Re: [IxDA Discuss] How do you sell UX?
I'm in the process of ramping up a UX consultancy shop right now, and we're approaching a lot of smaller shops and offering ourselves as a resource. We've already established a relationship with one and so far so good. We're keen on this model as it lets us focus on providing UX services without falling into the trap of becoming a one-stop shop (which in my experience tends to lead to problems- it's the reason why we broke off and started our own thing). Mind you, we can do non-UX related execution but prefer to take that work on on a case by case basis and it always is a result of the UX work rather than separate from it. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Justin Davis jdavis1...@gmail.com wrote: For those out there who work as freelancers or standalone UX agencies, what does your sales process look like? Is it primarily selling to the companies who own the web properties, attempting to convince them of the need for better UX, or is it more strategic partnerships with development shops? Seems like the latter is the most stable approach, and a somewhat easier sell (since dev shops or other 'full-service' web shops are at least familiar with the UX world). What are you experiences? Justin Davis Madera Labs http://www.maderalabs.com 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 -- -MIKE DUNN www.foolishstudios.com www.gamingtrend.com 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] [JOB] UI/Product Designer | Austin TX | Bazaarvoice | Full Time
Still looking to fill that position, eh? Too bad your company values a college degree over a decade of experience... On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM, patrick barrett patr...@bazaarvoice.comwrote: Bazaarvoice (www.bazaarvoice.com), voted 2009’s the best place to work in Austin, has an immediate opening for an experienced UI/Product Designer to join our growing team. The SaaS solution you would help design and refine is used by more than 575 brands to collect, display and analyze user-generated reviews, stories and QA. Details on this position and how to apply are located at: http://www.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oxOdVfwds=RefreshAustinJobs and also viewable at our website under the company information and jobs link under Marketing. 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] Adobe Fireworks for wire framing
Try 'save as' and select illustrator- presto, it's vector. If you were using the export option it would definitely come out low-res, as Fireworks is designed to be a web graphics tool On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Shelly Cawood she...@lamity.org wrote: currently after having a good at fireworks, my major issue is the quality of what it exports, its quite bad, exporting from omnigraffle or visio exports a vector file which prints well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45590 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] JOB - User Experience Designer at Blitz
That's a little uncalled for, don't you think? Looks like they do some pretty solid Flash work for their clients and their site reflects that. I'd be interested in the position if it weren't in LA... -MIKE D On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Cornwall kcornw...@flytrapinteractive.com wrote: BLITZ. An entire site done in Flash? Seems like the place to go if you want to experience the sizzle without the bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653 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] profit centered design
Apple is just doing what countless other manufacturers have been doing for a long time now- creating disposable products. Look at most cars these days- the saying they don't make 'em like they used to is more true in that case than anything else. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Charles Boyung charles.boy...@nexustechnologiesllc.com wrote: I think you just about hit the nail on the head here. Apple really does not care about what users may or may want. They never really have. Apple depends on their following to do everything for them, and telling outright lies in the marketing that they do do. Most Apple consumers are so completely out of touch with what they are buying, they would never think twice about upgrading their iPhone instead of replacing the battery like you wanted to do. That's why they don't offer any sort of battery replacement on the iPhone. Why try to make a $10 profit on a battery replacement when they can make a $100 profit on a new iPhone? There are probably more people that are just going to take that second option rather than do what you did and look for third-party solutions just because they don't know any better and trust Apple because they think that they are the good guys. On top of that, just look how many people upgraded to the newest iPhone at full price when their existing phones were still perfectly good. When you've got people drinking the Kool-Aid like Apple does, you're bound to take advantage of it as long as you canl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45216 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] SXSW Panel Picker- please vote for my panels!!!
Actually, you do touch on my reasoning for different levels of fidelity in wireframes- the audience for said wireframes. There are situations where high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes work better to convey functionality and layout to both clients and team members. If I had my druthers, I'd be doing rough wireframes all day long, but I have recognize that some people aren't as capable of abstract thought as you or I. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk aherasimc...@involutionstudios.com wrote: On Aug 17, 2009, at 1:12 PM, Michael Dunn wrote: Wireframing needs may differ from project to project, and it is vital to retain a level of flexibility when determining your approach. No offense, but I've never found this to be true. I've found using pencil and paper to work 100% of the time no matter what. Pencil and paper is always the most flexible, always the cheapest cost, and always the fastest method no matter the project. Converting sketches to production files or posters is nice for clients and for deliverables to impress the execs, but they are basically icing at that point. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 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
[IxDA Discuss] UX Certification?
So I've been asked at work to research UX Certification programs. While I'm glad that an interest is being taken, I feel to a certain extent that the whole certification thing is outdated. I'd rather just go to one of Adaptive Path's UX Intensives (http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2009/uxi/), but because no 'certification' is involved, it's not even being considered. Does anybody know of any programs out there? Anything worthwhile? Cooper offers certification but they are very vague about what it entails... -MIKE D 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] UX Certification?
So I've been asked at work to research UX Certification programs. While I'm glad that an interest is being taken, I feel to a certain extent that the whole certification thing is outdated. I'd rather just go to one of Adaptive Path's UX Intensives (http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2009/uxi/), but because no 'certification' is involved, it's not even being considered. Does anybody know of any programs out there? Anything worthwhile? Cooper offers certification but they are very vague about what it entails... -MIKE D 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] UX Certification?
Certificate programs are what I'm looking for. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Jared Spool jsp...@uie.com wrote: Hi Michael, Are you asking about UX Certificate programs or about becoming a Certified UX Practitioner? The latter doesn't exist, but there are some excellent certificate programs available. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: jsp...@uie.com p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: jmspool UIE Web App Summit, 4/19-4/22: http://webappsummit.com On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Michael Dunn wrote: So I've been asked at work to research UX Certification programs. While I'm glad that an interest is being taken, I feel to a certain extent that the whole certification thing is outdated. I'd rather just go to one of Adaptive Path's UX Intensives ( http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2009/uxi/), but because no 'certification' is involved, it's not even being considered. Does anybody know of any programs out there? Anything worthwhile? Cooper offers certification but they are very vague about what it entails... 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] $705k for redesigning a website???
Well, without knowing the scope of the project (which could be significant) and the amount of bureaucracy that is involved with dealing with a client like that, it may not be so surprising after all... 2009/3/24 Russell Wilson russ.wil...@gmail.com Wow - see post/article here: http://www.dexodesign.com/2009/03/24/705k-for-redesigning-a-website/ This is for real (and maybe I'm the only one shocked about the price tag?) Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/russwilson 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
[IxDA Discuss] Anybody going to SXSWi?
I'm preparing for my trip to Austin for this year's SXSWi, and was wondering if anybody else on the list was going to be there. Any interest in a meet-up? -MIKE D 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] Skittles Branding
This was actually done before, by Modernista: www.modernista.com On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:31 PM, tina725 tina...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone beeing keeping track of skittles.com? First twitter, then facebook and now Wikipedia. Is it possible to really get rid of a branded website? Is that where the future of web design is headed? Interested to hear what people have to say. 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Well, it looks like getting there may be part of the challenge... On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr rob...@rhjr.net wrote: Looks like the UX Challenge organizers changed a few details along the way. From the site http://www.uxchallenge.com/pricing.html: - There's a conference fee of $2,000 per person - The hotel is not included — it's $450 per person for four nights - Contrary to what is implied on another pagehttp://www.uxchallenge.com/concept.html, flights from Oslo to Svalbard are not included either In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And this is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place. Who do these people think they are? -r- 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] Apple MacBook Wheel
I would think it's pretty obvious as it came from The Onion On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM, mauro pinheiro mauro.pinhe...@gmail.comwrote: Grady, not really...and that's why I was asking if anyone have seen it for real. I wasn't sure if this was a hoax or not... -- prof. mauro pinheiro universidade federal do espírito santo centro de artes depto. de desenho industrial On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Grady Kelly gr...@simpledesign.org wrote: you do know this is a joke right? On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:48 AM, mauro pinheiro mauro.pinhe...@gmail.com wrote: Have anyone seen this MacBook Wheel in action? --- Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard http://is.gd/eDRW --- 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] ThoughtPile.org
Really? Have you ever been here? http://www.thefwa.com/ Do you have any idea how high a demand there is for Actionscript programmers? Oh, and as to your point about the UX- If everybody did the same thing all the time instead of trying new methods to see if they might work, where does that leave innovation? I think some elements don't work, but there's enough interesting ideas here to warrant discussion. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bleh. I thought the days of completely Flash sites were a thing of the past. And the interaction with the site is poor -- the text fields don't look like text fields, the buttons don't look like buttons and the navigation just isn't intuitive. The site does have a nice visual design look to it, but aesthetic is only a fraction of good user experience design -- if people can't intuitively use a site, what good does how cool it looks do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36319 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 -- Michael Dunn FoolishStudios www.foolishstudios.com 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] Usability testing on the cheap- Silverback, ?
Hey all, I'm doing some research on different tiers of usability testing, and I love the new Silverback app that Clear Left just put out ( http://www.silverbackapp.com/) as a potential lower-end solution (we already have partnerships in place for the high-end services). Are there any other apps like Silverback out there? What do you guys use? -- Michael Dunn 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] Is a Flash-intro to a personal portfolio still good/relevant?
I pretty much operate under the rule of thumb that a flash intro is never a good idea. If you absolutely have to have something even remotely like one, design it as a flash embed on your index page. Basically, give your audience one less click to get into the real substance of the site rather than the opportunity to blow it off. I guess what I'm saying is, it's not a question of whether it makes sense in today's job or design market, it's a question of usability. Put your content front and center. -MIKE D On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Alan Wexelblat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's assume that you've done the proper work to provide a Skip Intro button. Let's further assume that you've done at least the minimum to make your content accessible to people without the Flash player. The question I ask, then, is: does having a Flash intro to a personal site, which may include one's portfolio or resume, make sense in today's job market and design environment? Or does this brand the designer as someone stuck in the last decade? As usual, I suspect the answer is it depends; what I'm really interested in is exploring issues around how we present ourselves in online presences and the Flash-intro or Flash-site is a method I still see from time to time, though not nearly as much as I used to. Best regards, --Alan 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 -- Michael Dunn FoolishStudios www.foolishstudios.com 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] Trying to educate my design team
Hehe. So true, in fact, I am one of those people. I definitely don't want this to be dry and clinical. I don't think that would even fly at the ad agency where I work- we're all pretty fun and easygoing. I've also had to design enough ridiculous corporate power point presentations in my day that I know what I don't want to do in one shudder Peter, thanks for all of the links, that's the kind of stuff I was looking for for sure. Thanks to everyone else for the suggestions as well, I especially like the idea of picking stuff we like and critiquing it down to the design level. On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Jared M. Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 3, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Peter Merholz wrote: Lunchtime should be fun and engaging. I can't imagine discussions more deadening then being told about Web standards. I would encourage you to take this time to engage in ideas, perspectives, and methods, to share case studies, and to encourage conversation. For the record, I happen to know a bunch of people who find web standards really fun and exciting. They just light up when you start talking about a table-less existence. For some people, it's a subject that is lot of fun and very engaging. Just sayin' Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks 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 -- Michael Dunn FoolishStudios www.foolishstudios.com 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] Trying to educate my design team
Hello, all. I have been lurking for a while and finally have a dire need that I hope you all can help me with. I am currently trying to organize some 'lunch and learn' sessions in an effort to educate our design team on, well, designing more effectively for the medium. I have several things I plan to cover such as web standards, table-less design and how it can liberate the designer, using fireworks as a prototyping and comp tool rather than photoshop, do's and don'ts, among other things. I am looking for resources that might aid me in this- books, web articles, powerpoint or keynote presentations, etc. I've already compiled a small collection of such, but would like to pick the collective brain on this matter. Any suggestions? -- Michael Dunn FoolishStudios www.foolishstudios.com 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
