terrible. No offence intended to who installed them, but time and time again I hear of people who have spent over a million dollars to have one of these state-of-the-art systems installed in their residence, only to find that they only use about 20% of the system because they just can't figure it out. That's certainly no strike against the user. Most of the time these interfaces have been designed by the system engineer who lives in the world of speaker cable, decibels, amperages, throw distances, matrix switchers and HDMI connectors. It all makes perfect sense to them. I've also seen some pretty stunning examples of how to take a ridiculously complicated system and present it as though it was as simple a thing to use as a lightswitch. These types of conglomerate interfaces are going to catch up. They'll slowly start to realize and understand what's been happening over in the computer world for the last 30 years, but it would be nice to put a bit of a fire under the chair of the companies responsible for designing these things and have awards available. Anybody have suggestions on how to inspire new categories with the IDEA people? On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Michele Marut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The IDEA awards that came out today have a category that may be of interest to Interaction Designers see Interactive Product Experiences http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_winners.asp?Categories_ID=24 What I found interesting is that the iphone was not in this category but won a gold award in the communication tools category http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_winners.asp?Categories_ID=17 Michele Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: how will rising gas prices affect e-commerce?
One piece of the energy equation that people don't always take into account with online services is the cost of the IT infrastructure required to do business. Giant server farms like Amazon's or Google's require enormous amounts of power to run and keep cool. There's a reason why the Pacific NW is a home to many of these server farms: Washington state is 80% powered by hydroelectricity, and Idaho uses 100% hydro power. Robert. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Angel Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all for the insightful comments. I've forwarded your remarks to my writer friend who is most appreciative. Like many questions we pose in this discussion list, the answer is it depends. We'll have to wait and see how the complex web of factors plays out in the global economy but the times they are a-changin'. Pauric, thanks for sharing Kunstler's TED talk. I want to be a good citizen in this brave new world ;-) -- Robert Reimann IxDA Seattle Associate Creative Director frog design Seattle, WA Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
[IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
I knew it would only be a matter of time before we started taking over the world : ) Sara Summers UX | Visual Design Austin, TX And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
I knew it would only be a matter of time before we started taking over the world : ) Sara Summers UX | Visual Design Austin, TX And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
He's already playing Politics by obfuscating what he really does for a living. 99.9% of the population = WTF is an information architect? -Juhan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31457 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
Does it matter what people in Kansas know or don't about IA? The school board in the state redefined science so that creationism could be taught as a legitimate alternative to natural selection. They are already swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool. http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/11/08/evolution.debate.ap/ On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Juhan Sonin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's already playing Politics by obfuscating what he really does for a living. 99.9% of the population = WTF is an information architect? -Juhan -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Iai-Members] Label Suggestions Needed
I see a lot of sites using My for these kinds of activities, like My Account, or My AgencyName. That said, slotting file a claim and change my address under the same menu item seems dodgy since they're totally different kinds of tasks with different priority levels, I would have thought. I agree with Austin -- maybe an open card sort is called for. You might find that customers don't want all these activities grouped together. -- Kim + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Kim Bieler Graphic Design www.kbgd.com Office: 301-588-8555 Mobile: 240-476-3129 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
Yes it does matter - at least to me. There is a small area of geography that includes Lawrence (the University of Kansas) and the western suburbs of Kansas City that lean away from that scary thought control right. There is a yet smaller group that practice this thing called design who are horrified by the name 'intelligent design' as taken by that particular group. On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Will Evans wrote: Does it matter what people in Kansas know or don't about IA? The school board in the state redefined science so that creationism could be taught as a legitimate alternative to natural selection. They are already swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool. http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/11/08/evolution.debate.ap/ On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Juhan Sonin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's already playing Politics by obfuscating what he really does for a living. 99.9% of the population = WTF is an information architect? -Juhan -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems -- --- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill -- --- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
BTW, check out his source code! Funny little thing in there. I'm tempted to do it, just for the hell of it. Chris On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Christopher Fahey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Information Architect Runs for Office
That is both funny and kewl and I think I may do it as well, just for the solidarity aspect. I may be coming around - they fact that he has the nutsack to say he is an IA - and running for office - deserves a bit of respect. The fact that he has a blog - and responds to people means he actually wants to engage in dialogue - unlike some politicians that have their multifarious and multitudinous minions do it for them and hire big name agencies who get social media to design sites for them. At least this guy appears to be a DIY. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Christine Boese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, check out his source code! Funny little thing in there. I'm tempted to do it, just for the hell of it. Chris On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Christopher Fahey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And he's got a great web site, too! http://www.seantevis.com/ I hope nobody feels obliged to discuss his policies or platform. I'm just noting that politics appears to be a new career path option for us. -Cf Christopher Fahey Behavior biz: http://www.behaviordesign.com me: http://www.graphpaper.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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 -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! 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
