Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interactiondesign?

2008-01-29 Thread Adrian Howard
Hi Dave, On 28 Jan 2008, at 05:13, dave malouf wrote: Adrian, if all you do is the work, then who is setting up the criteria and standards by which to evaluate it? Critique based on a shared understanding of foundational criteria is at the core of what makes for a successful design

[IxDA Discuss] # JOB # Research Assistant # Melbourne, AU # ACID / RMIT University # casual (part time)

2008-01-29 Thread Jeremy Yuille
HI all, The Loupe project is seeking a Research Assistant to assist with project administration and coordination of reporting and field trials. The role is a 0.5 casual position, starting immediately, located at the Melbourne city campus of RMIT University. http://tinyurl.com/yt8rnr The

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IXDA Pittsburgh: Wire Farm - February 5, 2008

2008-01-29 Thread Michele Marut
Reminder On 1/18/08, Michele Marut mmarut15 at gmail.com wrote: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Time: 7 pm Place: Viz / General Dynamics C4 Systems SouthSide Works Building 2, Suite 310 2730 Sidney Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 http://www.mayaviz.com/web/about/reach/about_reach.mtml

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
Where am I when I get it? How did I get the brochure - mail, handed, pick it up? How do I interact with it... flip pages, fold outs, turn it over, etc What do I you do if interested? What if I am not? Who do I contact? Do I save it? Is there a part I can send back in the mail? Should I read the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
I agree entirely Jim. I know interaction designers that specialize in brochures. The definition of this group, as a desciption of self is getting a bit tiresome. Mark On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at 12:02PM, Jim Leftwich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The phrase interface design up to this point

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Jim Leftwich
The phrase interface design up to this point and calls to limit the definition of Interaction Design and the scope of IxDA invites an examination of the term's history. The definition of Interaction Design isn't, (and more importantly) won't *ever* be, limited to just the digital domain because

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Online Masters Degree and Certificate in Information Architecture at Kent State University

2008-01-29 Thread pauric
I've tried collecting the school that have been mentioned on the list here http://platial.com/ixdamaps/map/56336 Feel free to add your own. thanks - pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25233

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface andinteractiondesign?

2008-01-29 Thread Adrian Howard
On 28 Jan 2008, at 16:09, Pierre Roberge wrote: At my current job, I have worked with an interface designer and the way he approached the design of the B2B we are building is from the developers' perspective. He looked at the data-model and the functions the developers developed and

[IxDA Discuss] Bad Usability Calendar 2008

2008-01-29 Thread Jostein Magnussen
Hi A new edition of the (in)famous Norwegian Bad Usability Calendar is here. Check out the fresh examples of exaggerated use fancy of Web 2.0 design, cover flow, personalization, pull-down menus and more.. Download PDF here: www.badusability.com 20 000 downloads so far. This year you

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] Chicago IxDA - Feb. 13th - Recap of Interaction08

2008-01-29 Thread Chicago IxDA
Hello fellow Chicagoans, Even though IxDA's Interaction08 conference has yet to occur, we here in Chicago are certain there will be much to bring home and discuss. Please join us on Wednesday, February 13th as we bring the topics back to life. Your participation is integral to this! Many thanks

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Online Masters Degree and Certificate in Information Architecture at Kent State University

2008-01-29 Thread Murli Nagasundaram
I would add UMich Ann Arbor School of Info and Georgia Tech. -murli On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:38:35, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim, There are a lot of threads about IxD education in the archives: http://www.ixda.org/topics.php?topic=education If I were researching it today,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread David Malouf
HI Adrian (I wish the web version had better quoting features.) see adrian's reply to me above ... Yes, you can do both. You should do both, but you shouldn't do one w/o the other. I'm not saying that you are or aren't, but your posts (my limited insight into who you are) project that you are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Myers Briggs, DISC, Personality of UX Folk

2008-01-29 Thread Murli Nagasundaram
I'm simply astounded that an individual who considers himself to be a User Experience professional views social psychology to be a pseudo science. If someone has developed a mathematical or engineering measure for the construct known as 'Experience', I am eager to be educated. Cheers, murli

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: User Experience Designer - Renton, WA - Tyler Technologies - Full Time

2008-01-29 Thread Eva Snee
User Experience Designer Tyler Technologies, Renton, WA Responsible for ensuring the prototype for the software is designed so that the best-in-industry next generation of software products are delivered to support the User Experience project. Responsibilities Help define the vision

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Gloria Petron
Hm. For a static brochure I could see that logic. But paper forms require thoughtful layout in order for me to interact (??) with them. Or is that where the term usability comes in? *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pen Tablet recommendations sought

2008-01-29 Thread Alexander Baxevanis
Hi Miranda, just bought the Bamboo as a Christmas gift for a friend. He is very good at sketching in pen and papers, and judging from the designs he's now making, it shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks for somebody to familiarise themselves with such an input method. The tablet driver

[IxDA Discuss] Adaptive Path's MX Conference - Early Reg Ends Sunday

2008-01-29 Thread Peter Merholz
Institutees-- Early bird pricing for MX: Managing Experience Through Creative Leadership ends on Sunday. It takes place April 20-22 at the Mark Hopkins. http://adaptivepath.com/events/2008/apr I invite you to join us in San Francisco for this year’s conference, where we’ll explore the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Schraad
Nicely framed Andrei. While have been pushing for broad sweeping inclusive definitions, it was pointed out to me that that approach greatly limits their usefulness. Perhaps if the majority is included, and it give a more finite description, we will be better off. Mark (trying to be less

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pen Tablet recommendations sought

2008-01-29 Thread Michael Micheletti
On Jan 29, 2008 3:48 PM, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wacoms are designed for, and best suit, high end image manipulation. Not free form fluid sketching. I'm lost without my Wacom tablet (Intuos) pen for: - curve manipulation in Illustrator - painting and touch-ups in Photoshop I've tried

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
On Jan 28, 2008, at 11:42 AM, dave malouf wrote: Andrei does interaction design require pixels? I.e. is there always a need for a screen? Is what the interaction designer/UI designer working on always embedded inside of said screen? In my market space, yes. In other market spaces, I can see

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Michael Micheletti
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:15:14, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try not to think of it as interacting with the brochure. That's a red herring. Instead, think of it as interacting through the brochure with something else. The brochure mediates an interaction. Here's an example. No one goes

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pen Tablet recommendations sought

2008-01-29 Thread Rob Nero
I have used both options that you are researching. I use an older Intuos at work, and I just got the Bamboo Fun for my girlfriend. A big advantage to the Intuos tablets are their size. You can get various sizes, though they can get quite expensive. I got the 6x8 at work. Since I work for a big

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-29 Thread Jai Godara
It seems futile to argue over title/terms of what means what when majority would agree that these are essentially roles/phases in a larger system design approach%u2026yes, they do have overlaps, of course, in terms of required skills, knowledge, and even certain processes. yet they are