[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Front End Developer, Contract opportunity in Portland, OR, FILTER (recruiter)
FILTER has an ongoing need for Front End Developers who are undaunted by deadlines and able to juggle multiple tasks with skill and finesse. Our ideal candidates are consumer focused and able to put great product design and user experience at the center of everything that they develop. Familiarity with Flash (including ActionScript) is key for this position. The ability to use both server side scripting languages like PHP and client side scripting (using JavaScript) is also required. If you believe that standards-compliant, validated code is the only code then we'd love to sit down and chat with you about exciting opportunities. SKILLS YOU'LL NEED * College degree preferred * 3-5 years industry experience as a developer using XHTML, CSS, XML, Photoshop * Solid understanding of standards-compliant code, and trends around it * Solid working knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, ActionScript * Creativity and a passion for creating great consumer products * Ability to juggle multiple priorities * Excellent communication, organizational skills and time management skills a must A BIT ABOUT FILTER FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast. Offering both creative staffing services and interactive media design and production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. FILTER has been serving the creative community, including top consumer brands and technology companies as well as leading design, advertising and interactive agencies, for the past two decades. To apply, please register at http://www.filtertalent.com and complete a personal profile in order to express interest in this position: http://www.filtertalent.com/Professionals/Search_Jobs.aspx?r=PDXm=jid= 189 We will review your resume and portfolio and contact you if your skills and experience appear to be a good fit. FILTER is an equal opportunity employer. . DANA LANDRY RECEPTIONIST D 206.708.8994 T 206.682.6005 F 206.682.5830 1505 5TH AVE, SUITE 600, SEATTLE, WA 98101 FILTERTALENT.COM http://www.filtertalent.com/ FILTER CREATIVE RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS SEATTLE PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES VISIT THE NEW FILTERTALENT.COM http://www.filtertalent.com/ AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW SHOWCASE, BLOG http://www.filtertalent.com/Connections/Blog/default.aspx , JOB ALERTS AND OTHER IMPROVED SITE FEATURES! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Information Architect/UX Designer, Contract opportunity in Portland, OR, FILTER (recruiter)
FILTER is seeking an Information Architect who also has an edge when it comes to User Experience design. We're looking for someone who can tackle deliverables including full interaction design and documentation, wireframes and content organization, site maps/screen flow maps, design recommendations/proposals, and working prototypes. To be considered, you must be familiar with implementing and creating usability studies, have experience writing functional specifications, and have extensive knowledge of web technologies. The ability to balance business and user requirements-all the while staying true to brand style and best practices-is also key to this gig. If you have a knack for solving complicated user-needs with elegant simplicity (and you love a good challenge), then get in touch with FILTER. SKILLS YOU'LL NEED * Strong knowledge of user interface and functionality design required * Strong creative skills and ability to generate design ideas * Must have the ability to understand and integrate customer needs and motivations into specific areas of design to contribute to user features and functionality * Strong visual/graphical interface design skills * Must be familiar with industry standards and trends * Ability to work collaboratively with other designers and team members, cross-functional domain experts and other stakeholders * Receptive to feedback and direction from others * Strong detail orientation and an obsession for accuracy and consistency * Clear, organized written and verbal communication and presentation skills * Excellent analytical skills * Understanding of underlying technical concepts * Strong working knowledge of Visio, Photoshop and Illustrator * Ability to provide portfolio examples of relevant IA and UX design work * 5-7 years experience in interactive field, with at least 2-3 years focused on IA and UX * Bachelor's degree in related field preferred A BIT ABOUT FILTER FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast. Offering both creative staffing services and interactive media design and production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. FILTER has been serving the creative community, including top consumer brands and technology companies as well as leading design, advertising and interactive agencies, for the past two decades. To apply, please register at http://www.filtertalent.com and complete a personal profile in order to express interest in this position: http://www.filtertalent.com/Professionals/Search_Jobs.aspx?r=PDXm=jid= 188 We will review your resume and portfolio and contact you if your skills and experience appear to be a good fit. FILTER is an equal opportunity employer. . DANA LANDRY RECEPTIONIST D 206.708.8994 T 206.682.6005 F 206.682.5830 1505 5TH AVE, SUITE 600, SEATTLE, WA 98101 FILTERTALENT.COM http://www.filtertalent.com/ FILTER CREATIVE RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS SEATTLE PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES VISIT THE NEW FILTERTALENT.COM http://www.filtertalent.com/ AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW SHOWCASE, BLOG http://www.filtertalent.com/Connections/Blog/default.aspx , JOB ALERTS AND OTHER IMPROVED SITE FEATURES! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Interactive Excel prototyping
I created a paper prototype that was fun testing on local users but when it got to testing remote users I thought perhaps I'd try to create an online prototype. I started with PowerPoint but found the macros deficient and a couple of things I wanted to do I couldn't. I then ordered Effective Prototyping with Excel by Bergen et al, expecting that their prototypes would involve some basic coding but found they didn't. A programming colleague showed me a couple of very basic code statements in Excel and I realised that with the Control Toolbox widgets, .Visible = True and .Visible = False statements, a couple of If statements, a little googling and a little recording of macros to figure out some code, I could create a pretty workable prototype, albeit only able to handle very specific use cases. I would appreciate responses on: * the value of this type of prototype * whether it is possible to have more control over formatting of the Control Toolbox widgets, or, alternatively substitute the Forms toolbar widgets which are more formattable * other bits of code that non-coders can add to the repertoire * ways of making the prototype more like a real prototype, that is, not totally use case dependent, without going into real coding territory * any other suggestions http://excelprototyping.weebly.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
I have been working on product customizers and these online tools require immense user interaction. Developing and designing these have always posed a challenge and now I am at a crossroad to choose whether I should compromise on user experience or fun? Please help! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation
My experience tells me the quicker the user grasps information the better it becomes for the to relate or interact with your website or web application. Icons used without text consume time and effort. The facade of pretty icons would eventually wear off if the navigation is poor. Icons usually supported by existing or rollover text might act as a mode to beautifying the design, but the user experience would remain unchanged. Krystal, has provided a good link which gives a good insight into why only icon navigation is not a good idea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42417 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
Hi Sachin, Do you mean 'user experience' or 'usability'? To me 'fun' sounds like a quality that could contribute to the overall user experience, in wich case there would be no need for compromise. What does 'product customizers' mean? Could you please give an example / more details? One thing's for sure, IMO - 'immense user interaction' will require quite a bit of reward for the users, especially if they are engaging in the interaction voluntarily (is that the case?). Making the interaction itself fun could be one way of providing that reward. Of course, a good flow and no needless interruptions when trying to create something is also quite important :) Hmm, did I just rephrase your dillemma? Sebi On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Sachin Ghodke sachyn.gho...@gmail.comwrote: I have been working on product customizers and these online tools require immense user interaction. Developing and designing these have always posed a challenge and now I am at a crossroad to choose whether I should compromise on user experience or fun? Please help! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ http://lookingatdesigns.wordpress.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive Excel prototyping
I just hate excel-prototyping - and I´m totally in love with axure.com - free trial version for 30 days available. I use Axure to create classic wireframes and dressing them up with basic layouts for test scenarios. Export to HTML - no hassle with codes. Take a look... www.axure.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43091 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
Yes I stand correct - Usability is the right word in this context, sorry. I was making an attempt to provide 'fun' (example: nikeid) as part of a product customizer or you can check www.zazzle.com which does not provide the 'fun' i was talking about. It does not 'wow' me and comes across to me as something that makes my experience a bit cumbersome. The technologies used here are different and probably that also does play a part in the different user experience I have had. Some of the user experiences that i want to develop or design would be linked to shopping online. After all the product customizers have 2 primary goals - one is to let user feel and experience the product and two is to then goad the user to buy it. These have helped some of my customers but not to the extent I think they should have. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43092 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
I would look to D. Normans book, Emotional Design. it is clear that adding positive emotional qualities (call it fun if you must) in a design changes the user's overall perception of the products utility and usability--PERCEPTION. the best example I have is the context of the iPhone keyboard. As I said recently in Malmo, as a die-hard iPhone fan/user, the keyboard is flawed. Having been a Treo user for years and then a blackberry user after that I know/understand the value of a physical keyboard and moving to a virtual one is a big change. But! the rest of the phone and even some of the features of the virtual keyboard itself are so engaging that I could almost care less about the flaws of the keyboard of the iPhone. Now, a 'customizer' sounds a bit enterprisey to me. And in that world you have to be cautious as not to appear frivolous, but I have done major re-designs of enterprise SaaS software that incorporated good engagement at the expense of total usability that seemed to work for those doing the purchasing as well. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43092 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
Giving people a rewarding experience in exchange for learning a complex interface is one tactic. But let's take a step back. It sounds like the strategic goals here are twofold: -) Allow people to create their own products -) Help them get to results that are good enough to buy Maybe instead of thinking of fun in the context of usability and slapping engagement on a complex, flexible product (e.g. with snazzy transitions, 'cool' graphical treatments, attitudey language, etc), you could first think of ways to make the product creator more engaging and satisfying to use functionally. A potential t-shirt buyer has an idea in his/her head that she wants to make happen, e.g. Sarah's 80s Party Bash. What if you give her the right tools to help her along? For example, templates that give her a satisfying head start, ensuring she will be happy with the results. Or a color pallette for text and accents, based on the background color of the piece (you could also let her pick her own colors, but make the suggested colors more prominent). Goading people to buy becomes an easier task once the thing they've made is sufficiently awesome in their eyes :-). - Nasir Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] On tactile feedback, I just can't place the analogy here...
Saw this [1] and thought of all of the IxD people on here who deal with the haptic tactile. Now, there's something analogous to nature in this particular concept but I'll leave that to you to resolve. [1] http://bit.ly/JIAyd John Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive Excel prototyping
For more ideas on what you can do with interactive prototypes in Excel, see http://www.effectiveprototyping.com/ep_excel.shtml; better yet, buy the book (yes, I'm one of the authors). -Fred Petra wrote: I created a paper prototype that was fun testing on local users but when it got to testing remote users I thought perhaps I'd try to create an online prototype. I started with PowerPoint but found the macros deficient and a couple of things I wanted to do I couldn't. I then ordered Effective Prototyping with Excel by Bergen et al, expecting that their prototypes would involve some basic coding but found they didn't. A programming colleague showed me a couple of very basic code statements in Excel and I realised that with the Control Toolbox widgets, .Visible = True and .Visible = False statements, a couple of If statements, a little googling and a little recording of macros to figure out some code, I could create a pretty workable prototype, albeit only able to handle very specific use cases. I would appreciate responses on: * the value of this type of prototype * whether it is possible to have more control over formatting of the Control Toolbox widgets, or, alternatively substitute the Forms toolbar widgets which are more formattable * other bits of code that non-coders can add to the repertoire * ways of making the prototype more like a real prototype, that is, not totally use case dependent, without going into real coding territory * any other suggestions http://excelprototyping.weebly.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Fred Sampson Email: f...@fredsampson.com Web: www.fredsampson.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredsampson Twitter: @wfreds Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Education for a team of none
Jason, I'm in the same situation. Throughout my developer career I've gravitated towards the practices of user experience/ IA / interaction design and have made it my methods for achieving project goals. I do more business analysis than developing now, but approach all projects (big and small) from a user experience standpoint. I'm the only individual in my small information services team that takes this approach. I read a lot and have great mentors from this community and IAI. I follow the same steps everybody else does but on a smaller scale. How do I know it's working? When I get positive feedback. When I hear that Aha moment from my research. Getting back to personas, at the beginning of my current intranet project I created scaled down personas. This was new grounds for the other team members (people in various departments) and I didn't want to overwhelm. What was important for me was the discovery from employee interviews and putting it into a format (personas) that I could share with others. The team could really care less about the deliverable - but I learned a lot about how people work and reference that knowledge as the project continues. You might be interested in Adaptive Path's Leah Buley, who gave presentations of How to be a UX Team of One. You can see the slides here: http://tiny.cc/n4mej. Gail Gammel Glenview State Bank ga...@gsb.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42970 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive Excel prototyping
I use Axure as well. Kyle Soucy from NH UPA also used Adobe Acrobat for prototyping. I've seen others use Powerpoint as well. I've never heard of using Excel as a prototyping tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43091 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] what we do diagram updated
Dave, I completely agree with what you are saying, but I think in the two examples below, there was still a problem space definied -- i.e. savings, or mobile communication. I can think of a number of problems where we hired to explore a particular space and find problems there that needed solutions, but there was always some bounded area to that space. I think that is what that Your concept circle is trying to get at -- the contribution that the client brings to the equation in terms of defining the space to be explored. What would be a better title for that circle to encompass that? Here's a link to the diagram again in case someone missed the first post and wants to take a look: http://blog.slicedbreaddesign.com/ Julie -Original Message from Dave Malouf- This is what I posted on the blog: Ok, better, but I do believe that sometimes the concept comes from outside of us and sometimes the concept comes directly from us, or more accurately from a combination of sources. i.e. where would the work of Jan Chipchase fall into this? or look at the case study of IDEO's BofA the change goes into your savings project. Design generated the concept out of nothing more than to say, We need to find a way to get people to use their savings accounts more. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
We¹re building a tribute area on an author site to fallen soldiers. I want family members to be able to sort by last name, which means that I need to put a field in the DB that separates rank from First Name and Last Name. Does anyone know where I can find a list of all military ranks for a selection box or drop down? Or, should I just put a field in the form. Which do you think it easier and does the job most effectively. Yes, I too hate long scrolling drop down menus. Any suggestions? -- Anthony Zeoli | ZAAH.COM VP Product Business Development e: aze...@zaah.com +1 631.873.2007 | Direct +1 631.873.2000 | Main +1 917.705.4700 | Mobile +1 631.873.2050 | Fax AIM: djtonyz | Yahoo: anthonyzeoli | MSN: djtonyz | Skype: tonyzeoli | Twitter: djtonyz 6 Dubon Court Farmingdale, NY 11735 This document contains proprietary and confidential information, which are the exclusive property of Zaah Technologies, Inc. Unauthorized use of this or any document, marked confidential is strictly prohibited. Copyright© 2008 Zaah Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] On tactile feedback, I just can't place the analogy here...
I confess to checking the date of the post to see if we were being pranked. j...@smorgasbord-design.co.uk wrote: Saw this [1] and thought of all of the IxD people on here who deal with the haptic tactile. Now, there's something analogous to nature in this particular concept but I'll leave that to you to resolve. [1] http://bit.ly/JIAyd John Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- J. Eric jet Townsend -- designer, fabricator, hacker design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction flow as subterfuge.
The graphic design community has been talking about this for a long time. The First Things First manifesto is one reaction to this problem. it was first published in 1964: http://www.xs4all.nl/~maxb/ftf1964.htm Then updated in 2000: http://www.xs4all.nl/~maxb/ftf2000.htm Milton Glaser's interview with Debbie Millman from a few years ago includes a particularly interesting discussion of the topic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43028 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
One thing to keep in mind...is this just soldiers (i.e. Army) or all military branches? If the latter, then there are different ranks within the different military branches to consider... On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Anthony Zeoli t...@zaah.com wrote: We¹re building a tribute area on an author site to fallen soldiers. I want family members to be able to sort by last name, which means that I need to put a field in the DB that separates rank from First Name and Last Name. Does anyone know where I can find a list of all military ranks for a selection box or drop down? Or, should I just put a field in the form. Which do you think it easier and does the job most effectively. Yes, I too hate long scrolling drop down menus. Any suggestions? -- Anthony Zeoli | ZAAH.COM VP Product Business Development e: azeoli at zaah.com +1 631.873.2007 | Direct +1 631.873.2000 | Main +1 917.705.4700 | Mobile +1 631.873.2050 | Fax AIM: djtonyz | Yahoo: anthonyzeoli | MSN: djtonyz | Skype: tonyzeoli | Twitter: djtonyz 6 Dubon Court Farmingdale, NY 11735 This document contains proprietary and confidential information, which are the exclusive property of Zaah Technologies, Inc. Unauthorized use of this or any document, marked confidential is strictly prohibited. Copyright© 2008 Zaah Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
There are also different sets of ranks within branches of the military, officer and enlisted. Tonia M. Bartz :: Designer - Human Sciences :: Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook: ToniaMBartz On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jamie Bresnerjbres...@gmail.com wrote: One thing to keep in mind...is this just soldiers (i.e. Army) or all military branches? If the latter, then there are different ranks within the different military branches to consider... On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Anthony Zeoli t...@zaah.com wrote: We¹re building a tribute area on an author site to fallen soldiers. I want family members to be able to sort by last name, which means that I need to put a field in the DB that separates rank from First Name and Last Name. Does anyone know where I can find a list of all military ranks for a selection box or drop down? Or, should I just put a field in the form. Which do you think it easier and does the job most effectively. Yes, I too hate long scrolling drop down menus. Any suggestions? -- Anthony Zeoli | ZAAH.COM VP Product Business Development e: azeoli at zaah.com +1 631.873.2007 | Direct +1 631.873.2000 | Main +1 917.705.4700 | Mobile +1 631.873.2050 | Fax AIM: djtonyz | Yahoo: anthonyzeoli | MSN: djtonyz | Skype: tonyzeoli | Twitter: djtonyz 6 Dubon Court Farmingdale, NY 11735 This document contains proprietary and confidential information, which are the exclusive property of Zaah Technologies, Inc. Unauthorized use of this or any document, marked confidential is strictly prohibited. Copyright© 2008 Zaah Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
A google search for official us military rank names yielded this result, which might do the trick for you: http://www.usafesvsmarketing.org/Tools/US Military Ranks.htm As mentioned, might help to know the service first, then your dropdown list will be much shorter. Or you could try option groups to group them together in order. Might also be good to list them in ascending order (lowest rank to highest), given that you'll rarely get more than one General of the Army. Good luck =] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?
Why are Usability and Fun opposed to each other? I don't think that they are mutually exclusive. There is an old post on my blog concerning fun in IxD - it's something that we need a lot more of. From this post: It’s standard practice to design with our user’s goals in mind. Too often, though, we tend to focus only on the immediate goals: Send an Email, Download a File, Do my Taxes. Although we may produce usable and successful designs, we have ignored the user’s larger context. They may be bored, tired, at work, grinding away at a long term deliverable. They may be entering countless rows of data into a spreadsheet. People love to have fun. Without sacrificing usability, let’s bring a little fun into our designs. - http://www.acleandesign.com/2008/11/fun-in-interaction-design/ Best, Loren - http://acleandesign.com http://twitter.com/lorenbaxter On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Nasir Barday nbarday+i...@gmail.comnbarday%2bi...@gmail.com wrote: Giving people a rewarding experience in exchange for learning a complex interface is one tactic. But let's take a step back. It sounds like the strategic goals here are twofold: -) Allow people to create their own products -) Help them get to results that are good enough to buy Maybe instead of thinking of fun in the context of usability and slapping engagement on a complex, flexible product (e.g. with snazzy transitions, 'cool' graphical treatments, attitudey language, etc), you could first think of ways to make the product creator more engaging and satisfying to use functionally. A potential t-shirt buyer has an idea in his/her head that she wants to make happen, e.g. Sarah's 80s Party Bash. What if you give her the right tools to help her along? For example, templates that give her a satisfying head start, ensuring she will be happy with the results. Or a color pallette for text and accents, based on the background color of the piece (you could also let her pick her own colors, but make the suggested colors more prominent). Goading people to buy becomes an easier task once the thing they've made is sufficiently awesome in their eyes :-). - Nasir Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back
Dear IxDA community, Today I add my voice the chorus of people donating a chunk of change to IxDA. I'm presently IxDA Vice-President and Creative Director of the website re-design project for which we are raising funds, but I'm also emphatically one of you. I'm a passionate advocate for the power of interaction design to better the world, and believe in this community as a force for good. IxDA first entered my life when the Yahoo! discussion list was born, and I've been largely enchanted and enlightened by its activity ever since. I'm one of those who appreciates a good semantic debate, but truly one of the greatest strengths of our group has been our ability to debate with respect even while arguing with feeling. The website redesign project aims to enhance the utility--and civility--of our discussions. How many of you are overwhelmed by list traffic that repeats old topics? Wouldn't you like a way to attach images to a post? And when I search for some topic, I think it'd be swell if the system actually found it In addition to elevating our online discussion capabilities, our new website aims to: * Provide a dedicated Job Board, including resource area for hiring managers * Create local group mini-sites with local leaders announcements, discussion and Job Board areas local member directory * Present calendar of IxDA events with RSVP tools * Provide searchable global member directory * Allow members to display desired personal information in their profiles, affiliating with Local Groups and highlighting your feeds * Integrate conference access from main site * Create space for mentoring program and educational resources * Enhance media library to better serve content from Interaction conferences and local group events * Refresh content for Home page About Us sections to provide clearer paths to participate If you want to study all the gory details, you can access this project's requirements documents here: http://www.devise.com/ixda/ To achieve our vision as quickly solidly as possible, we are going to hire a professional development partner to implement the website that IxDA members are now designing. This open-source, scalable platform will enable future innovative efforts such as the IxD Timeline, Regional Conferences, Open Source space and other as-yet-unknown capabilities. But we can't get there without your financial support! Chip in now with the cost of a cup of coffee or a book: (Paypal link) http://tinyurl.com/ks2d9z (Fundraising announcement) http://tinyurl.com/n24guf Note that as the project progresses, we will be reaching out for community feedback on our conceptual designs as well as the alpha version of the new site. I appreciate your participation at every step of the way! Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43056 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
You really don't want to group them by service within a single drop down. That always causes issues of supremacy to surface. Even if it's alphabetical, the Marines will get upset that the Army is first and the Navy will tell you that the Marines are a subset of the Navy and shouldn't appear before them and so on. kt On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Bryan Minihan wrote: A google search for official us military rank names yielded this result, which might do the trick for you: http://www.usafesvsmarketing.org/Tools/US Military Ranks.htm As mentioned, might help to know the service first, then your dropdown list will be much shorter. Or you could try option groups to group them together in order. Might also be good to list them in ascending order (lowest rank to highest), given that you'll rarely get more than one General of the Army. Good luck =] Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
Yes, I thought about the different branches and ranks amongst those branches. It may be too complex to implement at this stage. I may have to just keep it as a text field and people can enter the rank themselves. On 6/23/09 1:39 PM, Tonia M. Bartz tonia.m.ba...@gmail.com wrote: There are also different sets of ranks within branches of the military, officer and enlisted. Tonia M. Bartz :: Designer - Human Sciences :: Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook: ToniaMBartz On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jamie Bresnerjbres...@gmail.com wrote: One thing to keep in mind...is this just soldiers (i.e. Army) or all military branches? If the latter, then there are different ranks within the different military branches to consider... On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Anthony Zeoli t...@zaah.com wrote: We¹re building a tribute area on an author site to fallen soldiers. I want family members to be able to sort by last name, which means that I need to put a field in the DB that separates rank from First Name and Last Name. Does anyone know where I can find a list of all military ranks for a selection box or drop down? Or, should I just put a field in the form. Which do you think it easier and does the job most effectively. Yes, I too hate long scrolling drop down menus. Any suggestions? -- Anthony Zeoli | ZAAH.COM VP Product Business Development e: azeoli at zaah.com +1 631.873.2007 | Direct +1 631.873.2000 | Main +1 917.705.4700 | Mobile +1 631.873.2050 | Fax AIM: djtonyz | Yahoo: anthonyzeoli | MSN: djtonyz | Skype: tonyzeoli | Twitter: djtonyz 6 Dubon Court Farmingdale, NY 11735 This document contains proprietary and confidential information, which are the exclusive property of Zaah Technologies, Inc. Unauthorized use of this or any document, marked confidential is strictly prohibited. Copyright© 2008 Zaah Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
Jamie's point is important, each branch has a different rank structure (I'm presuming we're talking US military). You can find this sort of info online - Wikipedia for example... for the US Marines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps#Rank_structure You could either have users select the branch first, then filter the rank list accordingly - or you could have onerank list with all possible choices - or just a text input. If you need to do some sorting or other computation on that field it may be important to you to keep the data clean, so selecting from a list would be better than a text input. But if that's not a concern a text input is fine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
You seem to be concatenating a couple problems here, which it means it's hard to determine the best solution. (1) how do you enter the first name and does your field contain both rank and first name and (2) how to enable sorting by last name. One thing I'm absolutely sure of: with all 5 branches of service involved (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard - have I missed any?) rank would require a very long selection menu (whatever its form). Another thing is that family members and persons responsible for entering this data will be very clear on what the rank of any person in question. So, in this case, your issue in this case is spelling problem, which is probably best handled by back end error handling (The computer can spell check and offer an appropriate alternative much more quickly than a person can find the entry in the pull down or selection menu). I'd actually give the data-entry people a pull-down for service branch, and then have back end programming such that the proper list of ranks available in that service drop down (which significantly cuts the number of available titles. There are very few Adminals in the Army.) and then have text fields for first name and last name. Make sure you give them the chance to correct spelling on both those last two -- Spelling errors in name -- for whatever reason -- seem to be rife in the military. katie User Experience Strategist ka...@firstthought.com On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Anthony Zeoli wrote: We’re building a tribute area on an author site to fallen soldiers. I want family members to be able to sort by last name, which means that I need to put a field in the DB that separates rank from First Name and Last Name. Does anyone know where I can find a list of all military ranks for a selection box or drop down? Or, should I just put a field in the form. Which do you think it easier and does the job most effectively. Yes, I too hate long scrolling drop down menus. Any suggestions? -- Anthony Zeoli | ZAAH.COM VP Product Business Development e: aze...@zaah.com +1 631.873.2007 | Direct +1 631.873.2000 | Main +1 917.705.4700 | Mobile +1 631.873.2050 | Fax AIM: djtonyz | Yahoo: anthonyzeoli | MSN: djtonyz | Skype: tonyzeoli | Twitter: djtonyz 6 Dubon Court Farmingdale, NY 11735 This document contains proprietary and confidential information, which are the exclusive property of Zaah Technologies, Inc. Unauthorized use of this or any document, marked confidential is strictly prohibited. Copyright© 2008 Zaah Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Katie wrote: I'd actually give the data-entry people a pull-down for service branch, and then have back end programming such that the proper list of ranks available in that service drop down (which significantly cuts the number of available titles. There are very few Adminals in the Army.) FWIW, it's easy enough to set up a simple JSON object array and a little bit of javascript to do that nowadays. No need to get into backend programming at all. Not like the various ranks will change, and it's a known list. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Waterloo: From Concept to Production: Prototyping with Expression Blend 3
SEE SKETCHFLOW IN ACTION Thursday June 25, 2009, 5:00 pm Accelerator Centre in Waterloo, Ontario http://uxgroup.wordpress.com So, you¹ve got a great design idea for your project. But how do you quickly turn conceptual design ideas into rich prototypes that are ready for production? Additionally, how do you share your design ideas with others effectively at each stage of the design process? Come hear Qixing Zheng from Microsoft introduce a new component in Expression Blend 3, called SketchFlow. It¹s a fun, flexible, and powerful way to sketch and prototype rich and dynamic interactivity in your applications. Learn how SketchFlow allows you to quickly iterate on your designs and share them with your colleagues for feedback. Previous knowledge in Expression Blend is not necessary. ** About Qixing Zheng ** Qixing joined Microsoft Canada as its first User Experience Advisor. In this role, she talks to schools, design communities and companies about Microsoft¹s investment in UX, and finds design heroes and design stories from the community. More importantly, she works with many outstanding IT professionals to consider how user experience can impact the technology we deliver today. She graduated from UBC at the end of 2005 with a Masters degree specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. ** RSVPs required ** This event is being hosted by the Infusion Angels Innovation Centre. If you plan to attend, please visit their website and submit your registration at: http://ic.infusionangels.com It¹s free. Thanks, Infusion Angels! Hope to see you there, Robert Barlow-Busch IxDA Waterloo coordinator Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Interfaces for Getting Attention of Infants
Does anyone have recommendations or references for how to design an interface so that it draws the attention of infants and young children (they just need to look at it, not interact). Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interfaces for Getting Attention of Infants
Rob, For assumed developmentally normal infants and young children, in our neuropsychology research, we started with a human face (adult female, smiling) . . . of course, this was some time ago and before Hello Kitty, Dragon Tales and Dora, which may be more effective 21st Century (LOL). Sample citation, among many: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1950440). - Andrew On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:54 AM, rob tannen rtan...@bresslergroup.comwrote: Does anyone have recommendations or references for how to design an interface so that it draws the attention of infants and young children (they just need to look at it, not interact). Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interfaces for Getting Attention of Infants
First off, there is a huge variation between what will capture and keep the attention of infants and young children (I'm defining these as under 3) but to make a first pass: Large brightly colored shapes - with a preference for rounded shapes and simple shapes (circles, ovals, rounded off rectangles, etc) and slow movement (not glacially slow, but lift your arm as slowly as you can slow) in long arcs. Depending on how close they'll be to it, faces are desirable -- more desirable close up. Infants also tend to like soft noises that accompany certain motions. As infants get older, they like things to get smaller and faster and more identified to actual (well, stylized actual) objects (faces, trees, balls, stars, rainbows, etc.). The paths get shorter and straighter and the movement should get faster. Be careful at this stage that your movements are too angular or short or you're likely to wind up with the design equivalent of a birthday party: candy, cake and soda and have wired 3 year olds. This is fun for nearby adults for a much shorter period than it is fun for the kids. Remember, newborns don't know what century it is. Three-year olds do. It's a place to start... Katie On Jun 23, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Andrew Schechterman wrote: Rob, For assumed developmentally normal infants and young children, in our neuropsychology research, we started with a human face (adult female, smiling) . . . of course, this was some time ago and before Hello Kitty, Dragon Tales and Dora, which may be more effective 21st Century (LOL). Sample citation, among many: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi? artid=1950440). - Andrew On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:54 AM, rob tannen rtan...@bresslergroup.comwrote: Does anyone have recommendations or references for how to design an interface so that it draws the attention of infants and young children (they just need to look at it, not interact). Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back
Hi Dana, I really like the buzz. IXDA is a great organization and I have a couple of ideas to raise funding for the second round( If Needed) I will like to share with you. A) You can also reach out to companies like corofloat and other Interaction Design Advocates(websites having high UX traffic) to see if they can host a funding banner for ixda. B)Also request some other door prizes from ixda member companies that can be raffled off every day. C)We can also provide funding banner on our website www.bestica.com on top of every page. We have a little more than 2000 UX people visit our website every month. Thanks Harvinder Singh 210-614-4198 O 210-884-1311 C harvin...@bestica.com www.bestica.com Bridging the UX/IT Talent Gap My Linked In Profile Follow Me on Twitter View Besticas Current Openings Visit our booth at UPA Conference in Portland in June Contribute to Usability/Design Challenges Through Our Blog *$50 coupon code BST9 for How Design Conference in Austin For Bestica Friends and Fans -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Bacon Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:43 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back Dear IxDA community, Today I add my voice the chorus of people donating a chunk of change to IxDA. I'm presently IxDA Vice-President and Creative Director of the website re-design project for which we are raising funds, but I'm also emphatically one of you. I'm a passionate advocate for the power of interaction design to better the world, and believe in this community as a force for good. IxDA first entered my life when the Yahoo! discussion list was born, and I've been largely enchanted and enlightened by its activity ever since. I'm one of those who appreciates a good semantic debate, but truly one of the greatest strengths of our group has been our ability to debate with respect even while arguing with feeling. The website redesign project aims to enhance the utility--and civility--of our discussions. How many of you are overwhelmed by list traffic that repeats old topics? Wouldn't you like a way to attach images to a post? And when I search for some topic, I think it'd be swell if the system actually found it In addition to elevating our online discussion capabilities, our new website aims to: * Provide a dedicated Job Board, including resource area for hiring managers * Create local group mini-sites with local leaders announcements, discussion and Job Board areas local member directory * Present calendar of IxDA events with RSVP tools * Provide searchable global member directory * Allow members to display desired personal information in their profiles, affiliating with Local Groups and highlighting your feeds * Integrate conference access from main site * Create space for mentoring program and educational resources * Enhance media library to better serve content from Interaction conferences and local group events * Refresh content for Home page About Us sections to provide clearer paths to participate If you want to study all the gory details, you can access this project's requirements documents here: http://www.devise.com/ixda/ To achieve our vision as quickly solidly as possible, we are going to hire a professional development partner to implement the website that IxDA members are now designing. This open-source, scalable platform will enable future innovative efforts such as the IxD Timeline, Regional Conferences, Open Source space and other as-yet-unknown capabilities. But we can't get there without your financial support! Chip in now with the cost of a cup of coffee or a book: (Paypal link) http://tinyurl.com/ks2d9z (Fundraising announcement) http://tinyurl.com/n24guf Note that as the project progresses, we will be reaching out for community feedback on our conceptual designs as well as the alpha version of the new site. I appreciate your participation at every step of the way! Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43056 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back
I am not sure how this works, but I thought I might mention the idea as a possible way of raising money. While I was looking at degree courses, many universities showed off how they had Cisco and BCS (British Computer Society) accreditation for their courses. This was a way to show students that it was a decent course that has been checked and recognised by important industry specific organisations. Therefore, seeing as there are not many courses that specialise in IxD or have some IxD as part of their course, couldn't the IxDA check courses for the correct content and charge the institutions for IxDA accreditation and support? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] On tactile feedback, I just can't place the analogy here...
Out of curiosity, why do people use URL shrinkers when posting to mail lists? I like being able to inspect a URL before I click on it - compressing and thus disguising it seems to me to be a UX degradation in any context other than Twitter where it's pretty well unavoidable - am I missing something? Francis. 2009/6/23 j...@smorgasbord-design.co.uk Saw this [1] and thought of all of the IxD people on here who deal with the haptic tactile. Now, there's something analogous to nature in this particular concept but I'll leave that to you to resolve. [1] http://bit.ly/JIAyd John Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Tigers walk behind me, they're there to remind me - I'm lost but I'm not afraid David Byrne and Brian Eno: Life is long Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] On tactile feedback, I just can't place the analogy here...
Because some mail servers and some aps break up the long urls and render them ineffective. Mark On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Francis Norton francis.nor...@gmail.comwrote: Out of curiosity, why do people use URL shrinkers when posting to mail lists? I like being able to inspect a URL before I click on it - compressing and thus disguising it seems to me to be a UX degradation in any context other than Twitter where it's pretty well unavoidable - am I missing something? Francis. 2009/6/23 j...@smorgasbord-design.co.uk Saw this [1] and thought of all of the IxD people on here who deal with the haptic tactile. Now, there's something analogous to nature in this particular concept but I'll leave that to you to resolve. [1] http://bit.ly/JIAyd John Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Tigers walk behind me, they're there to remind me - I'm lost but I'm not afraid David Byrne and Brian Eno: Life is long Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Waterloo: From Concept to Production: Prototyping with Expression Blend 3
plus, at night, the whole city smells like fresh brewed Molson Beer. On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Robert Barlow-Busch wrote: SEE SKETCHFLOW IN ACTION Thursday June 25, 2009, 5:00 pm Accelerator Centre in Waterloo, Ontario http://uxgroup.wordpress.com So, you¹ve got a great design idea for your project. But how do you quickly turn conceptual design ideas into rich prototypes that are ready for production? Additionally, how do you share your design ideas with others effectively at each stage of the design process? Come hear Qixing Zheng from Microsoft introduce a new component in Expression Blend 3, called SketchFlow. It¹s a fun, flexible, and powerful way to sketch and prototype rich and dynamic interactivity in your applications. Learn how SketchFlow allows you to quickly iterate on your designs and share them with your colleagues for feedback. Previous knowledge in Expression Blend is not necessary. ** About Qixing Zheng ** Qixing joined Microsoft Canada as its first User Experience Advisor. In this role, she talks to schools, design communities and companies about Microsoft¹s investment in UX, and finds design heroes and design stories from the community. More importantly, she works with many outstanding IT professionals to consider how user experience can impact the technology we deliver today. She graduated from UBC at the end of 2005 with a Masters degree specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. ** RSVPs required ** This event is being hosted by the Infusion Angels Innovation Centre. If you plan to attend, please visit their website and submit your registration at: http://ic.infusionangels.com It¹s free. Thanks, Infusion Angels! Hope to see you there, Robert Barlow-Busch IxDA Waterloo coordinator Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
Actually, you will *never* have more than one General of the Army at a time, and.. in all likelihood, even one person with that rank would be unlikely these days. If your intent is to offer a filter, then you're gonna want to first let them specify the service... which would then drive what the rank filter is populated with. Here's the resource: http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/enlisted.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu
BTW, be sure you pay attention to how each service abbreviates ranks is you're using abbreviations. Even the same rank will be abbreviated differently (e.g., Army Master Sergeant is MSG, whereas Air Force Master Sergeant is MSgt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Goodbye Day 2, Hello Day 3!
How quickly the time passes! We are 1/3 of the way into Day 3 of Give a Little Back, and because of it we must now pick up the pace. We are incredibly thankful for the amount we have raised so far, $8,970, just about 30% of our goal. The best part about this? 440 of you are the reason why we are where we are. Thank you! http://bit.ly/17AJoEhttp://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit%2Ely%2F17AJoEurlhash=DDVG_t=disc_detail_link To all of you contributing on Day 3, you are eligible for another Interaction'10 conference registration! I'm about to post the winners of Day 2, stay tuned! Janna President, IxDA Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Waterloo: From Concept to Production: Prototyping with Expression Blend 3
I saw a demo of SketchFlow last night in Irvine, CA. I'm curious what the full extent of it's documentation generation capabilities are. It apparently exports annotated designs/diagrams to a Word Document, but.. how much control of content and layout is afforded to the author remains to be seen. That said, it does appear to be way more useful than Visio (for those in Microsoft only situations). Would love to hear what Dan and Nathan's objective opinions are of it (Eight Shapes?). In fact, if anyone is evaluating, I'd love to hear thoughts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43118 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Announcing the Give a Little Back Day 2 WinnerS!
I am happy to announce that out of 143 contributors, Penny Hagen is the winner of the complimentary pass to IDEA2009 (http://ideaconference.org), and Pradeep Nayar is the winner of a complimentary pass to interaction'10 ( http://interaction.ixda.org/)! Will you be a part of the Day 3 pool of contributors? We have two more passes to give as thanks! Contribute today! http://bit.ly/17AJoE How it works: We pull all the names, in order of contribution, into an excel file. Each name then has a number associated with it. We use a research randomizer to generate a single number within the span of contributions. Today's numbers: #99 #112! Thanks, Janna DeVylder President, IxDA Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Imagine a new IxDA - Maybe not 1.0, but can't happen at all w/o you!
http://davemalouf.com/?p=1649 I took the liberty to tell a story. As a big believer in the power of storytelling I wanted to tell a story about what conan (our project for IxDA could be). the current plan has the necessary infrastructure to achieve that linked story, and will have many of the other design considerations necessary to get there. I hope you will join me in supporting this effort and making Conan (our new IxDA web site) come into being! BTW, what's your story? What do YOU want to see? What do you hope for? there are many personas I didn't speak to in my story that would have their own stories worthy of telling: Non-USers Non-English speakers Internal workers Educators Students etc. -- dave -- Dave Malouf http://davemalouf.com/ http://twitter.com/daveixd http://scad.edu/industrialdesign http://ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Waterloo: From Concept to Production: Prototyping with Expression Blend 3
I'm really excited and I think this is the greatest thing since slice bread for user experience/ix design. I'm currently fighting with Flash Catalyst to sufficiently bring life to some Fireworks sketches, so that the interaction concept is made real. It doesn't work all that well, and there is a lot of tweaking but it is totally worth it. So much of interaction design happens through time. While designers may be good at envisioning how designs unfold and behave in time when looking at static screen mockups, I know the people we collaborate with are definitely not so adept.. . I for one, hope that it enables me to better the story of what we're trying to build...I don't even mind if it doesn't nicely integrate into development platforms. Navid On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Scot Angus s...@nicetempo.com wrote: Would love to hear what Dan and Nathan's objective opinions are of it (Eight Shapes?). In fact, if anyone is evaluating, I'd love to hear thoughts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43118 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Give a Little and you may just get a little back from Morgan Kaufmann
We have a late-breaking incentive for all who have contributed to the Give a Little Back fund! All of you will be eligible for a drawing of one of 40 (forty!) copies of Visual Thinking: for Design by Colin Warehttp://www.amazon.com/Visual-Thinking-Kaufmann-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123708966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1245816164sr=8-1immediately following the end of the fund drive on Thursday. I hope you're one of the lucky ones! Thanks to Morgan Kaufmann for such a generous contribution to IxDA! Some information about Morgan Kaufmann Since 1984, Morgan Kaufmann has published the finest technical information resources for computer and engineering professionals. Our audience includes the research and development communities, information design (IS/IT) managers, and students in professional degree programs. We publish in book and digital form in such areas as databases, computer networking, computer systems, human computer interaction, computer graphics, multimedia information and systems, artificial intelligence, and software engineering. See what other titles they have to offer http://www.elsevierdirect.com/specialty.jsp?iid=16lid=14sid=100032 Join their LinkedIn Group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1833644trk=hb_side_g Thanks, Janna DeVylder President, IxDA Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] IxDA SF Presents Designers with Drinks on Wednesday, 7/1/09
No speaker, no demo, no panel, and no formalities at the next IxDA SF event. We have upcoming IxDA SF events in the works, but we'd like to take this opportunity to meet and chat with the local IxDA community over drinks. Recruiters and job seekers, both welcome and encouraged. We'll bring our name tags to help you identify each other. Date: Wednesday, 7/1/09 Location: House of Shields (Upstairs) 39 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 http://houseofshields.com/ Time: 6:30-8:30pm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
