Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread christine chastain
Being an anthropologist and designer, my observations have taught me that there is little difference between physical and virtual social behavior from a cognitive behavioral and anthropological perspective. People have the same needs they always did - to feel part of a social structure and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread christine chastain
Personally, I agree and come from the same social norms of behavior as you do. But I guess my point was that not everyone does and isn't it interesting to think about what might be driving that! ;) Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread christine chastain
Not at all - I LOVE the discussion!! And here's a good time to add that of the many lists I belong to, I can always count of this one to be very active and interesting! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] DEFINE: Affordance

2008-03-20 Thread christine chastain
I too, have become very careful in the use of the word in general but I find that in my work, most often the affordance of an object or experience is, quite simply, the qualities of that object or experience that permit it to be used in a specific way.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Don't listen to your customers.

2008-03-28 Thread christine chastain
Depending on the situation, I do or don't listen to what people say. For really big innovations that have absolutely nothing to do with anything out there now, asking the average consumer about them isn't useful in most cases. One is better off researching trends, coming up with multiple scenarios

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Semantics: Design Research and User Research

2008-03-29 Thread christine chastain
Hi Rob, I was wondering when someone would bring this up...but what of those of us that do usability studies and in the next breath tackle questions like What is the meaning of clean air? I find true differences, except in persons actually doing the research, so difficult to define! Thanks for

[IxDA Discuss] qualitative and quantitative research

2008-05-30 Thread christine chastain
Good morning! Does anyone have any experience with making qualitative research as quantitative as possible? This is a rather nebulous idea in my mind for the moment but I was thinking about something like using images from still or video footage and tagging those such that they could be coded in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why haven't video calls taken off

2008-05-30 Thread christine chastain
Personally, the issue of video calls has always been not knowing where to look. In conversation, most people tend to look at the other's face and into their eyes. With video calling, one is looking at the other person through multiple layers and for it to appear that one is making eye contact, one

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Great Online Banking Experiences?

2008-06-27 Thread christine chastain
I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks that has done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world. On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking for more

[IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness

2009-01-09 Thread christine chastain
Hi all, Happy new year! Has anyone or is anyone working on or know anyone working in the prevention, prediction and wellness space? If so, I'd like to connect. Thanks much - Christine Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness

2009-01-10 Thread christine chastain
fits what you are looking to find out. Thanks, David On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, christine chastain chastain.christ...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Happy new year! Has anyone or is anyone working on or know anyone working in the prevention, prediction and wellness space

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness

2009-01-10 Thread christine chastain
differently. I'm not near my references now, but if this seems relevant, I can provide some more detailed references. Good topic and interesting research. Chauncey On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, christine chastain chastain.christ...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning! Thanks to those

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

2009-01-19 Thread christine chastain
:26 AM To: christine chastain Cc: Dave Malouf; disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts,or sketches are enough? I would be curious to hear what tools colleagues do use for prioritization of ideas. The key issue here is what the criteria

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Risk Assessment (was: How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?)

2009-01-20 Thread christine chastain
message: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:02:40 -0600 From: christine chastain chastain.christ...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts,or sketches areenough? To: Chauncey Wilson chauncey.wil...@gmail.com Cc: disc...@ixda.org Message-ID

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Living the Job Enterprise UX Research by Doing (vs. Observation)

2009-01-22 Thread christine chastain
Hi all, Participant observation is well documented in anthropological literature so I may have a look there. There are, of course, issues with this methodology, like all others. Mainly, they are of the ethical kind - how not to influence the observed, whether or not to let them know that you are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] internship opportunity

2009-02-13 Thread christine chastain
Hi all, Sorry about that - and thanks to those of you who have contacted me already! We are working on a number of platforms of interest to this group, I believe. And while we have both an internal prototyping group and a very accomplished IT entity, we could benefit greatly from a user

Re: [IxDA Discuss] carbon footprint

2009-02-16 Thread christine chastain
Here is the site where I purchase my carbon offsets: http://www.carbonfund.org/ It's very easy and has a trip calculator. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Stephen Holmes stephenwhol...@me.comwrote: I have a carbon account here in Australia (www.greenfleet.com.au) that I update each month or

[IxDA Discuss] Mayo Clinic internship posting closed...

2009-02-27 Thread christine chastain
Hi there, Thanks to all who applied - we have an impressive number of very qualified candidates! Kind regards, Christine Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Some of the non-software things that interaction designers do

2009-03-28 Thread christine chastain
In the area of service design in healthcare, quite a bit is being done by interaction designers including: - creation of new spaces in which to physically interact e.g. pediatric suite of the future - study and design of conversations e.g. facilitating patient-provider relationships particularly

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A Design Typology Continuum

2009-04-16 Thread christine chastain
Uday, I love that you are interested in and thinking about design philosophy... Interestingly, this coincides with a number of conversations I know are happening within larger, established organizations where design has, traditionally, been absent, added like an afterthought, enjoyed some

[IxDA Discuss] Call for speakers!

2009-09-28 Thread christine chastain
Apologies for any cross posting... http://www.esomar.org/index.php/global-healthcare-2010-overview.html Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe