Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms Every IxD Should Know

2009-02-17 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
I do like the idea of having 2 separate definitions for a single word (as Miriam Webster and other dictionaries do), as it can't be controlled which disciplines some words are and/or aren't used for. As regular dictionaries define some words differently as noun and verb (as some can be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms Every IxD Should Know

2009-02-17 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
Since there's several-thousand users on the listserv here... maybe put- together a unique list, just for those interested in working collaboratively on such a project... and then Dan (or whomever) can pick/chose/filter the input he likes for the final published product, and the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms Every IxD Should Know

2009-02-17 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
to evangelize a deeper understanding of all unique roles in the UED process. 10-4, n On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Nina Eleanor Alter ninav...@bigwheel.netwrote: I do like the idea of having 2 separate definitions for a single word (as Miriam Webster and other dictionaries do), as it can't

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-18 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
I don't think anybody knows who any of the below mentioned men are, East of the Sacramento River. Physical architecture has been around and celebrated as a celebrity- worship-worthy vocation, for thousands of years. *Everybody* in a given region also sees buildings, whereas not everybody

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-18 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
BTW- I haven't seen Joy Mountford or any other women mentioned... and I know there were a couple of other ladies in the 'ol-skool PARC and Apple UI teams. We've got lots of men and Americans, women? Intl? n On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:22 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: On Feb 18, 2009, at 1:39 AM,

[IxDA Discuss] New Site: Feedback?

2009-04-30 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
Hey Folks: I just re-did my personal/portfolio site, and would love love love some feedback! I've already gotten some very clear feedback that some key issues need to be addressed, though the rest of the stuff I'd also like advisement on. There's a surveymonkey.com link on the

[IxDA Discuss] Great Examples: IxD and WebDev Portfolios?

2009-05-05 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
Hey Folks: Still on my quest to improve my own portfolio, design a site for a friend who's a webdev, and one for a friend who's a photographer (3 'similar' sites, radically different content audiences), I'd love feedback on the following: What do you think are great examples of an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Feedback on Redesigned BART Ticket Kiosk Interface

2009-05-06 Thread Nina Eleanor Alter
I expected a touch-screen, too. Part of that I'm speculatively thinking, was the fields of color for each region. The letters defining each region that map to the buttons, also got lost with the map. Maybe give the letterforms a flat-background to help them pop from the background,