Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web application design references?
Cindy, try The UX Bookmark http://www.theuxbookmark.com . -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.uxquotes.com http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Avinab Singh avinab.si...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Cindy, Over the top of my head this is what I can gather Jared Spool's articles - http://www.uie.com/articles/ Book- Designing Interfaces by Jennifer Tidwell also available on the web http://designinginterfaces.com/ http://designinginterfaces.com/%20 Jakob Nielsen's Articles - http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ Luke Wroblewski's site - http://www.lukew.com/ Collection of resources - http://patterns.littlespringsdesign.com/index.php/Main_Page UI Patterns - http://ui-patterns.com/ Yahoo Patterns - http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ MSDN UI Guidelines - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158625.aspx Apple Human Interface guidelines - http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGHIDesign/XHIGHIDesign.html When I want to buy UX reference books IxDA recommendations are my first look - http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A2L0B8JK4ZQUI/ref=cm_lm_fullview_byauthor/102-6923042-5584158 Avinab Singh MS Human Factors Ergonomics Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial Systems Engineering North Carolina State University On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Cindy Lu cindyl...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to compile a list of web application design references including books, articles, blogs and podcasts. They need to be easily accessible by anyone. What are your frequently used references? Thanks in advance! - Cindy 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 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] Recruiting cold calling: pitfalls?
I found that talking to existing clients is very helpful to understanding the product. I never needed to give an incentive - most clients, though busy people, are excited that someone consults with them. However, calling mature professionals with good public speaking skills, I found that 15 questions isn't a short list; if the rapport is there, it will quickly develop into a conversation. Which is great! I just don't kid myself about the time it takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48615 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] Software for transcription?
I'd also like to recommend Transcribr, a human-sourced transcription service. Simple to use, $1/minute. transcribr.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48573 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] Web application design references?
There is a book designing the obviousby Robert Hoekman may help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48621 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
Hi everyone, thanks for the comments so far. We had a discussion around it yesterday and our conclusion was that UX should be a specific role and not just summarized to categories that actually don't fit. I am curious to learn what your think about that approach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
Hi Jana, Thanks for the opportunity to participate. There was a lot of discussion about mentoring at Interaction '09 and we are in the process of setting up a mentoring program here at the local IxDA LA. I recently became a mentor through the national IxDA. And although I feel they did a great job of pairing us, I don't have a lot of guidelines as to 'how' to mentor. It would be great if the IxDA had a set of guidelines and a more formalized program. Seems like that might be a great topic for the board. Best, Susan Oslin IxDA LA Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] Recruiting cold calling: pitfalls?
I have found that people say one thing and do another. Especially with Would you...? type questions. So your results may not represent the true behaviors of a user. One way around it is to first tell them you are grading and evaluating the status quo NOT them. Everyone likes to be critical of something besides themselves. AND- I interview to find nuggets and go with the flow. In other words- someone may have had a bad experience and would love to tell you their pain points- this may or may not be on your questionaire. Another person may have a wealth of knowledge in a different place. my 2 cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48615 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
UX in Agile Scrum works best when Product Owners can use that bundle of skills to help craft backlog --- and then have that same bundle of skills get deployed on teams during sprints. If you have a good culture (which Catherine rightly points out is more important than the method), and you are lucky enough to have the breathing room, you can often accomplish this by having a Sprint - 0 that's just UX Product Owners, then start rolling the process with UX on teams. But you do need both: I have noticed that whenever UX become more product owner, they lose site of struggles teams are having (or good questions they are generating) the teams tend to stray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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] request for pointers to usability opportunities in Germany
hello folks, How are you doing today? I would like to request your help in pointing to usability opportunities and companies in Germany. I would like to live, understand the culture, and work in Germany for a while. Any leads and pointers welcome. thank you in advance, sreeramen 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
I manage UX for my company. We have had some success with UX recently. Our UX team is six people. One dedicated to first-person usability testing (every two weeks), one dedicated to the care and feeding of the help system (and other written content). The rest are in services to three cross-functional development teams, providing strategy, workflows, wireframes, and design work as needed. We used to have our team members as full members of those development teams, but we found that siloing them away from each other made them ineffective. UX is a cross-functional discipline, and works best in strong collaboration. We sprint just like the development teams, but one sprint ahead (sprint zero), so we're working now on UX deliverables that the developers will need to start building next sprint. A standalone UX team, sprinting alongside the dev teams, one sprint ahead is a new configuration for us, but so far, so good. We're really seeing some signs of success. Let me know if I can offer any specific insights that might be helpful to you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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 much of menu levels should you show?
Hi all! Usually when I designing a web site I always show the full hierarchical structure when someone drilling it self down to a sub page, pretty much like the Windows Explorer tree navigation. Like this for example when a surfer visits the page Subservice item 1: 1. Home2. Services 2.1 Service Item 1 2.2 Service Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.3 Service Item 1 2.4 Service Item 13. Products4. About us5. Contact This approach unfourtnually generates a pretty big menu that is seldom suiteble for horisonatal navigation. How much do you expose of the menu structure? Often I see web sites that just shows the top level menu making it hard to show the surfer where they are in the structure. Best regardsJonas _ Hitta hetaste singlarna på MSN Dejting! http://dejting.se.msn.com/channel/index.aspx?trackingid=1002952 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] Web application design references?
Try Sun's Web Application Design Guidelines: http://developers.sun.com/docs/web-app-guidelines/uispec4_0/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48621 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
Quite the loaded question. A role within a Scrum project is difficult to prescribe without fully understanding the product your trying to produce. First of all, it's important to recognize the product owner. This role is very simple to identify: this is the person that sets the priority of your backlog (your user stories) and has the final word of approval. It's okay for UX to not be the product owner; in fact, in your organization, it's likely that this role might be filled by a business analyst or product manager. Similarly, Scrum Masters are a role that is very much dependent upon each team and project. A Scrum Master should be elected by the members of the team and not appointed unless every member of the team is unfamiliar with the working environment. Based on my experience, I would stay focused on your product. What will it take to produce it? Write stories capturing every aspect of what you seek to build, and then build a Scrum team or teams that organize every party needed to produce that product. If you can't get every resource you need on your Scrum team, that's okay. In fact, those additional resources are actually referred to as SMEs (subject matter experts) and are part of the Scrum organization. To summarize as much as possible, focus on proper story-writing and the creation of a backlog. When writing those stories, be sure to work with the product owner (the ultimate decider, if you will). At the same time, ensure that your Scrum team(s) have the members fully allocated to produce the product you're after. Every sprint should be about taking additional steps towards a releasable product, and every team member should be able to share what the one big goal for the day is in the daily stand-ups. Focus on work more than roles, and focus on getting your UX team aligned with the fellow stakeholders and developers that can help achieve what your after. If the project you're working on is UX born-and-raised (let's say, a project to implement a flexible width layout), then UX will find itself in the product owner position as only the UI developers on the UX team will be able to make the call on whether or not the work fits the bill. If the project you're working on is to implement a new payment system, then the product owner will likely be the business analyst or program manager that is most familiar with the requirements of that product. I hope this crash-course was helpful as it was very much a stream-of-consciousness dialogue. I'd highly recommend that you and your company consider some training in Scrum. A couple of days in a focused course and you'll be thinking about Scrum as a pathway towards better products and working environment rather than a fixed process. This is a great resource that can provide Certified Scrum Master Training as well as many helpful blogs: http://danube.com/training If there's something more specific that you're after, I'll be happy to lend some additional insight should you want it. Good luck! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
See the recent thread by Dave on this talk by Cooper: http://www.cooper.com/journal/2010/01/an_insurgency_of_quality.html Cooper specifically advocates that a senior interaction designer take on the role of product owner. And also the role of pig, not chicken--Cooper's summary of that metaphor is very different from Rich Rogan's above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
Don't make me think.. ;) Look up http://www.useit.com/ where you will find plenty of research which has covered the options available to you here. Regards, B -Original Message- From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of Jonas Skoglund Sent: 26 January 2010 01:31 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] How much of menu levels should you show? Hi all! Usually when I designing a web site I always show the full hierarchical structure when someone drilling it self down to a sub page, pretty much like the Windows Explorer tree navigation. Like this for example when a surfer visits the page Subservice item 1: 1. Home2. Services 2.1 Service Item 1 2.2 Service Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.2.1 SubService Item 1 2.3 Service Item 1 2.4 Service Item 13. Products4. About us5. Contact This approach unfourtnually generates a pretty big menu that is seldom suiteble for horisonatal navigation. How much do you expose of the menu structure? Often I see web sites that just shows the top level menu making it hard to show the surfer where they are in the structure. Best regardsJonas _ Hitta hetaste singlarna på MSN Dejting! http://dejting.se.msn.com/channel/index.aspx?trackingid=1002952 Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2645 - Release Date: 01/25/10 19:36:00 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
My organization is in the middle of a shift towards agile; some projects are there others have not fully made the jump yet. I would agree with others that the best role for a UX person is not the product owner, but a dedicated role on the team. POs really have to have many faces: they're accountable to customers for understanding their wants and needs, to upper management for justifying the existence of a product and making sure that there is enough time and money to build it properly, and finally to the development team for making final decisions on any number of features, scope, etc. I would think that it would be very difficult for a UX person to handle all of these responsibilities (though there is some overlap with what we do) as well as all the detailed work of discovery, design and validation. That being said, I think it is really important for the PO to rely heavily on the UX person/team in informing some of her decisions; these two roles need to be tightly coupled together so as to best reconcile multiple incoming streams of information pertaining to customer needs (i.e. from a marketing/business perspective, any ethnographic and usability work that has been done, etc.). I think that the product owner and the UX person need to understand the customer in different (but equally valuable) ways, but both these levels of understanding need to be taken as a whole when making decisions. One more comment about UX in agile: I've found it very difficult to participate fully in the agile process (task boards, standups, being assigned stories, etc.) as I often have many projects I'm working on at a time (as opposed to a developer's single focus for any given sprint). It can be more difficult to commit to tasks/stories in a given time frame because there are a lot of competing priorities, not just unexpected blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
Susan, thank you for suggesting this, it's a very important topic. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Susan Oslin su...@mmmcreative.com wrote: There was a lot of discussion about mentoring at Interaction '09 and we are in the process of setting up a mentoring program here at the local IxDA LA. I recently became a mentor through the national IxDA. And although I feel they did a great job of pairing us, I don't have a lot of guidelines as to 'how' to mentor. It would be great if the IxDA had a set of guidelines and a more formalized program. Seems like that might be a great topic for the board. Best, Susan Oslin IxDA LA Volunteer 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
Hi Jana, Maybe the IxDA could start thinking about an European version of Interact. An event like that could promote the discipline in the continent. Regards, Alexis Brion IxDA Munich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
I meant the interaction conference, sorry. :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
Off the top of my head: - creating virtual communities of practice around mediums (mobile, web, CE, etc) - creating a job/internship board to move the jobs out of the email stream (or only put them there once a week) and a listing of interaction design firms - create a interaction design dictionary and maintain related wikipedia articles about us - IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts - Mini one-day local conferences 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] Web application design references?
Some more pattern library resources: http://welie.com/index.php http://designingwebinterfaces.com/designing-web-interfaces-12-screen-patterns This one is organized really nicely: http://quince.infragistics.com/ If you need to write a design guideline, in addition to the others posted, here is one from oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/blaf/specs/index.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48621 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] Best role for UX in Agile/ Scrum - Customer vs. Implementer?
I stand corrected, UX'ers should be Pigs! and definitely should talk! The main point I would take out of any of this discussion, is that the methodology is a framework to help a team communicate and create in a timely and effective manner. It should not become a dogmatic entity unto itself, (it often becomes obvious when a process has hit it's limitations and/or is being abused). There's not a long track record to Agile processes, so IMHO Agile/Scrum, it's best to keep it flexible and adapt the process for what works for you. Rich On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Charles Hannon chan...@washjeff.eduwrote: See the recent thread by Dave on this talk by Cooper: http://www.cooper.com/journal/2010/01/an_insurgency_of_quality.html Cooper specifically advocates that a senior interaction designer take on the role of product owner. And also the role of pig, not chicken--Cooper's summary of that metaphor is very different from Rich Rogan's above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48601 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 -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
I like that list. Mini conferences has a ring to it... Mike Mike Caskey UX Magnet On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: Off the top of my head: - creating virtual communities of practice around mediums (mobile, web, CE, etc) - creating a job/internship board to move the jobs out of the email stream (or only put them there once a week) and a listing of interaction design firms - create a interaction design dictionary and maintain related wikipedia articles about us - IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts - Mini one-day local conferences 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 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] request for pointers to usability opportunities in Germany
Hello Sreeramen, I am interested. Regards, Sourabh Rangdal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48640 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
Dan: IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts Is this what you're looking for or are you thinking of something different? http://twitter.com/ixda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:40 AM, pauric wrote: Dan: IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts Is this what you're looking for or are you thinking of something different? http://twitter.com/ixda Oh funny, I didn't even know we had that. Apparently we need a page on The Best Way to Experience IxDA. We probably have this too, though. :) Dan 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] request for pointers to usability opportunities in Germany
Suggest start here - http://www.uid.com/ and expect there will be a chance to meet with other Usability companies at the UPA 2010 conference in Munich - http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2010/index.new.html rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48640 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] IxDA Local group Twitter accounts (re: Board Retreat discussion)
As it seems that most of the local groups also have a twitter account, I'd be nice to see a link to those twitter accounts for follow under the www.ixda.org's /local section. It's currently a bit of a hunt to find them. Here's a few that I've got: (in no particular order) Vancouver: http://twitter.com/ixdavancouver Montreal: http://twitter.com/ixdamontreal Toronto: http://twitter.com/IxDAToronto Columbus: http://twitter.com/ixdacolumbus New York: http://twitter.com/IxDA_NYC Boston: http://twitter.com/bostonixda Atlanta: http://twitter.com/ixdaatlanta Austin: http://twitter.com/austinixda Maine: http://twitter.com/maineixda San Fransisco: http://twitter.com/ixdasf Buenos Aires: http://twitter.com/IxDABA São Paulo: http://twitter.com/ixdasp Anyone else? There's probably more that I've missed. Shaun On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Dan Saffer d...@odannyboy.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:40 AM, pauric wrote: Dan: IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts Is this what you're looking for or are you thinking of something different? http://twitter.com/ixda Oh funny, I didn't even know we had that. Apparently we need a page on The Best Way to Experience IxDA. We probably have this too, though. :) Dan 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
My 2 cents, er ideas: 1. A speaker network. Most local groups opperate with no budget so it would be nice to have list of speakers that are wiling to speak for free if/when they happen to be in town. Maybe it could be tied to Tripit or Dopplr so that it that notifies a city's local leader when any speakers are planning a trip to their neck of the woods. 2. An initiative registry. Since we're all volunteers, it's hard to stay focused on some of the smaller initatives. When someone gets too busy to see an idea through, we loose a lot of institutional memory. If there was an initiative registry on IxDA.org people could look them up, see who's got the ball, progress, etc. If it's lost momentum or not moving as fast as you'd like you could sign on to help. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Dan Saffer d...@odannyboy.com wrote: Off the top of my head: - creating virtual communities of practice around mediums (mobile, web, CE, etc) - creating a job/internship board to move the jobs out of the email stream (or only put them there once a week) and a listing of interaction design firms - create a interaction design dictionary and maintain related wikipedia articles about us - IxDA Twitter account for announcements/news of interest and perhaps even tying this to the email list/web site to announce when a new thread starts - Mini one-day local conferences 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 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] IxDA Local group Twitter accounts (re: Board Retreat discussion)
Shaun, many thanks for this! In the meantime, I will start a Twitter list to be a place to collect all the local groups. http://twitter.com/#/list/ixda/ixda-local-groups Chicago: http://twitter.com/ixdachicago %20http://twitter.com/ixdachicago On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Shaun Bergmann shaunbergm...@gmail.comwrote: As it seems that most of the local groups also have a twitter account, I'd be nice to see a link to those twitter accounts for follow under the www.ixda.org's /local section. It's currently a bit of a hunt to find them. Here's a few that I've got: (in no particular order) Vancouver: http://twitter.com/ixdavancouver Montreal: http://twitter.com/ixdamontreal Toronto: http://twitter.com/IxDAToronto Columbus: http://twitter.com/ixdacolumbus New York: http://twitter.com/IxDA_NYC Boston: http://twitter.com/bostonixda Atlanta: http://twitter.com/ixdaatlanta Austin: http://twitter.com/austinixda Maine: http://twitter.com/maineixda San Fransisco: http://twitter.com/ixdasf Buenos Aires: http://twitter.com/IxDABA São Paulo: http://twitter.com/ixdasp Anyone else? There's probably more that I've missed. Shaun 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
Specifically, mega dropdowns could be a good place to start (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html). Microsoft's site is an effective example of this concept of organizing a huge amount of content into a clean horizontal navigation bar via mega dropdowns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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] Cooper's reprise to the Insurgency of Quality (this time to developers)
dave malouf wrote: There is nothing wrong with wanting to have quality engineering done efficiently with the goal of the customer in mind (BTW do we design for customers or humans or humanity?) but the developer at his soul is a carpenter there to take the order of the architect, contractor and building mogul. Yet amazingly enough, we ignorant developers managed to create all sorts of amazing products in the 80s and 90s without designers holding our hands or telling us where to put the pixels or what color they should be. If your (collective, not just Dave) general attitude towards developers is that they are robots ignorant of design or aesthetics who exist only to do your bidding, I think you have bigger problems than how to implement agile or whatever. When I started writing visualization software and implementing infrastructure at startups, it wasn't because at [my] soul I wanted to do the bidding of designers. It was because I got to find and solve really hard problems and work with really bright people at the same time. -- J. E. 'jet' Townsend, IDSA Design, Fabrication, Hacking design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... 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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
How about ways to enable members outside of areas served by local groups to interact more directly with other members? It's a selfish request, as I live outside of a major center, and the nearest local group is about 500 miles away. But I imagine I'm not the only one. Mentoring helps, and local mini-conferences would perhaps bring more opportunities closer to more people. Yet maybe there are other ways to enable more one-on-one discussions and active participation that involve more remotely-located members. A couple ideas: -virtual seminars -local group roadshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] 1 Year Masters Course in Interaction Design
Carnegie Mellon also has a three-semester joint MHCI program in Pittsburgh and Portugal, from which I just graduated (http://www.m-iti.org/mhci). While it was sad to leave Pittsburgh and all of the resources, brilliant minds and pioneers in the field there, Portugal definitely had a laid-back personal atmosphere and a few resources of its own. For instance Larry Constantine is a pioneer in his own right in human-centered software engineering, and he not only taught a course but also gave personalized workshops on model-driven inquiry for any team of students who asked. Dan Boyarski led a workshop in information visualization. And Don Norman came during the summer. I learned a lot from the faculty on both sides of the ocean, whose varied backgrounds made gave me several different tools with which to approach a design challenge. So the Portugal MHCI is more like a start-up program than the established flagship one in Pittsburgh. It depends what kind of atmosphere you want. But I think that either one is a great choice for a masters degree that is really oriented toward the professional who wants to work in the industry immediately after graduating. A lot of my colleagues who graduated from the 1-year Pittsburgh program a few months earlier are already working at cool companies and doing amazing things. Both programs offer the same core courses, which give you a solid understanding not only of how to design on an interaction level but also how an entire system should fit together to best support the workflow or tackle the problem being addressed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48436 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] Cooper's reprise to the Insurgency of Quality (this time to developers)
On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:13 AM, j. eric townsend wrote: Yet amazingly enough, we ignorant developers managed to create all sorts of amazing products in the 80s and 90s without designers holding our hands or telling us where to put the pixels or what color they should be. If your (collective, not just Dave) general attitude towards developers is that they are robots ignorant of design or aesthetics who exist only to do your bidding, I think you have bigger problems than how to implement agile or whatever. I wouldn't take Alan's attitude toward developers to be the norm. In fact, I find it a little dated. It might have been true or warranted in the 80s or 90s that there was a strong line and animosity between designers and developers, but I haven't found that to be the case on any project I've worked on, at least in the '00s and I hope going forward. Most of the developers I've worked with have been valuable collaborators, and the line between design and development gets blurrier every day. Especially with web work, designers and developers are often the same person. I've stolen some great design ideas from developers that have definitely improved the end product. We shouldn't forget that we're not the ones who create the product: developers, engineers, and manufacturers are. We're just making the plans. We rely on their skills to execute and hopefully improve upon our ideas. Dan Dan Saffer Principal, Kicker Studio http://www.kickerstudio.com @odannyboy on Twitter 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] IxDA Local group Twitter accounts (re: Board Retreat discussion)
Shaun, many thanks for this! In the meantime, I will start a Twitter list to be a place to collect all the local groups. Greetings from IxDA Waterloo! You'll find us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/IxDAWaterloo 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] Cooper's reprise to the Insurgency of Quality (this time to developers)
JET, The economic realities are what I'm alluding to, not how practice should be. The reality is that coding is a commodity akin to other craftspeople and that is a different problem. Designers who are craftspeople are similarly in the same position. The designers who are looking towards converged design and transdisciplinary business management that are moving (for now) beyond the commodity. I like how Dan spun my take a bit. respect those that do the building. That is definitely true. What I dislike is the assumption that they get my respect and not visa versa. That their implicit role is all that is necessary for them to earn my respect, yet I have to change my entire framework and language system to gain theirs. My major point here though is that this discussion about agile has been framed incorrectly. Alan's talk is part of a reframing and I appreciate that effort. I disagree with his attempt, but agree with its necessity. As I said recently on Twitter. I believe in the power of Big Design Up Front. Alan seems to be trying to cover it up w/ language that softens the blow and say that the people doing it now are better than the people who did it before, but he doesn't quite fess up to what he's asking for. I often fall back on Buxton's talks that fight the push towards agile when he talks about how software dev folks have tried to reframe design to fit there, as opposed to reframe dev to fit design. Design in other areas is very upfront and doesn't really seem to be problematic. It is indeed iterative and collaborative, but definitely up front. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48622 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] [Plug] IxDA Discount to Steve Portigal's Interview Questions Webinar
Hi Everyone, With the recent discussion of asking customers questions for research (thanks Melissa Casburn!), I wanted to make sure everyone knew about our upcoming UIE Virtual Seminar on the subject. WHAT: Deep Dive Interviewing Secrets: Making Sure You Don't Leave Key Information Behind WHO: Steve Portigal WHEN: Thursday, January 28, 1:30pm ET WHERE: 90-minute online webinar COST: $129 per connection (pile everyone into a conference room) WEB SITE: http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/questions/ I'm very excited that Steve Portigal will be talking about this topic which is critical to good user research, but hardly ever discussed amongst researchers and folks new to the field. We all know that asking the right questions is essential, but how do you prepare and ensure you're getting the most value from your interviews? As an IxDA reader, you can use the cleverly-chosen promotion code IXDA to get lifetime access to the seminar's recording for your entire organization. This means, in addition to watching it live, you can make sure everyone on your team sees it. You can find out more and register here: http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/questions/ See you there (virtually), Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: jsp...@uie.com p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: @jmspool 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
Foodnetwork does a good job of showing horizontal navigation. www.foodnetwork.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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] Editing of profile details
One approach to editing profile details (title, status, address, mission statement, etc.), is to edit them in place, AJAX-style. An alternative approach is to use a specialized page, tab or pop-up, with some variation of a submit action. I am designing an interface for a project in a corporate environment, and I find that as the data gets more complex, it's not easy to choose the correct approach, or to mix and match. When i look for examples from teams I follow (Facebook and LinkedIn come to mind) it seems to me they have similar headaches. I am looking for an example of a very slick web 2.0 solution in a mainstream platform with moderately complex data (managing lists of items, not just name-and-address-and-photo). I am also wondering what can these days be assumed about the familiarity of the general public with Facebook and LinkedIn (for example). Would you require editing on-place in the way Facebook does, if you were designing for different age groups? Your thoughts? 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
Have you ever tried a navigation path? A breadcrumb as a secondary menu applying a style to make it pretty for horitzontal design. When a user visit the page you mention Subservice item 1 will found something like this: 1. Home 2.Services 3.Product 4.About Us 5.Contact Home Services Service Item Service Item2 Subservice Item You will get a clear navigation menu and a navigation path where the user always know where is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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] Job; Jr. Interaction Designer; New York, NY; The Cementbloc; Freelance
The Junior Interaction Designer is responsible for developing digital user experience for this rapidly expanding, independent consumer healthcare agency. The ideal candidate will likely have 1-3 years experience as an information architect, content strategist, and/or business analyst responsible for functional specifications. In addition to helping to integrate the digital competency into the agency's core service model, the Interaction Designer serves as a partner for the Account and Creative team, assuming responsibility for digital solutions for integrated client programs. Responsibilities * Developing wireframes, prototypes and writing interface design specifications (annotated wireframes and business rules) * Developing customer profiles, personas, scenarios and use cases * Developing sitemaps, content models, and modular information architecture * Conducting formal and informal user research * Conducting stakeholder interviews, card sort exercises, and synthesizing results in a meaningful and actionable way * Conducting heuristic analysis and making recommendations for improvement * Working closely with creative teams to ensure that the interaction design is seamlessly brought to life Required Skills * Experience working directly with clients in an agency or consultative setting * Ability to analyze client challenges and develop creative solutions * Effective communication skills, both orally and written as well as diagrammatic forms * Knowledge in programs including (but not limited to); MS Office, Indesign and Internet browsers * Detail oriented and a demonstrated commitment to the accuracy and completeness of information with ability to see the big picture * Proven interpersonal skills, client relation skills and ability to work in a team environment * Creative thinker * Positive attitude with a genuine desire to further the business objectives of The CementBond's existing and prospective clients * Desire to join a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment Definite Assets and Differentiators * Experience architecting and documenting web applications * Strong understanding of Flash, CMS systems, Java, HTML * Good understanding of internationalization and localization All qualified applicants should send their cover letter, resume, and salary history to i...@thecementbloc.com kristina denis | human resources coordinator | the cementbloc 162 fifth avenue . ny, ny 10010 . t.917.305.5593 Please Note: The information contained in this email message is a PRIVATE communication. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or use it or disclose it to others. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
oh brilliant 'mega dropdowns' - I was looking for some information on these too. Just the ticket! thanks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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] How much of menu levels should you show?
Although there is no hard and fast rule or agreed principle on how many levels to show, the architecture of the menu tree should probably be decided on the overall essence of the page and the grade of users that it attracts. If discovery is in itself an attraction, and convincing enough for users to find their way, one level should do. Another would be to have two levels of horizontal bars, with the top bar displaying the main menu items, and the second bar displaying the next level items of a selected main menu item. This context is pretty intuitive, and manageable if the text can fit in well. All the best :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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] Usability List on Twitter
FYI...I've adding usability/ux/captology/accessibility folks to my Twitter UX/Usability list as I find them - http://twitter.com/#list/kim_cre8pc/usability-ux-design If you are not on it and would like to be, I am at http://twitter.com/kim_cre8pc or please see my email addy below. Thanks. Kimberly Krause Berg Usability/SEO Consultant Email: cre...@gmail.com Cre8pc.com Cre8asiteforums.com UsabilityEffect.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] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input
I'd like to say Angel has done an awesome job running IXDA LA. Her contributions and organizational skills to put things together should be rewarded by giving her access to a talent network of speakers by creating a speaker board like blackspeakersonline.com or diversityspeakersonline.com or blackspeakers.com. Hooking in that functionality into ning would be great to make her life easier to let people RSVP or be notified of upcoming events. I think an auto blast email reminder system should also be set up so she can just set up the event and the system handles all reminders at certain intervals to encourage people to be careful of their RSVP's so that they show up more often than not. I also think an interface for meeting locations could be tied in as well so it can all be managed in one place for her and other leaders of groups around UX. This would help coordination a lot and reduce her load since she gets busy a lot with full time job. I think it would be helpful to make a persona called a day in the life of an IXDA organizer or president of a chapter. It would be really educational for new UX people to see how someone created personas for the membership, then one for the organizer (as the business stakeholder), then how all of this gets ranked as important or prioritized then the criteria IXDA finds important would be matched against it and a set of primary and secondary goals would be picked to pursue what needs to be developed. Then a framework would be discussed that would facilitate this best. The project would be used as a discussion tool/contextual inquiry but in real time so its best as you go. In other words using IXDA site as a case study so new people can learn how this profession works by making the IXDA the case study. :) Virtual seminars with whiteboard or using Blackboard or Moodle would be great and much easier to manage since booking live space can be challenging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48599 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] Usability List on Twitter
Elizabeth Buie put together a great UX Tweeps list for those interested :-) http://www.luminanze.com/blog/labels/ux%20tweeps.html Cheers, SemanticWill One week until Savannah! Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems Will Evans | Director, Experience Design tel: +1.617.281.1281 | w...@semanticfoundry.com http://blog.semanticfoundry.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/semanticwill aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Kim Krause Berg (Cre8pc) wrote: FYI...I've adding usability/ux/captology/accessibility folks to my Twitter UX/Usability list as I find them - http://twitter.com/#list/kim_cre8pc/usability-ux-design If you are not on it and would like to be, I am at http://twitter.com/kim_cre8pc or please see my email addy below. Thanks. Kimberly Krause Berg Usability/SEO Consultant Email: cre...@gmail.com Cre8pc.com Cre8asiteforums.com UsabilityEffect.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 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] Usability List on Twitter
Thanks for passing this along, Will. A URL that's easier to remember (and which helps me track hits) is http://bit.ly/UXTweeps. I'd appreciate it if folks would use this one when spreading the word. Thanks! i welcome requests or recommendations to add individuals. It may take me a week or two after I get your request, because I'm pretty swamped right now and I wait until I have several new people to add. Elizabeth On Jan 26, 2010, at 22:38, Will Evans wkeva...@gmail.com wrote: Elizabeth Buie put together a great UX Tweeps list for those interested :-) http://www.luminanze.com/blog/labels/ux%20tweeps.html Cheers, SemanticWill One week until Savannah! Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems --- --- --- --- Will Evans | Director, Experience Design tel: +1.617.281.1281 | w...@semanticfoundry.com http://blog.semanticfoundry.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/semanticwill aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill --- --- --- --- On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Kim Krause Berg (Cre8pc) wrote: FYI...I've adding usability/ux/captology/accessibility folks to my Twitter UX/Usability list as I find them - http://twitter.com/#list/kim_cre8pc/usability-ux-design If you are not on it and would like to be, I am at http://twitter.com/kim_cre8pc or please see my email addy below. Thanks. Kimberly Krause Berg Usability/SEO Consultant Email: cre...@gmail.com Cre8pc.com Cre8asiteforums.com UsabilityEffect.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 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] Usability List on Twitter
P.S. There are over 600 people on my list. (I don't follow them all. :-) Elizabeth 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] Interaction Design Concept Mockups on video - which software tools?
Hi. I'm teaching HCI Design at undergraduate level, and I want my students share their DIx concepts on video. Unfortunately I'm not specialist in video-making tools. Therefore, I was wondering if you can give me some advise about the basic software tools and some tutorials about the process. Thank you. Greetings, Omar Sosa Tzec. 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] Help some design students in the Bay Area with field research
Hello, I am teaching an interaction design class at Stanford and as part of the class I am helping students set up sites for field research for their projects. We are still looking for people to interview who fall into the categories listed below and I was wondering if any of you on this list might be interested in volunteering yourself as a subject. Normally I don't solicit subjects off this list for my projects but in this case, I thought I would see if anyone was interested in volunteering to talk to students because I think it's sort of fun to be interviewed by fledgling designers. We're looking for people who fall into any ONE of the following categories: - Have close family who lives remote from you that you communicate with on a regular basis using phone, email, web, etc... - Use any health-related device like a glucose monitor, blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor (i.e. for exercise) on a regular basis - Have a senior living in your home (or are a senior yourself) who needs some special assistance HOW THE INTERVIEWS WILL WORK: The students are doing all the field interviews on Sunday, January 31 and Monday, February 1. The students will be conducting the interviews in their projects groups of four which will include 2 Stanford students and 2 students from Peking University in China (it's a collaborative class with Peking U). If you can spare the time for an interview, a group of 4 VERY enthusiastic students will come to your house and ask you some questions about your experience with the particular subject matter. So, if you're interested and live in the Bay Area, review the list above and let me know if you fall into one of the categories and are available this upcoming Sunday or Monday. Cheers, Julie _ Julie Stanford Principal, Sliced Bread Design www.slicedbreaddesign.com | 650-969-0400 x706 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstanford 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
