Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review
Hey Amyris, I was on the Conan volunteer list before but things got busy halfway. I'd like to review the pages, please. boon dot chew at gmail dot com Boon On Jul 8, 9:22 am, Luca Cappelletti luca.cappelle...@gmail.com wrote: Ready for CONAN: luca DOT cappelletti AT gmail DOT com thanks, Luca Cappelletti 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] What is a mobile phone called in your country?
Handphone or hp for short in Malaysia. Mobile phone or Mobile for short in the UK 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] Post-graduate degree advice (London, UK)
Tim, I'm currently studying the HCI-E Masters at UCL, and I am enjoying every moment of it. Ok, maybe not every moment, but I'm really happy I decided to go with UCL instead of City (my other choice). I've put up some thoughts of my experiences on my blog, which might give you a flavor of what it's like: http://boonyew.com/interaction/category/uclic/ Another review, not done by me, is from Kevin Cheng of OK/Cancel. He took the course in 2004. http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/article/2004/09/a-review-of-uclic.html A bit about my background, I've been working in software development for 7 years, and fell into UX work when I picked up Cooper's About Face 3 and kickedstarted a project using his Goal Directed Design methodology. That inspired me to switch gears towards more HCI work, and that led me to the Masters. UCL has a lot of good research, and a lot of ex-students I've met now work in established UX companies like Flow Interactive, Serco, Systems Concepts, Webcredible and well-known tech companies like Google. The ergonomics component provides solid grounding if you're interested in doing stuff in human factors, industrial design, etc. This module is quite practical and UCL regularly brings in practitioners from the field, which can help with networking and getting a feel of what's out there. An intensive 2-week design work is aimed at getting your hands dirty with the methods commonly applied in industry. In response to David Little's comment about the lack of research at UCL - this is totally untrue. There are a good group of strong researchers here, and some only focus on doing research alone. The lectures encourage heavy reading of literature from CHI and other established high-profile HCI-related academic conferences, and our coursework is graded against a similar quality. I would say that City offers a more hands-on, practical perspective of the field, whereas UCL gives you a very broad, historical, but essential parts of the practice. We have a fair number of practitioners here, both part-time and full- time, and I think because UCL focusses a lot on the integration and critical application of theory and practice, you may find it challenging because it causes you to see UX work in the light of many contrasting perspectives (psychology, ethnography, design, ergonomics, etc.), even with considerable amount of UX experience. While I agree that UCL's website is not as flash, it really doesn't do it justice. If you're keen to find out more, I'd be happy to help answer any queries you have. 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] Designer inbreeding?
Erik, One option is to do a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction, which has slightly more emphasis in psychology, with a sprinkling of design, anthropology, systems thinking, etc. I'm currently enrolled as a Masters student at University College London for their Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics program (http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/), and they do generate quite a fair number of practitioners in the field for the UK, since being around since 1967. I am quite confident of the program, myself coming from a Computer Engineering background, and having worked in the telecoms field doing software and web development. While I admit that good design is practiced, there are things you can learn in class to speed up that transition. Boon 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] User Experience Deliverables
I think this is a very potent introduction and reminder of what user experience people do. I think it's also useful as a rough sketch and not as a formal framework, since there's usually not a one-size fits all approach. It's on my list of important bookmarks. Good job! 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] Drawbacks of using Flex for data processing application?
I've the lead programmer on a recent Flex project, and it's not easy to get around, despite its similiarities to Javascript/HTML. Flex tends to lend itself better to structured layouts (e.g. tables, menus, pages). Getting it to do something else requires time, planning and good execution. Apart from that, it's a good platform, but it's definitely not going to take 2 days for a javascript developer to get up and running. Regards, Boon 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
