Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes: Illustrator/Indesig n question…

2008-08-19 Thread Charusmitha Ram
Hi Meikel, I use InDesign for my wireframes and I am really quite happy with it. However, I do not use linked Illustrator files. I create all my assets in InDesign and save them as library items. I have categorized all my assets and grouped them into 6 libraries which also include certain screen ty

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Will Evans
Yes. they are indeed nancy boys - better suited to the OC or some other special on the WB - certainly less badass than any male or female rugby player I have ever met - but that is no worse than the fact that they are all hitler youth poster kids for a pure aryan nation. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Christine Boese
As another former rugby player, I can certainly vouch for that! Chris On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Benjamin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've also had this site sent to me from a few people, but mostly because I > play rugby, not because of the design/interaction. > > The site does

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread Valeska O'Leary
Due to the popularity of Twitter and need to research the latest trends I began to explore Twitter and complain about it's uselessness. Eventually started discovering interesting people and stumbling upon useful insights. I became more and more engaged and kept finding things I'd otherwise never fi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] calling people for IxD education initiatives

2008-08-19 Thread James Bond
Is this initiative still under way? I haven't "heard" / seen any new responses. Do you need help coordinating? I can even lend a hand there! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32031 ___

[IxDA Discuss] Job - User Experience Research Manager - Redmond, WA - Full Time - Recruiter

2008-08-19 Thread Veena Gowthamchand
User Experience Research Manager WA - Redmond Bestica is seeking for a User Experience Research Manager for the world's premier software firm. The Role.In addition to standard management activities (hiring, coaching, performance assessments, budgeting, etc), . You de

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Benjamin Johnson
I've also had this site sent to me from a few people, but mostly because I play rugby, not because of the design/interaction. The site does look good, graphically. But it doesn't work half the time (as mentioned in other posts). Plus, the guys on the site are definitely not ruggers and would qu

[IxDA Discuss] Parallax

2008-08-19 Thread Valeska OLeary
Explaining Semantic Web and its self-describing data defined by facets, predicates and authority… isn't easy. Showing the power of SW can be bewildering. How can a regular person understand it? Parallax, a browsing interface designed by David Huynh does a good job explaining. It demonstrates co

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > But yes, it is a slight letdown to realize that the cool kids you're > following aren't following you. Drop them a line if you want them to notice > your message. > Direct messages are arguably the best solution. Type a "d" and a space before the user's ID, as in ... "d SomeGuy Hey—thought yo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread David Malouf
HI Matt, @daveixd here. I think you just need to take your time w/ it. I can't believe who is following me sometimes. Like why the heck? And then there are the peeps whom I'm "pissed" that don't follow me (they have their accts locked up) b/c I'm constantly getting 1/2 of their conversations b/c I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

2008-08-19 Thread info
One tool that fits in this conversation is Usability benchmarking. It is one quantitative way to track the total impact of a user interface effort. See - http://www.google.com/search?q=usability+benchmark. It is a baseline measurement of the overall experience and can be compared against periodica

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread Fredrik Matheson
It depends on what you want to use it for. For broadcasting "hey this might be interesting" bits of information to your friends, it works well. Just like shouting across a room to a friend, sending a message to one friend and letting everyone in your "gang" hear what you're saying adds a dimension

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

2008-08-19 Thread Russell Wilson
Katie - not sure I agree with the fact that UI cannot be measured. I think it's more difficult to come up with valid metrics, but I think it's possible. And I would also argue that if you ever want to be taken seriously at the corporate level, you *better* come up with some sort of quantitative i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread j. eric townsend
seth b wrote: Think of it as a blog with smaller updates. Many of the people I know who use twitter will ignore it for hours at a time during the day and *not* come back and play catchup. These days, if I want a specific person to know something, I stick to the email. -- jet / KG6ZVQ htt

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Will Evans
Okay - in all seriousness - on the converse site - i went there and was able to custom build my black and dark grey chucks - took about 10 minutes with all the selections - I did the same thing on the rugby.com site - or wanted to build my own rugby shirt because we are starting an IxDA rugby team

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Stephen Dondershine
Let's see, I've learned that Flash latency is bad, we have a few prep school grads in the group, and that the purpose of the site is ambiguous. Anybody know a good Graphic Design discussion forum? Kidding. Kidding. >;) Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread seth b
I see Twitter as more of a broadcast medium than a chat client, but of course it could be both. Think of it as a blog with smaller updates. For instance, I use it for Cashboard as a system status update. I also use it to alert customers to development efforts as they happen. http://twitter.com/ca

[IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-19 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
Hi Everybody. So, I finally broke down and am starting to get into twitter.. But there is still one big problem in my mind, sort of usability issue. Here's the situation: - I'm following user123 - user123 is not following me - i post a link to an article that user123 would be very interested

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-19 Thread loislewis
Hey Tom, I am currently designing an application using the ribbon (which yes we'll have to get licensed from MS). Our product will release in 2010 at which point we expect that most users will be familiar with the paradigm - whether its easier to use or not. I still have problems with it after 3 mo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

2008-08-19 Thread Katie Albers
Everything Scott said and one more point: UI, Design, UX, IA and all the associated fields are qualitative fields. They cannot -- BY DEFINITION -- be measured. The closest you can come to measuring how well you do your job is to measure clients'/customers' dissatisfaction...does your help desk

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

2008-08-19 Thread info
One quick test of any metric is to spend 5 minutes trying to hack it - What if you were your evil twin: how could you make evil happen while still scoring well on these metrics? Better metrics make life harder for your evil twin. Lousy metrics make it easy. > 1) Number of layouts delivered > 2) Nu

[IxDA Discuss] Information on HR application users

2008-08-19 Thread Yogesh Bhide
Hi Everyone, I am working on an application that I meant for HR users and gives information about their organizations, we have qualified some user personas and the application provides different homepages based on the different login personas. One of the user persona would the HR analyst (who wor

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Will Evans
I suppose this has gone way off topic - and has nothing to do with the experience of the rugby site - I was only commenting that at some boarding schools as a student, even if there is no uniform - the dress code of what is acceptable is such that everyone looks the same - guys must wear leather sh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Catriona Lohan-Conway
the best uniform I have seen yet was in Canterbury, UK maybe the choir school long robes! I know my mother took a scissors to our delightful green convent gymslips when the last of her 3 daughters graduated as she was sick of the look of them after 7 years! __ Catrío

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Will Evans
No dress code at Exeter? I wish I had gone there:-) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Jared Spool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philips doesn't have a uniform. The kids seem to dress like they've just > walked out of central casting. > > Jared > > > On Aug 19, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Will Evans wrote: >

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Jared Spool
Philips doesn't have a uniform. The kids seem to dress like they've just walked out of central casting. Jared On Aug 19, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Will Evans wrote: I was referring to the Brand - not to the style. When I went to school (a long long time ago), brands weren't allowed - and the only

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Christine Boese
So nobody finds it odd that the only people of color visible on the site are relegated to a section called "Social Action"? This site gives all appearance of being a direct export from Apartheid Nation. Noblesse Oblige, y'all. If the media want to create an overwhelming image of South Africa to "a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-19 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
Hey, I used to use some desktop software (mac only) called Studiometry.. it's been a few years since I was a freelancer, but it did everything I needed then. HTML or Illustrator invoice templates, client management, time tracking... Matt. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Jessica Enders <[EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] web mashups

2008-08-19 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
Hey, http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ Not strictly a mashup.. more of a mashup service. If you haven't seen it I recommend taking a look... it's a pretty easy tool for taking data from multiple sites and making your own mashup. Matt. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Angel Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-19 Thread Will Evans
I was referring to the Brand - not to the style. When I went to school (a long long time ago), brands weren't allowed - and the only logos students could wear was the school one. No doubt the uniform is required. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Jared Spool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being tha

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-19 Thread Jessica Enders
Hi Michael I use Office Time and love it. I find it very flexible and quick to use. I can get all the reports that I need and these are exportable. I specifically chose a desktop - rather than web-based - application, as I like to retain ownership and control over my business data. If you use an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] web mashups

2008-08-19 Thread Sachin Ghodke
Hello Angel, I think the link here is another mashup which i though was slightly cumbersome but yet a different experience for the user - http://www.taggalaxy.de/ This uses Papervision 3D to display images that are sourced from Flickr. Initially I thought i just need to provide a planet search.