I might be in a particularly cranky mood today, but I don't get it:
- Pickled ice cream is worth trying (and is worth making) if you ever
want to innovate and come up with a new ice-cream flavor. Plain vanilla
will still be the biggest hit because it goes with everything, but hey
-- how DO you
On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:03 AM, Lada Gorlenko wrote:
Please.
Forget it's Apple and substitute the company name for something less
of
a fashion icon -- would you even notice it?
Lada,
Do you typically have the opportunity to spend several months working
on your second round of concepts
The Google approach...
http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/11google1.htm
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Do you typically have the opportunity to spend several months working
on your second round of concepts before settling on one?
Yes, and I reckon that many big companies would have at least several
weeks -- if not several months -- of design cycle on most major
projects. Of course, there are
Myabe, I'm just running on endorphines and feelin' GREAT, but in my
pretty long career THIS has NEVER happened. Innie, outtie,
independent or otherwise.
Not any single piece, but the total vision.
10 comps
Full pixel perfect
2 meetings PER WEEK (1 pie in sky; 1 planning for the real world)
On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:03 AM, Lada Gorlenko wrote:
I might be in a particularly cranky mood today, but I don't get it:
- Pickled ice cream is worth trying (and is worth making) if you ever
want to innovate and come up with a new ice-cream flavor. Plain
vanilla
will still be the biggest
Good point on keeping the document up to date as development is ongoing.
This is something I struggle with doing consistently. You know the drill, a
developer comes up and asks about what the app should do in a particular
corner case, or can't implement something exactly as designed, and you talk
All drawing and diagramming tools that we use to create wireframes are based
on shapes or widgets. You drag a widget from a palette and drop it onto the
page, then set its position and size with mouse. The operation is easier if
the editor supports snapping to the grid and guides.
I wonder
I think it depends on how much of a requirement logging in is to using
the site. Gmail wouldn't make sense without a login right up front.
But on a shopping site, you want to devote more space to the products,
and delay the requirement to login or create an account as long as
possible. High
That is an awkward position. It sounds like you have a lot of excellent
solutions--I'd also add that, if you find 1024px+ is indeed an overestimate,
you can rest safely in knowing that the fold is much less of an priority (
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of,
My experience has shown that certain cities will resonate better to the
design community. I'd very much like to hear this groups opinions as to the
options listed below. Yes, no, maybe's and Good Luck, Sport!
Cupertino,Ca
Houston, Tx
Corvallis, Or
Ft Collins, Co
I live in San Francisco,
Hi Rick,
It's pretty arbitrary, as the amount of toolbars and addons have
gotten kind of ridiculous lately
Most people, myself included, design for 1024x768 by using 1000x550 as
the safe zone - this is closest to IE with one extra toolbar (say,
google toolbar) on a 1024x768 PC laptop.
Cameron Moll has a great one that I have stuck to using a 960 grid.
http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2006/12/gridding_the_960/
Also a great Mac utility is Xscope, which shows you what your work
looks like in almost all browsers including iPhone Safari.
http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope/
.
I'd like to hear your comments. Is it going to speed
up wireframing? What are the other pro and cons of
this approach?
Oleg, I liked the idea. Many of the sites I've worked on have been
template driven and this can feel a bit like Tetris at times*, trying
to get new ideas to fit into
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This is an interesting approach and holds some promise, I think. It is similar
to how I use gridded paper to establish initial layout. To be useful for my
apps it would need to have more formatting options for the content, like
transparency in order to create invisible alignment regions, and
Thanks for all the really great threads. They help more than you know!
My question:
I am working on a long-term project that involves creating a series of
SCORM (shareable content object reference model) and 508 compliant
online training pieces for a government customer. Our latest
Hmm... tough situation. How much content do they want above the fold?
It sounds like too much, regardless -- like Steve Krug says, Omit
needless words. Get rid of all that Welcome to BS, verbose
instructions and the like. After you've cut things down, do it
again. It's a fact that users just don't
Oleg,
this is intriguing and I have a few questions:
1. Do you see content being just labeled boxes or would they contain more
rich UI controls? For example, in your movie service example on AuthorJet,
would Global Navigation exist as just Global Navigation--or would
someone be able to drop a
On Mar 12, 2008, at 7:14 AM, W Evans wrote:
Me versus Dan Saffer on why Silicone Valley is the last place a good
IXD
would want to move to and work.
Silicone Valley? Now THAT is a place I wouldn't mind working. ;)
Seriously, I don't work in SILICON Valley (I'm in SF and there is a
huge
I work in a small startup and have worked in agencies in the past.
It strikes me how expensive and luxurious the process at Apple is.
Typically the design teams I'm around are tasked with coordinating a
dozen deliverables being yanked like a chewtoy from one to another, on
short timelines, and
On Thursday 13 March 2008 09:24:12 Kevin Doyle wrote:
Hi Celeste,
Are you familiar with Scrum or Agile project management? When
developers are working on a project within an Agile/Scrum project,
they are required to work with everyone working in the same room. Dev
teams are usually very
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Jason Fried vs. Me!
To have a real debate with Fried that the audience would buy, you'd have to
first substantiate a comparable level of success, else he'd crush you. Can
you do that?
I think 37Signals' notions of designing for self are wrong
despite. Starting with yourself has led to what I
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Jason Fried vs. Me!
To have a real debate with Fried that the audience would buy, you'd have
to first substantiate a comparable level of success, else he'd crush you.
Can you do that?
Yes, the success we have
Basecamp is hardly a disaster of design—it has a higher satisfaction
rating than any app I've ever heard about. Maybe you're just more
comfortable with something else.
Really? I find that almost absurd.
Hey—they're not my ratings. :) The 37signals customers have spoken. You are
clearly
As far as Corvallis, OR goes... you're about 1.5 hrs commute south of
Portland. As Timoni mentioned re: Cupertino/SF-- you might get a
better response from the local UI/UX talent pool if you located in
Portland.
That said, Corvallis has a high education rate per capita and a solid
engineering
Umm ... I've got xScope (love it) but I don't think it previews your work in
all browsers. Could you be thinking of a different util? If not - please show
me how this is done in xScope.
B
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Also a great Mac utility is Xscope, which shows
You can do this with MS Expression Blend. You can lay out the widgets
(rectangles) inside a grid and resize them at will. From there, you
can actually build out the design for use by developers (XAML).
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Sounds great, I tried to open it but just got an error, is it just of
the mac? I am running xp.
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http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27037
Not fancy like iPhone and OS X, and not exactly zooming, but would this
technique be a good alternative way to explore your data?
http://simile.mit.edu/timeline
Instead of requiring users to choose between two views (zoomed out or in),
this shows multiple (not just two) zoom levels
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080308/office-2007-interface-prototypes/
Some of you guys might be there right now, but for us who aren't, here
are some interesting images of some of the development of Office 07.
Wow, within two days, we get to look slightly into both microsoft's
and apple's
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At 16:00 + 4/3/08, Alexander Livingstone wrote:
We also spoke about notification of IxD related events such as this
evening's 'This happened...'. Everyone is going to take responsibility
No, MS project is not the right tool either.
it is Gant Chart driven and not people driven.
I'm looking for a task = to milestone relationship like MS Project.
I don't understand the mental model that basecamp works under. A milestone
is an end of a collection of tasks, maybe but not all tasks
I am guessing that people are arguing against captioning because of the
extra cognitive load that the text would create..
Could concerns be quelled by including a CC button in the flash
presentation - so this is optional? (like at the site below)
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/videos/
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