Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples where personas are *not* useful
Like statistics, it's a useful form of proof to show others. I am not convinced of its universal applicability, but it depends on the project. In some cases, personas may be useful. In others, the users follow similar paths at different speeds or with different amounts of data, but otherwise, their needs are the same. --- Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is the part that ant-persona people miss. It's a tool that helps get all the different stakeholders on the same page. And for that, we've found them to be a very, very useful communication artifact. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs *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] Examples where personas are *not* useful
I agree it's a huge shift, and can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Then again, I've seen personas run amok and make products that fit no one, so I can't say anything is 100% safe if applied by people who are foolish, have poor judgment, are evil or inexperienced. What I like about it is that it gets back to the core of the task-based analysis. It's not who the user is; it's what do they do? In all cases, making something work so it can be done faster, with fewer extraneous complexities, yet with power user features available where needed, is desired. I think a lot of use casing exists to try to prove these needs to those who are inexperienced. Aggregate data, like statistical data, only means what it means, I guess. Good points. --- Mark Schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a huge shift. A persona is a deep sample with very specific goals, behaviors and therfore perspective. If you switch to utilizing an architype - (they tend to be more of an agregate character similar to stereotypes) you are looking at a shallow sample with a lot less specificity. The dynamics of this shift are really important to consider. I find that there is certainly a time for aggregate or average data - segmenting, feature importance, use load, etc - but it often muddies the picture of who I am designing for. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ *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] Examples where personas are *not* useful
This is what sticks in my mind, as well. While I'm not about to abandon personas entirely, I've skipped instead to an idealized user, which is an interpretation of the average person under the following stressors: 1. Limited time 2. Background distraction 3. Partial knowledge With the following human (or simian) traits: 1. Likes to forage 2. Needs affirmation 3. Learns best by example Often, many extended use cases and personae can be replaced by this user archetype. --- Robert Barlow-Busch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a real tension between the value of character, created by the format of a persona -- and the cuteness of that very format. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ *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] The Millenials are coming
It seems to me the millenials, who grew up in a time when the country became even more dysfunctional, have zero expectations of positive response from society at large or the company. They're used to bypassing complete dysfunction in order to find the one option that works. I think their intolerance of bad interface, and slavish workplaces, reflects that and is probably a positive development for a society that can drive itself too hard toward consumer and work-oriented goals. --- Benjamin Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However the newer generation can very quickly judge the interface; they either get it or it sucks. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ *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] The Millenials are coming
I like that definition. I'm not sure you can divorce politics from any human endeavor. --- tripodell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway - not sure if you can divorce politics from design. (OLPC is a great example) Design is an essentially human endevor - an iterative process of optimizing an experience for a fundamentally flawed user. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs *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] The Millenials are coming
I agree. Thank you for some sanity on this topic. The good things about millenials are the computer literacy, the desire to do something right even if it's not rewarded, and the want for more time off and better working conditions. The bad: the selfishness, lack of understanding of the technology beneath the visuals, and they take Twitter seriously. --- Jeffrey D. Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They're not any different from us genX-ers. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ *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
[IxDA Discuss] Diagnosing IX in your operating system
From /.: My three pet gripes about GUI software are 1) focus stealers -- you are typing away in one app and some other app pops up and then you are typing into some other window that has grabbed focus, 2) Files Save that makes you start over from the beginning with each program launch or even each Files Save instead of remembering where you last saved a file, and 3) programs that lock up the GUI at the least provocation (yeah you, Adobe -- I dread Web surfing into PDF files, even from a broadband connection). (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=359507cid=21344881) This guy nailed the big two (number 3 is a code stability issue), but I'd like to add that there are others, on Windows, Macintosh, and various DEs for Linux/BSD. What are your worst peeves, and what's a better way these operating systems could work? http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ *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] Paper is not a prototyping tool
Actually, I like paper as a prototyping tool, but I do more than one type of prototype, so flexibility is more essential than visual specificity. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ *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
[IxDA Discuss] Project management control structures ( was Re: Do Engineers Understand...)
Hierarchy to me is a liberator from that question of who owns what, and as a result what parts need to match up with others. If done properly, a hierarchy can free us from confusion and let us focus on our specialties without becoming isolated. --- Parth Upadhye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hierarchy get work done, but politics makes it mediocre. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com *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://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Understanding Search Usability
Web site usability is task oriented, meaning that usability testing measures the efficiency of how users (who fit a specific persona or profile) complete a desired task. Testing is done one person at a time, not as a group, and each participant's behavior and actions are carefully observed and recorded. I have personally witnessed, countless times, many participants say how beautiful they think a web site is and subsequently never complete the desired task. I have observed many participants say they will take one action and then do something else. You can have the most beautiful, award-winning web site with top search engine positions...and little or no conversions because the site just is not user friendly. http://searchengineland.com/071101-090126.php Flagrantly excellent article on why web site design is more usability and information architecture than it is photoshop/flash and HTML. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com *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://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] why is flash so awesome? [user focused flash]
Flash apps that emulate web functionality are a welcome change from the norm. At some point, whether it's Flash or Silverlight or Ajax, we're going to see these new systems take over even more of navigation. It's important to remember that URL-based bookmarking is in part what made the web great, that I can get back here easily sense one needs in vast systems of interconnected data. --- Will Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The techniques I've seen offer standard bookmarkable URLs, displayed in the browser address bar, which when used in a browser take one to the current 'page' in the Flash app. Obviously, navigating to these URLS via browser back, forward and history buttons also work. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] why is flash so awesome? [user focused flash]
After having developed a couple CD-ROMs in Lingo, I have to say that if they were ever King, I remain a revolutionary. --- Ari Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a holdover from the days when Director and Lingo were king. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Types of design values
As a designer or any other employee, you're a mercenary. Your job is to adopt the values of your audience and create for them. --- Alan Wexelblat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As to underlying values this is where I see (potential) contention in that the designer's and user's values may not even have an overlap, let alone be the same. I wonder if the original author is being too casual or speaking broadly in an attempt to make a point. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Types of design values
What I pointed out was that when you are paid to do a task, you are paid to adopt the values and intents of your employers. I did not say you did not have the choice of employers. I am merely stating one facet of business reality. If this reality is offensive, I suggest you take it up with those responsible. --- Christopher Fahey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Borokowski wrote: As a designer or any other employee, you're a mercenary. Your job is to adopt the values of your audience and create for them. Speak for yourself. :-) Being a mercenary is not the same as being a professional. I, for one, will not adopt my audience's, boss's, or client's values if they conflict with my own personal values. I try to work with clients who are classy enough to be in synch with my values so I don't have to face such a dilemma. My company has even (twice) declined to talk to potential clients whose values were opposed to our own. We are human beings, after all, who have to sleep at night and tell our friends and family about what we do. You probably/hopefully meant values as less of a moral/ethical issue and more of an empathy issue, but all the same it's troubling to be urged to be a mercenary. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] functional designer?
I have heard the terms information architect, development architect and function engineer. I prefer the term function designer and function design, as otherwise it sounds like a description of design that contrasts dysfunctional design, or ineptitude. --- Russell Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone come across functional design as a term? I thought it made sense for back-end design. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Gmail archiving - was: straw poll: best messaging user experience
This is why the Microsofties wanted to transition to a database-driven OS with Vista. In such an operating system, all data is under version control as you imply (and I agree) would be desirable. --- Phillip Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 'paper problem (beyond when it's used unnecessarily) is the same as Windows. Multiple copies really means multiple distinct items that happen to have the same name. A change to one means the others are out of date or must be remembered, found, and replaced. And the item, unless commented internally, does not remind you. Also, deleting one does not delete all. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
Many people are upset that this position is basically a 2-for-1, where someone brought in as a UX specialist will be used 90% of the time as a developer. I understand their pain, but ask them to consider the project. If UX is going to be done early on, the team member needs to be able to do something else so they're not dead weight. --- Will Tschumy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's probably worth it to remember that until very recently, Google required it's UX leads to be capable of producing production ready HTML, Javascript, etc. Is Google not serious about UX? Let's be serious here... http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Moving and copying items
No AJAX? Each file on the left has three icons by it: move, copy, edit. Select first item, click move, and it opens a completely directory listing in an IFRAME to the right. Clicking any directory places the document. --- beril guvendik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to figure out if there's a good way to tackle this without going into the whole drag and drop AJAX interfaces (nothing wrong with that except that engineers will probably say not enough time) :) http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of excellent interaction design on the web
Here's one I found a few months ago. http://www.tinyapps.org/ --- Mike Scarpiello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Netflix and Linkedin are great. Usable, tight, and intuitive. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
Depends on the project, doesn't it? --- Jeff White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If UX is going to be done early on, the team member needs to be able to do something else so they're not dead weight. This is part of the problem. UX doesn't just happen at one stage of the project. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of excellent interaction design on the web
Easily, and several other categories besides. --- Mike Scarpiello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we all agree that MySpace is the worst interface on the planet? http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of excellent interaction design on the web
That's a nicely designed site. Still, I prefer the interface of a pad and pen. --- Joe Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Ta-da List is pretty great. So simple and useful I generally use it instead of a pen and paper. http://www.tadalist.com/ http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] d schools
Most people hire by degree now anyway, so view it as a business decision and go for it. You'll add a fifth of your salary again and get first place in the cheese line at company parties. --- Dan Saffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 8, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Wesley Hall wrote: If you're an old guard designer with 10 years experience but no formal design training, is it worth it to attend d.school? I'm confident in my design thinking at this point. But I'd like to: A. Brush up on core design visual design skills B. Play with technologies I don't have to design for in my job C. Interact collaboratively with lots of bright folks who don't work for my company D. Get a graduate degree so that I stay competitive in my field Is that a match of d.school or not? These are nearly the exact reasons I went back to graduate school after working in the field for ~8 years. Look at the core curriculum at any graduate design school and see if it matches what you want to get out of it. Ask where their graduates go to work after school. Talk to not just professors there but also to current students and alumni. Students and alumni will likely give you the straight dope on what the school actually trains you to do. That in mind, a school with design thinking and a business/strategy focus is probably going to give you lots of C and D. Probably less of A and B. Good luck! Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Gmail archiving - was: straw poll: best messaging user experience
I would like to see a dual axis method of organization that enables general category (folders) and descriptive notations (tagging, labeling). Gmail is relatively good at this, since it's blog-inspired webmail software. --- Phillip Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real-life use of folders is just as broken for me and many other paper-averse geeks. So it doesn't work as a metaphor for me either. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
Something useful for us all to remember. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
Actually, all AJAX does is make a stateless protocol have state between interactions. It's a technique that uses JavaScript to pull data from the server with XMLHttpRequest. Most people use it for desktop-style interaction, but you can do a lot more with it. --- Josh Seiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But all AJAX does is bring a subset of existing desktop-style interactions to the browser. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
Speak to some developers who are competent. Making things work outside the comfortable limits of do-ability is what they live for, because almost everything else is tepid. --- Mark Schraad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that designing outside of the 'do-ability' is a difficult thing for most. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB UX Designer, Fulltime/Permanent Role, Recruiter, Redmond, WA
This isn't my recollection of it at all. HTML allowed the layman to code, but many people with liberal arts degrees have taught themselves to code. It isn't work that requires genius or inspiration, or anything other than a good memory and a modicum of hard work to learn it. There's a bit of a tension now, since people have seen that in the post-boom economy, programmers are glorified blue collar labor in all but a few elite posts. I think it's important to remember a programmer is just someone who learned to write code. --- Katie Albers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me see...how do I put this politely...If we'd been adhering to this logic in 1993, you'd be out of a job. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Texas IxDers
I'd be equally curious to see if there are any in Houston. --- David Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if there were any Texas IxD people on list... specifically Austin or San Antonio. If so, do you have any IxD type meetups? http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Guidelines http://beta.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://beta.ixda.org/help Unsubscribe http://beta.ixda.org/unsubscribe Questions .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home ... http://beta.ixda.org
