Re: [IxDA Discuss] Job: Microsoft User Experience Evangelist (US based)

2008-07-30 Thread Stew Dean
Chris Wrote.. UXE's must be able to speak compellingly and enthusiastically to many audiences within the design ecosystem, including designers and production artists, producers and client/services managers, as well as creative directors and general management. As a user experience professional

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Interactive Engineer (Flash) - Redmond, WA - Recruiter - Contract

2008-07-30 Thread Kijanka, Agata
Seeking Flash/AS 3.0 guru to climb onboard with an award-winning team within the largest software company in the world. Join designers and engineers who create solutions for the top advertisers in the world. This team is all about sticky sites, fierce creativity, and bold interactivity - these

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread live
I used google in 1997 and thought it was fabulous. I used cuil yesterday and thought it was ridiculous. Do any of you remember using Google back in the day for the first time? I remember explicitly clicking the I'm Feeling Lucky button and thinking I got back the most idiotic search

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread pauric
Andrei: This is the kind of feedback that kills a lot of the innovation in our industry as a process or means to approach design. Hi Andrei, could you elaborate a little further on how negative feedback can kill 'innovation'. I see that as a very simplistic understanding of what motivates people

[IxDA Discuss] [local][EVENT] Berlin/Germany Get Together

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Kueber
So it`s up for number IXDA Berlin`s local meeting III: When7pm - 10pm Wednesday, August 6th 2008 Where newthinking store GmbH, Tucholskystr. 48, 10117 Berlin Just as last time: New Thinking Store, who`s kindly hosting us and provides space, beamer and network connection

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Job: Microsoft User Experience Evangelist (US based)

2008-07-30 Thread Chris Bernard
Will, It's a big job, obviously we need more help. :) Chris Bernard Microsoft User Experience Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 630.530.4208 Office 312.925.4095 Mobile -Original Message- From: William Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:21 PM To: Chris Bernard

[IxDA Discuss] Research on user errors with multiple screens?

2008-07-30 Thread Alan Wexelblat
Sorry if this is a bit of an esoteric request but I'm hoping someone can help - I'm not even sure what keywords to use for these searches. (All the results I get back are talking about multiple windows in standard desktop OSes or applications. It's even more frustrating because people are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive prototyping

2008-07-30 Thread Rich Rogan
We're working directly from requirements to prototype, adding in supporting documentation of flows and wireframes only when needed, (Note a good overall style guide helps a lot). The tactile nature of prototypes aides greatly in articulating ideas and displaying functionality to developers. Note

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread jo frudd
What about http://clusty.com/ a great clustering search engine, with a much nicer UI. I first used it in 2005 so its been around for a while and I tend to go there when I am unable to find what I want using Google. Why is cuil better then clusty? Perhaps as Cuil claims, it's because it

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread Weixi Yen
This is the kind of feedback that kills a lot of the innovation in our industry as a process or means to approach design. Innovation might not be the correct word here. There is plenty of innovation, like ASK. Cuil is trying too hard to be different with their UI.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive prototyping

2008-07-30 Thread Fred Beecher
On 7/29/08, Jennifer Hoppenrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're doing more and more rich media here at Razorfish and probably elsewhere, and the old wireframe comp prototype methodology is proving more difficult, because while wireframes are great for static websites, they really don't

[IxDA Discuss] Design and Usability Resources You Would be Interested in?

2008-07-30 Thread Harvinder
We are a User Experience Design staffing company redesigning our website. In our redesign we are trying to add resources to our website that design and usability professional's would be interested in. A) Can you suggest some resources we should keep our website updated with? B) Some of the

[IxDA Discuss] ANN: Nathan Shedroff's new book in progress on sustainable design

2008-07-30 Thread Louis Rosenfeld
(apologies for duplicate postings) I'm excited to announce that Nathan Shedroff, author of Experience Design and co-author of Making Meaning, has begun work on Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable for Rosenfeld Media. Sustainable design is clearly a timely, critical

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction'09|vancouver

2008-07-30 Thread Petroff, Greg
Hi IxDA Community, We are hard at work planning efforts for our next conference in Vancouver February 5-8, 2009. A couple of things to note: Conference website is up at: http://interaction09.ixda.org We have an interaction09 twitter account: @interaction09, join to stay in touch We will be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive prototyping

2008-07-30 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Fred Beecher wrote: And second, there's this debate about whether the prototype should be in a form that can be evolved into a production system. Personally, I am strongly against this in most situations. I strongly believe that the prototype is the

[IxDA Discuss] Job: Information Architect / UI Designer : Boston : Recruiter : Full Time

2008-07-30 Thread Keith Cline
Dissero ( http://www.dissero.com/ http://www.dissero.com) is the premier recruiting firm focused on high growth technology companies. Our client is a leading media and publishing company that is located just outside of Boston. We have been engaged to conduct a search for an Information

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design of forms on web vs paper

2008-07-30 Thread Jared Spool
On Jul 27, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Jessica Enders wrote: As a matter of best practice, should forms on the web be designed to look like their paper equivalents? Why/why not? My take is simple: The question is irrelevant. In fact, you could as a similar question that would be equally

[IxDA Discuss] InfoCamp Seattle 2008 registration now open!

2008-07-30 Thread Aaron Louie
Join us for the second annual InfoCamp, September 27 and 28th! Register now at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39383 InfoCamp Seattle 2008 is an interdisciplinary unconference for anyone interested in user-centered information and design. The event is open to students, professionals, and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread pauric
Andrei, apologies for continuing to critique your definition of Innovation, but just to labour the point... When someone can churn out a copy of an 'innovative' search engine (a mashup to be exact) in less than 24 hours I feel its safe to say you're not setting the 'innovation' bar high enough

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread Scott McDaniel
Oh, this should be fun. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:22 PM, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei, -- The lesson here is that we cannot remove artificial dependencies, but we can reduce them. - Hao He Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IXD teams on the org chart

2008-07-30 Thread -d- Dustin Kirk
I'm really interested in finding out more about how companies have transformed as they grow their IxD teams and where they fit into organizations. For some companies it seems to happen at the very beginning where a experience savy person is the head of the company, and for others it is a process

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cuil

2008-07-30 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
On Jul 30, 2008, at 4:22 PM, pauric wrote: Andrei, apologies for continuing to critique your definition of Innovation, but just to labour the point... I think you missed my point entirely. Please re-read what I wrote. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability testing on the cheap- Silverback, ?

2008-07-30 Thread Darrell Benatar
If you're willing to give up the ability to moderate a usability session then for $19 per tester you can outsource the whole thing to www.UserTesting.com (I work there). We've built an online network of pre-screened user testers who can think out loud and stay on task without a moderator. So you

[IxDA Discuss] Looking for good interface examples

2008-07-30 Thread Lis Hubert
I'm gonna throw this one out there, does anyone know of any good examples of the classic Don't show this again message or of the ability to control a similar preference from a pop up window. Thanks! Lis Welcome to the Interaction

[IxDA Discuss] Job - User Experience Designer Information Architect - NY - Full time - Recruiter

2008-07-30 Thread Veena Gowthamchand
User Experience Designer Information Architect Imagine your dream position close to world class water, mountains, winter sports, wineries, top shelf educational resources, and still convenient enough to weekend in The Big Apple. IF your skill set focuses on User experience Conceptual design

[IxDA Discuss] filters for a profile search

2008-07-30 Thread Jay Morgan
Hey IxDAers, I'm designing a site that enables law firms to search law student profiles to find job candidates, and have have to build the interface attorneys will use to search the student profiles. I'm struggling with how to start the search. Most fields have set values (state, law school name,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] filters for a profile search

2008-07-30 Thread Azmir
If law students were like music, this could be fun: http://soundtrack.pumpaudio.com/ Perhaps you might find some inspiration in this example. Best, Azmir Jay Morgan wrote: Hey IxDAers, I'm designing a site that enables law firms to search law student profiles to find job candidates, and

[IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] Discounts for Upcoming Adaptive Path Events; Online, SF, and Copenhagen

2008-07-30 Thread Peter Merholz
Folks-- Many things are happening with our events over at Adaptive Path. Use the promotional code FOPM when registering for any of these and receive 15% off. On August 6th, Brandon will be presenting a live virtual seminar on “Showing the Value of UX.”