Awesome thread!
How I came to be here seems like a long and winding road. But when I
look at it in hindsight, it's actually more straight than I thought.
I came from an art background at a very young age. Others considered
me gifted I just thought kids were suppose to have such artistic
Reading the articles, they're a good starting point for those not
knowing what the occupations really entails. It's a good thing
USNews also placed resource links to more qualified information.
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Wow. What I'm surprised about are some people that communicate here
like they have a constant chip on their shoulder! Knock one off and
find another one on someone else.
Don't expect the media to totally understand what we do. I don't.
So feel free to get over it.
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Oliver,
It sounds like you need more experience in usability testing.
You'll get a better feel when you do structured tests and free-form
tests.
I find that structured tests give both facets, learnability and
perception. It's all in the user actions. Observe how they use it
given a certain
What kind of guidelines did the publisher give?
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I've been using Axure (http://www.axure.com) with great success.
It's quick and simple if you need to get your message across. It
will require a bit of training and some learning. It's worth the
investment.
Just note that the HTML that comes out of it - if you're using it
for web applications
Here's my 2-cents:
Fact of the matter is, crappy UI's DO NOT SELL. If you don't give
the user/client a choice, they won't know any better and just take
it as it is. Down the line, they'll be figuring ways to reduce
overhead not knowing that a crappy UI may increase productivity time,
thus
Mark Schraad said:
I have taken the DISC analysis 4 times over the course of 7 years
and got radically different scores each time, of course that could
speak to mutliple personality disorder. Seriously though... the
results were interesting and sparked some valuable introspection...
but never felt
I've had much training in DISC and I can share with you that it's
more about how the different personalties interact and understanding
that instead of having your candidate being tested. Being trained in
DISC, I can tell you what kind of personality a candidate has based on
our discussion about
Chauncey Wilson said:
I'm not familiar with DISC. Where can I find good information on
that? Has it been validated in some way (ratings of hires or better
interpersonal communication) ?
Again, DISC is NOT a rating. It only identifies what kind of basic
personality someone has. Here's a link to
A long time ago, I designed a ground control station for controlling a
UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in a project with the Canadian Coast
Guard.
I'm still riding on that accomplishment. ;)
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I really like this quote from the article: Designing is all about
conveying an experience through experience.
How true this is with Interaction Design. I find that I need to
experience everything (or close to it) so I can come up better
designs all the time.
While design education such as those
Indeed. It takes a lot of mind control/discipline to control a device
like that. The device would have to learn your neurological patterns
pretty quickly to be effective.
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I too do not use the word critique as that's more intended for
architecture students and their peers to bash at one-another. ;)
(But I digress.)
Instead, there are a few components in these Design Reviews:
1. Heuristic evaluation - done usually by the usability analyst;
2. Findings evaluation
Reminds me of Monty Python!!
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Aren't wizards generally for low/occasional usage? And a list view
sounds linear..not sure what you mean by that.
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In no particular order:
1. Not caring in what others think of me.
2. Not caring in the outcome of projects.
3. Being comfortable with uncertainty.
4. Having a personal code of honor to abide by.
5. Learning about Servant Leadership and other professional
development topics to apply to
The bot is created by a human, so here's hoping there's a simple UI
attached to it. A switch called OFF. =]
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I don't think it's fair to say that criticism doesn't bother
anyone. I think it's more fair to say that everyone handles it
differently. It all depends on how well developed you are yourself,
having learned certain techniques or epiphanies that move you along
the journey.
Some things that I've
On a more simple matter, I really like the gas light on my car. ;)
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Welcome to the
As far as I know and read, there is no recession. It's actually
called, stagflation stemming straight from the sub-prime mortgage
market.
How this would affect usability contracts, I would think depends
entirely on the industry and the company.
As for what's critical to whether or not to
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can direct me to resources or testing data on
comparative testing between quick entry grids and form fields?
I'm thinking that quick entry grids do as they say - allow the user to enter
data quickly. What I would like to know is, how much quicker is the data
Anyone? So I'm guessing no one has any data on this?
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Welcome to the Interaction Design
I'm not sure how it can be taken as generic. It's actually very
specific in terms of interaction performance. Anyone who has actually
done the study should know the metrics instantly.
To rephrase/clarify, the data I'm looking for:
1. Time difference in user data entry rate between form fields
It sounds like you need to do some card-sorting to handle all these
items..to reorganize them.
You may also want to explore what kind of mental models each of these
tasks have so they can be grouped accordingly.
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on companies for training on the
MS Expression Blend application?
I've taken a look at the online video tutorial on lynda.com and the MS
Expression site, but they don't really have exercises I can follow along.
I liked how Axure.com gave
Thanks for the responses!
I only took a brief look at the Total Training tutorials - it's on
the Blend website now. They don't seem to have exercises - is that
correct? Or is there too much of a dichotomy that I don't
understand the programming side?
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I suggest: Blog about principles instead of methodology. Methodology
seems more contextual (varies much) whereas principles - stuff you
learned for yourself - can help others create a foundation. You can
do this without even mentioning your employer.
What you learn is more important than how a
Whiteboard and marker. Then straight to Axure.
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For Interaction Designers, I would tend towards M. Psychology (if
there is one) or M. Design, depending on what your interest would be
- Testing or Design?
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I just read the article - albeit all online, I did have to
concentrate. ;) It's actually pretty well done and not that wordy -
reading something from Bucky Fuller is more wordy.
Instead of the catchy title naming Google, the author should have
called it, Is the Internet making us stupid?
I find
Late to chime in..
I've always been a believer of e-commerce. A well-executed site
with near-perfect logistics will outperform brick and mortar commerce
solely by the time it saves. Time of going to some place built in the
70's, time of fighting traffic, gassing up your vehicle, and time of
Never go into business alone. Always have a business coach or someone
who's been in business before to guide you.
Also, read up on this book:
E-Myth - Revisited - By Michael Gerber
There are several others I can recommend.
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Maybe this thread can be called, Ok, who broke down and gone
Twittering? =]
I finally went on as well and first found it to be useless. But then
I saw all the different messages going on that made me curious. Then
I tried following some people, but they had updates almost every
hour! So that
...and here's my first impressions:
http://syncranium-ue.blogspot.com/
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Welcome to the
Awesome!!
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From HFI - 14 pt in Helvetica or Arial.
Interesting how most websites are built less than 14pt.
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I love it!
It pushes the ideas to certain boundaries. Now manufacturers of
mouse can forgo the button altogether!
I heard from a colleague that there was a PBS documentary about
changing the paradigm of human computer interaction and it showed
many examples of exploring those ideas.
I think
Wow. I can't believe quite a few of you are so ready to piss on
Facebook. I find it quite incredible!
Do people really hate their past relationships so much that they have
to hate everything about Facebook? I also don't see the relevance of
Geocities - I've never heard of them other than
I do agree that there is quite a bit of clutter in FB and that there
still needs to be work done to it. I haven't had the privilege of
using Geocities so I have nothing to compare it to. I think that the
fact that Geocities didn't really take off into mainstream was
because it wasn't its time.
I think Loren hit the nail on the head - A social site is useless if
your friends don't use it.
I thought Twitter was useless until I started using it, and you have
to use it often to get any value from it. If you want to connect
with people, it takes a bit of effort to do so, just the physical
Will,
Let's see..1995...I had just gotten off AOL and CompuServe because
it was costing a fortune to be a member. I had also stopped running
my BBS because of trolls polluting the space.
And I had just started my schooling for Industrial Design..which
inevitably led me to being in Usability and
Non-linear and recursive?
Sounds like a circle of pages/boxes with a central hub/access point.
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Sorry for being so vague..
I work for Tyler Technologies - developing software for the public
sector. Our users are financial, operations, HR, payroll etc.
We're presenting a session on how usability and UCD/UXD influence
the design of our products and hence, how our users work better
because
I'd consider a design workshop like Loren suggested. It's just that
there are a couple of issues:
1. Not all users are in the same domain - meaning that Financial
users are separate from those in HR and Payroll. So the diversity of
users is quite vast as are each of their own domain issues.
WOW!
Thank you, Jared!
And thank you others for posting your suggestions! :)
I'm sure we'll decide upon something soon.
Ben
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I agree with others here as well - if they've purposely figured out a
way to exclude you in their plans, and there's a misalignment in
philosophy and methodology, then it's time to go.
If I were you, I'd also take your plans that you had offered
with you - delete as many files you can before you
Good point, Jared.
I guess I gave the burning-bridges advice.
Don't listen to me if that's not what you want, Norman.
Sorry, folks.
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I use Twitter to stalk my friends.
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I just wanted to add to this thread that we went with the Human Bar
Charts. Since there weren't enough people in the audience to
create bars, instead, we used the surveying as a mechanism to
start discussion about general usability subjects. This got people
engaged and thinking about what
Here's an article that may help:
http://www.uie.com/articles/ideal_UX_team
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Welcome to the
Matthew,
If you haven't already, I recommend you read the book - The
Persona Lifecycle by John Pruitt and Tamara Adlin.
The assumptions you create with your team is a starting point and
once you validate/refine it with real data, the mental models will
become more apparent. I suggest you do
Alan,
I would think your goal is to make it very explicit once the
cells/rows have been selected. There are many ways to do this.
Perhaps look up affordances to guide you.
Ben
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There are times when I actually wished this feature would be there -
especially when looking at products for the home that I'd like to
send to my wife for consultation. Of course, I'd use the
public-access email instead of ones from corporate. Then at least
the spam filters can still be modified
But is this making us flat (wide) and thin thinkers, rather than
deep thinkers? Do our needs change our thinking? Or does our thinking
change our needs as a culture? In any case, it's a very interesting
topic.
I don't think it's as simple as thinking wide/thin or deep. I
think it's a matter of
Cindy,
I do believe that our general ability to sit for long periods,
focused on a single subject is being diminished somehow.
I wouldn't find that to be true. I think if there's a person
willing to sit for long periods of time on a subject, it's usually
because they obsess about something or
digs out his Robotech RPG books.
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The fact is, people learn different ways:
1. Audio (listening)
2. Kinesthetic (touchy-feely)
3. Visual (reading, seeing)
As long as the curriculum accommodates for these different ways of
learning, and it's of great quality, it's worthwhile to take.
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[Jared wrote: I have yet to meet anyone on the development or
engineering side of the operation who doesn't understand that a
usable design is better. However, not all designs need to be usable
to be successful, and since making something usable is often an added
expense, it's hard to justify.]
No colons. They are unnecessary.
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Sounds like the company you work in really needs to have a
User-Centered design Process - or at least some sort of process that
includes requirements that are actually documented.
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Tyler Technologies is the leading provider of software and services to
the public sector. With more than 1800 employees nationwide, Tyler has
a long track record of supporting its people's careers and lives.
Tyler employees are encouraged to contribute, rewarded for
initiative, and
FUN!
For design work, Pandora.com. You can create your own radio station.
I just created a Timo Maas station and everything else, as they say,
was history.
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I just wanted to comment on this:
Andrei wrote:
My experience is that 9 out of 10 times, people make personas
improperly, and worse, use them to make or justify whatever design
decision suits their fancy that day. But nearly every single person
I've seen use them thinks they are doing it right.
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.
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My 2 cents:
Matthew wrote:
website: a user management system for secure student data. Clients
are a little paranoid about passwords and user names getting out.
***
If that's the case, make sure the site has the best security.
Masking passwords or making them viewable only by printing won't
Just skimming a few of these solutions - looks like they're all
trying to be automated but they're failing on many points.
One of the things I'd be concerned with is bicycle fit. If the
bicycle doesn't fit you, you cannot ride it. So how do all these
systems address this issue?
Sounds like
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If anything, I always make an effort to learn from interactions I deal
with on a daily basis.
Just last week, some lady asked me if I were good with batteries.
I gave her a slightly baffled look, so she directed me to her key fob
for her Volvo. Apparently, the fob dropped to the ground and the
I think what Dante is alluding to is the fact that some people go too
much into detail in their posting instead of posting something short
and concise.
Perhaps, use the Twitter rule. NOT 140 characters, but limit your
paragraphs. Even Blogs don't get this long.
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Nice question, Jonathan!
My gut tells me that development may have already made up their mind
on what they want to develop so the research efforts may be all for
nothing. I hope that's really not the case.
However, you can still get feedback on something they've designed
but it might not be
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