Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-22 Thread Larry Tesler
Jared, If most readers think this has gone on too long, we should wind it down. On Apr 22, 2008, at 5:59 AM, Jared M. Spool wrote: > > On Apr 22, 2008, at 3:08 AM, Larry Tesler wrote: > >> The fact that different observers see different things in the same >> raw eye tracking data is of no more

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-22 Thread Jared M . Spool
Todd wrote: > Oh, oh, oh, I know%u2014what we need is eye tracking with mind reading. Now, that's useful. Hah! If we had mind reading, we wouldn't need the eye tracker. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Itamar Medeiros
I think it's just a matter of time before we get automated "spot-on" translations (Futurist Ray Kurzweil, in his book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" came up with some very interesting insights on it, check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines). In the meantime, this

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] May 1 Puget Sound IxD A Meetup - IxDA Interaction 08 Redux – Universi ty of Washington, Seattle Campus

2008-04-22 Thread Andrew Otwell
*Puget Sound IxDA Meetup: "IxDA Interaction 08 Redux" – **6:30pm, May 1, 2008 **– **University of Washington, Seattle Campus* Interested in getting together with other local interaction designers and user experience professionals? Looking for an opportunity to discuss some key topics

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Milan Guenther
Helpful .. maybe to non-english speakers, but there are some strange things happening in the French version Tiago wrote "On what concerns the USA, that's not surprising" and the Google-French is like this "En ce qui concerne la France, ce qui n'est pas surprenant" So Google translates "the US

[IxDA Discuss] [events] IxDA-SF Weds 4/22: Matt Jones talks about "Playfulness in Design"

2008-04-22 Thread k lenox
Just a reminder that Matt Jones will be speaking on "Playfulness in Design" TOMORROW night. The fun starts at 6:30. The address is: odopod 385 Grove Street San Francisco CA 94102 Presented by IxDA-SF, Odopod, and Tiny Pictures. Hope to see you there! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/474101/ __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] teaching young people about usability

2008-04-22 Thread Susie Robson
I work with parents who exchange text messages with their kids while the kids are in class at school. I was in a meeting where one person was receiving and sending texts to her daughter. Her daughter was in class but was bored. My co-worker was also obviously bored. Especially as she told us what h

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Frederick van Amstel
It was reasonably readable in portuguese. This reduce the access barrier, but does not enable the participation of poor-english speaking people like me. It´s much more easy for me to read english than to write, that´s why I barely participate on this list. -- . .{ Frederick van Amstel }. Cur

[IxDA Discuss] Usability Testing Facility in NYC

2008-04-22 Thread Maria Pereda-Ramon
Hi there, My company is looking into renting out a lab to perform usability testing in the New York City Area. We need the following: 1 - the company can provide us with a lab setting where our IAs can conduct usability testing 2 - the company will also able to do the recruiting for us Any recomme

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread alok nandi
hi, i'd say French translation is quite bad; it may give a sense about the nature of the discussion, ... if needed ... best, alok nandi http://design.architempo.net http://pechakucha.architempo.net At 21:56 22/04/2008, Eduardo Ortiz wrote: >Spanish is at best "intelligible", not too bad (at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Eduardo Ortiz
Spanish is at best "intelligible", not too bad (at least most words are there), but I would not consider it a translation per se. e.g. >From the translation: > Hay bastante interacción de los programas de diseño en Europa que han > las comunidades locales, como el Programa de Estudios de Postgra

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Spanish is quite good (to my knowledge), or, at the very least, intelligible. Is there Russian? Oleh On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on Alexander's comment in the "Interaction Design in Europe" > thread last week, I decided to try feeding a few Ix

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Jeff Howard
Based on Alexander's comment in the "Interaction Design in Europe" thread last week, I decided to try feeding a few IxDA threads through Google's translation API. Judging from the results, I think it might be possible to generate language-specific thread digests for the main discussion list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] London IxDA meeting

2008-04-22 Thread John Gibbard
We're awaiting confirmation but we HOPE to hold this meeting at the company where I work, Dare [1]. It's a nice, non-stuffy environment... Please stay tuned via the Crowdvine list [2] and listen out for announcements on here nearer the time. John [1] http://www.daredigital.com [2] http://ixdalon

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] London IxDA meeting, guest starring Dave Malouf

2008-04-22 Thread Shruti Ramiah
Hi! I'm also based in India but will be in London for work at the time. I would just say, could you pick a venue that is find-able even for those of us who aren't London veterans. :) Cheers! Shruti Welcome to the Interaction Design

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Interaction Designer, 30 minutes south of SF, Recuriter-Jessie, Full Time

2008-04-22 Thread Shannon Caddigan
Interaction Designer - Progressive Mobile-Technology Company Title: Interaction Designer Location: SF Bay Area - 30 minutes from SF Compensation: 80's to low 100's DOE A progressive mobile-technology company is searching for an Interaction Designer to join its creative team and focus on user int

[IxDA Discuss] Physical world IxD: Kitchen design

2008-04-22 Thread John Gibbard
Great little article for some inspiration [1]. Interviews with four chefs about the (interaction) design of their kitchens and how, in some cases, this contributes to the customer experience within the restaurant. I love this kind of (albeit cursory) ethnographic observation. Helps me step outside

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] London IxDA meeting, guest starring Dave Malouf

2008-04-22 Thread Matt Theakston
Well i would vote Yorkshire Grey, but i am an englishman in chicago, so i expect my vote doesn't count. Having attended at least one (excellent) IXDA meet in chicago, it is worth saying that i'm somehow proud that the London IXDA meetups always seem to be in pubs.. Matt On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4

[IxDA Discuss] Best practices for UGC mechanisms?

2008-04-22 Thread Jan Willem Heining
Hey all, I'd like to know what your experiences are with designing online contests where site visitors get to upload/create stuff on a site (to win a prize) which is being placed in gallery and where others get to vote/rate the entries. Some interesting questions concerning this subject are: *

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] London IxDA meeting, guest starring Dave Malouf

2008-04-22 Thread Tiago Marques
Hello again, What a curious coincidence :) That's when I'll come to London... Sign-me up for the meeting. Possibly awkward question (just because I didn't find the info at the site): Do you have to pay to attend this meeting or is it as casual as it looks? Cheers, Tiago Marques ___

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-22 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
On Apr 22, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Jared M. Spool wrote: > If someone fixates on a link for a unusually large time, does that > mean they are confused by it? Or they aren't confused, but are > trying to decide if its what they want? Or they know whether they > want it or not but are considering so

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-22 Thread Jared M. Spool
On Apr 22, 2008, at 3:08 AM, Larry Tesler wrote: > The fact that different observers see different things in the same > raw eye tracking data is of no more concern to me than the fact that > different players count a different number of words on the same > Boggle board. Some people see word

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What to call The User?

2008-04-22 Thread Itamar Medeiros
This reminds me of a recent thread Morten Hjerde (http://www.ixda.org/profile.php?id=mhjerde gmail.com) started on "finding a gender-neutral singular pronoun"... the answer: "YO"... check it out: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=27068 ... { Itamar Medeiros } Information Designer designing c

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Shanghai Face-to-Face: VENUE CHANGE

2008-04-22 Thread Itamar Medeiros
Due to the incredible response we've had to the invitations for our first gathering, we'll need to host our event in a bigger venue! hurray! The date/time are still the same: WHEN? April 29TH 2008, 7:30PM WHERE? CoffeeLox No.49 B Jin Ling Road (W) near Ma Dang Lu Allow: Cash, Sodex Card, Smart C

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-22 Thread Larry Tesler
Jared, Eye tracking is of value when someone sees something in the data that leads to a new and valuable insight. The fact that different observers see different things in the same raw eye tracking data is of no more concern to me than the fact that different players count a different numbe