[IxDA Discuss] Only 3 Weeks until Interaction10, and 50 Slots Left!
Interaction10 starts only three weeks from today and we're getting pretty excited about it. We're getting everything ready for an incredible weekend of presentations, discussions, activities all about the practice of interaction design and to celebrate this great community that we're all a part of. And it's going to sell out! Register today at http://interaction.ixda.org/register If you were thinking about registering for Interaction10, make sure you do it soon because we only have about 50 slots left. Our pre-conference workshops are beginning to fill up too! Where else would you have the range of workshops like - Tangible Interface Prototyping with Massimo Banzi, one of the founders of Arduino - Visual Skills for the I Can't Design Crowd with MJ Broadbent - Predictable Magic: Designing Emotional Interactions and Business Results with RKS Design - Designing mobile apps for a global population with Raphael Grignani of Nokia - A Free workshop on the Microsoft Expression Suite, sponsored by Microsoft - and six more! Learn more at http://interaction.ixda.org Make sure you don't miss out on: - Over 450 of your peers and friends in the user experience community. - Over 50 incredible speakers from all around the world presenting on a wide range of topics - The final presentations of our first Global Student Competition, sponsored by Dell - An Art Exhibition, sponsored by Axure - The results of the Local Design Challenge, sponsored by Adobe - A conference taking place in a theater, a restaurant, a public square, a pharmacy, a library and a blacksmith's quarters - And a crazy number of social opportunities and receptions Register today at http://interaction.ixda.org/register We'll see you in Savannah! Bill DeRouchey, Jennifer Bove co-chairs Interaction10 --- On a down note, we're sad to announce that Bill Moggridge won't be speaking at Interaction10 this year. We're excited about his new appointment at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, but his transition to it coincided with our conference. Yeah, we're bummed about it but congratulations to Bill! 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] Interaction 10: Announcing the Program and Opening Registration!
Hello IxDA community, On behalf of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and the entire conference committee we're please to announce the opening of registrationshttp://interaction.ixda.org/register/pricing/for Interaction 10. The conference will be held February 4-7, 2010 in the beautiful and historic city of Savannah, Georgia in the heart of the Creative Coast. Conference sessions and activities will take place in a variety of venues, all within a two-block radius of our main venue, SCAD's Trustees Theater. The program and schedule are available for viewing at http://interaction.ixda.org/program/. We think it's a great program, full of a diversity of topics, perspectives and voices representing the rich tapestry of current interaction design practice around the world. The program includes a day of pre-conference workshops on February 4th, followed by three full days of presentations, activities, discussions, social events, exhibitions and much, much more. Our keynote speakershttp://interaction.ixda.org/speakers/keynote-speakers/for the event are Paola Antonelli, Dan Hill, Jon Kolko, Ezio Manzini, Bill Moggridge and Nathan Shedroff. In addition to the main conference program, Interaction 10 will include two design competitions: the Student Design Competition, which will kick off in the next few days; and the Design Challenge which will look to develop a solution to a problem of interest to the local design community of Savannah. In 2009 over 350 interaction design practitioners from around the world converged on Vancouver for Interaction 09 to strengthen the vibrant community that is IxDA. We hope you'll join us in Savannah in February for Interaction 10 to continue that tradition and lend your voice to the growing discussion of interaction design. Registrations are now open http://interaction.ixda.org/register/pricing/. Early bird pricing of $649 lasts through until November 30. See you in Savannah. Bill DeRouchey and Jennifer Bove co-chairs Interaction 10 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] Interaction 10 - Launching Monday 10/19
We're still cranking through the site content, registration process, and a 1,000 little details. Rather than open up registrations and have you experience frustrating issues, we're planning on opening up registrations for Interaction 10 on Monday, October 19. We know you're all as excited as we are about the conference, and thank you for your patience. We hope to see you all in Savannah in February. 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] Interaction 10 Submissions Deadline: Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the deadline to get your submission in for a presentation, discussion, activity, or demonstration session at Interaction 10, to be held in Savannah, Georgia Feb 4-7, 2010. Sessions selected will receive a complimentary registration to the conference! Submit your proposals at: http://interaction.ixda.org/submissions/ Public Comments Feedback We'd love for you to help us review and select the public session submissions for Interaction 10 by providing your comments against the submissions. We're excited to let you view and comment on the submissions so we have a better idea of what type of content you would like to see. Your comments also allow each proposer to clarify, tighten, and otherwise improve their submission, so ask questions, highlight gaps, suggest extensions or changes! Here's how this will work. You can view all of the submissions and are free to comment on them. The deadline for final proposals is September 15, 11:59pm EDT (tomorrow!). Public comments will close October 1. The proposer can edit and re-submit their proposal until that date. Review submission proposals at: http://interaction.ixda.org/proposals/ How will sessions be selected? Selections will be curated by the conference committee using input from the public opinion. Our goal is a variety of session types, a variety of new and experienced interaction designers, and a variety of international voices. Thank you! See you in Savannah. Bill DeRouchey Jennifer Bove co-chairs Interaction 10 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] Interaction 10 Submissions Deadline: Last week!
There is only one week left to get your submission in for a presentation, discussion, activity, or demonstration session at Interaction 10, to be held in Savannah, Georgia Feb 4-7, 2010. Submit your proposals at: http://interaction.ixda.org/submissions/ Public Comments Feedback We'd love for you to help us review and select the public session submissions for Interaction 10 by providing your comments against the submissions. We're excited to let you view and comment on the submissions so we have a better idea of what type of content you would like to see. Your comments also allow each proposer to clarify, tighten, and otherwise improve their submission, so ask questions, highlight gaps, suggest extensions or changes! Here's how this will work. You can view all of the submissions and are free to comment on them. The deadline for final proposals is September 15 (that's only one week away!). Public comments will close October 1. The proposer can edit and re-submit their proposal until that date. Review submission proposals at: http://interaction.ixda.org/proposals/ How will sessions be selected? Selections will be curated by the conference committee using input from the public opinion. Our goal is a variety of session types, a variety of new and experienced interaction designers, and a variety of international voices. Thank you! See you in Savannah. Bill DeRouchey Jennifer Bove co-chairs Interaction 10 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] Questions about Ix10 Proposals
Hey Dante, 1. We weren't explicit around the number of proposals you can submit, and a couple people have submitted two. So... you can submit more than one, but nobody will have two selected. That being said, it's still better to go with your best one! 2. We had a little back-and-forth on the tech side of getting the proposals live for review, but we just broke through that. The submitted proposals should be live in the next day or two. People can publicly comment on them until October 1. Submissions are due September 15. However, submitters can revise their submissions based on feedback until the same October 1 deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45416 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] Interaction 10: Now Accepting Submissions!
The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) and the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) are proud to announce Interaction 10 in Savannah, GA, February 4-7, 2010. Mark your calendar so you don't miss this incredible opportunity to gather with several hundred other design professionals from around the world. Learn more at http://interaction.ixda.org Weâve got lots of new ideas this year, and three new ways for you to get involved! Hereâs a taste of whatâs in store: * Discussions, Activities, Demos, Presentations -- We want you to get engaged! We're evolving the sit-and-listen conference formula to have you learn from each other. New sessions that you can lead can create a discussion, run a group activity, or demonstrate a case study or idea. See below for how you can submit a session proposal to lead a discussion, activity, demonstration or presentation. Speaker submissions close on September 15, 2009. * Inspirational Speakers -- Learn from industry leaders and other surprise guests as they share their vision of the interaction design world. * Workshops -- Half-day workshops prior to the conference are designed to give you a deep dive into topics that will give your interaction design skill set the boost it deserves. * Community Documentaries -- This year see the debut of two community documentaries that assemble voices from around the world to understand the amazing breadth of interaction design. -- Interaction Design: What's That? gathers the variety of opinions globally around how we understand our field. -- Interaction Design: A Day in the Life documents the daily tasks and habits around how we do our work. This means you! See below to learn how you can submit a short video to this ground-breaking project. * Art Exhibition -- Design meets Art. An exhibition exploring âinteractionâ in new and interesting ways, featuring works by your fellow designers, and maybe even you. See below to learn how you can submit an exhibition proposal. * Local Design Challenge -- Join your fellow conference attendees as IxDA partners with the Creative Coast Alliance to tackle a design challenge that benefits the local community. * Student Competition -- Meet the designers of tomorrow in the student competition, hosted by SCAD. * Receptions -- Two receptions on Friday and Saturday evenings for mingling and meeting your community. We want you to participate in Interaction 10! This is your conference and we want to hear what you have to say. Visit the Interaction 10 site at http://interaction.ixda.org for more information on how to submit your session, video or concepts. Remember these Dates * Submissions for speaker sessions are open until September 15th, 2009. * Registration opens October 15th, 2009. * Video and exhibition submissions close on November 1st, 2009. * Interaction 10 Conference February 4-7, 2010 in Savannah, GA, USA Interaction 10 will be an amazing experience you wonât want to miss! Immerse yourself completely at the premier event for interaction designers. For the latest updates, follow us on Twitter @IxD10. Sponsoring Interaction10 * Are you interested in becoming a much-appreciated sponsor for Interaction 10? Email sponsors...@ixda.org. This is a great opportunity to support the IxDA community and put your brand in front of thousands of interaction design professionals. Thank you, Bill DeRouchey and Jennifer Bove co-chairs, Interaction 10 Web: http://interaction.ixda.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/ixd10 Email: interact...@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] IxDA iPhone users straw poll
Checking Gmail more often, and actually organizing it better. Checking my bus times from anywhere. This is huge. A local guy in Portland (Matt King) made a quick Trimet Transit Tracker that scraped local arrival times into an elegant little iPhone site. Accurate. Beautiful. Taking more random little pictures. Twitter, natch. Pandora. Reading news on the bus. Reading Mark Twain on the bus. And oddly, using the timer and alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31985 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Sr. Interaction Designer (Portland, OR) Ziba Design
Come work in my group! View more info and apply at: http://www.ziba.com/Careers.aspx?currentNav=6subNav=5 Ziba is looking for a Senior Interaction Designer who will join our Portland, Oregon based Interaction Design (IxD) team. The right designer will have experience across a broad spectrum of applications, with a targeted interest in product development. If you love to concept, design, and prototype in the space where consumer behavior, client brand, digital and physical interfaces meet, if the following sounds like you, please say hello. We want to talk to you. You've been around the design block a few times. You started as a visual designer in the web in the 90s and built some cool stuff. You sought the limitations and walked through them. You designed for beauty, yet the product still worked with elegance. But over time you yearned for other challenges. You began looking at products and tried to figure them out. You questioned your alarm clock and knew it could be made better. You wanted to make things that people could hold, push and fall in love with. Or maybe you did begin with products and started as an industrial designer. You likely went to a design school and experimented with form. You rendered toasters or cars or chairs. But over time you wanted to design how the product worked, not just looked. You asked, what if a cell phone behaved like this? Your questions changed from how many buttons go on this watch? to what buttons does this watch need to work elegantly? Either way, you ended up as an interaction designer. You work in that hybrid zone that overlaps the look, behavior, and structure of a thing. You like to figure things out, make them better, make them even better, and then make them sing. You have a hard time explaining to your family what you really do. That's us too. The IxD team at Ziba is a group with a varied background in visual, industrial, and motion design, film and video, information architecture, hardware prototyping, and the web. We believe all these skills contribute to making a product that you fall in love with. Here's what we are looking for from a Senior Interaction Designer: * Broad experience in interaction strategy, including interface/UI Design, communication design, information architecture, customer research and the construction of software and hardware prototypes. * The ability to consolidate foundational information, including input from research, information architecture, other design disciplines, and senior creative staff. * An aptitude for translating client needs and brand characteristics into authentic interface solutions. * Flexible skills in interaction design, with applications to both physical/digital products and interaction/graphic communications. * A demonstrated design sensibility and a knack for producing effective, engaging interaction prototypes. * An advanced knowledge of hardware and software technologies and the ability to articulate how they can impact interaction design. * Experience mentoring junior team members to help them build their skills. * Proven communication and presentation skills. * To enjoy the relaxed, progressive attitude of the Pacific Northwest. * The successful candidate must have a BS/BA or BFA in a relevant field and 4-6 years experience in Interaction Design. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer in new Ford Commercial
Wow, I have to see that commercial. That's great news for what we do. I had the same reaction when seeing the Deborah Adler ads on Target. I made this prescription bottle easier to understand. Such a simple thing, and yet it's amazing when it's highlighted. Bill On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I know, this is the first time an interaction designer has appeared on a TV commercial for a product, much less mention bits of our philosophy. Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] History of Interaction?
Hey Jeff, Well, a version of this book is in my head, but that doesn't do you any good today. Bill Moggridge's Designing Interactions could be close to what you want. A lot of interviews with people who were there early on. // plug: I cover some of these topics in my blog History of the Button (.com). However, I take the starting point of interaction as the flashlight, doorbell and light switch. Bill On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Jeff Hendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everybody, I'm looking for a history book on interaction. Something that starts with what would be considered the first UI (punch cards, maybe?) and moves up through command line interfaces, console based menu interfaces, introduction of GUIs and WIMP interaction, and closing with current trends. Ideally, this book would cover key design decisions at each step, including what was gained and lost, and why the losses were considered acceptable. Does such a thing exist? If not, does anybody have suggestions on how to find this information other than digging up old CHI papers and following references until I get to the beginning of (UI) time? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design at Apple
From the article... Apple designers come up with 10 entirely different mock ups of any new feature. Not, Lopp said, seven in order to make three look good, which seems to be a fairly standard practice elsewhere. They'll take ten, and give themselves room to design without restriction. Later they whittle that number to three, spend more months on those three and then finally end up with one strong decision. Good design takes volume, and it takes time. The key three words here for me were spend more months. Granted, it's easier for an in-house team to dedicate people to a single project like this than it is for an agency to write a workable proposal to do so for a client. But in the end, a volume of ideas and the time to work through them can only increase your chances of a solid design. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nokia Morph Nanotechnology
But I do think that it signifies something, a desperate need for attention, a need to be seen as relevant, a distraction from the design of the actual products? I disagree. Creating concept videos like this is a common tool in the product design world to understand how an idea may be crazy or interesting. It's just another form of prototyping based on scenarios. It poses the huge WHAT IF? question to the company, often to simply secure the necessary funds for research. I imagine someone in marketing or development asked, what if we applied learnings in nanotechnology to a cellphone? Stupid question? As dumb as, what if we put a touchscreen with no buttons on a cellphone? What if we made an MP3 player with no screen at all? The What If questions drive, well, almost all invention. So they thought about how the technology could have bearing on someone's daily life, and made a video to show it. Companies like Nokia don't need to be seen as relevant, they need to make sure they stay relevant. Where technology changes rapidly, companies can quickly lose their edge, fall behind, and die. This is a tool to look ten years out to discover where they should be investing their research dollars now. Development takes years, so they have to plan smartly. Exploring scenarios through concept videos is just a way to gauge the relative values of investments. It IS the design of actual products, just not products in the next sales season. - Bill Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Offtopic: What music do you listen to while you design
I agree with Lisa. I can't listen to anything with recognizable words when I'm trying to focus. In other moods I love to listen to Johnny Cash, but I can't work to the man. Or it could be something so familiar like a warm blanket that I don't register the words, like the Minutemen or the Clash. But lately, it's radio via iTunes. Either 1.FM Reggae Trade or African Music Radio. Going for the happy. Or dublab, Orbital Grooves, Proton Radio. With bursts of Brian Eno and Radiohead. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] “The Most Frequently Used Featu res in Microsoft Office”
the most used features in Microsoft Word 2003 […]: 1. Paste (11% of the usage) 2. Save (5.5% of the usage) 3. Copy 4. Undo 5. Bold That's funny. I would've thought that this list should have started... The most used features in Microsoft Word 2003 are […]: 1. Typing in words 2. Reading words This is a perfect example of the challenge with software. They tend to forget why they were made in the first place. They lose their essence. Microsoft Word is for writing and reading. Everything beyond that just gets in the way. I bet that 95% of what we do in Word existed in Word circa 1990. All those extra features and toolbars and status dealies put you in the mode of making a document instead of writing something brilliant. They distract you from what it says to what it looks like. I do it all the time. I'll be typing and think, This should be indented differently. This is a larger point size. It gets in the way. This is why I love products like WriteRoom. It is pure writing and reading. It removes every distraction. You see no menu bar, no buttons. It's just you, a blank white screen, and words. That's it. When I use WriteRoom, I actually work better. I focus on the words. That's the feature I want from a word processor. Don't get me wrong: I couldn't live without Save, Undo, Copy, Paste (probably in that order). But in reality I could chuck everything else. Bill Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Interaction08 + Crowdvine = Good
Crowdvine turned out to be an incredible tool for Interaction08. It served as a great pre-mingling before the conference to get the ball rolling, especially the want-to-meet feature. But it could be greatly improved with post-conference features. - Like others have stated, a Met (or Meeted) feature can be a personal reminder of who you met. - Letting people add their various identities (Facebook, LinkedIn, Upcoming, etc.) into their profiles can offer quick links to cement the connections post-conference. As of Monday, there were 343 people in the Interaction08 Crowdvine. Considering that there were approx 450 people there (attendees, speakers, staff), that is an amazing ratio, even if you don't count the Interaction Squirrel of Hope. Did anybody happen to count how many people were in on Friday, before the conference started? It'd be fascinating to know how much of that activity happened before, during, and after the conference. Bill *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Liquid Blueprint
On Jan 21, 2008, at 11:32 PM, Marco Plaisier wrote: I would like to add that forms are a gray area. It is possible to construct the layout of form pages with CSS, but it can easier to do with tables. On Jan 22, 2008 9:37 AM, Dan Harrelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While it may _seem_ easier on first blush to layout a form with tables (e.g. labels in left column, fields in right) it's usually less code to layout the same form with CSS and pretty easy once you do it a couple of times. And then maybe most importantly, it's easier to _redo_ the form or page in CSS than with tables. Always assume you'll have to redo something, because you will. Bill *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter IxDA
You can follow interaction08 on Twitter for the latest news on the upcoming IxDA conference. I imagine it will get a lot busier over the next three weeks, be feverish for a week, and then slow back down after that. On Jan 15, 2008 4:11 PM, Christian Crumlish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: twitter doesn't have a group model yet, but there are a lot of twitter users that are in fact enttities (so ixda could have a twitter acct) On Jan 15, 2008 3:27 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a Twitter group for IxDA. Okay, don't laugh, I just signed up today and am not quite sure how the whole thing works :). *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] On the topic of twitter - Why?
My angle on Twitter is very similar to the chunk below that I quoted from Dave. My initial reaction to Twitter was damn that's narcissistic. But some people I respected liked it so I tried it. It took a week or so, but then I got it. It's not business networking, it's probably social networking, but that's too dry and clinical of a term. It's people connecting as people, not as workers or professionals or business contacts, but as people. The vast majority of people that I follow are people that I have had a face-to-face conversation with. I was curious, so I counted. I follow 46 people. I've shared a beer, or had a moment, or talked about UX stuff with 36 of those. The rest I've had online contact with, or are people in my city's network, plus a couple of fanboy follows. But my main point is, I use Twitter to follow people that I like as people. Many of them/you I've met at conferences, and really enjoyed the conversations/interactions we've had, but only get to see once every year or two. Sure, we're in the same industry and career opportunities may happen, but I'm also interested in the other hours of the day. It's the old definition of friends. How are the kids? What movies have you seen? How was that vacation? Life really should take priority over work, and Twitter blends the two in interesting ways. I'll bet that most people who follow each other met through work somehow, but now they're sharing life. So when I tweet, I'm sharing moments in my life. When I read, I'm glimpsing moments in others' lives. So what have I learned? The folks at Adaptive Path really like each other and hang out beyond work. Thomas travels a lot, but has had some medical issues in the family recently. Dave is enthusiastic and doesn't sleep. Brian and Lee tend to have a sweet outlook on life. Livia loves food but is forgetting Portuguese. Dan plays cello. In the end, these things stick with me more than the buzzwords du jour. So in that spirit, I have to go make some dinner. Farfelle with parmesan tonight. See you in Savannah! Bill On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:36:14, dave malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To that end, for me it is about blurring my professional more and more into my personal and as a tool for bringing my personal life into my professional. The later means that if I have Twitter open at work and I'm scanning personal friend's tweets I get a new area of contact with my personal that I wouldn't have had before, namely in my professional space. The opposite is also true as I tweet as much about my personal life as I do my professional life, so colleagues like yourselves learn all about my kid as much as about my class on IxD. To my comment about entertainment. I think the main point I was making there, is about seriousness. One of the advantages of all this stuff is that it is about personal choice and personal expression. Yes, it can lead to better networking capabilities (LinkedIn and Facebook have been great for that), but they are all also about letting loose a bit. It is about letting loose the notion of privacy, creating more of a swiss-cheese effect in the walls that surround you. Sometimes you might regret a hole or two, but for the most part it is pretty cool. -- dave *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
