Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

RT @KathySierra @Armano the 1 thing that has surprised me most about Twitter? The sum really IS greater than the parts. (impossible to perceive w/o trying) -- Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whistler Trip after IxDA

You have a before vote here Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We're considering before vs. after the conference. Perhaps I should post a survey for those interested? On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:14 AM, J. Scot Angus wrote: I normally d

[IxDA Discuss] NYC Interaction Design Studio Event Kudos!

A standing ovation goes to everyone involved in last Thursday's sold-out Second Annual Interaction Design Studio: - talented leader-facilitators Liya Zheng and Jeanine Harriman - generous host Roundarch (particularly the lion-hearted Victor Lombardi, who also contributed thoughtfully to the criti

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Regnard Raquedan wrote: My issue with twitter is that discussions I don't think I'd ever try having a "dicussion" over twitter. IMHO, twitter was designed for @jennyholzer and the rest of us are just tagging along for the ride. -- J. Eric "jet" Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Twitter's beauty is in it's simplicity. Sure, it may reinforce a whole bunch of crap; but I can tweet something and follow up via email, phone, or in person. If you throw all your fish in one bucket, it's not all that effective. Once you build relationships, those 140 character tweets are bits of l

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

regnard, I was also a big plurk advocate when it first came out. My issue w/ plurk is that it is the Betamax of Twitter. It just doesn't have the critical mass to keep me there and so now it is just annoying. I wonder if someone using the API of twitter can replicate the GUI. Interesting project.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Wow! - Bravo for the Gibson reference. Way to pull an old cyberpunk quote out of the ether, recontextualize it and fire it off into the zeitgeist like that. nicely played. Original quote: "*The future is here*. *It's just not evenly distributed*yet." ~ William Gibson. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:35

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Will B., good points, but I think you're focusing the criticism solely on Twitter as a medium for communicating thoughts and ideas. What about Twitter as a medium for connecting to other people and building relationships? I've been able, and in fact encouraged, to have personal conversations with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

I read this more as "things my grandpa would tell me if he were a UX designer..." In that context these all work for me. It seems I can't work the reply/reply all buttons either as I sent the following direct to Dan: *Meaning through context*: the context of information supplies and changes its me

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

perfect! - Original Message From: William Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Regnard Raquedan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; IxDA List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:00:50 PM Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter "all these (tweetes)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

"all these (tweetes) gone - like tears in rain. Time to die" - blade runner will evans emotive architect & hedonic designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 twitter: semanticwill aim: semanticwill gtalk: wkevans4 skype: semanticwill _ Sent via iPhone On Oct 22, 2008, at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I can see how various elements of twitter can be useful. I see how it changes the dynamics of various aspect. However, if we are going to bring up McLuhan, Will, let's take a real analysis of the medium. The 140 character limit means you can't say much, which means the value of the tweet is in im

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

rather, not every need is evenly distributed. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. > > > Not everything is designed to meet a "need". > > -r- > __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

My issue with twitter is that discussions are have a very, very short lifespan (things get buried fast). Perhaps that's why I like plurk (www.plurk.com) a little better, it presents status messages in a timeline that's easier to browse. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

> > I haven't heard of anyone getting married through twitter yet - but @K > announced his successful engagement over twitter. @garazi actually asked @stefsull to marry him over Twitter. It even made the tech news on several big sites. -r-

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

> > I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. Not everything is designed to meet a "need". -r- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ...

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Will, would you please tweet that so i can favorite it? On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Add your twitter to your sig - gain more followers, become rockstar, get > better job, move to Beverly Hills, get a healthy XXX addiction, check into > rehab, recover, g

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Add your twitter to your sig - gain more followers, become rockstar, get better job, move to Beverly Hills, get a healthy XXX addiction, check into rehab, recover, go on twitter intervention lecture circuit. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Loren Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'm still figur

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I'm still figuring out how Twitter is useful.. it seems like a network that develops pretty slowly. I've gotten to talk to some UX folk that I never might have met otherwise, which is fun. Crowdsourcing is pretty tough when you don't have many followers, but it looks like an awesome power to have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

OH! and did people see what Current.tv did w/ Twitter during the debates. While I know that some have seen IM over MTv the way that I could reply to people was very dfiferent than the IM/MTv space and it all being done in a very open way was empowering. Why? B/c I knew that 500 people saw it beside

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac

My understanding is that there is a fundamental structural difference between the installation methods. Firefox uses the DMG method, which means that everything that is installed is all installed into one folder. This is the preferred method, because that means you aren't spraying files all over th

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Wow, that's a pretty distinguished list (except for me that is). Thanks for including me. I enjoy those conversations too. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I can chat/banter/debate with fellow > practitioners like Ru

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

@beezy gave a lecture a month ago in DC and argued for using twitter to do user research on companies. Companies are also using twitter to do competitive research and find out what people are saying about their products. Unfortunately, I bet #comcast doesn't or they would be disturbed at how thorou

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Since i've been called out regarding threesomes, I'll instantiate one here and share the sentiment i expressed in my latest tweet: "Ode to the tweethaters: someone must sit behind the wave and declare the idea of tide unproven, their skepticism of fluidity unchanged." That came to mind after readi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I'm there (@melisherman) and I use it a lot lately – along with thinking about various uses. As someone who designs software for a very specific audience (plant and process anyone?) it can be enough to simply design a good 3D equipment modeler. But I can’t help but want to see how things like tw

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Melissa, You'll find me @docbaty - and my only recommendation would be to try twitter (if you haven't already) and see what *you* get out of it, since it seems to be different for everybody. But I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I can chat/banter/debate with fellow practitioners like Russ Unger, W

[IxDA Discuss] [IxDA SF Event] Multi-Everything: Multi-touch and the NUI Paradigm, Wed. Oct 22

Hello all! Just a quick reminder that our next event, "Multi-Everything: Multi- touch and the NUI Paradigm" is happening TONIGHT, October 22 at 6:30. Hope to see you there! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1175013 - the IxDA SF team *** Hello friends! We're pleased to present a very

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Tahsin Shamma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it definitely is a personal choice. > > If I went to a party, I would rather have one night-long deep conversation > with 1 person than 50 short conversations with many people. Sure I spend a > lot of time on the w

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I think it definitely is a personal choice. If I went to a party, I would rather have one night-long deep conversation with 1 person than 50 short conversations with many people. Sure I spend a lot of time on the web, but I also feel that the web has lessened interaction between people on a person

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

I'll say it again: Idiocracy funny movie, highlights a lot of fun versions of user interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34644

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I found it very useful recently following @armano and @whitneyhess as they posted bits & pieces from the IDEA and UI13 conferences that I wasn't able to attend. - Carrie Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Oh - I forgot - I know of at least 3 people that got IxD/UX gigs via twitter. I know one guy that got a speaking engagement through twitter. I haven't heard of anyone getting married through twitter yet - but @K announced his successful engagement over twitter. @russu announced his forbidden love o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I agree that Twitter has little real value besides replicating in web form what people have already done over IM. I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. What's the killer app here that's new? Welcome to the I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I'll confess: I want everyone's twitter id. (Can we add a field on the member profile form?) - Original Message From: Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tahsin Shamma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; William Brall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:22:42 P

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Like others, I enjoy Twitter most for the many tiny updates from friends throughout the day. Recently during the Design Engaged conference, we used it for group coordination and last-minute updates; it was extremely useful. Most interesting to me is how people are using it to give lightweight onl

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Check out Leisa Reichelt's blog post on Ambient Intimacy [1]. There are people who I only see once a year (at conferences), but I'd like to get to know them better. There are people who live in the same town as I do, but we don't get to see each other all that often. By following them on Twitter, I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

the medium is the message - twitter is different. IM is one2one, synchronous. twitter is many2matter, asynchronous, with no comitment, you can jump in or out at will, IM requires you to actually be there/then. Email conversations are more formal, although asynchronous, but also not condusive to fle

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

The way i see it, it is the intermediate of IRC & IM. It has the advantages of individual asynchronous talking that IM brings, but can also lead to real-time conversation to a group that IRC brings. It is like a train I can jump on and off of. It is referencable. i.e. I can mark a tweet as a favo

[IxDA Discuss] international call for technotalents - master in interaction design -

Dear all, as agred with Joshua please find herewith enclosed the announcement about the last interaction design competition. I hope this could be interesting for you and your readers. Warm Regards Antonietta -- Antonietta Spataro Webmarketing Marketing and communication dept. tel +39 0242414

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

X posted from the Agile Usability mailing list. Stewart Brand was the creator of the Whole Earth catalog which was an inspiration for Steve Jobs, Wikipedia, and Wired magazine. Steve Jobs said of the catalog that "It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it

[IxDA Discuss] Job: Senior Interaction Designer, Cassinetta- Italy, Whirlpool Europe, Full Time

Company: Whirlpool Europe Location: Italy – Cassinetta Job Level: Senior Staff Field: Interaction Design Job Functions: Design, Product Development, Project Management, User Experience Description Interaction Designer, Whirlpool Corporation ItalyWhirlpool is the world'

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

Great list of films provided here. As someone mentioned here, the films need not be about interaction design per se. The concept of user experience (or rather viewer experience) is used to its maximum in films and filmmakers know exactly how to play with the dynamics of experience when making a f

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I cannot for the life of me see the value in Twitter. I wish someone would explain it to me. Looks like a bunch of mindless IMs whenever I see it. It seems like IRC only no rooms and everyone is crazy. Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

IxDA has 2 accounts right now (that I've seen). @interaction09 for the upcoming conference and @ixda which is for anyone. The cool thing about @ixda is that it is set up as a grouptweet and so if you direct message "d ixda [message]" it goes to all the followers. Pretty neat! I'm at @daveixd For

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Twitter has enabled me to have the kind of casual conversation with people that you usually don't get on the internet... Email (especially this list) can be overwhelming.. and not every topic is worth a whole email. Twitter is more like all of us standing around in a room talking over each other.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Word - and @mariobourque has introduced me to a number of cool people, @whitneyhess blogs entire conferences for those that can't go, the list goes on and on. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Mario Bourque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Twitter is an amazing tool... if used correctly. > > I've been

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

I would add 'Play Time' by Tati: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062136/ - fascinating illustration of perils of modern "designed" life-enhancing gadgets. It's like Norman's "door handle" blown into full feature movie. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I let anyone (friends/ux community, co-workers/clients) follow me (and i follow them), on twitter - and I have chosen to be real/authentic - so clients don't get some sanitized corporate-speak version of the Will they hired. So far - and there is a community of us, mostly from ixda - that talk abou

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Twitter is an amazing tool... if used correctly. I've been able to: 1.) Connect with my own user community 2.) Connect with people in other related comminuties 3.) Create new personal and professional relationships 4.) Save money 5.) Become a more efficient communicator 6.) Get feedback I've bee

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

I think there was another thread about this recently—you might check the IxDA archives for everyone's IDs. I'm @rhjr. Interested in finding out who's using Twitter and what for – > Adding a personal side to all the business. Most of my followers are people who have read the books, seen me speak,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

i mostly follow close friends, strangers local to me, other ux'rs, accessibility enforcers, ixda'rs, and the like. it makes me feel warm inside to follow jared spool's travels, and wil wheaton's endeavors. since i started, i've discovered lots of online resources, and a couple new t-shirt shops.

[IxDA Discuss] Twitter

Interested in finding out who’s using Twitter and what for – (Personal updates? Reinforcing/building communities? Work related announcements?) and if anyone has found novel, possibly unintended, uses for the product. Welc

[IxDA Discuss] Digerati Survey

An agency friend needs a large sampling for a survey on Digital Lifestyle. It is 2 questions - total time about 11 seconds. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kkKzBSquJNkjq78N_2f2HQIg_3d_3d TIA! -- Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.springstud

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Yo Kim: re: "Suggestions for further reading based on what the user has already viewed. Feedback, ratings, and comments." I heard Vignette's Social Search presents results to users based to some extent on user's context (what they have read/seen/clicked-through). Not sure if this is true - but it

[IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Shoot, forgot about the reply issue... my post below... -- Forwarded message -- Thanks Dan for posting these! (I was one of those people who requested you re-post here.) On my office wall I have a set of cards from Cooper that I picked up at Interaction08 that fit in well with yo

[IxDA Discuss] Ivrea Legacy ... Its like impressive

While the Ivrea Institute for Interaction Design is gone, its legacy is alive and well. http://is.gd/4yXk (Core77.com article). I have to say that the people I've met connected to IIID were some of the best, brightest and most thoughtful Interaction Designers I've met. I'm sorry this resource is g

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Don't 1. 'Paradox of choice' and 6. 'Multiple wayfinding systems' contradict each other? -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Originally app

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Dan, I haven't explored this idea rigorously, but something I'm always thinking about is funneling. Or maybe a better way of putting it is, setting & fulfilling expectations. Is this the same thing as progressive disclosure? It's certainly related to the paradox of choice. I'm talking abo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

I think of tips and tricks as in, "when confronted with X situation, do Y," and that those are very different than heuristics, guiding principals, mantras, best practices - which some of these really sound like. Tips and Tricks: *1. Paradox of choice: It is more difficult for users to choose from

[IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

[Originally appeared on IAI's mailing list. A couple people suggested I post this here, to IxDA's discussion list, and provide a little more context.] If you didn't see Jared Spool's keynote at the IA Summit earlier this year, you missed an interesting perspective on "user-centered design". One of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

Peter Merholz, from Adaptive Path, posted an article on their blog, asking for suggestions of videos video clips that interestingly illustrate, or comment on, experience design (http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/03/24/calling-all-experience-design-video-clips/); I responded saying that I%u2019v

[IxDA Discuss] Designing Installer for the Mac

Hi, I'm currently designing a Visio flow regarding a MPKG installer for Macs, and am wondering how I can make the experience more visually compelling and clearer for the user. When I look at how to install Firefox on a Mac (http://tinyurl.com/4lt6cy), particularly the third image (http://tin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

Pasta&Vinegar just posted this lovely list: http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2008/10/21/science-fiction-and-hciinteraction-design/ Science fiction and HCI/interaction design Some quick pointers about the relationsh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

Stanford on iTunesU has published some guest lectures from their HCI class http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.stanford.edu.1357108180 Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=