Re: [IxDA Discuss] UXBookClubs (Canada? Online)

2008-11-29 Thread Erica
Canadians et al, I know of Mario, and I know of one other Canadian who has expressed interest. Curious, are there other Canadians here interested in discussing books? Should it be online since there are few of us over a large area? Are others interested in an online discussion, even if it's posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UXBookClub: Washington DC

2008-11-29 Thread Will Evans
BTW: There are many other local groups springing up around the world as this has become a new interest/grass roots initiate forming over the past few days. Check out http://www.uxbookclub.org If you don't see a city near you - start one up and see if you can get people stoked about joining. - W

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UXBookClubs in general (was re: UX Book Club Washington D.C.)

2008-11-29 Thread Steve Baty
If I could also mention that the UX Book Club also has groups forming in Canberra, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, NYC, Twin Cities, Toronto, Tokyo, and London with others in discussion. The http://uxbookclub.org site has the beginnings of each group, but - more importantly - it's a place for you to record

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How much setup information to give test participants

2008-11-29 Thread kdziedzic
I agree. Most people don't read the materials and training, so to get value from the user testing, it is essential to see how they do without the support material. Ideally, the new flow will be immediately intuitive even for customers that are accustomed to the old way. I like the smart new-user co

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] New Mexico Local Group Meetup - 12/9/08 5:30pm

2008-11-29 Thread Kevin Silver
Hi All, After a successful first meeting of New Mexico IxDA, we decided to have another meetup on December 9th at 5:30pm at Chama River Brewing (http://www.chamariverbrewery.com/). We wanted to meet before the madness of the upcoming holidays and also while we have some forward momentum.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Multi-select on the web

2008-11-29 Thread Sascha Brossmann
Why not turn this into a two-stage process by differentiating between *marking* (or flagging) a picture and *selecting* a picture for further action? (See e. g. most types of asset management software for implementations.) While this is actually a more or less simple enhancement of the checkbox pa

[IxDA Discuss] UXBookClub: Washington DC

2008-11-29 Thread Will Evans
Hi all, IxDA Washington DC now has a UX Book Club. We have a page on the UX Book Club Wiki, we have our first 2 books chosen, and now we just need folks who are interested to come on by and show interest by joining. *Description*: The UX Book Club Washington D.C.<%20http://uxbookclub.org/doku.ph

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Review of Books

2008-11-29 Thread Andy Polaine
Thanks everyone - that's a great list. I'll try and cover most of them, but they'll be interspersed between other design disciplines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35729 _