[IxDA Discuss] JOB: NYC: freelance IA, asap for 2+ months, UX-agency (JWG)
Hey IxDAers, New Yorkers take pride in their city, and that includes its venerable transportation system---a historic symbol of commerce, industry, connection, and a rapidly changing and modernizing world. Here's your chance to be a part of its history, and its future! A well-known, midsized NYC-based consultancy is looking for an Information Architect to come in ASAP for 2+ months to work on a redesign of Port Authority sites, incuding airports, PATH trains, bridges and tunnels. There are 4,000 pages to distill in to 15 templates. It is a great opportunity and high visibility project. They need a proactive thinker. Rate is open for the right candidate. Must be authorized to work in the USA and be local + onsite in NYC. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your resume, URL, and your favorite subway line letter/number :) Please pass around through your esteemed networks to help me find the right candidate; I appreciate your help immensely. Thanks! If you see something, wireframe something, Joanne Joanne Weaver President The Joanne Weaver Group UX + Creative Talent Acquisition http://www.joanneweavergroup.com +1 917 623 9369 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] Adaptive Path's Aurora ... Discuss
Hello, cloud computing. On Aug 7, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Alexis Brion wrote: Well, the web browser is becoming so important that maybe it should become an even more relevant part of the OS. Or maybe it should become the OS. It could also work the other way round, the OS becoming nothing more than a web browser... Alex 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 Designer NYC Recruiter Fulltime
Hello Everyone, I want to make you all aware of this Interaction Design role. This is a fulltime opportunity in NYC. This is a hot job that just opened! If you are interested in this role, please contact me via telephone or email. Feel free to buzz my cell this weekend if you want. My contact information is below. Thanks and have a great weekend! Position Description Seeking a User Interface Engineer to help design, develop and support large multiple enterprise-level applications. The successful candidate must be able to work under tight deadlines and work independently; work on multiple projects at once; manage individual workload efficiently and effectively; and must have excellent communication skills. Responsibilities will include: * Design and document interactive solutions through text and diagrams ensuring that the user experience meets expectations for utility and ease-of-use while meeting related business/project objectives and requirements * Work with development team and designers to implement web interfaces * Translate wireframes into optimized HTML markup * Support UI enhancements for existing applications * Develop UI solutions for new applications and visual problems * Optimize page design layouts for smaller file size * Implement web standards and accessibility to enhance SEO and Usability * Help resolve daily cross-browser incompatibility issues and other interface bugs Expected Background * BA/BFA in Design, BS in Computer Science or related area or relevant work experience * Minimum of 2 years experience in web development and presentation layer design and coding within a cross disciplinary environment * Demonstrated implementation of a UI toolkit (YUI [preferred], Dojo, JQuery, etc.) * Strong JavaScript skills, additionally skilled in XHTML, CSS and XSLT * Must be able to hand-code XHTML, CSS2 and JavaScript * In-Depth knowledge of Web Standards and trends (508 compliance, progressive enhancement, SEO) * Working knowledge of the browser box model and cross-browser incompatibilities * Experience with Adobe Photoshop, ASP.NET , C# or Flash a plus * Knowledge of the full development life cycle from requirements to launch We seek bright, positive and flexible people who also: * Act with the highest integrity and professionalism * Take a creative approach to problem solving and strive for the best solution, leading others to do the same * Proactively seek out opportunities for growth * Thrive in a team environment Vanessa Karis Silver Search Inc. Office: 201-947-7050 x 115 Cell: 973-495-1578 Fax: 201-947-7060 www.silversearchinc.com Please, let's connect: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessakaris http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessakaris 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing vs. Architecting
On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:44 AM, dave malouf wrote: Wow! it's 2003 all over again. Tog's original post that inspired this organization called on us to be architects. our entire first 6 months of discussions on this list was about why we are designers and not architects. ;-) I refuse to repeat 6 months of ideas that I feel haven't changed and I think Seth's look at this is as a non-designer looking in and doesn't really understand that there is a long and important legacy connecting our work to design and not to architecture, a term which actually has been coopted adn ruined by engineering and other technologist, who have taken a sub-discipline of design and have created a bastardization to help make themselves feel more self-important with actually adding little or no further value. Now I understand that the people see design as look feel, but it is a worthy and important goal for us to evangelize a much more accurate and broader and historical vision of design as being so much more. Just a thought: Are those first 6 months of ideas documented anywhere so those who are new to the field can have the benefit of the thinking behind it? Otherwise we're doomed to revisit this over and over and over and over and over Jared 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] Designing vs. Architecting
ya know that is a good question. B/c it was on the yahoo group and not on dreamhost at that time, the archives live there. I don't think they got incorporated into the database. I have them (of course) in my outlook. Jeff, is there any way for us to get those early conversations BACK into the database. Also, we have the early workgroup conversations which led to our existing database. that is a dreamhost list, so maybe that one can be brought in line. BTW, the architect vs. designer conversation hasn't actually come up all that much on this list. THANK G-D! It hurts more than PC vs. Mac. ;-) - dave On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Jared Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:44 AM, dave malouf wrote: Wow! it's 2003 all over again. Tog's original post that inspired this organization called on us to be architects. our entire first 6 months of discussions on this list was about why we are designers and not architects. ;-) I refuse to repeat 6 months of ideas that I feel haven't changed and I think Seth's look at this is as a non-designer looking in and doesn't really understand that there is a long and important legacy connecting our work to design and not to architecture, a term which actually has been coopted adn ruined by engineering and other technologist, who have taken a sub-discipline of design and have created a bastardization to help make themselves feel more self-important with actually adding little or no further value. Now I understand that the people see design as look feel, but it is a worthy and important goal for us to evangelize a much more accurate and broader and historical vision of design as being so much more. Just a thought: Are those first 6 months of ideas documented anywhere so those who are new to the field can have the benefit of the thinking behind it? Otherwise we're doomed to revisit this over and over and over and over and over Jared -- 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
[IxDA Discuss] Browser tabs as application navigation
Has anyone ever seen a Web application that relies on the browser's tabs as part of it's navigation? My company is considering this as a solution for complex data management applications, where the user needs to open and work with multiple records at once. The plan is that the initial page (on tab 1) would contain the main navigation, including the search function. When the user selects a data record from the result list, it is opened into a new tab. The user can keep returning to the initial tab, where the result list is, and open additional records into new tabs. The data record tabs would not include application navigation, so the user would need to navigate back to tab 1 to initiate a new task. I'm curious as to what others think about this solution. Thanks! - Jennifer 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] Browser tabs as application navigation
Sorry, I should have noted: yes, we have a captive audience. This is for internal employees to whom we provide the browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31904 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] Designing vs. Architecting
Dave wrote: Jeff, is there any way for us to get those early conversations BACK into the database. Sure. It'd probably take a little elbow grease but it's possible. I wasn't on the list back then so I'm not sure how many messages we're talking about, but if you're willing to forward the messages to an ixda address we can get them back onto the website. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31882 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] Silverlight pattern library
This post is to request that M$ make a (public) pattern library for Silverlight. And, to ask that if someone knows of one they can share it with me. The problem so far: I'm researching Silverlight and the substantial part of it seems to be buried in *applications that require install*. I do not have admin rights in M$ Vista, so I cannot see the work, thus I cannot evaluate it, thus I cannot share it, and it is not easy for my team to make the case for working with it. I remember years ago when I could simply go to the MSDN section for Common Controls and share those proto-design patterns. I'm looking for the WPF version of that. And, it's ok if I have to use a Silverlight plug-in to view it. It just seems like a significant use case UC0.2: Users discover Silverlight by exploring web, which has condition User does not have - and will not get - Vista admin rights to support installing Silverlight applications needs to be met. This http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404716(VS.95).aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404716%28VS.95%29.aspxjust doesn't really get me where the old Common Controls would. Maybe someone can point me to an existing one? Thank you for letting me post this request. -- Jay A. Morgan 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] Designing vs. Architecting
if it's well architected, it shouldn't take that long to find them... On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave wrote: Jeff, is there any way for us to get those early conversations BACK into the database. Sure. It'd probably take a little elbow grease but it's possible. I wasn't on the list back then so I'm not sure how many messages we're talking about, but if you're willing to forward the messages to an ixda address we can get them back onto the website. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31882 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 -- Jay A. Morgan UX Director at Gage 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] Multiple positions - Boston Area
Boston IxDA would like to highlight 11 positions of interest to IxDA members. Full details available on our local site; http://www.bostonixda.org/ Mid-Level Interaction Designer, IDEO We are seeking a mid-level/senior interaction designer to join the IDEO Boston location. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience, and a focus on hardware / software integration and physical interface design. Candidates should show strong visualization and prototyping skills for both graphical and tangible user interfaces, and a clear passion for combining the two worlds through the design of compelling experiences. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to work across a range of projects, as well as comfort working in multidisciplinary teams, and excellent communication and problem solving skills. Senior Web UI Developer, IntraLinks IntraLinks is a rapidly growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company that facilitates the exchange of mission-critical information across enterprise boundaries. Businesses around the world rely on IntraLinks' On-Demand Workspaces to help them share sensitive information and documents safely and securely online – anywhere, anytime. User Experience Designer, Harvard University This position works as part of the iCommons team to develop web-based tools and resources that enhance Harvard University's online student experience. These tools include a portal platform for providing and managing access to academic resources, as well as various modular components that provide for the authoring and delivery of academic content. 2 Information Architects and a Usability Project Manager, Staples We are currently seeking 2 Information Architects and a Usability Project Manager to join our tight-knit team. While both IA roles may include support for e-commerce, one will be a dedicated resource to support the Retail side of the business. Research Manager, Insight Product Development Insight Product Development, an established, creative, energetic product development firm, is looking for a talented and innovative research manager for our Greater Boston, MA office. Candidates must have at least 8 years of experience in a product development environment and experience at managing clients, research teams, projects, aggressive schedules and budgets. User Research and Usability Methods The New England Institute of Art NEiA is seeking adjunct faculty members to teach a course in user research and usability methods in the Web Design Interactive Media department. These positions will start part-time with the potential to go fulltime. Vice President User Experience Senior User Experience Designer, Athena Healthcare athena healthcare is transforming the health care industry by providing a suite of web applications that help doctors better manage their practices, their patients, and their cash flow. Come join us in this critical need to revolutionize health care practices. Snr. Experience Designer, Adobe Adobe believes in hiring the very best. We are known for our vibrant, dynamic and rewarding workplace where personal and professional fulfillment and company success go hand in hand. We take pride in creating exceptional work experiences, encouraging innovation and being involved with our employees, customers and communities. We invite you to discover what makes Adobe such a great place to work. Experience Designer, Fidelity FCAi is Fidelity's internal digital marketing agency. We design and build rich media solutions with a focus on highly interactive, highly visual experiences. Regards /pauric -- IxDA Boston organisers: Lisa, Jesse, Harun Pauric local site: http://www.bostonixda.org Feed: http://boston-ixda.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default 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] Call for Abstracts - Design for Engagement - 29th August
Dear all, Please send your abstracts for consideration for inclusion in the 4th International Conference on Design for Engagement. Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words in either document format or as an email to John Knight on or before 29th August 2008. The following topics and application of technology are indicative of the types of subjects that are particularly relevant. The list is not prescriptive, however, and any subject that tackles designing engaging products, services and experiences will be considered. The main themes are: - Aesthetics, value-centred design and 3rd wave HCI - Games, ludic design and interactive media - Interactive arts, performance and time based media - Public displays, kiosks and situation - Location-based services, mobility and personal devices - New media and the Web - Product design, semantics and New Product Development - Innovative UI approaches including virtual and mixed reality environments - Value-sensitive design, ethics and user participation - Design methods for engagement including design case studies NordiCHI Website http://www.nordichi2008.org/ IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of Abstracts 29th August Acceptance of Abstracts 4th September Final version of Conference Deliverable 12th September Publication of Proceedings 20th November CONFERENCE CHAIRS John Knight (Vodafone) Magnus Haake (Lund University) John Knight Vodafone Global Marketing - User Experience UE Design Definition Mobile: +44 (0) 750 012 9270 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vodafone Group Services Limited Site address: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RJ Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN Registered in England No 3802001 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] Browser tabs as application navigation
What happens if the user accidentally closes the first tab? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31904 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] Browser tabs as application navigation
Do you mean that the application will open a (web) browser for each task? Or, do you mean that the application will have tabs for navigating, but all navigation will reside in the application and you were just citing browser tabs as a familiar example? Navigation tabs are fairly well established: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=navigationtabs; and http://welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=tabbing. To walk through the scenario you described, it sounds like you're mixing up navigating with task completion. Navigation accepts that a person will browse in a manner they decide, allowing them the ability to move up down and side to side in the site structure. Task completion is typically a focused, if not restricted, sequence of actions. If someone has to complete a task in this application, then don't mix it up with tabs meant to navigate. More specifically, you mention that they might complete a task in Tab-*n*, and in order to kick off a new task, they would have to return to Tab-1. The design should be well-architected so that the task hierarchy is clear. That is, the person understands the sequence of actions and how to move through that sequence. For example, clearly labeling, ordering, and presenting the steps in a task sequence like this http://ui-patterns.com/pattern/StepsLeft. Whether you choose to organize the tasks in tabs or to put them each in a separate 'page', it should be obvious to people (outside your project team) what it takes to complete the task, and how to move from one action to the next. If you drop them off at the end and they don't see how to start the next step, then you can expect low success rates. I hope this helps. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Jennifer Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I should have noted: yes, we have a captive audience. This is for internal employees to whom we provide the browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31904 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 -- Jay A. Morgan 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] Designing vs. Architecting
Yes, design has a lot of baggage related to aesthetics. But I don't see why Godin thinks architecture is any better -- among many people (such as our friend Mr Malouf), it carries ample unintended meaning. The IA community has struggled with this albatross for quite a while. What I find helpful in Godin's point is that it's sometimes helpful to use words with a different nuance of meaning in order to remind us (or clients?) of what we're *really* doing in some point of design. It can help re-orient or re-frame the effort, in a given context. I blogged about this just the other day, in fact -- I was thinking about how the word inhabit gives a different depth to what users do in a digital space, as opposed to use or experience. But use and experience are still excellent words nearly all the time. Maybe the point is that we use whatever language (just like we use whatever tool) is best, in the moment, for getting the work right? (btw my blog post was here: http://www.inkblurt.com/2008/08/05/words-we-use-for-what-we-make/) --- Andrew Hinton Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/2008 09:17 AM To IXDA list [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [IxDA Discuss] Designing vs. Architecting So Seth Godin has a new blog post http://tinyurl.com/6rqluo concerning the semantics of designing. vs. architecting which is rather interesting. Here is what he says -- Is architect a verb? I confess. I like using it that way. I think architecting something is different from designing it. I hope you can forgive me but I think it's a more precise way to express this idea. Design carries a lot of baggage related to aesthetics. We say something is well-designed if it looks good. There are great designs that don't look good, certainly, but it's really easy to get caught up in a bauhaus, white space, font-driven, Ideo-envy way of thinking about design. So I reserve architect to describe the intentional arrangement of design elements to get a certain result. You can architect a computer server set up to make it more efficient. You can architect a train station to get more people per minute through the turnstiles. More interesting, you can architect a business model or a pricing structure to make it far more effective at generating the behavior you're looking for. Most broken websites aren't broken because they violate common laws of good design. They're broken because their architecture is all wrong. There's no strategy in place. Stew Leonard's, which used to be my favorite supermarket example, is architected to extract large amounts of money from customers. One example: there's only one route through the store. You start at the beginning and work your way to the end. No one goes there to buy a half-gallon of milk. And he's not going to win any design competitions either... Or consider the architecture of the pricing at 37signalshttp://www.37signals.com/or the architecture of Hotmail's viral marketing campaign years ago. Architecture, for me anyway, involves intention, game theory, systems thinking and relentless testing and improvement. Fine with me if you want to call it design, just don't forget to do it. -- ~ 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] twitter: https://twitter.com/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 -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT. The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, is the confidential information of, and/or is the property of, Vanguard. The information is intended for use solely by the individual or entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient or you received this in error, then any review, printing, copying, or distribution of any such information is prohibited, and please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail from your system. 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 | User Experience Designer | Malvern, PA | Recruiter | Contract to hire
If you like working in a friendly, flexible, collaborative environment, this is the place for you! Our client near King of Prussia is looking for a User Experience Designer to create the user interaction experience for their software products and online solutions for an international community. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished visual and interaction designer who understands the subtleties behind improving software interface usability. The person in this role works as part of a team with Experience Analysts, Design Technologists, Developers and Product Managers to create and improve digital experiences. He/she will join a fast paced environment utilizing agile design and development processes, on a beautiful campus with offices with a modern, open floor plan. The User Experience Designer: * Works with the User Experience Architect, taking high-level information architecture direction along with user research and business strategy to form end user experience * Designs and iterates proposed user experience with team of User Experience Analysts, Design Technologists, Developers and Project/Program owners * Possesses a refined sense of visual design * Presents designs in clear and understandable manner to project stakeholders and team members * Delivers appropriate user-centered design artifacts such as wireframes, aesthetics, behavioral prototypes, and style guides necessary to describe interaction to product stakeholders, end users and developers * Educates partners on user centered design best practices * Develops user experience best practices into standards to be applied across multiple solutions Qualified candidates must: * Offer at least 4 years of user experience design experience with robust software-like, highly-interactive interfaces * Have worked in roles similar to Information Architect, Interaction Designer, Visual Designer, Graphic Artist, Prototype Developer * Possess portfolio of excellent user interface design and intelligent process approach and artifacts * Proficient in last design documentation and development programs * Be comfortable with agile software development processes * Thrive in a fast-paced, multitasking environment * Coordinate multiple projects, facilitate meetings across business lines and vendors, and meet scheduled and unscheduled deadlines * Work under minimum direction, and use independent judgment in decision-making * Display outstanding written and verbal communication skills * Persuade and influence in a manner that is tactful and assertive * Demonstrate a high level of personal initiative by setting and achieving challenging goals and exhibiting a strong entrepreneurial spirit * Remain flexible within a geographically dispersed team (domestic and international), and manage in an active, changing environment For more information on this and other User Experience opportunities: Meg Metz | [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | (215) 545-1600 http://www.missionstaff.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] Browser tabs as application navigation
On Aug 8, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Jared Spool wrote: No matter what anyone has to say on this list, the best advice will come from your users (and even yourselves) as you play with it. A quick, working *INTERACTIVE* prototype probably wouldn't take your team more than *60* minutes to make. Another hour or two walking around and trying it with fellow employees will yield a wealth of knowledge and experience. Fixed. (Happy Friday, Jared!) As for Jennifer's original question, the best working models with the enterprise apps we've designed and built use fixed panels for the general search of or browsing functions that never disappear but may be minimized, then use tabbed panels below or to the side of that for the record(s) that are the result of the search. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 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] Silverlight pattern library
re: Public pattern library for Silverlight: The problem in short: I want to see Silverlight's portfolio. Building a pattern library is a suggested solution for showcasing Silverlight work. The specific PL execution means that it's in the parlance of interaction design, which is a major portion of the Expression target audience. re: Silverlight plug-in: Two parts to this problem: 1) Plug-in issues hide SL work in web. 2) SL work in desktop apps is invisible b/c i can't install and run those apps. Part one story: Keyword: should. Yes, SL should just go, but it does not. I can't install v2b2 because i don't have admin rights, so i have to wait to get that in order to view most examples. This is a typical reinforcer of pain w/ MS products. SL and Expression thus look less attractive. What if I build something in v2b2 and then v3 makes it obolete/inaccessible? I wouldn't pass that risk to my clients. Part two story: More of a marketing problem than technology. If there's really good SL work on desktop apps, I'd like to see some of the capabilities. (Of course, not asking to see proprietary stuff, just what it can do.) The core stands: I want to see SL's portfolio to see if it's worth using (SL/Expression). If I can't see it, I can't evaluate that. Or, worse, the evaluation ends with a bad score - sort of an uncontested match. What makes me think I could see this portfolio? Surface marketing campaign. Thanks for the reply. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:40 PM, J. Ambrose Little [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Jay, I might be able to help you out, but it is not clear to me exactly what you want. What do you mean by public pattern library for Silverlight? The rest of your post seemed generally about discovering Silverlight, so I'm not sure what exactly you're looking for. As for requiring installation, what are you seeing that requires installation for Silverlight? Once you get the Silverlight plug-in installed, Silverlight apps should just go. It may be that you have the public v1 and are looking at Beta 2 samples? In that case, you do need to get the Beta 2 installed as it is a brand new beast--1.0 was essentially a media player that could be automated via JavaScript. 2.0 has 1.0 + a new scaled down .NET CLR and all the goodies that come along with that. --Ambrose -- Jay A. Morgan 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] Silverlight pattern library
I remember years ago when I could simply go to the MSDN section for Common Controls and share those proto-design patterns. I'm looking for the WPF version of that. ...speaking as a developer (one of the hats I wear), I feel your pain. Unfortunately, Microsoft has seemed to have stepped aside a bit and let the third parties come up with the bulk of the controls this time around. So your best bet may be to check out what Telerik, Infragistics, Component One, et al., have to offer in the way of controls and use them as proto-design patterns (nice term. me likey.). I may be doing quite a bit of WPF-based design and development from here on out, so maybe we can use each other (and anyone else using Silverlight or WPF who would like to collaborate) as resources for patterns we've encountered or come up with. It sure would be nice to have an open wiki or some kind of collaborative repository for this too... thanks! ///eks 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] Silverlight pattern library
I appreciate your judicious if verbose response. Sincerely. However, I just wanted to see what Silverlight can do and whether it's worth working in now. And, I wanted to have it done before lunch today. I might come back to the resources on another Friday when I have time to evaluate new directions. Thanks. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM, J. Ambrose Little [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Jay Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: re: Public pattern library for Silverlight: The problem in short: I want to see Silverlight's portfolio. Building a pattern library is a suggested solution for showcasing Silverlight work. The specific PL execution means that it's in the parlance of interaction design, which is a major portion of the Expression target audience. I think recent discussions here have shown that there is confusion even within the IxD community about the term pattern; hence the desire for clarification--safer not to assume we're on the same page there. I still don't see the value in a Silverlight-specific pattern library--Silverlight would be just one technology in which UI patterns could/would be implemented. Unless you mean, e.g., a control library? If you're looking for the actual widgets that are implementations, then I suggest searching on Silverlight controls. There are a number (~30) of the most common controls (textbox, itemscontrol, datepicker, grid, etc.) available in the beta right now. Microsoft has said they plan on ultimately shipping over 100 controls out of band that folks can use in their apps. I can't speak to whether or not MS has targeted IxD's specifically with Blend. Maybe they meant to, but I tend to agree with Dave Malouf's assessment on that point. Anyhoo, here are some resources for ya: http://silverlight.net/ - The Official Silverlight Community Site http://www.silverlightshow.net/ - Quality Independent Silverlight Community Site http://silverlight.net/Showcase/ - Showcasing SL work on the Web http://www.wynapse.com/ - Silverlight Articles, Blogs, Examples, and More http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188743.aspx - MSDN Library for Silverlight http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/06/06/silverlight-2-beta2-released.aspx - Scott Guthrie is a VP over this stuff, and this is a good (albeit dev-oriented) intro to SL B2. [Plug] I am co-authoring a Silverlight 2 bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Silverlight-Programmers-Reference-Ambrose-Little/dp/0470385405/, so that's another resource, and we have an early access wikihttp://silverlight2.wrox.com/wikifor anyone interested in getting at it before it is published. Of course, the target audience for that is definitely devs. re: Silverlight plug-in: Two parts to this problem: 1) Plug-in issues hide SL work in web. Eh? Flash? Shockwave? Applets? Needing a plugin to further enrich the Web experience is not new, nor are issues with plug-ins (like installs and upgrades) specific to SL. 2) SL work in desktop apps is invisible b/c i can't install and run those apps. Right now, if I'm understanding your issue correctly, there is no offline activation story for SL. There is no AIR-like equivalent to let SL run outside of the browser (or a browser control inside some other app). Part one story: Keyword: should. Yes, SL should just go, but it does not. It does if you have it installed. Same story for Flash and any other plug-in based tech. I can't install v2b2 because i don't have admin rights, so i have to wait to get that in order to view most examples. Last time I checked, you need admin to install Flash and Flex/AIR, too, no? This is a typical reinforcer of pain w/ MS products. Seriously, this is not an MS-only issue. I think there is a double-standard being applied here. SL and Expression thus look less attractive. What if I build something in v2b2 and then v3 makes it obolete/inaccessible? I wouldn't pass that risk to my clients. Think of it this way: Silverlight 1.0 = roughly equivalent to plain Flash in terms of target functionality Silverlight 2+ = more like Flex--there's a lot more to it, so it requires a bigger/different runtime In other words, the difference between v2 and v3 will not be equivalent to that between v1 and v2. What that means in terms of installation updates, I can't say for sure, but I do know that some level of updates will be opt-in automatic for clients once v2 is released. Part two story: More of a marketing problem than technology. If there's really good SL work on desktop apps, I'd like to see some of the capabilities. (Of course, not asking to see proprietary stuff, just what it can do.) The core stands: I want to see SL's portfolio to see if it's worth using (SL/Expression). If I can't see it, I can't evaluate that. Or, worse, the evaluation ends with a bad score - sort of an uncontested match. I'd check out the resources above. SL 2 is still in
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