Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories
I recommend ReQall (http://www.reqall.com/). I use it from the car all the time. I dial the phone number, say Add and voice my message. It records my message and emails me a transcript (fairly accurate) and the recording (for when the transcript is way off). If there is a date and time involved (lunch with Susie, 12 on Tuesday) it also send me a reminder at the appropriate time. Don Norman is one of the people behind this technology - thanks Don if you're reading!! Now I'm not texting while driving. :) Carol --- Carol J. Smith Principal Consultant, Midwest Research, LLC http://www.mw-research.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/167/781 On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: recorrder of some kind so that I can walk up and down the haight, muttering and brainstorming. I'm not kidding. I used to do this to try to capture others muttering -- once had a hapless and unsuspecting dude lean into the left channel of my stereo sonic studios mikes -- I hid them in a baseball cap -- and whisper thuddingly: doses, shrooms.. made my day and i still have the tape. I just write on the walls in chalk until they let me out of my cell. ;-) 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 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
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I forgot to mention I also use both Leap and Yep to store and browse the 2.5GB of PDFs and other docs in my reference library. I've tried DEVONThink a few times and found it good, but not really suited to the way I work. Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.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
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i'm a fan of moleskins and have been carrying around some form of physical notebook since i was 14. numbered and catalogged, therye great to flip through years later for reference but prove auful as far as being any cohesive form of organization. i recently started posted somewhat religously to a completely unknown blog of my own for more public and comical observations as will initially described but i havent been able to convince myself that tagging is essential and the frequency of posts is sporadic as i enjoy the tangible act of writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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
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I hadn't even thought of the back of the hand -- that's great. I once had both my thumbs broken at the same time and walked about with both arms in casts -- had I been so inclined, they might have made for a great note-taking device, and a semi-public one at that. In fact the history of writing on the body is long indeed. (some argue that writing itself began with ritual practices of a violent graphism excercised during rites of passage and similar ceremonies...) But seriously tho, I like to draft thoughts within blogger some times -- I find that using blogger even to take notes puts me in a narrative mind set. a On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jeff Howard wrote: I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance. The only formal process I have for non-project related research is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world though a different set of eyes. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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 cheers, adrian chan 415 516 4442 Social Interaction Design (www.gravity7.com) Sr Fellow, Society for New Communications Research (www.SNCR.org) LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/adrianchan) 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
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I believe there is a big problem with many tools available when it comes to storing your inspiration. It might take a week, month or even a couple of years but in the end you%u2019ll end up losing most of the context and reasons why you saved a piece of inspiration in the first place. No matter if you use a dummy/sketchbook, Flickr, delicious or even a .txt file on your desktop, it takes a lot of effort to organize your inspiration in a way that you can keep track of it later on. Together with two fellow Interaction Designers we made a project called PEF (Alpha working title). PEF is mainly a documentation tool for designers to visually document a design (or inspiration) without much breaking into your workflow. Reading the posts in this threat (and some other recent posts you wrote about personas) I%u2019m very interested to hear your opinion about our current Alpha version of the app. Posted a demo video on Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/1786174 Although we%u2019ve used data driven personas, the video is mostly about what the app can do at this moment instead of who can use it and why (new video coming soon after the first beta release). We wrote some more info on: www.deMonsters.com/PEF As I said before I%u2019m very interested in your and other people%u2019s thoughts. Erik van de Wiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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
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Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? How about refer back to their ideas that the posted to Twitter to follow up - with images attached? Just trying to get a feel for all the ways we keep track of the constant assault on our senses, how we process, store, and return to those inspirations, thoughts, ideas. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, adrian chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hadn't even thought of the back of the hand -- that's great. I once had both my thumbs broken at the same time and walked about with both arms in casts -- had I been so inclined, they might have made for a great note-taking device, and a semi-public one at that. In fact the history of writing on the body is long indeed. (some argue that writing itself began with ritual practices of a violent graphism excercised during rites of passage and similar ceremonies...) But seriously tho, I like to draft thoughts within blogger some times -- I find that using blogger even to take notes puts me in a narrative mind set. a On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jeff Howard wrote: I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance. The only formal process I have for non-project related research is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world though a different set of eyes. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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 cheers, adrian chan 415 516 4442 Social Interaction Design (www.gravity7.com) Sr Fellow, Society for New Communications Research (www.SNCR.org) LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/adrianchan) 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 -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill - 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
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On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Will Evans wrote: Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? I use 37 Signals' Tada-List to record ideas for blog posts. They have an iPhone-optimized version that I use when out and about. Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream of things that never were and say why not? - George Bernard Shaw 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
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I have started using my iphone this way. I use the Unote (younote?) application to basically jot down random thoughts. I have a lot of these while driving for some reason, and if I don't write them down they evaporate. The key advantage of the iphone is that I always have it with me, unlike a notebook, and it allows me to record notes in a number of ways (write it down, audio, photos, etc.).I think it would be useful to be able to sync things from the iphone to a web interface, but knowing what I know about user research, just because I say that doesn't mean I would actually make the effort to take it one step further to manage stuff online. Eva Kaniasty http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaniasty On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? 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
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On that same note - does anyone email themselves notes to GooToDo? They have a nice way of emailing yourself todo's - but the same could be done for ideas - anyone using that tool as well? On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Jack Moffett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Will Evans wrote: Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? I use 37 Signals' Tada-List to record ideas for blog posts. They have an iPhone-optimized version that I use when out and about. Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream of things that never were and say why not? - George Bernard Shaw 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 -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill - 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
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I have been leaving myself voice mails for 15 years for exactly this purpose -- it works best as a way of synthesizing one's thoughts because of course you dont want to leave too long a vmail (knowing that you'll have to listen to it later ;-0). I also take long showers and talk to myself while showering, tho i haven't sought after any kind of showerproof writing or recording technologies. And in the interest of full disclosure, when leaving myself a voicemail I do end with cheers man and then feel utterly compromised for an instant as I realize how easy it is to enter the mode/context of any communication tool... At the moment I have 20 or so windows open in Bbedit each containing notes on a different blog post idea. I'm going to give scrivener a try -- I like how it looks. I have a whiteboard covered with post its, and will often head to a cafe sans mac just to write on a clipboard. All notes are dated, themed, titled, and stored in a folder according to topic: e.g. SxD: psychology, or SxD: action sytems, and so on... I'd like to make better use of talking to myself and am going to purchase a discreet field recorder of some kind so that I can walk up and down the haight, muttering and brainstorming. I'm not kidding. I used to do this to try to capture others muttering -- once had a hapless and unsuspecting dude lean into the left channel of my stereo sonic studios mikes -- I hid them in a baseball cap -- and whisper thuddingly: doses, shrooms.. made my day and i still have the tape. but talking is much faster than writing -- if somebody has a solid recommendation on a digital recorder that you dont have to hold in your hands, that'd be what i'm looking for.. interesting discussion. it would be cool if there were a slideshare, or flowgram kind of real-time scrapbooking site that allowed one to post, record, archive (skype or other voip chat) communication, images, vid, webam, and notes, and designate public/private in order to solicit process feedback... cool, a On Oct 27, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Will Evans wrote: Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? How about refer back to their ideas that the posted to Twitter to follow up - with images attached? Just trying to get a feel for all the ways we keep track of the constant assault on our senses, how we process, store, and return to those inspirations, thoughts, ideas. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, adrian chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hadn't even thought of the back of the hand -- that's great. I once had both my thumbs broken at the same time and walked about with both arms in casts -- had I been so inclined, they might have made for a great note-taking device, and a semi-public one at that. In fact the history of writing on the body is long indeed. (some argue that writing itself began with ritual practices of a violent graphism excercised during rites of passage and similar ceremonies...) But seriously tho, I like to draft thoughts within blogger some times -- I find that using blogger even to take notes puts me in a narrative mind set. a On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jeff Howard wrote: I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance. The only formal process I have for non-project related research is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world though a different set of eyes. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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 cheers, adrian chan 415 516 4442 Social Interaction Design (www.gravity7.com) Sr Fellow, Society for New Communications Research (www.SNCR.org) LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/adrianchan) 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 -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 |
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Evernote has a great iPhone app that lets you sync text, photo and voice notes with the desktop and web editions of Evernote. The only thing I miss from evernote is the ability to take a photo and draw notes on the photo. Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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
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recorrder of some kind so that I can walk up and down the haight, muttering and brainstorming. I'm not kidding. I used to do this to try to capture others muttering -- once had a hapless and unsuspecting dude lean into the left channel of my stereo sonic studios mikes -- I hid them in a baseball cap -- and whisper thuddingly: doses, shrooms.. made my day and i still have the tape. I just write on the walls in chalk until they let me out of my cell. ;-) 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
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I've been doing this with my xv6800 (and before that, the 6700). I take pictures of stuff then when I sync, they get transferred to my incoming photo directory for me to sort/massage as needed. I've also started shooting video this way -- the xv6800 camera is 2M and shoots some pretty nice video for a camera/pda. Will Evans wrote: Does anyone use their iPhone/mobile device to send notes to themselves? How about refer back to their ideas that the posted to Twitter to follow up - with images attached? Just trying to get a feel for all the ways we keep track of the constant assault on our senses, how we process, store, and return to those inspirations, thoughts, ideas. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, adrian chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hadn't even thought of the back of the hand -- that's great. I once had both my thumbs broken at the same time and walked about with both arms in casts -- had I been so inclined, they might have made for a great note-taking device, and a semi-public one at that. In fact the history of writing on the body is long indeed. (some argue that writing itself began with ritual practices of a violent graphism excercised during rites of passage and similar ceremonies...) But seriously tho, I like to draft thoughts within blogger some times -- I find that using blogger even to take notes puts me in a narrative mind set. a On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jeff Howard wrote: I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance. The only formal process I have for non-project related research is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world though a different set of eyes. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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 cheers, adrian chan 415 516 4442 Social Interaction Design (www.gravity7.com) Sr Fellow, Society for New Communications Research (www.SNCR.org) LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/adrianchan) 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 -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 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
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Andy Polaine wrote: I have 33 notebooks going all the way back to my university days when I first started numbering them - these days they're mostly Moleskines or Miquel Rius ones (if I can my hands on them). It's not a terribly formal process though. They switch from being notebooks to journals to sketches to remember the milk. But I like the mix because it's a more honest record of things. I used to be really anal and ended up carrying around 2-4 notebooks, one for drawing, one for writing, one for remember the milk, one for sake tasting. What I do now is just have one and start from the front for serious stuff and from the back for remember the milk. When those get close to one another I start a new journal. With the current set, I'm also playing with the idea of having tabbed pages/sections for things that I update infrequently and that only take a line or three. It's working pretty well for sake tasting and the like, and I can just scan those two-three pages and stick them with related pages from the next notebook. -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 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
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I have 33 notebooks going all the way back to my university days when I first started numbering them - these days they're mostly Moleskines or Miquel Rius ones (if I can my hands on them). It's not a terribly formal process though. They switch from being notebooks to journals to sketches to remember the milk. But I like the mix because it's a more honest record of things. I use Flickr and my blog for a great deal of stuff. It makes it handy when teaching or searching for things. I like to think of it as my extended memory (because I can't even remember my own mobile phone number these days of having stuff programmed in). Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.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
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Will, I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing it consistently in the past couple of years. Cheers Steve 2008/10/25 Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting inspiration. Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing but can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal process/framework out there? -- -- Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.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
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Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a point is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input from others - Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi-private with granular control over who sees what - where you can store ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of a community. just wondering. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will, I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing it consistently in the past couple of years. Cheers Steve -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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
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I'm mainly using Twitter, Tumblr and babl.nl at this moment. Next to a paper notebook for more fuzzy ideas. I've learned not to keep all of my notes and urls in just one single place... FavoritesAnywhere.com's disappearance, Murl.com's crash and mybookmarks.com's reset have learned me this lesson the hard way ... Currently I've lost 40 websites at eduinfo.com... But I've still some 40 other ones left... My advice: Diversify to insure the survival of your notes and urls. Pieter Jansegers http://jansegers.tumblr.com On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will, I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing it consistently in the past couple of years. Cheers Steve 2008/10/25 Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting inspiration. Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing but can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal process/framework out there? -- -- Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.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 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
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Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi- private with granular control over who sees what - where you can store ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of a community. just wondering. For me – and I suspect quite a few people here who also have the technical/design skills – this would be my own website and server combined with something like Basecamp. I'm with Pieter in that I like to have stuff stored all over the place so that I'm not reliant on one service/site. Google is about the only place I trust not to go bankrupt anytime soon. (Trust in what they do with the data is, of course, another issue). Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.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
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I would make mention of two points by way of requirements for such a system: * it should be as immediate as flipping open a sketchbook; or that should at least be your aim. So MMS integration; twitter integration; photo-blogging etc * it should replicate down to my local machine a la MobileMe. This service needs to be persistent, and that means I need a copy of it that I can reach at any time. 2008/10/26 Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm with Pieter in that I like to have stuff stored all over the place so that I'm not reliant on one service/site. Google is about the only place I trust not to go bankrupt anytime soon. (Trust in what they do with the data is, of course, another issue) -- Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.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
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Looks like we are tribe-sourcing a requirements document, doesn't it :-) On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would make mention of two points by way of requirements for such a system: * it should be as immediate as flipping open a sketchbook; or that should at least be your aim. So MMS integration; twitter integration; photo-blogging etc * it should replicate down to my local machine a la MobileMe. This service needs to be persistent, and that means I need a copy of it that I can reach at any time. 2008/10/26 Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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
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Also - Is anyone using http://www.coroflot.com/ for their portfolios? Do they find it actually works for them? Just wondering. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a point is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input from others - Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi-private with granular control over who sees what - where you can store ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of a community. just wondering. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will, I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing it consistently in the past couple of years. Cheers Steve -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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
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i tend to use a soft cover moleskine (one of the thin ones) because it's easy to carry everywhere. i alternate between blank paper and grid paper versions... that's where i write all my ideas, sketch, make to-do lists.. all sorts of stuff. then, when i have an idea that i want to easily reference i'll transfer/refine my notes into evernote. i like evernote because i can access it online, on my iphone, and on my computer. it also keeps copies of everything offline so i don't need to worry about wi-fi or service outages. for photos i use flickr, but more personally than for design stuff. .. i also use delicous for all my bookmarks, although i find i rarely go back to it.. just the act of saving something there tends to make me remember it. as for portfolio.. i actually don't even have one right now, but i'm about to set one up this afternoon.. and it will live on my personal webserver. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the great ideas and contributions so far. I actually have a point is asking this of the community - so I would love to get more input from others - Is there a need/desire for an online, shared portfolio service: semi-private with granular control over who sees what - where you can store ideas/articles/inspirations/notes/sketches/portfolio and allow access to only certain parts. this would be located in the cloud or in the context of a community. just wondering. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will, I use a combination of delicious, evernote, and Moleskin notebooks. There's nothing formal or disciplined about it; and I've only really started doing it consistently in the past couple of years. Cheers Steve -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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 -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: emenel 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
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One thing I really don't like about coroflot is how the term interaction design just means anything interactive.. most people who tag themselves with interaction design there have done a few websites or flash.. kind of misleading if you're actually looking for IxD work On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also - Is anyone using http://www.coroflot.com/ for their portfolios? Do they find it actually works for them? Just wondering. -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: emenel 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
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I keep notes in a small gridded Moleskin notebook. But more important is simply having something to write with. Always. In a pinch I'll jot down observations on the back of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I never knew you could write there until I saw the movie Memento, but it's a really nice affordance. The only formal process I have for non-project related research is collecting local papers when I travel. Helps to see the world though a different set of eyes. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34828 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
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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: http://www.core77.com/hack2school/portigal.asp Put your observations on the Internet. Maybe no one will see them, but the discipline of taking your observations out of your own head and publishing them in a sharable form will force you into telling a story. As much as design research is about observing others, there's something very personal about how and what we see, and developing that voice will serve you well. Collect stories and retell them in your own way, emphasizing the perspective you want others to take away. This topic reminds me a lot of an article on Russel Davies's site: How to be Interestinghttp://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2006/11/how_to_be_inter.html. There, he talks about how observing, creating, and sharing are all keys to becoming more interesting people. Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting inspiration. Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing but can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal process/framework out there? http://www.ixda.org/help For myself, I use a combination of things to store ideas. Instead of bookmarking with delicious, I use ma.gnolia. As much as possible, I only bookmark higher level sites than specific individual articles. For those, I send to DEVONthink to catalog and categorize. Flickr I use for photo collections, Tumblr I use for single photos, videos, and snippets of overheard conversations, and I send text messages to Twitter to remember one or two-sentence ideas. For more in-depth brainstorming, I do more stream-of-consciousness capturing into a moleskine. It is certainly a lot of services, but because each one fills a very specific niche, I have no trouble keeping the discipline to use each one. Best, Robert 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] Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories
A while back, there were discussions about design research and inspiration. Steve Portigal has a good little article in Core77 called Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories, http://www.core77.com/hack2school/portigal.asp To be a better design researcher, hone your ability to observe the world around you. Keep a regular log that you add to at least weekly (daily would be ideal). Document the strange, the curious, the weird, the awesome and the funny. Learn to keep a close eye on the artifacts, signs, designs, behaviors, products and experiences that you encounter in your everyday life. Put your observations on the Internet. Maybe no one will see them, but the discipline of taking your observations out of your own head and publishing them in a sharable form will force you into telling a story. As much as design research is about observing others, there's something very personal about how and what we see, and developing that voice will serve you well. Collect stories and retell them in your own way, emphasizing the perspective you want others to take away. Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting inspiration. Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing but can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal process/framework out there? -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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
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Will Evans wrote: Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? When I was taking undergraduate design classes, this was called a sketchbook. :-) As much as I like the computers and tah wehbs, I still prefer working with tangible objects. Lately if I see something online that I like I print it out and paste it in. I've also started carrying StudioTac (or some other double-sided tacky stuff) in my sketchbook so I can swipe things in the field. On the mac, I've been experimenting with Yojimbo for URLs to papers and to index papers that I've downloaded. I've been trying Scrivener for outlining and writing, my brain is so wired for emacs/TeX that it's hard to break my old workflow of ascii-notes-to-final-draft. -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 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
