Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Ahistoricity of Interaction Design
Adam, Should good designers read %u201Cin the history of adjacent design disciplines%u201D? Yes. My guess - all responders here agree with that notion. So actually the debate is not around what I perceive as your main point. It is more about tone, language, twitter lists, whose fault it is etc... You say you meet many juniors who do not read outside recent Ixd more practical stuff. Well you are probably right; they are probably not great or even good designers. Some of them will never be. Others will mature, read more, have the talent and experience and become good designers. Are all designers really good? Do all designers read great, inspiring books? Hey we%u2019re (as for designers) human, so for me the obvious answer is NO. The same answer is true for other design disciplines. Do all Architects read these books? I don%u2019t think so. Is reading in the history of adjacent design disciplines part of education programs? Is it part of the agenda on conferences and journals? Now that is important and it should be there (and usually is)! %u2026 but you wouldn%u2019t know %u2026 %u201CI don%u2019t follow those names, pay any attention to the various sites and journals people like me are supposed to read, or attend the community%u2019s events%u201D So for me, on your main point %u2013 we agree. I would like to address two minor issues that came up as part of your responses here. One %u2013 you are disappointed from people%u2019s twitter list for not having any inspiring people there. Do you really mean I will get more deep and inspiring knowledge from someone%u2019s twits? 140 characters of inspiration- that%u2019s it? Well as for me, I look elsewhere for inspiration. My twitter is more about fun and practical info. I think you are looking in the wrong place. And about language %u2013 I actually envy you for your large vocabulary. How to write your blog, well that is, as you probably know a question of goals. Do you want others to read your blog and if so who are these others. Only you can answer that. I would like to note that %u2013 some of us actually went to a %u201Cuniversity worth the name%u201D but the teaching language was not English. I definitely think that it is not only looking outside our discipline but also outside our culture, don%u2019t you? -Nurit www.nuritperes.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47932 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] Searching People: Best Practices
A well known phonetic matching algorithm is Soundex, I think it is built-in in Oracle, it is definitely ok to start with... it is very important for names, not only people names but also companies, that people many times fail to spell or has a few variations. Specially if users come from different language backgrounds. I also used type-ahead in a similar search (but not only for last name). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41113 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] Product entering Middle East market
I can try and will be happy to share information... but you'll have to be a bit more specific. What type of software? What do you want to know...? Are you including a language change? ... Nurit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41047 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] Command line vs. menu driven interface
AutoCAD 2009 still has a command line and from what I see many users prefer it. But they did invest in moving to a Ribbons menu recently. I would love to see their data about CLI vs. menu (if they have any...) Nurit Peres www.sivandesign.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40330 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] Joel Spolsky claims the "Program Manager" role does UI design... ????
Well... of course without the right education / training in UX / IxD, the job can't be done, whatever the title is... But with adequate knowledge and experience this is actually a good title. I also like the idea that this person should not report to the CTO, I see it in many companies and I think it is wrong. The issue of title and hierarchy may seem insignificant when you are a consultant but it does affect your ability to do your job when you are part of the team. This is not in any way a comment about IxD content, means or training, which are of course very important, and Joel list miss that totally. But a few of the ideas there are good and may help some of us in our own backyard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39701 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] Joel Spolsky claims the "Program Manager" role does UI design... ????
I generally agree with Patrick. I think the title can work for us. I do believe that when you design you are actually responsible, more than others for the product success, so the program manager title is better than interaction designer or user experience, etc. I like the full responsibility it gives us. It also brings us closer to the "business plate" (Andrew!) which means more influence (and usually more money). On the other hand, his view regarding user interface design is outdated and..mmm... well not serious. The job description is quite cool but IxD as a discipline description is very poor. We should try to turn this to our advantage, I think it is possible. Maybe write on Joel%u2019s discussion board? (Hopefully someone more articulate than me...) Nurit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39701 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
