Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
FYI, Robert Fabricant is one of our Session Speakers at interaction'09|vancouver in February. I for one look forward to hearing his talk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36296 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] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
Thanks for that - it's a great article and plugs into quite a lot of the service design thinking I've been doing more recently. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36296 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] Whistler Trip after IxDA
As I don't want to arrive in the conference with broken bones I was thinking about going to Whistler after the conference But I don't want to go alone.. Anyone going after the conference? On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Okay Gang, Will and I have planned a pre-conference Whistler trip. We're coming into Whistler on Saturday, Feb 1st and staying until Feb 4th. We'd love to meet-up with anyone who's in the area, or coming to the conference. Whistler has some pretty decent deals going on right now for hotels. We've already booked ours. I'd suggest just booking your own hotel and then we can all meet-up when we get there. I have a couple of walkie-talkies I use when boarding w/others, which I'll bring. It makes it easy to catch each other on the hill and meet-up for lunch/dinner/drinks afterwards. If you're going, please let us know. On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Gustavo Gawry wrote: Any news about the trip? Any of you decided when to go? I'm thinking about after the conference... Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- *Contact Info* Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com http://toddwarfel/ Twitter: zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. -- Gustavo Gawry Interaction Designer Mobile: +55 21 9498-7923 Email: gustavogawry at gmail.com Blog: http://gawry.com (in portuguese) Twitter: gawry 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] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
(Fabricant begins his article by asserting that interaction design central to solving the major issues facing our society today) but the blog post suffers from an unbearable lightness of being, and provides scant example of places where interaction design and behavioral economics intersect to solve problems and ends with an example that is all social psychology (the fact that the virginity pledges/ring exchange campaign is a dismal failure at achieving positive/longterm/real results - but this thing while interesting, has no tie-in to interaction design. While I applaud a few people that are pulling from social psych/behavioral econ to inform design and write significant'y about it (Bryce on rep systems, Porter in his book, Adrian Chan in Everything he writes), this blog post wasn't an informative one. No there - there. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabricant begins his article by asserting that interaction design is central to solving the major issues facing our society today. I agree, but it's tough to reconcile with a community of practice who overwhelmingly limit themselves to the digital realm and deny the problems Fabricant describes as legitimate areas of inquiry. Transformation design is a better model for designers who are interested in large scale behavioral change. It's a nascent discipline being pioneered in the UK by Hilary Cottam from the Design Council and now at Participle, and to an extent by IDEO in the US. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36296 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] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: 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] Whistler Trip after IxDA
But if you did, it would be a great conversation starter and way to network. We decided to go before, as it makes a cleaner one week off. On Dec 9, 2008, at 6:51 AM, Gustavo Gawry wrote: As I don't want to arrive in the conference with broken bones I was thinking about going to Whistler after the conference But I don't want to go alone.. Anyone going after the conference? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] Whistler Trip after IxDA
Todd and I talked a lot on the phone about this, and it was just easier to take off from Saturday to the following Sunday - be gone all week, and have two whole work weeks bookend the conference. We also decided to be intentionally open, meaning we will post where we are going to be, when, and how you can hook up with us using the crowdvine site as well as twitter as the most effective means of un-organizing it - come, hangout, don't, but if you do, here is where we are and when - using crowdvine worked last year at interactions|08 for this kind of crowdorganizing random social events. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: But if you did, it would be a great conversation starter and way to network. We decided to go before, as it makes a cleaner one week off. On Dec 9, 2008, at 6:51 AM, Gustavo Gawry wrote: As I don't want to arrive in the conference with broken bones I was thinking about going to Whistler after the conference But I don't want to go alone.. Anyone going after the conference? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: 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
[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Head of User Experience - 180-250k
Job Title: Head of User Experience Location: San Francisco - Relocation assistance provided Duration: Full Time/Permanent Salary: 180-250k Candidates who have made it to 1st and/or 2nd interviews have: * worked for Yahoo, Google, Amazon, Monster, eBay, Ask.com, etc. * graduated from a top school: Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, etc. Our client is home to a new type of search that makes it easy to find subjective information. Starting in early 2008 the company raised seed financing from a number of premier angel investors and carefully grew a high-caliber engineering team. Today, the company includes founders from more than a half-dozen successful startups, four AI Ph.D.s, and engineers from Silicon Valley's major technology companies. They are looking for a Head of User Experience to help set the direction, tone, and strategy for our products. They are seeking someone who will contribute directly in their particular areas of expertise (interaction design, usability research, UI design, etc.) -- but also someone who can help guide the broader product development. Responsibilities: The unique nature of our core service presents an exciting opportunity for a UX Lead to shape the fundamental offering: * Design interactive mockups for a variety of media and platforms (web, IM, etc.) * Interact directly with users via interviews or usability tests * Assist in the development of effective and understandable messaging * Analyze user behavior data we've gathered * Think creatively about product features and evolution General requirements: * Proven experience designing new user interfaces, shipping consumer products we would recognize, and leading teams (in order of importance) * Formal background in HCI or closely related field * Broad exposure to usability and user experience design in general * Both academic and industry experience preferred * Affinity for rapid prototyping * Flexibility when faced with complex challenges To be considered, please submit your resume AND your portfolio or best samples to bg @ capitalmarketsp.com Beau Gould Executive Advisor Capital Markets Placement bg @ capitalmarketsp.com -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-JOB--Head-of-User-Experience---180-250k-tp20917826p20917826.html Sent from the ixda.org - discussion list mailing list archive at Nabble.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
[IxDA Discuss] Seattle monthly meetup - Tonight! (Tuesday 12/9)
On the 2nd Tuesday of every month, Seattle-area information architects, user-centered designers, librarians, technical writers, and usability folk meet up at the Elysian pub in Capitol Hill to talk shop and socialize. The format is informal - all you need to bring is a topic of conversation, such as an interesting problem, a project you're working on, or even your resume. Students and professionals alike are welcome! Seattle Monthly IA/UX Meetup 7pm-10pm, Tuesday, December 9 Elysian Brewing Company 1221 E Pike St, Seattle http://ia.meetup.com/57 This event is organized by the Pacific Northwest chapter of ASIST (http://asistpnw.org). See you there! Aaron --- Aaron Louie Chair, ASIST PNW Associate Director of User Experience, ZAAZ 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] Happy Birthday Mouse
On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:22 PM, greg wrote: Tomorrow at Stanford is the Anniversary celebration. Actual Public unveiling was 40 years ago Dec. 9th. http://www.sri.com/engelbart-event.html A sad irony: Engelbart never made a dime off the mouse. His patents expired before their widespread use. Dan 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] Happy Birthday Mouse
After only 40 years since the mouse - Now that, with gestures gaining more traction, Dan coming out with his book (congrats), FYI - New bond movie makes extensive use of gestural interfaces combined with Aurora-like semantic associative intelligence and nlp recommendation engines in the intelligence apps for MI-6. I bet when folks in the intelligence community watch these movies they drool before getting back to their customized (cripped) x86 grey boxes with Win2000 and work with 15 year old MDI applications and Excel to track bad guys. Must suck for them. -w On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:22 PM, greg wrote: Tomorrow at Stanford is the Anniversary celebration. Actual Public unveiling was 40 years ago Dec. 9th. http://www.sri.com/engelbart-event.html A sad irony: Engelbart never made a dime off the mouse. His patents expired before their widespread use. Dan 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] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: 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] [IxDA SF EVENT] High Fidelity Holiday: an interactive seasonal celebratory experience (aka PARTY) Thursday, 12/11
Hello friends- Just a quick reminder that our kickin' holiday party is happening this Thursday at the Hotel Utah. We'll have awesome bands, raffle prizes, and words from some notables in our community. Plus, our gracious sponsors Cooper, Microsoft, Hot Studio and Mule Design have contributed to make sure we have a great party! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1363575 Also, we're seeking group photos of IxD teams in the Bay Area. Take a minute to gather one up and send it to us, so your slice of the IxD world is represented! Hope to see you there! - the IxDA SF team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35965 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] ThoughtPile.org
I recommend taking a look at http://thoughtpile.org/ , Herman Miller's web site, for a visually remarkable interface. It's a crowd-sourcing/idea generation type of site. Best Regards, Rob Tannen, PhD Director of Research 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] ThoughtPile.org
I liked the content, I would have loved the interface more if there was semantic richness to the nodes with something like a clustering/affinity for related quotes based on context and other attributes - some combining the content with a visualization like visual thesaurus, to show linked concepts. Also when when node is in focus, click on another simply resets the graph, but doesn't switch focus :-( On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Rob Tannen [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I recommend taking a look at http://thoughtpile.org/ , Herman Miller's web site, for a visually remarkable interface. It's a crowd-sourcing/idea generation type of site. Best Regards, Rob Tannen, PhD Director of Research 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] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: 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
[IxDA Discuss] Voting system design
If you could design a voting system from scratch - with no constraints - what would that look like? Dana Chisnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent from my iPhone 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] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
That's an interesting piece - 'Design for Impulse' is another variation to reference! I've been researching what I call 'Design with Intent' ( http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/what-is-design-with-intent/ ) for a few years now, more recently (for my PhD at Brunel in London) focused on influencing more sustainable use of products and systems ( http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/design-for-sustainable-behaviour/ ) rather than health issues, but many of the same techniques can be applied (and that's an important part of the research). The basic message is: *We know that design influences behavior, so lets's try and do something good with that*. We're trying to develop a method for helping designers choose which techniques are most applicable to which kinds of desired behavior change, and which type of approach (enabling/motivating/constraining behavior) is most likely to succeed in different contexts. Compare also the work of BJ Fogg and others working on Persuasive Technology' as a discipline - http://captology.stanford.edu/ It's clear that behavioral economics, specifically a deeper understanding of cognitive biases and heuristics, can be immensely important for designing interactions and understanding how to influence users. Richard Thaler calls this 'choice architecture' ( http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2008/06/10/nudges-and-the-power-of-choice-architecture/) but in a sense it's what designers of many stripes have been doing for years. We all know that placing some item at eye level makes it more likely that people will choose it; we put chairs round a table if we intend that people sit down; we (not always!) make sure a handle has the perceived affordance of a handle if we want people to pull it. Yet as a principle - obvious as it is - it's not often taught explicitly to designers or architects (or human factors engineers / ergonomists, for whom it really could be a fundamental part of the profession). Buckminster Fuller understood this - *I made up my mind... that I would never try to reform man — that's much too difficult. What I would do was to try to modify the environment in such a way as to get man moving in preferred directions - but it's *quite rare to hear it expressed formally as part of a design course. This seems maybe a good time to announce a new discussion group - Design and Behavior (http://designandbehavior.com ) - to fellow IxDA members - myself and Debra Lilley from Loughborough University, set it up last month and we have about 100 members so far who are working in this kind of field of examining how the design of systems influences user behavior, and how this knowledge might be applied for social benefit. I was holding off on announcing it here until we had a few more discussions going, but please, anyone who's interested, feel free to have a look or get involved. Thanks Dave for bringing this up - if you *do* intend to include this sort of stuff on your course, I'd be happy to help! Best wishes Dan Lockton _ Dan Lockton MPhil BSc(Hons) FRSA | Cleaner Electronics Research Group Brunel Design | Brunel University | London | UB8 3PH | http://danlockton.co.uk 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] Advice for hiring a UE Developer
Hi, I am in the process of hiring a UE developer for a web business application. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for interviewing potential candidates. Since I am not a technologist I don't plan to ask to many technical questions. I have been planning to focus more on process questions but would appreciate any suggestions on other areas to explore. Thanks, Suzanne Suzanne Walsh 415.519.8767 http://www.suzannewalsh.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] Advice for hiring a UE Developer
Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... here's a great thread from last year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36324 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] Advice for hiring a UE Developer
Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... Here's a great thread from last year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36324 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] Advice for hiring a UE Developer
(It appears that posting via IxDA.com is stripping out URLs - sorry for the duplicates) Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... here's a great thread from last year http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20819 On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Suzanne Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of hiring a UE developer for a web business application. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for interviewing potential candidates. Since I am not a technologist I don't plan to ask to many technical questions. I have been planning to focus more on process questions but would appreciate any suggestions on other areas to explore. 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] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
Just this weekend I was chatting about Thanksgiving travel experiences with friends, and I was confronted with an example of interaction design affecting group behavior. I heard story after story of people battling over the right/ability to recline their seats during the flight, and the fairly extreme behavior of people who did NOT want the seat in front of them to recline. It seems to me that airplane interiors designed to fit in as many seats as possible plus the potential interaction of the seat recline is an experience engineered to turn the passengers into (passive) aggressive territorial jerks. I don't have a solution in mind, but I'm sure that some good IxD work could be done to improve in-flight behavior. -Sarah Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36296 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] Design for impulse Behavior Economics
This article made me think of unintended consequences. For example, Bruce Schneier wrote in his book Beyond Fear how the increase in secure car ignitions (that can't be hardwired) led to an increase in the number of carjackings in Russia. In this case, the immediate design outcome was to make the car's ignition more secure, but the impact seems to endanger the car's occupants. Michael Micheletti On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:17 PM, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey there, Robert Fabricant of frog design write this nice piece on an designing to change behavior. http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/design-for-impulse.html The topic of behavior economics is important, and one I know I haven't thought nearly enough about (despite being mentioned in the article). What do people think about this in our domain as IxDers? -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.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] Happy Birthday Mouse
well, at least McCain didnt win: i heard he wanted to put the CIA back on college-ruled notebooks to prevent the viruses stuck in the series of tubes from making agents sick. On Dec 9, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Will Evans wrote: After only 40 years since the mouse - Now that, with gestures gaining more traction, Dan coming out with his book (congrats), FYI - New bond movie makes extensive use of gestural interfaces combined with Aurora-like semantic associative intelligence and nlp recommendation engines in the intelligence apps for MI-6. I bet when folks in the intelligence community watch these movies they drool before getting back to their customized (cripped) x86 grey boxes with Win2000 and work with 15 year old MDI applications and Excel to track bad guys. Must suck for them. -w On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:22 PM, greg wrote: Tomorrow at Stanford is the Anniversary celebration. Actual Public unveiling was 40 years ago Dec. 9th. http://www.sri.com/engelbart-event.html A sad irony: Engelbart never made a dime off the mouse. His patents expired before their widespread use. -- Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.springstudio.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
[IxDA Discuss] Job: Website Design. Loc: NYC/ off site. CO: Ariel Partners: Recruiter/Part time / Contract / Ongoing
Ariel Partners, an IT Consulting and Business Solutions firm in NYC is currently seeking to engage a Designer(s) to redesign their Website and for Design of an Application Development tool. The initiative would not require on site work; only periodic meetings in midtown offices to incorporate input and content from principals and ongoing communication and coordination throughout the process. Project will work on an hourly rate and Designer need not work full time. More interested in overall result in a reasonable deliberate time frame as opposed to rapid roll out. Referrals welcomed * WEB DESIGNER** * Designing for two internal projects: a website redesign and a new web application. Web application interface should look and feel like a cross between web 2.0 (such as facebook) and an excel spreadsheet. Design beautiful web 2.0 high fidelity html interfaces. Ideal candidate will be very familiar with the web 2.0 paradigm and understand what can be done and what cannot be done, and how web 2.0 applications generally work. Artist should have experience with and work natively in DreamWeaver or similar HTML -output tool. Emphasis is on aesthetics via CSS and nice graphic images in addition to Wireframes/Design layout. AJAX or JavaScript, not required but a helpful plus. Experience with CSS preferred. Behavior not required. HTML hand coding not required. Goal is to enhance look and feel with provocative design. Design the interface for new application. Ariel Partners is building a graphics library of high quality glossy PhotoShop and illustrator images and archives large volumes of high quality copy including introductions, whitepapers, and backgrounders. Appropriate selections to be incorporated. Requires a Web Designer capable of putting together a redesign, assimilating library of the images and content, incorporate branding concepts and create: ·Askin for the new site ·A set of storyboards ·Overall theme ·Identify holes, places where we are missing images, content etc. This will be a complex lengthy effort that will require regular meetings spaced out over a protracted period to accommodate competing priorities and existing schedules; warranting a phased roll out approach. The strategy would be to define overall theme and layout; then incrementally implement aesthetic improvements to establish framework. This would be followed by 1 or 2 subsequent phases of improvements and extensions The site also needs to have an iphone optimized version; automatically redirected to iphone.arielpartners.com . So two versions of the website are actually required An in-house development product also needs to be developed, and a designer is needed to provide high fidelity HTML mockups and work with the team as the design evolves. Interested and qualified candidates may submit resume/bio and online portfolio url or samples for review by replying to this email or emailing directly to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] [EVENT] Reminder: New Mexico Local Group Meetup - 12/9/08 5:30pm
Hi All, After a successful first meeting of New Mexico IxDA, we decided to have another meetup on December 9th at 5:30pm at Chama River Brewing (http://www.chamariverbrewery.com/). We wanted to meet before the madness of the upcoming holidays and also while we have some forward momentum. Hope to see you there. As always you can find us on the web at: http://groups.google.com/ group/ixda-new-mexico Thanks, Kevin 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 - Interactive Designer and Interactive Developer - Georgia or Louisiana - College Selection Website - TBD
*INTERACTIVE DESIGNER AND INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER* I am launching a web-based business focused on the college selection process. The next step is to move from the work I have done-marketing research, user requirements, and a basic framework for the site-to a completed version ready for beta. In order to get there, I am seeking two people who will manage the development and design for the web site. Work can be done as a part-time commitment based on a schedule we develop jointly. I prefer that candidates be based in Georgia or Louisiana. I've listed the skills we'll need below: INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER - Expertise in (X)HTML, Javascript, and CSS - Experience with a javascript framework like Mootools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, EXT, or GWT - Deep knowledge of MySQL and PHP for back-end architecture - Knowledge of web architectures such as Apache + mod_php preferred - Experience in developing scalable web platforms for multiple browsers INTERACTIVE DESIGNER - Expertise in web design, (X)HTML, Javascript, and CSS - Expertise in Photoshop - Experience creating documents that define user paths and page hierarchy The ideal people will have the requisite skills, portfolios of work, and a couple of references. They're entrepreneurially driven and excited about the opportunity to build a business. They have good writing skills, are strong communicators, and are comfortable with working both independently and in partnership with me. Please contact Kevin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with interest. 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) Contract Mobile UX Designer, Bellevue, WA, Recruiter
6 Month Contract, ONSITE This position gives you the chance to innovate and design new products and services for my mobile client in Bellevue, WA It is critical for candidates to work well in teams. Candidates must be able to understand the balance of user experience, business case, and time-to-market, and make trade-offs where appropriate. Define the customer experience for existing and new product applications, and handset experiences, that establish and adhere to established conventions and standards. Understand customer needs, as well as business and functional requirements. Work closely with user research and product management team to define product requirements. Create storyboards, detailed and comprehensive wireframes, workflows, prototypes, and requirements that effectively communicate the information design and interaction design. Work with usability engineers to gather data on the design and iterate. Collaborate with visual designers, content strategists and engineering teams to implement your designs. Minimum Required Skills / Competencies: 3-5 years working as an interaction designer or information architect for mobile device, web or software applications. Solid understanding of the fundamentals of user interface design; should have experience working through the entire product life cycle and be familiar with user-centered design methods. Knowledgeable of best practices of all major web-based interfaces. A blend of big picture design ideas with detail orientation and an obsession for creativity. Proficiency with PhotoShop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Visio or Omnigraffle. Clear, organized writing, communication and presentation skills. BA/BS in HCI (Human Computer-Interaction) or related field or equivalent work experience. Preferred skills: Prior work designing for small-screen devices, and mobile devices preferred. Experience with HTML, Flash, and Flash Lite a plus. Ryan Lum Principal Consultant DDI: +1 425 460 4291 Mobile: +1 425 533 1928 [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 40 Lake Bellevue Suite 100 Bellevue WA 98005 USA t: +1 425 635 0300 f: +1 425 635 0333 w: www.greythorn.comhttp://www.greythorn.com/ [cid:734042922@07122008-0B2A] 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] Date display formats in tables
Which date formats are most readable (and comparable), if you are looking at rows of data in a table (where each row has a date)? This is for an interface for a US audience where the conventional order is month-day-year (as opposed to day-month-year). Some examples of date formats: 12-31-08 1-1-09 12-31-08 01-01-09 12-31-2008 01-01-2009 12/31/08 01/01/09 12.31.2008 01.01.2009 Dec 31, 2008 Jan 1, 2009 2008-12-31 2009-01-01 Is there any user research on this issue? (And what might work best for users of screenreaders?) Thanks Rachel 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] ThoughtPile.org
Also when when node is in focus, click on another simply resets the graph, but doesn't switch focus :-( A click anywhere resets the graph. A click captured by a node (the node displays as solid) does switch focus. I think only nodes deeper than the current one can do this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36319 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] Voting system design
Ron Rivest and Warren Smith have done some very interesting design/research into secure voting systems. http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/RivestSmith-ThreeVotingProtocolsThreeBallotVAVAndTwin.pdf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36321 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] Inactive UI elements: disable or disappear?
Thanks for the replies! I'll go with the disabled tooltip solution. I think that's best :) Sometimes you just need a little confirmation on your thoughts to make up your mind ;) Thanks again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36261 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] Help on User profiling and Persona
Bennett, Not sure if Derek Featherstone is on this mailing list, but if you're looking for the best (human) resource on all topics related to accessibility, check out http://furtherahead.com/profile/ or follow him on twitter @feather Cheers, Jeff Bennett Lauber wrote: Does anyone have any information on disabled user persona's I am quickly becoming the accessibility person here and would like to create some sample personas; If some are Out there it would help get me started. Thanks in advance! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36267 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] Public Transportation Experiences
http://www.transportdirect.info/web2/home.aspx?repeatingloop=Y This site has been set up in England (and maybe the rest of the UK). It brings together train, bus, car and walking. This is a area which is exceptionally important as integration is important if public transport is to take off. As far as I know it is not very widely used, but it is a good example of how complex merging all this data is, both technically and interaction design wise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36199 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] Paper Form Design Usability
I would recommend trying to contact a statistican as they have done this sort of thing for years and they are a great place to start, but don't solely rely on their advice. I would suspect the large departments (census etc have this information on line in US) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36246 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] Inactive UI elements: disable or disappear?
I tend to agree with Will here; a couple of years ago I was working for a company in the UK. The software gave users access to different functions or features depending on their permissions, but the developers opted to make all functions show while those that were unavailable were greyed out. While this made sense to the developers (not sure why though), the users couldn't understand why they were not able use a particular function, even though it was shown. The helpdesk received numerous calls regarding these greyed out functions from users who thought that there were problems with the software as functions were greyed out. I think that it is also perhaps worth considering the kinds of users who will be using the software; Will white-collar users understand differently than blue-collar workers? Will you need different design considerations based on the socio-economic group of your [potential] users? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36261 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] Help on User profiling and Persona
I have a podcast which has Gayna Williams from Microsoft talking about the exact idea that Will has mentioned above; Personas rather than groups. If you go to the Stanford iTunes web site at; http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Once iTunes is open, search for the following; Innovation on Research Methods During the Development of Windows Vista And that should give you the podcast you need. Hope this helps :) Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36267 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] Public Transportation Experiences
The Shanghai metro has expanded rapidly over the last 5 years (about 6 lines added) and will continue to do so upto the World Expo in 2010 (13 lines in total!). Sometimes it can be confusing to navigate around the possible interchange stations. The following website is really useful; http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/ It has a complete map of the current metro network and you can drag between your start and end station and it will calculate the price time taken! Also it gives the first and last train times for all stations. Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36199 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] Visual design for high-volume government and news websites
Hi, everyone! I'm a senior UX professional working on the new iteration of a government website that's been around in some form or other for about 10 years. Among specialists in the field, it's well known, but it's also expected to address the public. This iteration represents a complete overhaul in terms of output and purpose. The project is at a stage now where we're starting to look at visual design issues and at this point, having read widely on this, I wanted to ask you for your insights. I'll try to keep the details as brief as possible. *** THE DETAILS *** The intended website's primary functions are as follows: * Deliver policy information * Announce news, press releases and legal outcomes * Cover special events * Provide current and historical statistics Studying the current website has shown us that, although our role ostensibly is to represent a governmental function, we are actually performing many of the activities of online journalism. Previous iterations have not reflected this growing trend. In the new version, we'll need to be able to: * React very quickly to new developments * Assign proper visual weighting to information of a variety of types * Balance the needs of presenting volatile and static information *** THE QUESTION(s) *** 1. Do you know of any high-volume government or news websites, perhaps in your country or in others, that you would rate somewhere between very effective and superb for delivering complex, sometimes time-sensitive information such as policies and statistics? 2. Do you know of any hefty websites in which you consider the typography and grid systems to be exemplary? I'm especially interested in sites that use these to react robustly to frequent change. 3. Do you have any words of warning (encouragement is also welcome ;-D) or cautionary tales along the lines described above? It's a long post, so thanks for your patience if you read this far! I'd love to hear your thoughts now. Thx, Mike Padgett www.mikepadgett.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] Paper Form Design Usability
Rob, I sense you question isn't fully answered regarding paper forms, so I will offer a good, if difficult, recommendation. The best discussion I've seen of paper forms in is the Style Manual 6th edition of the Commonwealth of Australia, published by John Wiley Australia ISBN 0-7016-3648-3. The chapter on forms (chapter 20) is only 15 pages, but is very modern in its discussion of user centered approaches and graphic treatments. I understand that David Sless, an Aussie who is a major researcher of forms, contributed to the chapter. (I am guessing Caroline Jarret would approve??) Unfortunately, the books isn't widely sold outside Australia (I bought mine while living in New Zealand.) It is an example of wonderful book that isn't available globally (so much for the global village). It covers all kinds of graphic design issues with sensibility. Sorry to offer a recommendation that isn't easy to get, but if you are motivated, you might find the effort worthwhile. Michael Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36246 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] Date display formats in tables
If users will be scanning the date column, a format (all but your 1st 6th sixth example) that pads the numerical value will be easiest to scan - and compare. You mention a US audience, but assumptions of Month/Day/Year can still lead to ambiguities. I'd suggest spelling out the month, and then padding the day and year Dec 31, 2008 Jan 01, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36335 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] ThoughtPile.org
I find this silly. What am I supposed to click on? It is a treasure hunt, which assumes I am interested in other people's spewing of random thoughts to begin with -- which I am not. Treasure hunts only work when there's a treasure to find. I just see a bunch of orange circles with innane writing in them. Not very interesting, even though I like orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36319 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] ThoughtPile.org
On the plus side, if you just let it sit there it's rather hypnotic. I had a great nap after just a few minutes of watching. 2008/12/10 Michael Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] I find this silly. What am I supposed to click on? It is a treasure hunt, which assumes I am interested in other people's spewing of random thoughts to begin with -- which I am not. Treasure hunts only work when there's a treasure to find. I just see a bunch of orange circles with innane writing in them. Not very interesting, even though I like orange. -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal Consultant | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com UX Book Club: http://uxbookclub.org/ - Read, discuss, connect. 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] ffffound invite?
same here, highly appreciated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36291 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] Voting system design
I'm concerned with security, of course. But totally blue-sky: What would the experience be like? What's the vision 10 years out of casting a ballot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36321 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] ffffound invite?
I'm not a member, but I just want to say here ound is A.MA.ZING! Daily source of joy and inspiration : ) Din www.mereka.co.uk 2008/12/8 Russell Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is anyone a member of ound? If so - I would really appreciate it ifyou would invite me... (trying to do some research and ound is one element). Best regards, Russ Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Chicago: freelance onsite IxD, world-reknowned digital/product design firm (UX agency)
Hi IxDA'ers; got a juicy freelance role for the biting into. Mmm, mmm! THE ROLE: Seeking a MID or SR LEVEL INTERACTION DESIGNER (IA + Visual Designer hybrid) for ~3 weeks starting January '09, for website build. Work includes rapid web prototyping (lo- fidelity is fine; doesn't have to be functional) and mockups. Role is onsite in Chicago studio location. Financial services bkgd is a major plus. Possibility could go longterm if a good mutual fit. THE CLIENT: Truly one of the most sought-after companies by jobseekers around the globe, this world-famous client is a leader of the pack in terms of illustrious recognition and awards, is deemed by a respected industry publication in 2008 as being in the Top 5 of the Most Innovative Companies, and contains within its ranks 550+ employees spread across 8 different global studios in the USA, Europe, and Asia from a variety of different backgrounds, perspectives, and areas of expertise. They focus in the following disciplines: Branding, Communication Design, Environments Design, Food Science, Healthcare, Human Factors, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Mechanical Engineering, Organizational Design, and Software Engineering Interested? Email: joanne (at) joanneweavergroup (dot) com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include resume, URL, and hourly rate. Feel free to pass this along thru your networks, thanks! Joanne Joanne Weaver President The Joanne Weaver Group UX + Creative Talent Acquisition http://www.joanneweavergroup.com http://www.joanneweavergroup.com +1 917 623 9369 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] Supporting material for the importance of UX/UI/Visual Design disciplines/departments in consumer electronics/software companies?
I'm searching for any solid information about the importance of UX/UI/Visual Design disciplines. I'm especially interested in information about: • The ROI it generates (I think Cooper and Nielsen referred to this kind of info) • Its strategic role (as innovation generator, as strategic guide) • Its important position in the organization, as represented in the organization hierarchy (i.e. VP Design), and the number of designers compared to other professionals in the organization Any supporting info will be good: case studies (of known companies), surveys, presentations, movies, etc. -- Simon Reisman You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation Plato 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] ffffound invite?
well you're at it, an invite to these would be fantabulous as well.. http://humhum.be http://butt3rscotch.org http://www.yayhooray. 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] Voting system design
That's funny because that is straight out of Jared's 3Qs User Experience blog post On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Dana Chisnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I'm concerned with security, of course. But totally blue-sky: What would the experience be like? What's the vision 10 years out of casting a ballot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36321 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] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: 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] ffffound invite?
http://www.yayhooray.com/ oops On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Angel Marquez [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: well you're at it, an invite to these would be fantabulous as well.. http://humhum.be http://butt3rscotch.org http://www.yayhooray. 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] Voting system design
A colleague of mine, Ben Adida, wrote his PhD thesis at MIT about cryptographic voting systems. He has an online voting system that's freely available at http://www.heliosvoting.org/ He also writes on the topic extensively-- http://benlog.com/articles/category/voting/ and http://ben.adida.net/research/ -Jon On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Dana Chisnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: If you could design a voting system from scratch - with no constraints - what would that look like? Dana Chisnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent from my iPhone 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
[IxDA Discuss] Flights to Vancouver decreasing in $?
Hi all, In case you haven't booked your flight to Vancouver yet, I just saw an almost $200 decrease in my flight cost tonight on United (booking through them too), as compared to even this morning. I hope that is the case for other people, too. Check it out, and see you there! Janna 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] Flights to Vancouver decreasing in $?
May I know from where is the departure destination? CHAN On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Janna Hicks DeVylder [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi all, In case you haven't booked your flight to Vancouver yet, I just saw an almost $200 decrease in my flight cost tonight on United (booking through them too), as compared to even this morning. I hope that is the case for other people, too. Check it out, and see you there! Janna 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] Flights to Vancouver decreasing in $?
Savannah, GA... where no flight comes cheap, so this makes it even more wonderful! On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:37 AM, FoongYeen Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: May I know from where is the departure destination? CHAN On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Janna Hicks DeVylder [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi all, In case you haven't booked your flight to Vancouver yet, I just saw an almost $200 decrease in my flight cost tonight on United (booking through them too), as compared to even this morning. I hope that is the case for other people, too. Check it out, and see you there! Janna 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] ThoughtPile.org
Well, there you go. I guess it wasn't designed with you in mind. :) Just made me wonder if we could have some kind of visualization of IxDA threads...a visual thesaurus of topics as Will mentioned re: this. Affinity of topic, amount of interest/participation of the topic, over a span of time... Certainly easier to engage with than simply searching the archives. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Michael Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I find this silly. What am I supposed to click on? It is a treasure hunt, which assumes I am interested in other people's spewing of random thoughts to begin with -- which I am not. 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] Flights to Vancouver decreasing in $?
Farecast helps track these kinds of fluctuations. They can usually predict whether a fare is set to rise or fall in the near term. Might be worth checking before booking a flight. http://farecast.live.com/ // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36360 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
