Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
RT @KathySierra @Armano the 1 thing that has surprised me most about Twitter? The sum really IS greater than the parts. (impossible to perceive w/o trying) -- Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley http://capcloud.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] IxDA Value and Purpose
I notice that the formatting above kind of buried the manifesto itself, so here it is pulled out: We believe that the human condition is increasingly challenged by poor experiences. IxDA intends to improve the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design. To do this, we foster a community of people that choose to come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, contribution, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals. JS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34651 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] Twitter
Isn't Twitter (currently) very much about following fellow _English speaking_ tweeters? In Sweden, and to my knowledge Europe (correct me if I'm wrong), twitter hasn't taken of(on?) at all. For various reasons, but a big one I guess being language. Having my 'local' friends following my English tweets would just be silly having my Turkish or Dutch or German or XXX friends look at texts like: Jag åt en suverän blodpudding i killarnas omklädninsgrum i morse, equally silly, i promise you :) Give me automatic direct translations of tweets. When I decide to follow, I also choose what language I want to see it in. That could actually ad a layer of humor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 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] Twitter
Wonderful discussion here! I want to follow all of you guys on... mine is @jorgemarquez I use to write in spanish and english depending on the comment. I became fan of Twitter since I discovered the great networking potential behind this tool. Here a list for what I'm using Twitter: 1.- Networking 2.- Searching for new trends (try http://search.twitter.com/) 3.- Knowing instant thought, I mean to discover what people are talking about... A few months ago the first news I got from the tragical plane crash on Madrid airport was from a twitt, twitter journalism was more effective than regular media. 4.- To understand the community and to listen (Try http://tweetscan.com or http://twitrratr.com/) Here my two cents: Twitter could be as useful as you want or useless as you want, it depends on deep you want to dig into the tool. I think that followings and followers will increase today for sure! -- Échale un vistazo a mi blog www.usandolo.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] Interface Design vs Interaction Design
There certainly is a lot of crossover between this thread and the one on 'What to teach interaction design students' - and the heart of both topics seems to center around language and understanding. First, needing to have a clearly articulated definition of the discipline and it's relationship and differentiation from those related. That has been explored well here and it's clear that it is a continuum - there are some whose talents overlap ranging from theoretical to the practical. (I love the author/illustrator analogy, and I'd add David Macaulay to that list!) Think 'theory of interaction' on through interface design, prototyping and the skills to actually develop the site/application/device. It's a rare few that can competently do all of those things, but there are certainly more who can do much and direct the rest effectively. What Dave has brought up here and in the other thread is a need to effectively critique the work - both by students and I'd say also by practitioners 'out in the world'. In developing the right language and vocabularies to effectively critique, and therefore explain (!) the work. This is vital to the education process and equally so in conveying the value and effectiveness of work being done. In visual design there are more known vocabularies for describing and evaluating design from an aesthetic point of view. However in interface design (such as for the web or a software application) there are additional concerns around usability (affected by the interaction design), how well it solves business objectives and how well/efficiently it can be produced. There is beauty to be found in all - or perhaps at least elegance. The vocabularies to describe a beautiful code solution versus a truly elegant business solution versus a completely intuitive interaction solution are all quite different from the set of words and phrases applied when evaluating color, composition and 'visual tension' found in a great piece of visual design (a painting, a print, a poster or a software interface). In actuality some of the words may be the same, but the theory and criteria with which they are applied is quite different. So I think that to answer either thread (what's the difference or what to teach) we must first be able to describe and understand both what is entailed in any of these disciplines and how one can describe 'success' in any of them. From there it's easier to say 'I'm an interaction designer' or 'I'm an interface designer' or in someone like Andrei's situation, I'd say that he's more than either in that he may think of himself as an interaction designer primarily, but having the ability to perform and/or direct what comes after (interface/ visual design and the actual prototyping and production of the end product) is definitely a broader role. I think we all live in worlds where it flows from Dave's situation of being surrounded by other experts so he can focus solely on interaction design and others like myself and other in this thread who by necessity or desire involve themselves in other surrounding roles. It doesn't diminish the importance of any one of them, but without the language to articulate the differences and importance of the various distinct disciplines then there will always be a danger of important tasks and roles being eliminated from the world. Cheers, Jason 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] Twitter
I think twitter leverages many of the killer aspects of blogging tweets have a ubiquitous rather than a localized feel as I follow the micro-blog updates of career heroes as well as my coworkers and friends. maybe u have to be a birder to appreciate it! peep, lo On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Tahsin Shamma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that Twitter has little real value besides replicating in web form what people have already done over IM. I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. What's the killer app here that's new? 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
I have also had a lot of fun on Twitter, as well as sharing relevant UX / IA / IxD and Web Strategy Info, and learning from all the incredibly talented folks that share on Twitter. You have to learn how to be more selective in what you are looking for, or you will have to slog through mundane entries, vs. something more relevant to your field or agenda. Uses : Marketing, forums, self-promotion, politics- hard to name a media form that is not connected somehow. It is now becoming more popular on live CNN forums and is catching on quickly wherever people are looking for accessible, real-time commenting. This guy - http://twitter.com/jowyang , is a brilliant web strategist from Forrester who has also has a great blog at: http://web-strategist.com/blog/ - definitely bleeding edge news, insights and research. If you are going to jump into the Twitter banter, be sure to check out the www.tinyurl.com site, enabling you to share URL's within that context. Twitter - @xshapes blog- http://uxpractitioner.blogspot.com/ site - www.xshapes.com /d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 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] Tomorrow: Seattle IXDA meeting - Microsoft campus - Redmond, 7PM
Ruth Kikin-Gil Experience designer and Researcher Website: http://www.ruthkikin.com eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +1-650-450-3832 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthkikingil Our computers should be like our childhood: an invisible foundation that is quickly forgotten but always with us, and effortlessly used throughout our lives. Mark Weiser Thursday October 23, 2008 at 7:00pm Microsoft Convention center (Building 33) Room st. Helen 16070 NE 36th Way Redmond, Washington 98052 Join us to our monthly IXDA meeting - hosted by Microsoft's Office Labs (http://www.officelabs.com ) on Microsoft's main campus - Building 33. This month's topic is Lessons from game design This is a chance to learn where the fields of interaction design and game design overlap. It's a chance for IxD to learn more about how games challenge, reward, and engage players. We'll hear how game designers use prototyping and sketching (Daniel Cook), about User Research on Social/Party Games(George Amaya ), and how narrative and storytelling immerse players in experiences (Mark Long). Please don't be late - the event is recorded and we'll have to start on time. The talks will be recorded and will be available online on www.officelabs.com about a week after the event. We are fully booked at the moment, but you can try and come anyway and admittance will be on a first come first served basis. Also - if you have RSVP'd already and know you can't make it - let us know ([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] Ivrea Legacy ... Its like impressive
Hey David I'm glad you've pointed out this article. Oh, the good old days... Three years ago Erez and I, both IDII Alumni, wrote about the Ivrea experience for UI garden: http://www.uigarden.net/english/idii-a-life-changing-experience Enjoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34678 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] Last Dates (Mumbai, India)- Weekend Workshop on User Experience Design
Hi friends, Kindly take note of some important upcoming dates for Design Incubator's Weekend Workshops on User Experience Design, Winter 2008 given below: 18th Nov 08 - Last date to register for UXD01 Introduction to User Experience Design Fees For Self Sponsored = 3,000 INR Fees For Corporate Sponsored = 4,000 INR 18th Nov 08 - Last Date to register to avail Discount on Full Course (if all five Modules booked together) Fees For Self Sponsored = 32,000 INR Fees For Corporate Sponsored = 36,000 INR 2nd Dec 08 - Last Date to register to avail Discount on Core Design Modules (UXD02 + UXD03+UXD04 if booked together) Fees For Self Sponsored = 23,000 INR Fees For Corporate Sponsored = 25,000 INR For details visit: http://designincubator.com/training_current.htmhttp://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdesignincubator%2Ecom%2Ftraining_current%2Ehtmurlhash=Vl0e_t=disc_detail_link Five workshop modules are offered over weekends spanning from 22nd Nov '08 to 11th Jan '09. › UXD 01 - Introduction to User Experience Design (22, 23 Nov 08) › UXD 02 - User Requirements Engineering (6,7 Dec 08) › UXD 03 - User Interface Visualization and Interaction Design ( 13, 14 Dec 08) › UXD 04 - Graphic Design and User Interface Aesthetics (20, 21 Dec 08) › UXD 05 - Usability Testing (10, 11 Jan 09) Download Brochure: http://designincubator.com/Weekend%20Workshops%20on%20User%20Experience%20Design%20Winter%202008.pdfhttp://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdesignincubator%2Ecom%2FWeekend%2520Workshops%2520on%2520User%2520Experience%2520Design%2520Winter%25202008%2Epdfurlhash=XwAu_t=disc_detail_link For any queries feel free to contact us Mail: training[at] designincubator.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdesignincubator%2Ecomurlhash=w55r_t=disc_detail_link Call: +91 (0)22 6552 9069 (speak to Rohit) Rohit Keluskar Design Incubator RD Labs Pvt. Ltd. Mail 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] Country from or to in Travel
I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing an online form has problems understanding when a field means their country of origin or the country they want to travel too. We have the country field under the personal details section, but some people still tend to complete it with their country of destination. Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we change the wording for country to something like Home Country, Your Country or Country of Origin or is there another way? 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] Create a password: how to assist the user in complying with the rules you set
Hi all, I'm breaking my head on the following for some time now and I hope you have a fresh look or good experience to share. *Scenario* - A user needs to create password (for a new account) - The password has to comply to two out of three certain rules (certain length, upper- and/or lowercase letter, and number) *My solution so far* At this moment I use an explanatory text which tells the user what rules the password has to comply to. But since people don't read... Looking forward to your visions, links, experiences! Kind regards, Rein 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 Installer for the Mac
Hi Cecilia, And thanks for your reply. I've been a Mac user at home for a year now and I couldn't agree more: I actually thought all installations on a Mac occurred in the DMG drag-and-drop procedure, and only when I installed MS Office for Mac did I first saw that *lovely* step-by-step installation I didn't miss from the PC world. But our developers have only recently been introduced to Mac programming, and I am already impressed with how much they've learned and managed to do in so tight a deadline - for now the MPKG will have to do. My question is not about the drag-and-drop of the icons for installation purposes (which I would favour), it's actually about the customization of the window itself, and the extra eye-candy and instructional possibilities in it. In the Firefox 3 installer window we have the icons of the Firefox app and the Applications folder PLUS an backdrop arrow and Drag Here message which pretty much tells the user exactly what he should do. Now, checking the Flickr page I know that I can also customize the window containing a MPKG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pioupioum/2064574906/in/pool-dmg/ Question is: how is this window customization achieved? Cheers, Tiago To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:40:24 + Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac My understanding is that there is a fundamental structural difference between the installation methods. Firefox uses the DMG method, which means that everything that is installed is all installed into one folder. This is the preferred method, because that means you aren't spraying files all over the users computer. The MPKG method you are using is necessary if you are modifying files outside your one little folder. I found a thread talking about this here: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?design.4.299374.16 It sounds the concensus on that thread is that it is really worth trying to confine all of the installation into one folder, for two reasons. One is the part that you like, which is the slick installation procedure from the perspective of the user. The second is that it seems that programmers co nsider that it makes your program more polite, staying in it's own folder, reducing the risk of stomping on other things that other programs might be relying on. My perception as a Mac user has always been that I am very happy when an installation is a DMG. I know that it will be easy, and usually really fast to install. Further information on DMG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dmg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34672 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 _ Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_102008 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] Twitter
there's a wall around us we are heady, we are groundless we burn our friends kill their names build insecure petty fames tattoo things that we believe skulls bones hearts in half-sleeves That stanza came to mind, especially the line about insecure and petty fames - which was more an indictment of live journal and blogs circa 2002 - but things have changed since then, even with Julia Allison and her personality cult all sound and fury signifying nothing. Twitter isn't about instantiating new abstractions of self - splintered personalities that bear little if any resemblance to the originating consciousness. I had argued elsewhere that the phenomenon of multiple personalities, along with Pierre Klossowski's notion of demonic position, gives us a better paradigma for a concept of pre-Simulationist subjectivity than anything we can get from psychoanalysis. You cannot be one without being at least two. We are all at least potentially multiple, even if most of us do not suffer from the oppressive consciousness of being so. This was made easier with social media sites, where I could manufacture a persona and within reason, keep it relatively coherent and separate from my meat-space self. This shattering, though, meant a form of schizophrenia which, long term, is very difficult to maintain. Twitter changes that because authentic personality naturally seems to accrete onto the screen into the 'verse and over time a real pattern emerges - one much closer to one's true self. This is both kewl and a bit scary - especially for someone who values their privacy and anonimity, but I digress... Back to *Twitter and Trust and Tribes* - from Seth Godin's new book, Tribes most people who use twitter don't get it. It seems invasive or time consuming or even dumb...the converts, though, understand the true power of twitter... Over time, twit by twit, Laura has built trust, which has led to a successful career as a consultant and a worldwide speaking practice. She's met fascinating people and changed the way her tribes sees the world. She now has true fans, people who seek her out and talk about her. Laura couldn't have done this with one speech or one blog post...but by consistently touching a tribe of people with generosity and insight, she's earned the right to lead. Personally, I can't imagine the technology mattering much. Blogs and twitter and all manner of other tools will come and go, possibly by the time you read this. The tactics are irrelevant, and the technology will always be changing. The essential lesson is that every day it gets easier to tighten the relationship you have with the people who choose to follow you. And that, my friends, is a pretty descent argument re:twitter. -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Country from or to in Travel
From: AJKock I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing an online form has problems understanding when a field means their country of origin or the country they want to travel too. We have the country field under the personal details section, but some people still tend to complete it with their country of destination. Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we change the wording for country to something like Home Country, Your Country or Country of Origin or is there another way? Changing the question can work. A strategy that is more likely to work is to ask for country in a more natural way, which is as a component of their address (if it is appropriate to ask for their address as part of their personal details). Note that the country of origin may not be the same as the place that the live. You might do better with Where does your journey start? and Where are you travelling to? Best Caroline Jarrett -- Forms that work: Designing web forms for usability available from 17th November 2008 http://www.amazon.com/Forms-that-Work-Interactive-Technologies/dp/1558607102 /ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1224758232sr=8-1 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] Country from or to in Travel
A strategy that is more likely to work is to ask for country in a more natural way, which is as a component of their address (if it is appropriate to ask for their address as part of their personal details). We are using the Jakob N loves us Wufoo form and unfortunately they only have an address field, when if you make it compulsory, people have to complete their whole adress and country. We are really only interested in the country and don't want to create too much effort for the user in completing the form. I had to create a drop down box from scracth for the countries. I can now add the address fields above it to give it more relevance, but that would just increase the size of the form with 4-5 lines (of information we don't actually need). Note that the country of origin may not be the same as the place that the live. Very good point. Tx You might do better with Where does your journey start? and Where are you travelling to? We only want to to know where they are from. We know from our product which country is the destination. Journeys can also unfortunately start in country of travel, so some people might still get confused. 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] Create a password: how to assist the user in complying with the rules you set
Check for each condition on every keystroke. As each new condition is met, provide immediate feedback visually right next to the input form. For example, start with 4 empty boxes, and with each met condition, add a checkmark to one of the boxes. If this is a web form, JavaScript is well-suited for the task. That got me thinking ... How to provide immediate and non-intrusive feedback of this kind iwhen the input is audio. The characteristic of the feedback I described above depends on people being able to perceive what they are entering at the same time as the response, so locating the feedback boxes next to the input box is effective. For voice input, the act of entering data and receiving a response seems to require a more distinct asynchronous process: speak a letter, hear ok, speak a letter, hear ok. . But could people be taught to listen for and recognize a continuous background tone that is neutral, but that changes pitch to indicate a conforming reply? Perhaps a bell ding or happy chord would be the positive sound. Could be used in any audio capable interface where you want to test for complying data input -- I I don't have much experience with games -- maybe the games designers have solved this one elegantly already. On 10/23/08, R. Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm breaking my head on the following for some time now and I hope you have a fresh look or good experience to share. *Scenario* - A user needs to create password (for a new account) - The password has to comply to two out of three certain rules (certain length, upper- and/or lowercase letter, and number) *My solution so far* At this moment I use an explanatory text which tells the user what rules the password has to comply to. But since people don't read... Looking forward to your visions, links, experiences! Kind regards, Rein 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 -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _ Darlene Pike / Pike Design Web coding for technically challenged visionaries™ web: www.PikeDesign.com ph: 973-600-7113 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] Country from or to in Travel
In what country do you live? In what country is your permanent residence? Where is your home base? What country do you call home? Place a help icon or link for more info. Next to the question, emgm, what's this On 10/23/08, AJKock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing an online form has problems understanding when a field means their country of origin or the country they want to travel too. We have the country field under the personal details section, but some people still tend to complete it with their country of destination. Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we change the wording for country to something like Home Country, Your Country or Country of Origin or is there another way? 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 -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _ Darlene Pike / Pike Design Web coding for technically challenged visionaries™ web: www.PikeDesign.com ph: 973-600-7113 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] Twitter
Niklas, I hear this argument a lot about many social networks that are started in the US or UK, but I've noticed a trend. Brazilians Portuguese just don't give a sh*t. ;-) Nor do Israelis, Japanese and many other non-Europeans and well Europeans. ;-) Open up Twittervision and not only will you see different languages spoken, but different character sets (Twitter is UTC or Unicode compatible, I forget which). I started out w/ the Brazilians and Portuguese b/c out of all of my followers I notice more tweets in Portuguese than other foreign language, followed by Spanish, Hebrew and Dutch. Do I ignore those tweets. SURE do though sometimes they are good practice. ;) ... but when I want to engage those people I do and they do with me and yes that engagement is in English. Further, the point of the thread is not about Twitter itself, but about micro-blogging ambient intimacy. Take Identi.ca (the OSS version of Twitter) and well just make a Swedish version). Micro-blogging in its many forms (Tumblr, plurk, jaiku, etc.) seem to have English roots but global responses. BTW, to my point, about 20% of the people I follow are non-USers. Ok, a big bulk of those are Canadian. ;-) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 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] IxDA Value and Purpose
To do this, we foster a community of people that choose to come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, contribution, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals. That's the key to its success - the whole grassroots movement. The fact that local groups are popping up and taking charge to better themselves and the community is truly outstanding. The list is fine and all, but the local groups is where the power is. -- Mario Bourque Web: www.mariobourque.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: www.twitter.com/mariobourque 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] IxDA Value and Purpose
That's exactly it. When somebody in Toronto (inevitably) asks me What's the different between the IxDA and [insert other group]? I always answer We give anybody interested a voice and platform to talk about design with their peers. So many other groups will only let you speak at events if you have masters degrees or high profile experience.. we really try to create an open space where anybody can participate, whether they just graduated or have been working for 20 years. -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: emenel On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Mario Bourque [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To do this, we foster a community of people that choose to come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, contribution, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals. That's the key to its success - the whole grassroots movement. The fact that local groups are popping up and taking charge to better themselves and the community is truly outstanding. The list is fine and all, but the local groups is where the power is. 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] Twitter
I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. Not everything is designed to meet a need. I just had a conversation like this with some engineering students whom I am teaching interactive media. My response was what's the point of text messaging when you can just call someone?. I think he got it after that. By the way, interesting to note that this Twitter discussion is pretty tweety (tweetie?) in its nature. p.s. @apolaine Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
Text messaging is task-based and less intrusive. You text me, I'll text you back when I can. Not as cumbersome as email, not as annoying as answering the phone. I wouldn't text someone in an emergency though. -- Mario Bourque Web: www.mariobourque.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: www.twitter.com/mariobourque On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. Not everything is designed to meet a need. I just had a conversation like this with some engineering students whom I am teaching interactive media. My response was what's the point of text messaging when you can just call someone?. I think he got it after that. By the way, interesting to note that this Twitter discussion is pretty tweety (tweetie?) in its nature. p.s. @apolaine Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help 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] Twitter
Not to get too philosophical, but I have been thinking a lot about 'needs' lately. I never really 'needed' a mobile phone or an ipod, but once I had them I realized great utility and benefit from both. Also... the need in this case is only partially a product or technology thing, but weighted more towards the 'who' and 'how common' of the community it has grown. It is a little different than when I am trying to do something specific and the right tool isn't available. Sometimes the tool, and its diffusion create the need. Mark On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. Not everything is designed to meet a need. I just had a conversation like this with some engineering students whom I am teaching interactive media. My response was what's the point of text messaging when you can just call someone?. I think he got it after that. By the way, interesting to note that this Twitter discussion is pretty tweety (tweetie?) in its nature. p.s. @apolaine Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help 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] Country from or to in Travel
Then just use In which country do you live? Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac
I always assumed that people did it either with a DMG making tool, or just went to View Options (Apple J) on a folder and chose a picture for the folder background before they made the disk image. 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] Twitter
Just in case it sounded like I couldn't see the point of text messaging, I meant that question as a rhetorical one, or at least one to get him thinking about needs/function/purpose and design. Plenty of people never thought computers would be useful. Or a phone with a touchscreen instead of a keypad. The list is long... On 23 Oct 2008, at 15:44, Mario Bourque wrote: Text messaging is task-based and less intrusive. You text me, I'll text you back when I can. Not as cumbersome as email, not as annoying as answering the phone. I wouldn't text someone in an emergency though. 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] IxDA Value and Purpose
Good answer. It feels a lot to me like a good conference where you get to see everyone speak and meet up with them in the bar afterwards and without the expensive fees and airfare. Plus you can ask the hard questions. Andy On 23 Oct 2008, at 14:16, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: That's exactly it. When somebody in Toronto (inevitably) asks me What's the different between the IxDA and [insert other group]? I always answer We give anybody interested a voice and platform to talk about design with their peers. So many other groups will only let you speak at events if you have masters degrees or high profile experience.. we really try to create an open space where anybody can participate, whether they just graduated or have been working for 20 years. 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] Twitter
I knew you did! Computers are not useful; they cause me all sorts of grief! We see these things as being useful because they complement our own lives in some way. Those that don't understand, and there are a lot of them, can't see the value. A lot of companies are going through this generational shift where a handshake and phone call is replaced with an IM or txt. Mario On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Andy Polaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just in case it sounded like I couldn't see the point of text messaging, I meant that question as a rhetorical one, or at least one to get him thinking about needs/function/purpose and design. Plenty of people never thought computers would be useful. Or a phone with a touchscreen instead of a keypad. The list is long... On 23 Oct 2008, at 15:44, Mario Bourque wrote: Text messaging is task-based and less intrusive. You text me, I'll text you back when I can. Not as cumbersome as email, not as annoying as answering the phone. I wouldn't text someone in an emergency though. 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 -- Mario Bourque Web: www.mariobourque.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twitter: www.twitter.com/mariobourque 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] 3 (not 6) Metrics for Managing UI Design
This is the follow up to the original post on metrics for managing UI design (what we finally chose to use based on feedback from IxDA members and team members): http://www.dexodesign.com/2008/10/22/3-not-6-metrics-for-managing-ui-design/ I received some fantastic comments on that post and I want to thank everyone for taking the time to provide their input. Best regards, Russ Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.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] Twitter
I'm an on/off twitter.com user.. however.. a colleague in our 35 strong UX team hand-rolled a Twitter 'Clone' for internal use. Essentially its a hacked WP blog open to the team to make short status question posts. With the team spread across 4 buildings and 80 product sets its proving extraordinarily useful in eliminating the whitespace among us. For anyone working on large distributed teams I highly recommend building something that's aligned with the principles behind the twitter.com concept. Keeping it on your intranet maintains any IP discussed. /pauric /@radiorental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 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] Multi-touch: Helsinki's CityWall
CityWall is a large multi-touch display installed in central down town
Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for its
urban surroundings. The new 3D interface launched 8 October 2008
allows interacting with 3D worlds of related information and enables
multiple content, multiple timelines and participants to generate
content.
Worth checking it out (on youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IldDrCcZkZY
...
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carefully structuring, contextualizing, and presenting
data and information
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Multi-touch: Helsinki's CityWall
Been looking at this for a while because of a friend of mine, John Evans, from 3Eyes who was involved in it. This was the piece that my engineering student said what's the point of it, if you were following the other discussion about Twitter. You should take a look at their Multi Touch Cells: http://www.multitou.ch/ Best, Andy Andy Polaine Research | Writing | Strategy Interaction Concept Design Education Futures Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac
Hi Andy, I've found this screenshot in Flickr in the .DMG group, and as you can see it is possible to customize a window containing a PKMG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pioupioum/2064574906/in/pool-dmg/ How do we do this? Simple. The PKMG - or whatever other files we want to share - must be inside a DMG container... so yes - you are correct on the subject. Fortunatelly, that seems easy enough. I googled for mac customization dmg window and here are some of the gems I found: http://www.kingdom-era.com/products/dmgdesigns/ (a shareware utility for creating DMG - little coding involved) http://www.astoundingcookie.com/2008/07/creating-a-custom-dmg-replace-the-icon-background-and-more/http://murphymac.com/custom-dmg-background-image-new-version/http://el-tramo.be/guides/fancy-dmghttp://www.ploem.be/blog/?page_id=26http://www.decaffeinated.org/archives/2004/04/20/dmghttp://c-command.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25 http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070216063522395 (these are texts and guidelines on creating DMGs) Cheers, Tiago PS. Thanks again for all your replies, mates. Brilliant stuff. CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:49:12 +0200 I always assumed that people did it either with a DMG making tool, or just went to View Options (Apple J) on a folder and chose a picture for the folder background before they made the disk image. _ Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/wedowindowslive.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!20EE04FBC541789!167.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_092008 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 Installer for the Mac
We used to do a similar thing in the old days with CD-ROMs. You'd burn the image laid out exactly how you wanted it to mount. There used to be an app that made a background image by taking an image, tiling it and making hundreds of icons out of it and laying them out as a grid. A On 23 Oct 2008, at 17:54, Tiago Marques wrote: Hi Andy, I've found this screenshot in Flickr in the .DMG group, and as you can see it is possible to customize a window containing a PKMG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pioupioum/2064574906/in/pool-dmg/ How do we do this? Simple. The PKMG - or whatever other files we want to share - must be inside a DMG container... so yes - you are correct on the subject. 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] 2nd CFP: Best Practices in Longitudinal Research (Workshop @ CHI 2009)
Deadline for submission has been extended to Oct 31, 2008. More details on: http://longitudinalusability.wikispaces.com/CHI 2009 Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34581 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] Multi-touch: Helsinki's CityWall
It's been rather nice thing to try out and play with when you have a few moments to kill. It also helps that it's located at one of the very central places in Helsinki. -Janne Kaasalainen 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] Bad interaction experiences, blogged nationally
In the blog entry titled A fine wensleydale? (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/10/fine-wensleydale.html) Neil Gaiman relates his experiences attemping to buy a G1 phone from T-Mobile. I'm tempted to give this as a sample case to my first-year students and ask them to enumerate all the things wrong with it. Not least of them seems to be the left hand not knowing what the right is doing. At UI13 Jared talked about how many usability problems are rooted in lack of foreknowledge. I wonder who didn't know what in this example. Finally, I'm having trouble tracking down the origin of the general wisdom that people are more likely to write about, or tell people about, bad experiences than good ones. Last I looked, Gaiman's blog was getting somewhere north of 1.1 milllion unique visitors per day. If I was a T Mobile exec, I'd be cringing severely right about now. Best, --Alan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Jared Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. If only my travels made *me* feel warm inside. @jmspool Try the equator somewhere, or Arizona @lorenbaxter 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] Twitter
Riffin' on Bill Maher's New Rules - UX/IA/IxD conferences can no longer be held north of 30 degrees latitude On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Loren Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Jared Spool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. If only my travels made *me* feel warm inside. @jmspool Try the equator somewhere, or Arizona @lorenbaxter Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill - 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] Bad interaction experiences, blogged nationally
At UI13 Jared talked about how many usability problems are rooted in lack of foreknowledge. I wonder who didn't know what in this example. This story strikes me as a tale of the mathematics of bureaucracy. One imagined explanation is this: whoever at corporate headquarters who decides what marketing posters go into all stores doesn't mind the fact that 5% of all stores can't sell whatever is in the posters if the other 95% can. The hell created for those in those 5% is outweighed by the win for the 95%. Or even more cynically, the dude at HQ who picks the posters doesn't really care about the stores, since his/her performance reviews don't include any evaluation for how well their marketing materials help or hurt sales at individual stores. At UI13 Jared talked about how many usability problems are rooted in lack of foreknowledge. I wonder who didn't know what in this example. I think much of what we point out as design failures (e.g. thisisbroken.com) has more to do with organizational failures (cause) than it does the lack of design quality (symptom). I'm sure there are people at T-mobile who know better, but the organization hasn't put them in a place or enabled them to do anything about it. And this includes the sales guy at the store Neil went to: I'm sure if he was given a big red button labeled Marketing HQ has screwed my local office to push that would alert the CEO and reward the sales guy for making a stink about such things, he would have. -Scott Scott Berkun www.scottberkun.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Wexelblat Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:03 AM To: IxDA Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Bad interaction experiences, blogged nationally In the blog entry titled A fine wensleydale? (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/10/fine-wensleydale.html) Neil Gaiman relates his experiences attemping to buy a G1 phone from T-Mobile. I'm tempted to give this as a sample case to my first-year students and ask them to enumerate all the things wrong with it. Not least of them seems to be the left hand not knowing what the right is doing. At UI13 Jared talked about how many usability problems are rooted in lack of foreknowledge. I wonder who didn't know what in this example. Finally, I'm having trouble tracking down the origin of the general wisdom that people are more likely to write about, or tell people about, bad experiences than good ones. Last I looked, Gaiman's blog was getting somewhere north of 1.1 milllion unique visitors per day. If I was a T Mobile exec, I'd be cringing severely right about now. Best, --Alan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help 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] Vive l'ergonomie?
Hi Billie, I can testify that there ARE Ix Designers in France. Actually,the company I work in (www.intuilab.com) is specialized in Ix Design and regroups skilled people like Iteraction Designers, Visual Designers, Usability Engineers (or Ergonomes), Developpers ... L'ergonomie is a part of the required skills to design good products. It brings its own techniques (evaluation, user needs analysis... ) just like the other disciplines involved in the creation process. Alban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34310 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] Twitter
Professionals in our field would also do well to study Twitter's meta-UI: its open architecture that facilitates so many innovative I/O add-ons. Also, it's an experience that each user can fine tune to their own benefit. This is something that can make the benefits hard to discern from the sidelines. Plus, you get to meet Whitney Hess! :D -x- 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] Brilliant Viral Video
I was blown away by the recent MoveOn.org customized video. Whether you are for Obama or McCain, it seemed like a new level of sophistication in viral marketing that is worth a serious look. For those not in the US, MoveOn is a liberal organization that is supporting Obama in the election. In case you have not seen it yet, this is a video that is customized with your name in the content of the video. It's intent is clearly viral; its message is to get out and vote. You can see the video at www.cnnbcvideo.com but to really appreciate its brilliance, you need to click on a link and email it to yourself. When you do this it is customized throughout with your name. cnnbcvideo.com is a microsite, for a faux news organization. If you click on it without the customization, the video uses Hillary Clinton's name. But when it's emailed to you, your name replaces hers. Every link on www.cnnbcvideo.com leads to the same page -- a form that encourages you to fill in the names and emails of people you know, facilitating its viral spread. As far as I can see, the video is produced by merging an underlying video with a computer modified graphic overlay so that the recipient's name is integrated into the visual. This is all done through text, the audio does not change. What is so impressive is the seamlessness of the integration of the recipient's name. It's brilliantly done. The only place where I thought it could have been improved was a clip from Bill O'Reilly where the font seemed a bit too dark and the audio said he although I had customized the video using a woman's name. The customization was fast. When we sent the video to ourselves, we received the customized video within a few seconds. I wish that MoveOn had chosen to remove one scene in which a woman curses (the audio is bleeped out). IMO this brings the video down a bit but perhaps I'm just a bit stodgy. What makes this viral effort so impressive is: 1. The quality of the customization which will really grab people 2. The usability of the site which will facilitate sending it to others 3. The fact that it will create discussion and interest which creates a payoff for the user I'm impressed and, regardless of your political views (or nationality), I think it's worth seeing as an example of a powerful a social media marketing effort. Charlie Charles B. Kreitzberg, Ph.D. CEO, Cognetics Corporation 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] Social Interaction Design Primer
Just a quick note on that: when it comes to online social interaction, I'd like to recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Design-Community-Derek-Powazek/dp/0735710759 It's old, SxD is called online community design in there, and (of course) no mention of web 2.0 - but the design principles for connecting real people in virtual places are still valid and very applicable to social interactions. --milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34303 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] Brilliant Viral Video
These 'personalized' vids have been going on for awhile now. They're humourous, to a point. It's a good use of the technology to make Get out The Vote kind of videos, though. Good for them. -Sharon On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Charles B. Kreitzberg wrote: I was blown away by the recent MoveOn.org customized video. Whether you are for Obama or McCain, it seemed like a new level of sophistication in viral marketing that is worth a serious look. For those not in the US, MoveOn is a liberal organization that is supporting Obama in the election. In case you have not seen it yet, this is a video that is customized with your name in the content of the video. It's intent is clearly viral; its message is to get out and vote. You can see the video at www.cnnbcvideo.com but to really appreciate its brilliance, you need to click on a link and email it to yourself. When you do this it is customized throughout with your name. cnnbcvideo.com is a microsite, for a faux news organization. If you click on it without the customization, the video uses Hillary Clinton's name. But when it's emailed to you, your name replaces hers. Every link on www.cnnbcvideo.com leads to the same page -- a form that encourages you to fill in the names and emails of people you know, facilitating its viral spread. As far as I can see, the video is produced by merging an underlying video with a computer modified graphic overlay so that the recipient's name is integrated into the visual. This is all done through text, the audio does not change. What is so impressive is the seamlessness of the integration of the recipient's name. It's brilliantly done. The only place where I thought it could have been improved was a clip from Bill O'Reilly where the font seemed a bit too dark and the audio said he although I had customized the video using a woman's name. The customization was fast. When we sent the video to ourselves, we received the customized video within a few seconds. I wish that MoveOn had chosen to remove one scene in which a woman curses (the audio is bleeped out). IMO this brings the video down a bit but perhaps I'm just a bit stodgy. What makes this viral effort so impressive is: 1. The quality of the customization which will really grab people 2. The usability of the site which will facilitate sending it to others 3. The fact that it will create discussion and interest which creates a payoff for the user I'm impressed and, regardless of your political views (or nationality), I think it's worth seeing as an example of a powerful a social media marketing effort. Charlie Charles B. Kreitzberg, Ph.D. CEO, Cognetics Corporation 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] 3 (not 6) Metrics for Managing UI Design
On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Russell Wilson wrote: This is the follow up to the original post on metrics for managing UI design (what we finally chose to use based on feedback from IxDA members and team members): http://www.dexodesign.com/2008/10/22/3-not-6-metrics-for-managing-ui-design/ I received some fantastic comments on that post and I want to thank everyone for taking the time to provide their input. Feels like you're moving in the right direction. Good work. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Country from or to in Travel
Country of Origin is ambiguous. Does it mean where you were born, where you live, or where you are travelling from? (I get that confusion when some asks where I am from. What does that mean? Where were you born, they ask. We moved cross-country two weeks later, and back two years after that. Where's your hometown? What's that? I've never lived in the same city for more than 8 years, and that's where I am now.) -- Jim Via my iPhone On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:45 AM, AJKock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing an online form has problems understanding when a field means their country of origin or the country they want to travel too. We have the country field under the personal details section, but some people still tend to complete it with their country of destination. Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we change the wording for country to something like Home Country, Your Country or Country of Origin or is there another way? 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Country from or to in Travel
Can I see the form? best, Mitch On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Jim Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Country of Origin is ambiguous. Does it mean where you were born, where you live, or where you are travelling from? (I get that confusion when some asks where I am from. What does that mean? Where were you born, they ask. We moved cross-country two weeks later, and back two years after that. Where's your hometown? What's that? I've never lived in the same city for more than 8 years, and that's where I am now.) -- Jim Via my iPhone On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:45 AM, AJKock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing an online form has problems understanding when a field means their country of origin or the country they want to travel too. We have the country field under the personal details section, but some people still tend to complete it with their country of destination. Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we change the wording for country to something like Home Country, Your Country or Country of Origin or is there another way? 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 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] Death to Personas! Long Live Personas! follow-up
Hi folks, Back in July, I presented a webinar thru Catalyze called Death to Personas! Long Live Personas! It recently came to my attention that the QA material never got posted, and also my co-author Steve Calde and I wanted to make the presentation more generally available. So, I have posted our slides on SlideShare, accessible through this link: http://www.slideshare.net/ebacon/death-to-personas-long-live-personas-presentation/ . I've also posted the questions raised by attendees along with my answers as a comment on this page. If you'd prefer to experience the hour-long recording of the webinar itself, you can use this link: http://tinyurl.com/5zjkvt . This URL handles playback or download of Catalyze's WebEx event recording. (I've found that the recording crashes Firefox on the Mac but it works in Safari and IE.) Personas are an important tool in my IxD bag o' tricks ever since my days at Cooper, and I'm always glad to field questions or thoughts about 'em! :) Best regards, Liz Vice-President, IxDA / www.ixda.org CDO, Devise / www.devise.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] Ivrea Legacy ... Its like impressive
What a giant question, David. (And thanks for the blanket compliments.) I was part of the founding class, and I'd say the things that made it the thing what it was for me are: 1. A spirit of entrepreneurship. They were still making it up when we walked in the door. The constraints and pressures of the new school meant we had to decide what we wanted and make it happen despite the chaos, and much of the faculty recognized and supported it. I made a poster with the IDII building flying in the sky with the X-Files-esque caption I Want to Believe and a number of other students and faculty said they felt the same. 2. Deep pockets. Telecom Italia was the original sponsor for the program, and rumors ran that they were hoping to turn it into an IP farm. They were eager to have interaction design expertise flourish in Italy generally, and were prepared to front lots of money for it. 3. The inclusion of business in the curriculum: RCA and ITP both were (and still are) working fantastic programs that focused on art. IDII included real-world business as an equal partner in the curriculum. This was attractive to employers who felt students had exposure to business strategy and thinking, and obviously encouraged graduates to act on their own business ideas. 4. Well-connected faculty: Gillian picked the multicultural faculty carefully for subject expertise, pedagogical eloquence, and/or industry experience. Through them we had a stream of fantastic lecturers and adjunct professors, even though we were in a small Italian town a couple of hours from the nearest metro. 5. Culture clash: There was a clash between the different cultures participating. I recall some deep discussions between the students on the merits of the USofA-esque, aggressive style of being a student, and the more passive expectations of the European-esque-educated students. We learned a lot from each other, and I at least was constantly inspired by the intersections. Additionally, and this is a little nuanced, but I think the fact that we had to up-level our English helped a lot as well. Native speakers couldn't rely on idiom and slang, and we had to think about what we were saying and get very used to explaining and re-explaining ourselves. This forced us to examine and iterate our ideas quite a bit. 6. Isolation: This worked against us part of the time because it was hard to find materials and services to support our work. (Not to mention the constant need for interpreters for those of us whose Italian was middling at best.) But it also kept us free from distractions and focused on creating and nurturing the internal culture. We even lived in the same strange underground apartment block, reinforcing this interdependence and sense of like-it-or-not family. 7. Connected locals: I'm not sure this would need to be replicated in another school, but in Italy it was vital to have staff who were in with the locals. This is MHO. I'd love to hear from other IDII veterans. What did I miss? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34678 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] Can an interaction designer creat (great) interaction without (great) visual design skills?
Hi all I work every day with multi-talented designers who are the whole package and more. They take our designs from concept to finished art. They are masters of both interaction and visual design (and no you can't have them :)). That said, I have worked on both sides of this argument. I have worked as an interaction designer who relied on graphic artists to create the graphics for my designs. Looking back, and now having worked with the designers on my team, most of the graphics artists I worked with in the past with could function easily as interaction designers. Some of them did - but only on their portfolio sites, not at work. In other cases, I struggled with graphic artists that worked in the print world and didn't get the interactive component so it was near impossible to get the visual design to support the interaction. Is there room for both specializations, sure, IMHO we get great, world class design from designers with talent for both interaction and visual design. And yes, we call them User Experience Designers because they design the whole experience. Regards Barb Hernandez User Experience Manager | TechSmith Corporation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Zaki Warfel Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:32 AM To: Dennis, Alan Cc: IxDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can an interaction designer creat (great) interaction without (great) visual design skills? On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Dennis, Alan wrote: Basically, my point is that if you want to make great designs, I do believe you need to have somewhat of an understanding in the various disciplines involved. Visual design is one of those disciplines that can help immensely. Having an understanding and appreciation for a related discipline isn't the same as being a master of it. Good visual design can enhance interactions, or can break them. The interaction design is the foundation of a good design. I believe that being a good interaction design who has good visual design skills is better than one who doesn't. However, I don't believe for a minute that you can't be a good interaction designer if you don't have good visual design skills. As long as you understand the practice and appreciate it, then you can be a great interaction designer. Stating interaction designers have to be good visual designers is like saying good programmers have to be good interaction designers. Software development is an evolutionary process. We rely on each other as a team. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can an interaction designer creat (great) interaction without (great) visual design skills?
I don't know if this is a different tack on this topic or not, but I'll throw it out here. I think it is one thing to have visual design skills, and another thing to be current in the field of visual design. I have been a visual designer, going back to the time of print-only publication design (makes me feel long of tooth these days). One thing I did not do was study graphic or visual design at an art school, and my MFA is not in art. However, I have no desire to be a visual designer on the web. There is a lot about print design that still intrigues me, but the idea of only doing web visual design feels to me... blasphemy alert boring /blasphemy. Sort of like, what if all I did as a visual designer was design print stationary letterheads. I know there are people who live to design letterheads, and I don't mean to put down their profession, but I could not do it. I have the skills and understand the basic principles, can use the tools, have taught visual communications grad seminars, etc. That is not the issue. What I get bored with is following the hemlines of contemporary commercial graphic design, particularly on the web. What colors are hot this year? What fonts are in and what fonts are out this year? Trendy design, in other words. There are many things in this world I find fascinating, stimulating. But as with when I worked as a professional photographer and photojournalist, I lose interest in work when it starts feeling formulaic, when I feel like I'm just a hack following the latest trendy fashion. I used to shoot sports, and especially loved shooting fluid movement sports, where action didn't stop and start, like basketball, soccer, rugby. But that bored me eventually, because there's only so many different ways you can put a ball through a hoop. Interaction design fascinates me when content sets are complex, when interactions are like puzzles to solve. Interaction design bores me when design patterns are routine and I see no reason to reinvent the wheel, esp not for a gratuitous flash or graphic effect. If I were doing nothing but visual design for repetitive patterns, I'd be going crazy, I think! Page banners, tab menus, simple outline hierarchies. How many different ways can you as a visual designer put that ball through that hoop? There's nothing you can do but follow the hemlines, watch the rise and fall of this year's font trends, banner color palettes, or 3-d pops. Try to push on it a little. Now that is a skill, to do it really well, just as it is a skill to be an art director on a slick glossy print magazine, or to be the kind of photographer who shoots concept cars in big studios with soft boxes the size of the car, with 8x10 view cameras. That's art school kind of skill, and my visual design skills, while perfectly competent to design and shoot for for a good quality university admissions viewbook and win some awards, won't ever dance at that level. And ultimately, that's why I'm drawn more to interaction design. This kind of design has deeper puzzles to plumb the depths of, bigger problems to wrestle with. I do love beautiful design, but our screens are still small, images display in even smaller postage stamp frames inside them, templates are constantly becoming oppressive (from a dramatic visual design perspective-- I loved doing double-truck full bleed print designs, heavy with photos, 20x30 color posters, etc), and bandwidth concerns are always nipping at our heels. As a visual designer, I still find the constraints of the web too... constraining. Good thing I'm not doing that full time, nothing but visual design, obsessing on fonts, color palettes, pixels, and res. I think I'd be going crazy. Sorry in advance if I am blaspheming overmuch. I mean, because we do still have trendy wireframe fonts, and are rounded corners in this year, or out? Hemlines. Should I wear a miniskirt? Or are the hemlines coming back down again? Chris On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Hernandez, Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I work every day with multi-talented designers who are the whole package and more. They take our designs from concept to finished art. They are masters of both interaction and visual design (and no you can't have them :)). That said, I have worked on both sides of this argument. I have worked as an interaction designer who relied on graphic artists to create the graphics for my designs. Looking back, and now having worked with the designers on my team, most of the graphics artists I worked with in the past with could function easily as interaction designers. Some of them did - but only on their portfolio sites, not at work. In other cases, I struggled with graphic artists that worked in the print world and didn't get the interactive component so it was near impossible to get the visual design to support the interaction. Is there room for both specializations, sure, IMHO we get great, world class design from designers with talent for both
