[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] - Seattle IxDA presents Oh Brave NUI World 6/26/08
Greetings, Seattle IxDA is pleased to announce its June event: Oh Brave NUI World (Our apologies to Mr. Huxley.) Oh Brave NUI World will kick off at 7:00PM on June 26th, 2008 at the Artefact studio, located near the edge of Belltown by Pike Place Market. Gather around with local Designers, Researchers and Innovators as we discuss the Natural User Interface, and its emergence within consumer electronics, mobile devices, web and desktop applications and fully immersive environments. This will be an engaging experience that will stimulate and challenge our thinking around the future of interactive systems. To help us kick off our discussion, we have invited three guest speakers who have had experience designing NUI systems. The talk will be complemented by light refreshments, drinks, and a chance to check out a DIY Surface Demo. Join us! PANELISTS August de los Reyes -- Principal Architect, MS Surface Sabrina Boler -- Design Director, Artefact Dennis Wixon -- Research Manager, MS Game Studios BONUS - DIY SURFACE DEMO Learn how to build your own multi-touch display. With off-the-shelf components, you can build your own surface computer. We'll show you how. PROVISIONS The event will include light refreshments and drinks. DATE Thursday, June 26th 2008. Event begins at 7pm. LOCATION Artefact Group 2125 Western Ave, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98121 *** RSVP *** *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** * PARKING There is a paid parking lot located across the street from the Artefact studio. Street parking is also available throughout the Belltown area. Or save on gas and take public transit. ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION Twitter http://twitter.com/artefactgroup/ Blog http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/ Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/artefactgroup/ Blip.tv http://artefactgroup.blip.tv/ 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] A Comprehensive Design Scientist
There's an entertaining article about Buckminster Fuller, who thought of himself as a comprehensive, anticipatory design scientist rather than an inventor, in this week's New Yorker magazine: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/09/080609fa_fact_kolbert Mitchell Gass uLab | PDA: Learning from Users | Designing with Users Berkeley, CA 94707 USA +1 510 525-6864 office +1 415 637-6552 mobile +1 510 525-4246 fax http://www.participatorydesign.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] A Comprehensive Design Scientist
That was a great article Mitchell - particularly interesting when the article discussed the fact that most/all of his inventions/designs were complete and utter failures. He was also a bit of a fruitcake (to which I can relate), but on the whole a really creative, outside the dymaxion box, so to speak :-) On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Mitchell Gass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's an entertaining article about Buckminster Fuller, who thought of himself as a comprehensive, anticipatory design scientist rather than an inventor, in this week's New Yorker magazine: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/09/080609fa_fact_kolbert Mitchell Gass uLab | PDA: Learning from Users | Designing with Users Berkeley, CA 94707 USA +1 510 525-6864 office +1 415 637-6552 mobile +1 510 525-4246 fax http://www.participatorydesign.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] Reminder: [EVENT] IxDA D.C. F2F @ UPA '08 BALTIMORE.
Thanks Will and to IxDA D.C. for organizing! I'll be there, and am looking forward to seeing many of you there! JS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30170 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] [Book Review] Web Form Design, Filling in the Blanks
Great, comprehensive review Will. I'm about half-way through (the book) and still finding great things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30171 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] Prototyping at Apple
[Talking of Apple-related books, has anyone read iWoz? Really not sure what I made of that, partly fascinating partly self-aggrandizing peacock-prose.] In terms of prototyping fortunately with tools like iRise (ahem), Axure, DENIM and Thermo jostling for position we're in the fortunate situation where - if we've got the time and space to do it - we can do hundred of iterations too. That's not to say it's everyone's bag and we do have to be careful that iteration doesn't just mean repeat but includes incremental, quantifiable improvement. John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30176 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior IA: Philly: Recruiter: Full-time Contract
*outbind://83/PicExportError MissionStaff has a unique opportunity in Center City Philadelphia for a Lead Information Architect to manage a project focused on cutting edge interactive product development. You will join a think-tank of the top Information Architects and User Experience professionals in the Philadelphia region. This is a Senior role, leading a team of 3-4 people with a single product focus, integrating mobile and video experiences. The Senior Information Architect will collaborate up and down with both product and business folks to communicate project objectives. Responsibilities include guiding the creation of the architecture for the user experience framework - linking the product key performance indicators to the solution (feature set, underlying information architecture, interface presentation), etc. You will lead your team in gathering functional specifications and documentation describing application behaviors and rules as well as interpreting KPI statistics, user feedback and stakeholder requirements into elegant, easy-to-use, highly adoptable interfaces. Requirements: * Bachelors or Masters Degree or 5+ years relevant experience * Experience working in an Agile environment * Experience managing teams focused on UI design and interactivity for Rich Internet Applications and AJAX implementations * Ability to translate product requirements into UI and interaction models * Excellent documentation skills (especially user flows, annotated wireframes, workflow diagrams and interaction model diagrams) * Experience with communication products and services (ie: webmail, IM, Voip, etc) and video * Advanced VISIO and/or Adobe InDesign skills For more information on this and other exciting UX opportunities: Meg Metz | [EMAIL PROTECTED] BLOCKED::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | (215) 545-1600 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Interaction Design, Austin Texas
I'm tired of copying-and-pasting that boilerplate job description from HR... We're an enterprise software company taking web-based software to the next level. Our heroes are iphone, cooper, 37signals, adobe, tufte, ableton. We're building a team to tackle User Centered Design in the face of agile development and going to the mat in the culture war for quality and design. We're Vignette. Content Management, Collaboration, Presentation technologies, Document Management, Workflow. Our software is used by NASA, the Olympics, British Sky Broadcasting, ABCSports, Fox News, Martha Stewart, Bank of America, the IRS Seagate to make amazing web presences. I'm Jay Rogers, manager of the team. Looking for some inspirational and cool folks to collaborate with. We've got some amazingly complex problems to solve and make simple. Contact me off the list if you want to know more or want to see the boilerplate job description. I'm all ears. Tell me your dream job. -jay p.s. we have a similar position open in Sydney, Australia, but I'm afraid we're only hiring folks *already* in Sydney. 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] Prototyping at Apple
On 6/12/08, Mitchell Gass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the important things about this process is they often find what fails. Jobs has said he's as proud of the stuff they haven't done as the stuff they have done. They made a PDA in the late 90s to compete with Palm, but they never released it because it didn't live up to their expectations. That's the beauty of prototyping... you can get all that failure out of your system BEFORE you go to market. Failure, I think, is the designer's most powerful tool. F. 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] Prototyping at Apple
Important that people feel they are in an environment that allows and encourages failure towards something better. Allowing time to iterate also means you can test against assumptions. Unfortunately, there are companies that still operate in a traditional agency mode - throw a problem over the fence to the agency and expect an agency to come up with a pretty design solution (without any iteration or understanding of the process to get to a better solution) rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30176 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] How to make links look like links?
Hello,
Here is what I think links look like links:
- A button always look like link
- Underline blue letters look like link (ex : www.amazon.com)
- Blue letter only could also look like link (ex : www.ebay.com)
- Underlined letter only could too look like link (ex: http://www.poynter.org)
Now contexte could also make a non-link look like link:
- Menu bar items look like link and don't need to be underlined blue
or to look like a button.
- Items in an e-commerce store could be naturally esteemed as a link
(ex: http://store.apple.com/us)
I'm a little doubting about the last point but apple is doing it fine.
Do you agree with all these point? Had you tested it?
2008/6/4 vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
What about not underlining, keeping the standard blue color (like Wikipedia
does) and
a:before{
content:*;
}
Or using a tiny image, like a bullet? How would this work?
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Prototyping at Apple
Here's an older article [1997] that gives some insight into the history of prototyping at Apple. // jeff What Do Prototypes Prototype? http://www.viktoria.se/fal/kurser/winograd-2004/Prototypes.pdf They authors identify three types of prototypes: * Look-and-feel prototypes * Implementation prototypes * Role prototypes From the article: We propose a change in the language used to talk about prototypes, to focus more attention on fundamental questions about the interactive system being designed: What role will the artifact play in a user's life? How should it look and feel? How should it be implemented? The goal of this chapter is to establish a model that describes any prototype in terms of the artifact being designed, rather than the prototype's incidental attributes. By focusing on the purpose of the prototype--that is, on what it prototypes--we can make better decisions about the kinds of prototypes to build. With a clear purpose for each prototype, we can better use prototypes to think and communicate about design. -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30176 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Interactive User Interface/Experience Designer -- San Francisco -- liveBooks -- Full Time
Position Overview: We are looking for a passionate, experienced, creative and innovative user interface and experience designer that can lead the design of our company’s web applications. Our clients are talented and creative individuals who are moved by solutions that combine inspiring design with powerful functionality and ease of use. You will play a significant role in defining our design language. You will document and communicate that language so that it can be applied by others. You will also personally design many of our user interfaces. Responsibilities: • Work with product and marketing teams to define the design strategy and language that will be used on future products. • Work with product management to understand customer use cases and behavior. Translate that understanding into accurate flow diagrams to ensure clarity of direction across all players within the product development process • Work closely with the engineering and web development teams to understand the capabilities of the platform and to inspire the team to develop innovative solutions which meet user interaction requirements in creative ways. • Create beginning and intermediate design concepts and take all the way to final production art for use by the development team. • Design quick mock-ups of products and feature ideas to be used for evaluation and planning. • Provide accurate time estimates on all projects. • Identify company design needs and help determine the proper resources for the product design team. Collaborate with creative staff in marketing to build creative bridges between product, marketing and support portals. • Stay up to date on current interface design trends and thinking and communicate to the larger product development team. Requirements: • Awareness of current interface and experience best practices and design trends. • Bachelors Degree or equivalent and 3-5 years of interface design experience, • Our ideal candidate has designed interfaces that work and look great. • Proficiency in latest versions of Flash/Flex (design side), Photoshop, Illustrator • Solid understanding of how software is experienced in both the Mac and Windows environments • Strong attention to detail and time management • Demonstrated success in a team environment Ability to communicate effectively in real time and offline verbal and written media About liveBooks, Inc. liveBooks, Inc. is the leader in on-demand Website creation, management and marketing services for photographers requiring a rich, image-intensive online presence. As creative professionals ourselves, the liveBooks team understands the passion behind our customers’ work and their need to easily upload, edit, market, send and sell images within a Website they can create within minutes without the need for programming or design skills. The liveBooks Website supports photographers’ creative vision with full-screen, high-quality images that download quickly, an intuitive navigation system based on input from photo buyers, and a professional design aesthetic to help develop their business. TO APPLY: Submit a well-written cover letter that tells us why you are the one along with your portfolio and your resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] Prototyping GOMS
CogTool, developed by Carnegie Mellon University's HCI Institute, has a really interesting approach: perform a KLM-GOMS simulation over the prototype. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bej/cogtool/ Sadly, current version is frustrating to use, to say the least. I hope they find the support and funding needed to take the project further, but I won't expect a miracle... last release is dated more than a year ago. -- Santiago Bustelo // icograma Buenos Aires, Argentina On 12/06/2008, at 07:00, John Gibbard wrote: In terms of prototyping fortunately with tools like iRise (ahem), Axure, DENIM and Thermo jostling for position we're in the fortunate situation where - if we've got the time and space to do it - we can do hundred of iterations too. That's not to say it's everyone's bag and we do have to be careful that iteration doesn't just mean repeat but includes incremental, quantifiable improvement. John 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] [Announcement] Information Desi gn Association A talk on Dopplr - London July 2008
Hi all The next evening meeting organised by the Information Design Association in the UK: A presentation by Matt Biddulph and Matt Jones, two of the founders of Dopplr, an exciting new travel + social networking website (http://www.dopplr.com). They¹ll introduce the concept, and focus on issues of interface design and data visualisation. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Design Council 34 Bow Street London, England WC2E 7DL £5 due to the potential high number of attendees we¹ll be opening online booking shortly. More about Dopplr: ³If karma isn¹t quite working out for you,² writes Vivienne Walt in TIME Magazine, ³Dopplr could be the next best thing.² Dopplr lets you share your future travel plans privately with friends and colleagues. The service then highlights coincidence, for example, telling you that three people you know will be in Paris when you will be there too. Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia recently named Dopplr his ³favorite non-wiki website² in The New York Times Sunday Magazine The Dopplr Team: Dopplr is built by an international team with a passion for design, technology and travel. Our goal is to make Dopplr into a beautiful and essential service for intelligent travellers worldwide. Dopplr was founded in 2007 by Lisa Sounio, CEO, Matt Biddulph CTO, Matt Jones, Design Director and Dan Gillmor. Bethany Shepherd Senior Designer +44 (0) 20 7559 7025 (direct) Enterprise IG is now The Brand Union. A new approach to mastering brand building. http://www.thebrandunion.com http://blogs.thebrandunion.com The Brand Union 11-33 St. John Street, London, EC1M 4AA Please consider the environment before printing this email Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Lead IA Sungard Higher Education, Malvern PA
Lead Information Architect Sungard Higher Education Malvern, PA, AUS Full-time, permanent position. Job description This key role in SunGard Higher Education's agile development methodology will set the stage for our user experience direction. The incumbent in this position will work with product management across multiple business lines, decomposing business requirements into software user experiences and then developing execution strategies based off of the business needs. In this influential role, the lead will be responsible for creating products maps, user scenarios, navigation models, and prototypes for demonstration of concepts to key stake holders. Job qualifications 5+ years professional experience as an Information Architect, Interaction Designer, or User Experience Architect Ability to research, identify, analyze issues and derive applicable solutions Excellent written and oral communications skills. Experience designing and facilitating primary, qualitative user research studies, especially contextual inquiry Experience designing and facilitating design validation studies and usability tests Familiar with and capable of working in iterative design cycles using agile software development processes such as Scrum Desired Skills/Knowledge/Experience: Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 3 specifically Adobe Illustrator Experience with enterprise software applications User experience design supporting multiple languages and locales. Capable of providing 'accessible' designs. Familiarity with the latest RIA techniques using technologies such as Ajax, Flex and Flash. Proficiency with internet development technologies such as e-commerce and CRM a plus. How to apply http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_sungardhe/external/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetailjobPostId=2741localeCode=en-us Search on job #893 and click apply now. -- regards, Dorelle D O R E L V I S Dorelle Rabinowitz www.dorelvis.com Watch out, you might get what you're after 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] Collaboration and IxD
I'm interested in hearing about situations where IxD itself shapes collaboration / social computing / 2.0 platforms, especially trends and research that haven't bubbled to the surface yet. I'm editing a book and looking for innovative chapter submissions. Details are at: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=388 . Regards, Scott 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] new MFA in Interaction Design Announced by SVA
Check it out. NYC is on the map of future potential Interaction conferences now. ;-) http://bobulate.com/2008/06/12/announcing-new-mfa-in-interaction-design/ -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
Thanks Dmitry ! Response has been overwhelming - we are all over the news. We have had over a million page views a day, with over 20,000 contributing members already ! I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. We think we are at the vanguard of a new type of online information transaction. jd On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Dmitry Nekrasovski wrote: Jeff, Great job on the design and the site in general. You're providing a much needed service to the community, and an excellent user experience to boot. Dmitry On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We got over the bugs, and are running well with thousands of pieces of content. Apologies to those that couldn't get in before. jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
The site is cool, the user generated value stream and networks effects could really propel the business forward. Just don't let your marketing folks destroy your vibe and credibility by using buzzwords like disruptive, long-tail, user generated value stream, Revolutionary, Gestalt, or anything else like that. :-) - W On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dmitry ! Response has been overwhelming - we are all over the news. We have had over a million page views a day, with over 20,000 contributing members already ! I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. We think we are at the vanguard of a new type of online information transaction. jd 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
Jeff, Can you talk a little bit more about the 'give to get' model. No doubt its interesting, but its not uncommon that only ~10-15% contribute in many online communities and even less do so actively. Isn't attrition going to be a problem under this model, no matter how fun/ small the surveys are. What was the primary motivation for the model and will it work better in some types of data more than others? Also, is it more of a marketing move like 'invite only' accounts to get the momentum going or is it intended to be a continuing model. The biggest interaction challenge with the site was the give to get model for posting and seeing content: -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
Jeff Gimzek wrote: I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. In other communities with the give-to-get mentality, I've seen the phenomenon of throwaway comments where a new member posts the bare minimum simply to gain access to locked features. Is there a check in place to guarantee that members follow the rules in spirt and not just in letter? Or has that not been a problem? One criticism I have is in regard to anonymity. I think that anonymity is probably the only way something like this could work, but it also seems like it weakens the overall credibility of the information in the same way that anonymous sources weaken the credibility of journalism. How do we judge the accuracy of the reviews? Does the reviewer have an axe to grind? How do we know the reviewer works/worked for the company? Or worse, how do we know the reviewer isn't simply a sock-puppet account for the company's HR department? Or a competitors? On the other side of the coin, it seems like it would be hard for glassdoor.com to guarantee members' anonymity. The privacy policy speaks to the possibility of glassdoor.com being acquired in the future and promises that the privacy guidelines would still be in force, but that seems iffy -- particularly if it were acquired by one of the companies being reviewed... // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30150 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Martin wrote: Hi Jeff, I was put off becoming a member because I work for a fairly small company. I figure that it would be pretty easy to identify me by what I write. And I'm not sure my employer would look too kindly on that... Maybe the model could be tweaked depending on the size of the company? (OK, you work for a small company, so we won't insist on you giving us quite so much information. Something like that.) definitely an issue - but if you employer is too small, basically, not indexed by Hoovers, we are giving you access but holding your review from display. so, you get access even if we dont use your review. right now our market is Fortune 500 companies in the US... obviously we want to expand to the whole world, but we had to start with the leaders in the internet space and with tech savvy employees. Also, there are only about five cities listed for Israel, and I have to pick one from the list, even though my employer is located elsewhere... Other than that, awesome concept and execution. Cheers, -- Martin Polley Technical writer, etc. +972 52 3864280 http://capcloud.com/ On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dmitry ! Response has been overwhelming - we are all over the news. We have had over a million page views a day, with over 20,000 contributing members already ! I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. We think we are at the vanguard of a new type of online information transaction. jd On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Dmitry Nekrasovski wrote: Jeff, Great job on the design and the site in general. You're providing a much needed service to the community, and an excellent user experience to boot. Dmitry On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We got over the bugs, and are running well with thousands of pieces of content. Apologies to those that couldn't get in before. jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Vishal Iyer wrote: Jeff, Can you talk a little bit more about the 'give to get' model. No doubt its interesting, but its not uncommon that only ~10-15% contribute in many online communities and even less do so actively. Isn't attrition going to be a problem under this model, no matter how fun/ small the surveys are. What was the primary motivation for the model and will it work better in some types of data more than others? The primary motivation is content collection. we have good content, but we need more to make the site work, so your contribution is simply necessary. We have amazing conversion rates right now, and so it seems to be working. We think our content is worth something, but that the best currency for the internet is information itself. Also, is it more of a marketing move like 'invite only' accounts to get the momentum going or is it intended to be a continuing model. the intent is to run with this model for quite a while - we'll have to see The biggest interaction challenge with the site was the give to get model for posting and seeing content: - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.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] [Book Review] Web Form Design, Filling in the Blanks
Will, thanks very much for the great review! IxDAers: I can't think of a better excuse to make a discount code available. Use code IXDA for a 10% discount at the Rosenfeld Media site: http://rosenfeldmedia.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30171 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
I was put off becoming a member because I work for a fairly small company. I figure that it would be pretty easy to identify me by definitely an issue - but if you employer is too small, basically, not indexed by Hoovers, we are giving you access but holding your review from display. so, you get access even if we dont use your review. Wow, this is really interesting Jeff. Thanks for bringing up the model for discussion. I'm curious to see how this strategy for people at small companies works. Personally, I would be way too scared to trust you with information that you may or may not release at some point in the future. I simply cannot risk that information getting into the wild, even if you promise to keep it safe. I would be much more likely to make something up about a bigger company just to get access. (Sorry!) Anyway, best of luck -- I'll be watching with interest! Meredith 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
The site is a very cool concept. It does seem to me that anonymity can be very tough to find for niche positions such as Interaction Designer. Say a large company has only a few interaction designers at most. I think it would be very easy to figure out who made the anonymous review based on position and employer. Even pay grade is an indicator of seniority and experience. Did you find any such issues in your testing? How are they being addressed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30150 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
I also like the concept. But following on the theme of trust raised by Meredith, how can I trust the accuracy of the information provided by people, some of whom may be solely motivated to put in information just to get access. Or worse, who are motivated to create an inflated view of the monetary value of their job? Paul Eisen Principal User Experience Architect tandemseven 416.840.4447 office/mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tandemseven.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
we have a research staff that is full time on salary and review approval if it looks bogus, fake, inflated, out of market context, etc. - we reject it, while the user still gets access short, useless reviews, or ones that name names are rejected also. jd On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Paul Eisen wrote: I also like the concept. But following on the theme of trust raised by Meredith, how can I trust the accuracy of the information provided by people, some of whom may be solely motivated to put in information just to get access. Or worse, who are motivated to create an inflated view of the monetary value of their job? Paul Eisen Principal User Experience Architect tandemseven - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.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] (Job Offered) Information Architect, Seattle, Recruiter, Contract-to-Hire
smartdept. inc. is currently seeking an experienced Information Architect for an opportunity with an interactive agency client in the Seattle area. Qualifications include: Professional experience (3 plus years) as an information architect, or interactive architect, and/or user experience designer Professional experience leading a project team Ability to empathize and assume the perspective of customers Ability to fluently express ideas with wireframes, prototypes, whiteboard sketches, mock-ups, and other design deliverables Portfolio of work required. Include examples of all areas of interaction design (user flows, wireframes, final graphical display) Highly organized, strong attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills Able to work well independently with internal clients, as a project lead/manager, and as an individual team member Interested candidates please attach your résumé in PDF or MS Word doc format to an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with ³Information Architect² as the subject line. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a response to unqualified applicants. Thanks for your interest; we look forward to hearing from you! The smartdept. inc. has been working with Seattle-area companies since 2001 to fulfill their creative staffing needs. We place creative professionals in freelance, contract, temp-to-hire and full-time positions. For more information, see http://www.thesmartdept.com. melody clark | creative consultant | smartdept. inc. p. 206.381.5716 | f. 206.625.9993 | www.thesmartdept.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] JOB: Sr. Information Architect/Interaction Designer: Philadelphia-Area: Empathy Lab: Full-time and Contract Available
DESCRIPTION Empathy Lab, an interactive agency in suburban Philadelphia, is seeking senior-level Information Architects for contract and full-time opportunities. The Information Architect (IA) is responsible for all aspects of the user-centered design process, from user research through design implementation. This person will design, lead, and analyze user research activities and leverage the findings into cohesive site architectures, wireframes, and functional specification documentation for web sites and applications. The IA will collaborate closely with strategists, account managers, designers, and developers to create the best possible user interactions and task flows while being mindful of key branding and marketing concerns. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Design, lead, and analyze user research and usability testing initiatives * Develop personas and scenarios to inform the design process * Strategize with client and team regarding task analysis and task completion user flows * Create content hierarchies, site maps and navigational models that are aligned with the defined, and/or expected, user experience and business requirements * Create wireframes that illustrate site layout, navigation, controls, and content prioritization * Articulate user experience issues and concerns and overall design principles to team members and clients * Translate complex concepts into interactive experiences through the design and/or implementation of Web site architectures * Collaborate with designers on visual comps and provide input from an information architecture perspective * Focus on HCI and user centered design principles and uses these elements as foundation for design solutions and informational approach * Consult on any changes to information flow during site build REQUIREMENTS * Ability to lead user-centered design initiatives from inception through implementation * Ability to collaborate with designers, strategists, managers, and technologists * Ability to communicate design rationale to internal team as well as clients * Ability to address user needs in the context of business goals, branding, and requirements * 5+ years of professional experience as an Information Architect, User-Experience Architect, or Interaction Designer (agency experience preferred) * Bachelors Degree in psychology, design, or computer science * Extensive experience in information design and user scenarios * Excellent written and verbal communication skills To apply, please send a resume and work samples (site maps, wireframes, research plans, etc) to Natalia Framil, Director of Information Architecture, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Lupo VP / Information Architecture | Empathy Lab blocked::http://www.empathylab.com/ O: 484.382.1313 | M: 215.870.3317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] blocked::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: IA or UX designer/Boston-area/Sustainable Minds/Contract or freelance
About the company: Sustainable Minds' mission is to bring sustainable product design into mainstream product design and manufacturing in an accessible, empowering and credible way. To do this, we have integrated our knowledge of product design, life cycle assessment and environmental systems design with expertise in Web-based business and software design. http://www.sustainableminds.com About the position: You'll be a UX designer creating our offering with our product team. We have our product direction well-defined, and need another IA/product designer to further our design direction. Activities will include clarifying task flows, creating wireframes, documenting decisions made during the design process, and participating in customer interviews. This is initially a freelance or contract position with the intention of the right person becoming full-time. We're located in Kendall Square (Cambridge, MA), and expect that you'll work with us on-site as needed; local candidates are preferred. Rates DOE. Required: - 7+ years experience in an information/interaction/interface design role (your previous title may have been IA, UX, or interaction designer); - User-centered design approach; - Designing for and documenting web apps / RIAs; - Prototyping design directions - Experience knowledge of SaaS; - Ability to meet aggressive deadlines; - Strong written/documentation/spoken communication skills. Pluses: - Experience designing reports and comparative data interfaces (preferably Flex) - Experience/knowledge/interest in sustainablity/LCA/ product(industrial) design If interested, Please provide your resume and a link to a portfolio. Contact me directly: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:. In other communities with the give-to-get mentality, I've seen the phenomenon of throwaway comments where a new member posts the bare minimum simply to gain access to locked features. Is there a check in place to guarantee that members follow the rules in spirt and not just in letter? Or has that not been a problem? For me, it seems that the letter is meant more to suggest the spirit, at least for now. It is clear that if you want to get to the content, you can cheat to do it. The question is how many do really want to cheat, since they have to put something in anyway. And they know they will be getting something valuable. And cheating is not exactly something everybody enjoys doing. Maybe later mechanisms for detecting and 'punishing' cheaters will evolve. Let's see if they will be developed by the site or by the community. Sebi -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ 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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
Peer ranking is coming for sure - we couldnt do it with this release on this schedule. In the meantime - we can tell junk content easily, and we reject it. On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:. In other communities with the give-to-get mentality, I've seen the phenomenon of throwaway comments where a new member posts the bare minimum simply to gain access to locked features. Is there a check in place to guarantee that members follow the rules in spirt and not just in letter? Or has that not been a problem? For me, it seems that the letter is meant more to suggest the spirit, at least for now. It is clear that if you want to get to the content, you can cheat to do it. The question is how many do really want to cheat, since they have to put something in anyway. And they know they will be getting something valuable. And cheating is not exactly something everybody enjoys doing. Maybe later mechanisms for detecting and 'punishing' cheaters will evolve. Let's see if they will be developed by the site or by the community. - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.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] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live
Oh, so you do have cheating mechanisms already. Sounds pretty good! Personally, I have a very good feeling about this model. It mimics the way human cooperation works in general (give some to take some combined with trust) , and systems that mimic the way our mind works just... work. Yes, there will be cheaters, and they will get more and more sophisticated. But then the people behind the site will adapt, and probably so will the community - and will find ways to reward cooperation and punish cheaters. Cheaters will be there, but probably not enough to cause serious problems to the success of the website. And the community won't be able to eliminate cheaters completely. Just like in life. Let's keep in mind that the website is not the only one providing cheaters-detect mechanisms. Each of us has one of those available, and they've been trained for quite some time. That's my 2 cents, at least. Sebi On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we have a research staff that is full time on salary and review approval if it looks bogus, fake, inflated, out of market context, etc. - we reject it, while the user still gets access short, useless reviews, or ones that name names are rejected also. jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ 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] new MFA in Interaction Design Announced by SVA
Because I'm sure I won't be the only one wondering this: That's right. Best, Michael Michael Tuminello wrote: Hi - One question - is it fulltime only? thanks - Michael -- For SVA news and event updates, visit www.sva.edu/signup/app OR subscribe to www.sva.edu/events/rss and www.sva.edu/news/rss. Michael Grant Assistant Director of Communication School of Visual Arts 209 East 23 Street New York, NY 10010-3994 Tel: 212.592.2011 Fax: 212.592.2012 www.sva.edu On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:50 PM, David Malouf wrote: Check it out. NYC is on the map of future potential Interaction conferences now. ;-) http://bobulate.com/2008/06/12/announcing-new-mfa-in-interaction-design/ -- dave 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] [EVENT: IxDA-SF] What is design worth? Wed, June 25th
Hello friends! Our next event is a very exciting one indeed. We've put together a panel of leading thinkers on the intersection of design and business, to discuss how to convey the value of design to business stakeholders. It's sure to be an enlightening and inspiring evening -- hope to see you there! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/787905 -- the IxDA-SF team What is Design Worth? a panel on communicating design value to the business world With the newfound emphasis in the business world on “design thinking” and the value of innovation, designers are increasingly on the spot to provide not just visual and interactive solutions, but also a competitive edge for their companies. Designers are more frequently involved -- and agitating for involvement in -- the strategic decisions of a company and defining the trajectory of success. However, with power comes responsibility, and designers must now justify their solutions in not only in terms of customer objectives, such as satisfaction and loyalty, but also in terms of business objectives, such as increased revenue and ROI . How do designers quantify or measure the outcome of good design? And should they? Our panel for this event features a number of leading professionals poised at the intersection of business and design. We’ll discuss design’s increasing influence in business, and how designers can successfully interface with business stakeholders through business fluency: understanding the language and motivations of business. Jess McMullin will be moderating the panel, with Nathan Shedroff, Rajan Dev and Brandon Schauer sharing their viewpoints and experiences bridging the divide between business and design. This event is free and open to the public. brought to you by IxDA-SF and Adobe Systems * about the panel Jess McMullin is Principal at nForm, a user experience consultancy in Edmonton, Canada. Jess regularly writes and speaks at conferences about user experience, but has more recently sharpened his focus on the intersection of business and design. He co-founded The Overlap, an invitation-only conference on business and design, and writes regularly on the subject at BplusD (http://www.bplusd.org) Nathan Shedroff is a pioneer in the field of experience design, speaking, teaching and writing extensively on the subject. Nathan earned an MBA at the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco in Sustainable Business, and is now chair of the groundbreaking MBA in Design Strategy program at the California College of the Arts. Rajan Dev is President of Hot Studios in San Francisco. In addition to providing executive sponsorship of client engagements, he occasionally works directly on client projects as a business consultant / strategist, delivering business results through development of measurable business strategies and operational plans. Rajan holds an MBA from Columbia University. Brandon Schauer is Experience Design Director at Adaptive Path in San Francisco. Brandon holds two master-level degrees: he received a Master of Design from the Institute of Design in Chicago where he studied the planning, development, and management of innovation. Concurrently, he graduated with a MBA from the Stuart School of Business. Brandon is a past editor for the Institute of Design's Perspectives on Design and Strategy, allowing him to pick-the-brains of leaders in the fields of innovation, design, and strategy. * schedule 6:30 pm – Socializing with light refreshments and Hiring Salon (employers/recruiters, bring job descriptions to share) 7:00 pm – Presentation 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] new MFA in Interaction Design Announced by SVA
I'd love to see a reputable university come up with a killer online MFA or MS degree in interaction design, preferably something like Carnegie Mellon, NYU or Stanford and something that's part time. There's other programs online for computer engineering---why not interaction design? - Original Message From: Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IXDA list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:44:19 PM Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] new MFA in Interaction Design Announced by SVA Because I'm sure I won't be the only one wondering this: That's right. Best, Michael Michael Tuminello wrote: Hi - One question - is it fulltime only? thanks - Michael -- For SVA news and event updates, visit www.sva.edu/signup/app OR subscribe to www.sva.edu/events/rss and www.sva.edu/news/rss. Michael Grant Assistant Director of Communication School of Visual Arts 209 East 23 Street New York, NY 10010-3994 Tel: 212.592.2011 Fax: 212.592.2012 www.sva.edu On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:50 PM, David Malouf wrote: Check it out. NYC is on the map of future potential Interaction conferences now. ;-) http://bobulate.com/2008/06/12/announcing-new-mfa-in-interaction-design/ -- dave 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
