Re: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit cards' types
However, this still doesn't solve the issue of being able to tell whether your credit/debit card type is supported, before you start typing. (Unless they all are anyway, which is very rare.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46563 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit cards'types
Calum - You really want to know before your start shopping, let alone typing! Regards, William > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss- > boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Calum Benson > Sent: 20 October 2009 6:14 AM > To: disc...@ixda.org > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit > cards'types > > However, this still doesn't solve the issue of being able to tell > whether your credit/debit card type is supported, before you start > typing. (Unless they all are anyway, which is very rare.) > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46563 > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Last FM iPhone app sketches
Nice collection of wireframes for Last FM's iPhone app: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastfm/tags/iphone/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit cards' types
I saw a rather neat implementation related to credit card type when I was buying some tickets recently on Ticket Web. As I was checking out, I noticed that there was a reference to the security code number being a four-digit number above the credit card number, and there was an accompanying image showing where the number was located. This caught my eye, because my card's security code isn't four digits, and it's not positioned above the card number. And sure enough, when I selected my credit card type, the copy and image changed to reflect the correct information for my card type. It's just a small detail, but I've observed users having trouble remembering where to look for their card ID number, especially if they routinely use more than one type of card, so I thought this was a nice solution to a fairly common problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46563 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] New Redesign! Looking for feedback!
I won't make it long...the site in my opinion is awesome! Not only is it well designed it is extremely useful. The content is well placed and robust. I have no wife or kids, but I am going to recommend it to people that do. In an era where print is dying, this website is going to go a long way in saving the FamilyFun magazine brand name. I feel like the user research went a long way and the content is targeted wonderfully. I would say it's a "seasonal" website that keeps in-line with the magazine...which I think is brilliant for many reasons. I have one gripe and one suggestion. The gripe is that for a Disney site, the accessibility seems to be a little "low". The suggestion would be to do reassess your "Share" functionality. Not only do you have to "step through" to another page to Share, but the only way to Share is through "copy and paste". If possible, I would suggest expanding the "avenues" in which a user can Share your content and also take away the redirection to another page to do so. Great site on the whole wrt User Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46829 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [Reminder] Wednesday, October 21 - Real-World Research with Gist Design
This is the final reminder for tomorrow's event at Gist Design. Learn by doing while having fun and networking with other designers in the Pittsburgh area. I'll see you there! Real-World Research Designers know the benefits that design research provides in shaping good user experiences for products and services. But practicing effective design research for technology products in the corporate environment (whether for start-ups or for international corporations), requires ingenuity, flexibility, and a sense of humor. Want to try your hand at it? Join Gist Design and other design colleagues for a collaborative game of "Real-World Research." Date: Wednesday, October 21. Time: 6:00pm Location: Gist Design 33 Terminal Street, Suite 425B (South Side) Jack L. Moffett Senior Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com There is no good design that is not based on the understanding of people. - Stefano Marzano CEO of Philips Design Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Golden oldies: pre-web-era book recommendations
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the classic Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman. Published in 1988 and updated in 2002. http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46867 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] National Design Week in NYC is October 18-24, Objectified Film screenings & The Biz of Design w/ Bill Moggridge (FREE), who\'s in?
It's upsetting that the National Design Week website has such a terrible event listing design: http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2009/nationaldesignweek You have to click your city on a tiny US map... try distinguishing between the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut cities. A simple list would have been sufficient. :( -Jon On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Fritz Desir wrote: > Just received this in email newsletter and it looks quite interesting. > I'd like to rally up some IxDA'ers to go not necessarily as an > official meeting but to represent and possibly chat afterwards. > > > THE BUSINESS OF DESIGN > October 20, 2009, 8:30 – 10:00am > > FREE EVENT > > Business leaders discuss how design impacts their overall strategy > and affects their bottom line. Moderated by Daniel H. Pink, the > panelists will discuss the role of design thinking in the workplace > as it relates to consumer goods as well as overall company vision. > > At The Times Center (242 W 41st Street, NY, NY) Continental > breakfast buffet from 8:00 – 8:30am. > > Moderator: Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why > Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future > > Panelists include: > Bill Moggridge, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, co-founder of > IDEO > Sam Lucente, Vice President of Design, Hewlett-Packard Company > Jeanne Liedtka, Professor, University of Virginia's Darden Graduate > School of Business > > > OBJECTIFIED: Film Screenings > October 21, 2009 1:30 & 3:30pm > > > Anybody in NYC interested? Let me know, looking forward to hearing > from you guys. Thx. - Fritz > > More info & to register here: http://j.mp/Po84W > > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] National Design Week in NYC is October 18-24, Objectified Film screenings & The Biz of Design w/ Bill Moggridge (FREE), who's in?
Yep you're right. There's still work to do there for sure. The event this morning with Moggridge & Sam Lucente was GREAT btw. Lots of good takeaways. Objectified screens (for FREE) t'mrrw at 1:30 & 3:30, I know crappy hrs but I'll try to swing through for the 3:30. Hopefully someone else can as well.- F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46336 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] How are you changing the (design) process?
Hey IxDA'ers, This quote was influential and inspiring when I first encountered HCI in school: "Usability is not only about improving the quality of the products, but also improving the quality of the process by which products are made." - Rough quote from _A Practical Guide to Usability Testing_ by Ginny Redish & Joseph Dumas, 1999 What have you all done to improve the quality of the process? Were you successful? How do you gauge that success? How did you get into making that improvement? With whom did you partner? Personally, I've taken on a few demons of corporate culture to make such improvements. They were at times torturous, at times primally exhilarating. I've done enterprise personas, built a digital (Morae-based) usability lab in corporate HQ, launched a design pattern library for an enterprise and their external agency partners. Not chest-pounding, but sharing my experience because I know - and still am haunted by? - the mistakes, mis-steps, and compromises made along the way. Success? ... I know most of those tools and others I've done far undershoot my expectations for success. Some of this because no one took them on as life-long causes (myself included), and because in many ways the host wasn't ready for the transplant, so to speak. How? What partners? ... In almost all cases, I picked up the ball and started running with it to start the game. In each case, I had to abide by, bend, break, or disregard rules, norms, limits, constraints and other bureaucratic barriers. In each case, I had to partner with or work with many other players and win the favor of an executive. I think I'll always pursue big projects like this - whether for my employer or our clients - and I'm looking for other stories. Many thanks, Jay -- Jay A. Morgan Director, UX at Gage twitter.com/jayamorgan linkedin.com/in/jayamorgan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Let's stay in touch on LinkedIn
LinkedIn Pedro Soares Neves requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: -- Ravi, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Pedro Accept invitation from Pedro Soares Neves http://www.linkedin.com/e/IqlmnSkYcE3ZEwwWImc8yHdvi4M/blk/I1520755125_2/pmpxnSRJrSdvj4R5fnhv9ClRsDgZp6lQs6lzoQ5AomZIpn8_cBYRcz4RdjsMczkNiiZplAhxjQVTtiYVdP0Qe38Vc3wLrCBxbOYWrSlI/EML_comm_afe/ View invitation from Pedro Soares Neves http://www.linkedin.com/e/IqlmnSkYcE3ZEwwWImc8yHdvi4M/blk/I1520755125_2/39vdj8NdjkTc38RckALqnpPbOYWrSlI/svi/ -- Why might connecting with Pedro Soares Neves be a good idea? Have a question? Pedro Soares Neves's network will probably have an answer: You can use LinkedIn Answers to distribute your professional questions to Pedro Soares Neves and your extended network. You can get high-quality answers from experienced professionals. http://www.linkedin.com/e/ash/inv19_ayn/ -- (c) 2009, LinkedIn Corporation Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Setting up a UX conference in Lisbon - need advice and ideas
I'm setting up a 3-day UX conference in Lisbon, Portugal next year, where many topics such as IA, Usability and IxD will be covered and I would welcome your feedback on the following: - What would make you travel to Portugal for such a conference? - Is the ticket price a decisive factor? If yes, what's the maximum price you would pay? - Is including the plane ticket and accommodation on the conference ticket price something that would help you decide to come? - Who would you like to see as a speaker? - Do you prefer to listen to talks or attend workshops or both? If both, should it have more workshops or more talks? Thank you. Your answers would help a lot. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Setting up a UX conference in Lisbon - need advice and ideas
*What would get me there* 1) Compelling content, especially content I feel I can't get locally. 2) A local experience integrated into the conference that exends my conference experience. 3) Something for "the family". If I'm going far away, bringing the family is a killer card. *Price* 1) Well, yea! it's a factor, but only 1. I think a 3day conference between $700-$1000 (US) *more costs* 1) I'm not sure a package makes sense unless it is undeniably compelling. 2) One reason for this is that many corp folks in order t get "reimbursed" for travel have to use their corporate travel agents, so be careful there. Easier w/ hotels than airfare. 3) For me personally, cheaper is key, so make sure the package is a deal. *speakers* I want chances to be inspired AND I want chances to make stuff! I need advanced thinking, but about here & now thinking So I don't have names, but a tightly curated conference is key. *content* Balance is key and one should flow to the other and back again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46899 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Setting up a UX conference in Lisbon - need advice and ideas
Thanks Dave! Can you elaborate on this "A local experience integrated into the conference that extends my conference experience"? Not sure what you meant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46899 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Setting up a UX conference in Lisbon - need advice and ideas
Being able to make good contacts always attracts me. It makes a difference to be able to 'press the flesh' with people I've only met electronically before, to renew old acquaintances, and make new ones. Content is useful but comes after networking for me. The promise of lively and intelligent discussion and pointers to new directions that I have not considered before is probably the king of content for me. I like taking new views at old problems (an example: getting a good landscape gardener in to talk about their design principles and processes). The alternative is to make a conference compelling to employers: if they're paying for me to attend, then I'll be even happier, but that may take convincing in some cases. The easier you can show value to my work, the easier a job I'll have. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46899 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Setting up a UX conference in Lisbon - need advice and ideas
I think it is an extension of the give me something I can't get here comment, but extending it beyond people to an experience. Ok, here's an example. For CSCW (and maybe for IxDA) my students are creating a social game that gets people exploring what is special about Savannah: It's history, architecture, food, and culture. The game itself could possibly be ported to another city, but the point is to make something different. Last time the IxDA conference was here we had a historic architecture tour guided by the expert faculty of SCAD's historical preservation department. So for example ... if I was in Lisbon ... A bullfight (you guys still do it right, but on horses, no?). Or maybe it is integrated into the content. The big loss of the 2006 IA Summit in Las Vegas was that Dan, Bill & Steve didn't do their workshop on the design of Las Vegas' experience. That would have been incredible. In Miami Beach this past september the IDSA conference had a couple of sections of discussions on the beach with "sand between your toes" and a great party at a beach club. I don't know Lisbon (well at all) so it is hard for me to speculate what would be good and what borders on kitsch, but what's most important is be unique. Also, and this is just for me ... it is always easier if it works within my calendar. I teach Sep-Nov and Jan-May. So Dec and Summer are easy for me. Just sayin'. ;-) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46899 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] National Design Week in NYC is October 18-24, Objectified Film screenings & The Biz of Design w/ Bill Moggridge (FREE), who's in?
Tomorrow (Wednesday) night the 21st is also the Masters of Design exhibit at the Chelsea Art Museum, if you want to try to crash. :) Dan Dan Saffer Principal, Kicker Studio http://www.kickerstudio.com http://www.odannyboy.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] To spec or not to spec?
I can't believe some of the commentary on this thread. The overwhelming
problems of software in the modern world are as a result of whats going on
in this thread! Specifically the problems are
1) *There are many people (product managers) writing functional specs where
the contents are disconnected pieces of "abstract feature stuff."* For
example, the user says "I need to do xyz so that i can meet this goal" and
the product manager says ok "let's add a button that let's the user do xyz."
XYZ is never really designed, with more than a casual thought. Whether
XYZ is the best way to meet the users goal is only mildly considered, maybe
there was a UVW way to do it which wasnt a button at all. Neither XYZ nor
UVW are really drawn out visually, nor tied together in an end to end
scenario, and without that even nobody internally really knows how XYZ will
behave in the milliseconds after you click it, nor think through how xyz and
abc - an older feature- or zyx another new feature - may conflict. If a
user was consulted ("is that what you said? you wanted a button for xyz?")
they will nod their head, because at no point in time is the experience
actually illustrated to the user! So they are imagining something that
doesn't even exist, which ding ding ding, they can't do and neither can
anyone else! This is the most dangerous product design process known to
man! There is no design! Just features! We all march along in
agreement, but we all are almost 100% imaging different physical
implementations!
2) *There aren't actual trained interaction designers researching,
prototyping and detailing the interaction design of the product! * Without
people who can do this, and yes these people must understand how to help
dovetail with dev constraints, many projects fail to deliver an experience.
They may make the check on the functional spec, but they aren't designed
for all of the soft qualities of experience - learnability, findability,
discoverability, usability, pleasure, beauty!
If the world is going to see that design means something - and that there
are people who do it and have skill in it - we have to deconstruct the
mythology around this.
*> In the end, all that matters is an effective product. *
True but this seems to suggest there is no connection between the process
and the result. How many bad mp3 player companies after their functional
spec was written and dev started rolling forward were suddenly going to push
out an iPod? What if all that matters is having a design that people love
and then going to the ends of the earth executing on it. Ya of course we
will have to make hard decisions along the way because of technology and
schedule.
*- Responding to change over following a plan*
Absolutely worthless statement. If you had an abstract non specific plan
then it is going to change because it isn't a fleshed out plan (only a rough
suggestion), and the statement is tautological. But if your plan was
something marvelous and very tangible, then changes are just what you have
to do to achieve that marvelous outcome.
*I just discovered some behaviors this past week...there were no "artifacts"
discussing them.*
That is normal for most companies. Things get built haphazard and you hope
for the best. Some of what gets built is useful but is impossible for users
to find it, so those code paths never get tested and of course in the
abstract functional spec its not there. I assure you interaction designers
do need to exist to focus on the behaviors across the feature set, across
all the buttons, across all of the user paths.
Finally, I know this is a big leap of faith because many have not seen a
good interaction design process in action, so you're used to walking along a
vague set of inputs and then waiting for unknown outputs of the process.
Inevitably though, these people are all in agreement that if* they were
funding* the project out of pocket they would expect to see a specific plan
on what the product is going to look like and how users will use it *before
*the development started.
Navid
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:52 PM, ambrose little <
ambr...@goodexperiencedesign.com> wrote:
> Despite protestations to the contrary, nobody--certainly not I--would
> advocate that you don't need to communicate what needs to be implemented.
> It's a question of how it is done, and traditional func specs are but one,
> very poor (IMO) way to do so.
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:12 AM, paul bryan wrote:
>
> > I think the
> > dimension that segments the responders is the degree to which the
> > people writing the code are separated from decisions about design, in
> > a physical distance, process, or organizational sense.
> >
>
> This can be true, but Scott
> Amblerhas been
> researching, thinking about, and writing about the different
> contexts in which Agile plays, and specifically distributed and large teams
> via his agil...@scale
> blog<
> https
[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] - Senior interaction Designer - San Jose, California - recruiter for CISCO - Permanent
Please post job listed below. Thanks, Brent (Contact Brent at brero...@cisco.com if you are interested in the job posting listed below.) SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER Location: San Jose, California Job Description: The Cisco Security Management User Experience team helps design elegant, powerful, useful, and intuitive interfaces to Cisco security products to help customers manage, configure, and maintain Cisco Security solutions. The role of the interaction designer is to design, test, and specify requirements for user interfaces and user interaction models. Design work will focus on (but is not limited to) graphical user interfaces for client applications. Primary Responsibilities: . Prepare user interface specification documents consisting of wireframes, conceptual models, process flows, navigational maps, mockups, and/or interaction flow diagrams. . Synthesize input from product management, engineering, quality assurance, customer support, systems engineers, customers, and other interaction designers to design new features and refine and extend existing features. . Provide design leadership for one of Cisco's Security Management products including the development of design specifications for complex feature development. . Contribute to, define, and enforce a user interface style guide that will be the foundation for all future security management products. . The ideal candidate will have strong visual design skills and experience rapidly prototyping visual designs for products that implement complex policies. . 3+ years in a senior interaction design, user interface design, human factors engineering, or information architect position. . Proven track record developing, delivering, and documenting high-quality user interface designs for technically complex applications. Knowledge of security management and system administration tools is a definite plus. . Exceptional writing and communication skills. . An understanding of network security products, Internet standards and enterprise networking topologies is highly desirable. Requisition #: R854258 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Golden oldies: pre-web-era book recommendations
One of my favorites is: Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques, by Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46867 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Choosing the right university
I just started at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, MA Interface Design. Highly recommended. From what I have hard, it is similar to Umeå. The group is fairly small. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46844 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Appropriate use of \'i\' information messages
A colleague has asked for some best practice guidelines around the use
of 'information' ('i') messasges.
My advice has been to carefully consider the appropriateness of
including 'information' messages, so that they're only used where
they add real value; and to ensure that the tone, wording, and
appearance makes them easily distinguishable from error messages.
I'd like to provide some generic, good examples of where information
messages work well to help illustrate the guideline.
I've already suggested that they could be used as a 'success'
message at the end of an action, but other than that I've drawn a
blank. Does anyone else have some good examples of where they might
be appropriate?
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forms: Asking for email first during registration?
Another site that asks e-mail first during registration: http://patterntap.com/auth/register/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46826 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] To spec or not to spec?
Not sure if anyone else has run into this but a culture of exhaustive specifications for me is usually the result of a very unhealthy relationship between product management, design, and engineering. I've seen PM's try to out-document each other in order to impress management, as well as engineering resources demand more and more granularity to design specifications as a way to buy time. In the end, Design ends up dealing with a 120 page document that no one really ends up reading, other than as a CYA action. Documentation as a weapon, I kid you not. The solution? First, hire people that use technology, that love technology. You don't know how many times I've asked someone in an interview what websites, apps or designs inspire them and I get a blank stare in return (or even better, the "I really don't mess with technology outside of work" response!). Many design efforts could be streamlined if there was common awareness of ubiquitous solutions. Second, hire folks that can think visually. I've learned that a picture is NOT worth a thousand words. If a picture was worth a thousand words, why do I always have to pair visuals with thousands of words for anyone to understand the design? No amount of spec writing can compensate for staffing an abundance of non-visual engineers and product managers (or God forbid, non-visual designers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46833 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Last FM iPhone app sketches
Love this...makes me realize that not carrying a camera with me back in the day was a missed opportunities to capture work in progress. Lesson Learned!!! It tells an impressive story. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Joe Lanman wrote: > Nice collection of wireframes for Last FM's iPhone app: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastfm/tags/iphone/ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Different navigation for the About Us section of a corporate website
Hello, My company is doing a redesign of the careers and sustainability sections of a corporate website. Does anyone know of any best practices (or advice against) around changing the navigation for the About Us section of a website? For example, on the homepage we have main navigation that is related to the products and offerings, along with an About Us. Once you get in the About Us, would it be ok to show new primary navigation in these sections? There is a lot of content in these sections and the users in there sections have very different needs than the prospective customers. Example with new navigation (microsite): http://www.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2008-09/overview-commitments http://careers.vistaprint.com/ http://walmartstores.com/Sustainability/ Example without: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/ http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] CfP: Brain Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction
Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP Call for paper Brain Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction Workshop at CHI2010 April 11, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, USA http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~agirou01/workshop/ The human brain and body are prolific signal generators. Recent technologies and computing techniques allow us to measure, process and interpret these signals. We can now infer such things as cognitive and emotional states, to create adaptive systems and gain an understanding of user experience. In this workshop, we aim to bring together researchers from fields such as HCI, interaction design, cognitive science, psychology, psychophysiology, game research, neural or bio-engineering, and BCI. The workshop will feature small group brainstorming sessions. Participants will discuss situations that arise when researchers attempt to understand requirements for sensors and devices that measure psychophysiological signals; brainstorm how the data may be processed; but perhaps most importantly evaluate the scenarios and applications that the technologies enable. - Submissions To participate, please submit position papers (3-4 pages in extended abstract format) to agiro...@cs.tufts.edu by 6 Jan, 2010 with "CHI2010 Workshop" in the subject. Papers may describe ongoing work, recent results, or opinions and approaches related to the workshop topic. Papers should include a short biography of the author(s) wishing to attend the workshop (100-150 words). Papers will be peer-reviewed and the organizing committee will select 15-20 participants according to relevance, quality of reported results, diversity of research area and experience, and likelihood that they will stimulate and contribute to the discussion. If accepted, at least one author must register for the workshop and for one or more days of the conference. - Important dates Paper submission: January 6, 2010 Acceptance notification: February 1st, 2010 Final paper submission: March 1st, 2010 Brain Body and Bytes Workshop @ CHI 2010: 11 April 2010 Further information can be found on the workshop website: http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~agirou01/workshop/ If you're interested in the workshop topic, follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/bbbCHI2010 or on Facebook. We post links and cool research about this theme. - Organizing committee * Audrey Girouard, Tufts University * Erin Treacy Solovey, Tufts University * Regan Mandryk, University of Saskatchewan * Robert Jacob, Tufts University * Desney Tan, Microsoft Research * Lennart Nacke, Blekinge Institute of Technology Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] To spec or not to spec?
Agile. Specs have no place in our Scrum environment. 1. Stories (and daily discussions with product owners) drive the plan. 2. Stakeholders (and invited customers) approve/criticize/reject the work done every other week, at our reviews -- they don't approve descriptions about what to code, they approve functionality as demonstrated. 3. Testers use their product knowledge to help shape the development decisions throughout the sprint, so they're not passively waiting for direction. I'm very grateful our days of coding by specs are over. We just jump in and do it, and fix it if we get it wrong. Mary Connor PS: For environments where specifications work, I feel strongly that they belong in a wiki or web CMS (like Drupal) for collaboration, rather than standalone Office documents. Takes a while to wean folks from that. -Original Message- From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of siegy adler I can't think of a good reason not to spec. Can you? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] National Design Week in NYC is October 18-24, Objectified Film screenings & The Biz of Design w/ Bill Moggridge (FREE), who's in?
Hi, Looking for best colleges to continue studies in information architecture, interaction design, usability and user research. Thanks, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46336 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Looking for great User Experience talent
We at Vidli are trying to find a well rounded User Experience contractor for our new video licensing system. In short, what we are looking for is someone who knows how AJAX works, can build some intuitive wireframes that designers and developers can understand and take lead from. We have a far more in depth job posting on our site at http://jobs.vidli.com/apply/df5c/7671 Please do take a look and even if you don't have all the qualifications, we may in the end find you are perfect for the gig. Thanks! Nathaniel Brown http://vidli.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Golden oldies: pre-web-era book recommendations
Thanks for the references so far, everyone. Some are a bit newer than what I was thinking, but I'm sure are good nonetheless. (If we run up to the early '90s, I'd add books by Stewart Brand, Edward Tufte, Scott McCloud, Henry Petroski, and Peter Senge to the list, too.) I forgot to mention another book who's original content's from 30 years ago I read through: Change:Principles of Problem Formulation and Problem Resolution by Paul Watzlawick et al. Published first in 1974, and is more from a clinical counseling perspective, but I think the discussions on paradox and second-order change still apply quite well to business/design problems as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46867 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
