>
> My advice + $1.50 will buy you a cup of coffee. :)
>
You got some cheap coffee over there :-)
This has been thoroughly researched: It takes about 10.000 hours to be
really world-class excellent at something. That holds true for pretty much
anything you do, be it sports, writing, macrame, robo
The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is very pleased to announce
its full slate of speakers for its first annual conference
Interaction08 to be held in hip, historic Savannah, Georgia USA on
February 8-10, 2008. The conference will be held on the campus of
Savannah College of Art and D
Dmitry,
Yes, it is indeed pathetic that I need to "invent a completely new
ontology...to justify [my] point."
Welcome to the terminology hell that is software. You'll notice that I
spend an inordinate amount of words in all of my books and articles
clearing out a semantic space where I can ma
Kevin, Anne,
Thanks for your comments. I think you get my point. This article has
nothing to do with IxD.
It surprises me immensely to find readers on THIS list missing the
central point of my article. When I refer to "design engineers" I am NOT
referring to designers of human-facing form and
Steven, Jason, and others looking:
1. Fresh out of school, an agency is just not the place to work. Not only
would I recommend trying for an inside position - I would try for one in
something like a company's marketing department; then as you gain
experience, you can begin to insidiously practice g
Hi Bora,
You might want to look at this way. Don't look at the overall cost.
Ask them for a breakdown of why it is 160 dollars an hour.
>From the breakdown, you can validate where the cost is going.
You can then try to see if those areas of the cost, can be taken care
by you or your company so
Hi Steve (and others searching for jobs)
I had a quick look at your portfolio site, and now I'm going to be
honest (but I hope you'll take this as constructive criticism).
Let's look at it through the eyes of someone looking for a mid-level
designer. My goal: I want someone who can design, for
Steven,
A development background is not by itself a hindrance to entering the
field (many people on this list, myself included, come from one).
However, depending on the kind of position you are applying for, it
may be more or less relevant. In an agency environment, where
ideas/concepts are usual
I just watched the demo and overall I think this is really cool. I
love the interfaces with Flickr and esp the Forward option that lets
users stay connected at all times. The video in the IM window is also
pretty cool. As a IM user myself however I don't usually take
advantage of the calling and te
Jason,
I think a lot of agencies are interested primarily in hiring senior
level talent, because, beyond the raw talent as Dan describes it,
there is also a need to be able to communicate with clients, manage
time and project work, and coordinate with other team members that
usually comes with ind
On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:33 PM, pauric wrote:
> You've got Dan Saffer on the line giving
> you advice if you hadnt noticed!
My advice + $1.50 will buy you a cup of coffee. :)
>
> I believe Dan Saffer has said in the past that you shouldnt 'work
> for free' to fill out your portfolio (correct me)
Dan: "Your portfolio has to say: I am a person with good ideas and
skills you can use."
Jason, have you thought about complimenting your portfolio with a
blog? Something that's going to demonstrate the kind of thinking
that Dan refers to.
Also, take my advice with a pinch of salt as I've worked a
Most people in software don't know what User Experience Design truly is, let
alone Interaction Design. Heck, my friend's boss is *just* starting to
accept that she's a "User Experience Designer" and not "The Usability
Person" (that happened, um, today-- we're celebrating with cake ...).
We've talk
That would be
http://www.frogreview.com/
Dmitry
On 10/30/07, Nasir Barday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't heard of such a resource, but this sounds like a great initiative
> we could undertake as an organization: A forum for critiques of our own
> output and of products that currently exi
On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Jason Barbarich wrote:
> is there anything in particular you look for
> when you see a potential junior IA/ID/UxD? Should we all have some
> sort of
> crucial skill on lock? Is there something that NEEDS to be in our
> sparsely
> populated portfolio? Or is it rea
Try adapting the intern route or doing a Masters.
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Thanks Anne, you hit nail on the head.
This is how I read the article and I can from personal experience
relate to Coopers sentiments. I think there is a distinction between
designing how something should work and then designing how you should
build it. Cooper refers to the latter as Desig
Pooja,
Your inspiration will come from outside the Health industry. 90% of
US Healthcare is 10 years behind the technology and design curve...
and backwards (i.e. not patient-centric).
Giant issue in the HC-space: there is zero data interoperability (for
example no CCD/CCR/C32 validation or data
I'm also trying to "break into" the field. I've haven't been searching
nearly as long, but I'm having some similar experiences.
For my portfolio, I left out nearly everything I did as coursework, except
for one "ooh, shiny" project, but the remainder of my work was either
school-contexted (extracu
I haven't heard of such a resource, but this sounds like a great initiative
we could undertake as an organization: A forum for critiques of our own
output and of products that currently exist.
Now that I think of it, I remember someone posting a link to a Flash movie
of two "design-minded frogs" c
Coming from a motion graphics "design" & production background and
being relatively new to the software realm and the concept of IxD .
Which I partially find annoying to have yet another term born into
the world that uses the word "Design" in it and always ends up
getting everyone in trouble. (b
On 10/30/07, Jason Barbarich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> members have mentioned that they are taxed with the job of reading resumes
> and interviewing applicants - is there anything in particular you look for
> when you see a potential junior IA/ID/UxD? Should we all have some sort of
> crucial sk
I second that After Effects is used. From what i've experienced using
the program the effects used are all available in AE, but i'm not
sure how they did the writing in the form at the beginning though...
but it doesn't look like a movie, just a screenshot that is
animated.
. . . . . . . . . . .
In the past few months I've run into quite a few designers, studios,
developers, etc. who have begun offering Usability services to their
clients. However after talking to them for a while it becomes clear that
they really don't know what Usability is (they've never conducted a
usability test,
Hi Bora,
In my experience, there are three factors driving hourly cost for tests:
- facility and travel costs
- expertise level - mobile frequently costs more because there's a bit
of specialized expertise necessary
- where the consulting firm is located
We, for example, charge a premium due to o
The hard way:
1) take fully designed photoshop files and rotate and perspective
transform the image(s) or toss them into a 3D modeling app.
2) import into a video editing app-- or flash -- and do your zooms,
pans and scans using the timeline and export to flash video.
The *really* easy way (
ACtually Rich, I think you are overreaching the advances of IxD and UX
for most programmers.
Let's give a taste. When I was interviewing for the UX Evangelist
position @ MS I learned a few things about reality.
1. There are some 20-25 million MS developers worldwide. That is ONLY
MS developers. T
Mike,
The video is pushed through Flash, which has been pointed at before. But
with the more complex camera movement; the change of aspect combined with a
pan; I would guess they took static screenshots and animated them in After
Effects or another compositing package. A good AE guy could've run
[ Moderator's note: Posted on behalf of Richard Dalton.]
To give submitters a little more time over the weekend we've
extended the deadline for all types of papers (except research
papers, which remains 11/30) to midnight (EST) on Sunday 11/4.
Richard
2008 IA Summit Chair
. . . . . . . . .
Note I think Cooper has some great ideas, and has really aided me and this
community, he is not perfect, and this latest article just seems old news,
and of little relevance to my situation.
Regarding Anne's comment: "I'm confused that his essay is being interpreted
as an attack on interaction des
Hi-
This position has the primary responsibility of overseeing all tasks
associated with the User Experience team including strategic design,
usability testing, tactical design, and associated management efforts.
Your role combines oversight of the user experience of a consumer Web
application
IMO, "Design engineer" does not equal "designer" in this article. Cooper is
describing well-designed code, not well-designed interfaces.
I'm confused that his essay is being interpreted as an attack on interaction
design. He states very clearly in his essay that he's not talking about this
-- he's
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "how the video on this page
was done"
I'm sure you already know it's Flash video.
As for the content of the video itself, it looks like they just had an
animator do some simple 3D stuff with screenshots, mouse pointers, and
screen capture vids. Pre
it looks like it is. camtasia, captivate and snap x all make videos of your
screen and provide various means of adding annotations. this looks like a
professionally made video using elements of a real or even simulated
desktop.
On 10/30/07, Mike Scarpiello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can anyone
I often get applicants fresh out of school and I'm always
disappointed when their portfolio consists entirely of
homework assignments. To me, anyway, that's an indicator
that they didn't have enough interest or ambition in
their field to do at least a few freelance projects (who
doesn't have a cou
When I was a young art director I used to hire folks to operate a camera and
record my vision. As I got more experienced, and my budgets grew, I began to
hire photographers with great skill and hand over my very vague vision for them
to run with. I think any profession can be broken down to 'pr
As far as I can tell, you're comfortable with Cooper's division of
engineers -- although you're accustomed to different terminology...so
let's pass over that.
It seems that you believe that there once was a tendency for builders
to start building before the underlying work of the designer was i
Hello all. I am new to this list, but I wanted to get some people's opinion.
I received an SOW from a usability firm in San Francisco for user testing on
a mobile device. They want to charge $160 per hour for their consulting time
and some material costs. This seems like a very high rate, but I hav
First time I've actually created my own message here, just wanted to preface
it by saying thanks so much to all the users who make the IxDA list as
awesome as it is (which is very awesome).
Anyway, I graduated from the School of Communication, Information and
Library Studies (SCILS) at Rutgers Univ
Here's another visualization link of interest:
http://prefuse.org/
AND it looks like they just (last week) posted an alpha release of
"flare" http://flare.prefuse.org/
(Prefuse for Flash) on Sourceforge -
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98962
Sarah Geitz, Senior Design Ma
Can anyone explain how the video on this page was done? I use Camtasia and
Abobe Captivate now to make web demos and training materials, but this one
kinda looks like a video of a video.
Thanks.
http://www.restaurant.com/
*Come to
Amen Rich.
While reading this article, I've tried very had to understand why Alan
has gone to the lengths of inventing a completely new ontology of
software development to justify his point.
The only reason I can think of is that, to a person who is not
familiar with basic principles of software
It seems like I completely fell off the planet... but here's the
format I would like to introduce tonight at our first F2F.
1. Every F2F will have a topic. I have already proposed one for
tonight.
2. Every attendee will get to speak towards the topic as part of
creating a dialogue with the group.
In Coopers article he seems to "Jump the Shark", (makes assumptions that
have little relevance to most companies I've worked for), when he writes:
"Of course you can see how both of these problems, (engineers don't know
how/can't follow design), would stem from the same root: if a programmer has
n
http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
I'm proud of this one. I worked with a great PM who believed in the design
vision. Some of
1. Focus on friends. the friends list is once again the primary focus
of the main window. bigger display images, more room for status messages,
and a contextual too
I worked with United Health Group/Ingenix on their billing/claims
adjudification software, which delt with identifying and matching
proceedures and modifiers, with contractual obligations, inorder to identify
payment discrepencies.
Ingenix is the leading source of medical procedure codes and their
Haven't done any application design, but am working on a project for
customers/patients. The biggest challenge to me isn't the design
requirements, it's getting buy-in from the decision makers as they're
under a super tight budget with pressure from the top to deliver by a
set date. Sadly,
Susan Webber from LBi in the UK did a great presentation on the user research
and design of the Map of Medicine for mobiles (MobileMap) at Euro IA. Her
presentation isn't up on the web site, but I am sure that she would be willing
to discuss her findings with you directly.
http://www.euroia.org
Pooja,
I was a designer in the Health Care industry for three and a half years,
with two different medical companies. One of which provided an EMR
(Electronic Medical Record) applciation, and a PHR (Personal Health
Record). The other provided applications to Physicians that facilitated the
viewi
The interesting thing I get out of the article is making the
distinction between programmers who like to design and programmers
who like to build . Many times in my experience there are different
ego's involved when working on a project sometimes they clash and
it's detrimental to the project. Some
re: Processing and the O'Reilly book: It will also be of interest to
some to link Ben's PhD thesis, from Media Lab, on this topic.
http://benfry.com/
(see 25 Aug 05)
--
Al Matthews
http://fatmilk.tv
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Posted from the new ixda.
I found this article an excellent read - almost like a loose
manifesto. I have not read his books but this article has some great
gems.
>> Software is the only medium where the construction materials are
entirely the same as the design materials: source code.
For some, as David put it, it is Pho
Microsoft has developed what they call a Clinical UI guidelines
document.
Here is an article about it:
http://www.examiner.com/p-37868~Microsoft_Helps_Developers_of_Clinical_User_Interfaces_Improve_Efficiency__Patient_Safety_With_Free_Toolkit.html
Enjoy!
Otherwise I believe that healthcare is o
Hi All,
Does any member have designed the application for hospital or related health
care fields? Is there any Samples or Guidelines available for health care
domain?
What are the major attributes or details which have to be kept in attention
while designing? Any example available which ha
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