Re: [IxDA Discuss] Agile methodologies for discovering user needs

Yes. :-) On Feb 16, 2008 7:50 PM, Luis de la Orden Morais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you guys think I would have lost an opportunity by following the approach > above? > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! T

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

I think 1. there is no doubt that getting feedback on working software is better than a sketch (putting aside the cost of creating working software, just saying if you could magically create it with no effort) 2. in the not too distant future tools will exist that allow us to "sketch" work

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Agile methodologies for discovering user needs

Hi Oliver, Do you think it wouldn't be better to focus on an activity-oriented approach instead of a goal-oriented one? It seems to me that if a project gets to the point where no user data (be it from a proxy user, a customer service employee, a marketing representative, anybody who deals with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Creating personas

Kim, Sebi, Nothing is going to get you as good an insight as actually doing the user research yourself. But there are some useful ways to think about how far off target you might be if you can't do that. How different are you from the person you're designing from? The more different you are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Agile & UCD (was Re: Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote)

Ambrose, I am delighted to hear your input and the points you raised made me think a lot of the aspects of development I was unsure. I will give them a try and discuss with other colleagues as well. Many thanks, Luis W

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

Aha! Thanks Charlie, I believe this is what I have seen, you distilled the idea very well. Luis === Charlie Kreitzberg said For example, an (oversimplified) product development framework might look like a waterfall structure: 1. business case 2. design 3. build 4. relea

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Agile methodologies for discovering user needs

Hi User stories are one of the most common Agile methods for this. If you type user stories into google you will find lots of information, but it generally involves sitting down with the users to gather stories which will form the basis of the product backlog. During sprint 0 the user stories ar

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

Todd asked: > Just out of curiosity, what was some of the first software you worked > on 20 years (or close to 20 years) ago? Several years before I started my Computer Science studies in 1988 (which I changed halfway into Information Ergonomics) I tinkered with a Commodore. It was the C-16 mo

[IxDA Discuss] Second (and Final) Set of Interaction08 Videos

The remaining available videos from Interaction08 are now online: Cinematic Interaction Design, Sarah Allen Experience Design, Convergence + The Digital Agency, David Armano

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

I'm using geoip for advanced tracking on a wordpress blog which I paid for the city version two years ago. I think these databases become old and a new purchase is needed to be accurate. Anyone know this for sure? Is IP2location like this as well? Have a great day! Jim - www.badspiderbites.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Agile & UCD (was Re: Thoughts on AlanCooper'sKeynote)

Hi Sam, Interesting you should bring up the ownership/partnership question. There is a related thread going on right now ("Who does design engineering"). This is precisely where the agile approach to software really shines--it requires regular, repeated collaboration to sort of keep each other in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

I use interactive wireframes with varying fidelity, scaled to prototypes. but always find that having a full sitemap/storyboard/flow is indepensible as often getting buy in on changes is connecting the dots between two different parts, requires the static pages serve as the dots and the user's act

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

On Feb 15, 2008 12:47 PM, Dave Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I don't know what everyone is using for rendering, but I have to put a > plug in for Fireworks. I feel like the reason some designers resort to > interactive prototypes is that their tools don't handle state very well. > Between

[IxDA Discuss] Los Angeles IxDA Chapter - the ball is officiallyrolling

Angel, If you are interested, you can join up with the LA-UX Meetup. It's not quite a year old, and we've been meeting once every 2 months. It would also be great to have another LA-area group to sponsor additional activities. --Weston coordinator with LA-UX Meetup IA @ The Capital Group / Amer

Re: [IxDA Discuss] friday fun: what's the coolest thing you've designed?

A 'treasure hunt' (with clues and riddles and challenges and stuff) for my girlfriend when it was time for the Christmas presents. She really enjoyed it, so I designed version 2 the next Christmas. Sebi On Feb 15, 2008 10:02 PM, Ari Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > be it desktop app, game, C

Re: [IxDA Discuss] undergrad education

I don't know anything about Australia, so can't answer that. But if you already have a Bachelor's diploma, why do you need another one? Can't you use that one to apply and learn a bit privately in order to get some IxD fundations? On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:37:27, Terence Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[IxDA Discuss] Scrolling the global navigation?

Hi, I am working on the global navigation design for web applications for IT users. The current behavior of navigation structure is like Classic Yahoo Mail in which navigation, tools, buttons are scrolled with the content as the users scroll the browser's scrolling bar. I consider the design pa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] undergrad education

sigh no one can answer me... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25770 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

[IxDA Discuss] Los Angeles IxDA Chapter - the ball is officially rolling

Attention Angelinos! Feel like talking face-to-face with people who actually understand what you do? Want to commiserate about the challenges you face and share ideas with other IxDA members right in your own city? There are some other groups representing in LA (UPA, AIGA, and others), but for bet

Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototypes are software and belong to engineers?

Todd asked: : Just out of curiosity, what was some of the first software you worked : on 20 years (or close to 20 years) ago? I was working on electronic point of sale (POS) systems using microprocessors. I remember doing things like hand-assembling Z80 microprocessor code, keying it in on the