The one I'm currently using is ShareThis (http://sharethis.com/),
and it covers the major social networks services, pretty easy to
install, but I miss a reporting feature, which would tell you the
demographics of your users (how many posts have been shared? which
social network they're posting to?
Hi Oliver,
I find this easy to define as:
The persona: A close representative of the user
The User Story: What the persona would do to complete
a specific task
In that I definitely find them related. If the persona
is defined from a good user research done ahead, doing
the user stories ( using
Hi Oliver,
Manish Pillewar kirjoitti 26.2.2008 kello 12:33:
The persona: A close representative of the user
Indeed. Here's how I've been taught to use them:
A persona describes CURRENT behavior, with the CURRENT product or
service or its nearest equivalent. Understanding and accepting how
Reminds me of Monty Python!!
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I'm wondering where you guys news on the web? I mean
business/politic/hitech/world news...
CNN? Google/Yahoo News? MSNBC?
Thank you.
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Good combo of news and design.
Jeff
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I'm wondering where you guys news on the web? I mean
business/politic/hitech/world news...
CNN? Google/Yahoo News? MSNBC?
I prefer CNN...mostly because I read Bill Mitchell's editorial cartoons (tho
they've had a javascript error on their cartoon pages for over a year now).
Bryan
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BBC for me
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I look at the following regularly and read various items from each:
www.reuters.com
www.bloomberg.com
www.yahoo.com
www.nytimes.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
www.iht.com
www.guardian.co.uk
http://drudgereport.com
www.nypost.com (oh, just because it's the Post!)
www.elpais.com (I do not know Spanish
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It's been hard finding research on this with just snippets of
information here and there. So far I've attempted to sniff out best
practices from other video sites, conducted one 30-minute
around-the-office user test, and relied on my and my team's
expertise. I hope to convince management to fit
As a followup to Alok's 2006 thread on ethnographic frameworks:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=9910
I stumbled across a blog entry that rounds up a comprehensive list
along with some good references on the subject:
http://palojono.blogspot.com/2007/07/recording-ethnographic-
I never think of fun topics to talk about (frequent complaint at work), but
have been wondering what folks like to listen to while they work, if
anything. I recently found an online station called somafm.com that's been
able to keep me working into the wee hours even as I'm approaching 40
(yuck).
Depends on my mood... if I need to get in a groove, some kind of
electronic or even metal works. And I'm approaching 40 too. :-)
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I never think of fun topics to talk about (frequent complaint at work), but
have been
Mostly I stick with what's on my iTunes, which is heavy on early jazz
(1920s), swing, early blues (20s and 30s), rockabilly, jump, and plenty
of punk and hardcore thrown in...and a little hip-hop, but not much.
I can also check out what's on other people's iTunes in the office,
though I rarely
for me it's generally punk and hardcore ... but i also love
experimental music and a good chunk of 20th century classical
when i get bored i'll throw on last.fm ...
lately i've been listening to Von Sudenfed, and lots of Husker Du/Bob
Mould since i'm going to see him play soon.
On Tue,
On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Bryan Minihan wrote:
I never think of fun topics to talk about (frequent complaint at
work), but
have been wondering what folks like to listen to while they work, if
anything. I recently found an online station called somafm.com
that's been
able to keep
NPR, KQED, Yahoo Launchcast, mainly Classical or Classic Rock, 80's music, and
when I'm really hunkering down, Rammstein.
Apologies to any cubemates on the list for my singing...:P
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Depends on mood:
Classic Argentine tango (obviously): Juan D'Arienzo is current favorite
Progressive house and techno: Faithless, DJ Tiesto, Scooter
Chill: Delerium, Enigma, Circue du Soleil, Otros Aires; Buddha Bar, Cafe Del
Mar, Ministry of Sound series (some overlap with Hotel Costes series).
Please apply directly if you are interested (I'm just the messenger here,
don't know anything about the position!). Info at the bottom of the listing.
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I CAN'T listen to vocal music while I'm concentrating on something else. Well,
cooking maybe. But not thought work. I occasionally listen to instrumental
music of various sorts, but mostly I go back to (relative) silence.
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god no, not 40..
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Classical and jazz, mostly: Shostakovich's Symphonies 6 and 9,
Budapest String Quartet (mostly Beethoven there), instrumental
acoustic stuff by Keith Jarrett, Al DiMeola, Earl Klugh, Michael
Hedges, Doc Watson, Sea Level, Weather Report, Paul Winter Consort
(this is mostly stuff from the 1970's,
Has Apple found the magic Touch?
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Apple is betting that the iPhone's breakthrough in the way we interact
with mobile phones will transfer
You Tube for Helio mobile app.
Fun project. I designed it, spec'ed it, even pitched it to YouTube. Rather
than trying to mimic their online experience, I scaled it back and built an
experience more suited for browsing on a mobile device. seems to be getting
decent press as well.
The sales guy's phone calls.
The support guy who coughs a lot.
Really annoying ringtones.
Clickety-clack of the developer's keyboards.
Random conversations about random topics.
A phone conversation with the documentation guy's wife.
Skype alerts.
...oh, wait, you wanted music.
Jack L. Moffett
Our Marketing dep't wants me to do usability testing at an upcoming user
conference -- a gathering of our software users. The conference's purpose: for
users to improve their software skills and to learn about upcoming product
advancements.
I proposed a card sort, because it's low-tech,
I just finished doing the four day UX Intensive that Adaptive Path offers. I
found it enjoyable - it's not focused entirely on IxD, though.
The four days covered:
Design Strategy
Design Research
Info Architecture
Interaction Design
If it comes near you, it might be worth your time. :D
Hello everyone! I am researching filtering and querying interfaces and I was
wondering if anyone had run across any that made an impression on them. They
can be interesting, beautiful, unusual or even awful patterns I just want to
see what we can dig up.
I am following the guidelines that
of course, I listen to Pandora!
http://www.pandora.com/people/brettingram
On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Bryan Minihan wrote:
I never think of fun topics to talk about (frequent complaint at
work), but
have been wondering what folks like to listen to while they work, if
anything. I
This is a topic near and dear to my heart, probably because I was a fairly
dedicated musician before joining the ranks of the digital
workers. I think there's a strong connection between music and design ...
I'll throw out a plug for Boston-based finetune.com, a streaming music
service where you
I like it quiet.
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Google News or a combination of RSS feeds I set up. I pick and choose
what's of interest. . BBC seems to be the most credible news source for
international news.
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Rammstein usually gets me going. Works well at the gym too.
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Podcasts: TAL, Joe Frank, Car Talk, more and more and more
Radio:
I HIGHLY recommend The Mercury Program and Mogwai. Both are especially
good in the morning with coffee.
I never think of fun topics to talk about (frequent complaint at work), but
have been wondering what folks like to listen to while they work, if
anything. I recently found an online
I think that's a fun topic. :)
My music taste is too broad for me to target one radio station or
resource for design music... these days hard rock seems to bring out the
designer in me. However, if I need to get a lot done, I tend to opt for
music with a fast beat to try and keep my productivity
Great topic!
It depends on my mood. I tend to go with familiar stuff (either with or
without lyrics) when I need to hunker down. I do better if I can hum along
in my head (I'm in an a cappella group, so singing to myself is calming).
On recent try new music days, I've discovered:
Rilo Kiley
IMO, the most successful presentations are infotainment.
I'd start with what point do you want to make and then think about an
entertaining way to make it. A user conference should be fun.
I think using Morae a conference would work very well if you projected it
onto a screen so the audience
For good combination of news *and* entertainment video presentation take a
look at The Daily Show site:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
By the way, I like their calendar navigation/filter:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml
Oleh
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Hello friends-
IxDA-SF is very excited to be presenting Indi Young's book launch
party! Indi will be discussing her book: Mental Models - Aligning
Design Strategy with Human Behavior. www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/
mental-models
Please join us and feel free to pass on to others!
I attended the Cooper U 4 day course this past December. It is well
worth it in my book. I come from a User Centered Design and Usability
background, so some of the topics that covered performing initial user
research I was already pretty familiar with. However, seeing how to
take the results
I'm also interested in this, but from the other end of the process:
what an exhibition of IxD work might look like and how it might
communicate *what* IxD is to an unfamiliar audience.
So, a little cross-purpose there, but wrt this thread it might help
get planning started. Eg to draw backwards
Jazz, Bluegrass, and Irish Punk. These three genre's will get the
creative juices flowing like nothing else.
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Great Question!
Depends on my mood and type of work:
Upbeat- http://www.friskyradio.com/ (Progressive House) and
http://www.philosomatika.com/ (excelent Goa Trance)
Downbeat- http://somafm.com/play/groovesalad (Ambient / Lounge)
Eclectic- http://www.radioparadise.com/ (well, all sorts of Rock
Here is a few:
http://www.properazzi.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html?_r=1oref=slogin
http://www.liveplasma.com/
http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/sdk/flexstore/flexstore.html
and of course kayak.com
-eva
www.protonradio.com. Progressive, Breaks. Yum.
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Just came back from the 4-day Interaction Design Practicum at Cooper
in early February. Like Brad, I have a UCD/Usability and Visual
design background and was impressed with how they actually
implemented the Goal Directed Design Process.
It's definitely tailored for the real world. Their focus on
Paige, my favourite is
http://well-formed-data.net/experiments/elastic_lists/
I find the mix of dynamic faceted navigation and content quite
immersing. The subtle use of colours and size to represent metadata
is very well thought out imho.
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Here's another example:
http://www.flycheapo.com
This is faceted browsing rather than search, but the contextual
integration is pretty cool.
Dmitry
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Here is a few:
http://www.properazzi.com/
These are all great points and I appreciate you taking the time to share
them with (us) me.
Yes, I called it a critique because, well, when you learn certain terms in
school, you tend to bring them with you to your day job. ;-) If I could to a
mediocre job summarizing my own experience, I'd say
awesome. :-)
I can't listen to anything with words when I'm working - it messes with my
thinking. So, I usually turn on XM online (I have a subscription) or iTunes
to a heavy techno/house station that gets me into my Flow state...
~Lisa
PS. nothing wrong with approaching 40... you're in good
There are 40 year olds on this list? Weird. ;-)
Lately my team room has been playing a random person's ipod on shuffle. My
best find so far: The Kleptones http://www.kleptones.com/. Oooh, and you
can download their music for
freehttp://www.kleptones.com/pages/downloads.htmlonline!
Josh
On Tue,
LOL...seems jazz, house, techno, and more or less drone music have a place
in design. Now I know what I'm going to do as soon as this project ends,
especially check out the irish rock reference =]
It wasn't so much that I'm getting close to 40, it's more that I'm feeling a
little too old to be
Yeah. It's hard to believe that someone that young can understand the
intricacies of the field ;)
Incidentally...Morning Becomes Eclectic is often my favorite morning
accompaniment (www.kcrw.com)
Katie
There are 40 year olds on this list? Weird. ;-)
Lately my team room has been playing a
There is no standard for junior designer. We are still in a very
nascent design industry... while the trend for companies in the last 6
months is to call the position interaction designer w/ 3-5 years
experience it never really means that. The recruiter is looking at a
realistic 1-3 years
iTunes radio: Electronic/dublab
It's also fun when onsite to check out your coworkers playlist(s). It
explains eveything.
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Depends on my mood and how much concentration is required. If I'm
thinking hard, I prefer music that is more background-like or
atmospheric -- something I won't be distracted by. If I'm pumping
out screens then I like music that entertains and motivates me while
I monkey away. E.g., something I
I actually use Peel (http://www.getpeel.com/) to download music from my
favorite MP3 blogs straight to iTunes. Then I quickly go through and rate
everything. Ones twos are deleted immediately, threes stay in the mix,
and four five stars are what I listen to when I really need to concentrate
Lately I've been playing a lot of spaceDisco, shoegazer, and minimalist techno
glassCandy is a pretty smooth ride, the Italians Do It Better | After
Dark album has been given a few whirls lately.
iLiKETRAiNS is also good band, their's lyrics but they are not intrusive.
Check out Serena
Hmmm...Right now I'll go with 80's powerpop! Like Bon Jovi and Survivor. :)
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I have trouble working and listening to music with understandable words.
Some favorites that seem to get me going: Rachid Taha, Ekova, Alex di
Grassi, late Beethoven quartets, Miles Davis (my son named after), Altan,
Cocteau Twins, Afro-Celts, Mory Konte, Terje Rypdal, sacred choral music by
http://www.netvibes.com/
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Greetings, fellow Chicagoans (and anyone who happens to be passing through
Chicago)!
I am happy to announce our sixth local gathering (is this our half-year
anniversary? I'll stop being a sap.) If you haven't been able to attend,
you should... Every month a different topic is presented, and we
I like the 'Flexstore' which comes as example of Flex application.
{link}:
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Especially the two handles on the prize range selection and the
instant feedback the user gets by disabling the products that fall
outside
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