Re: [IxDA Discuss] Feedback on discussion forum

It takes just 1 minute. I took the survey, did you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42451 Welcome to the Interaction Design Associat

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

Hi Chris, IMHO architecture like Industrial Design provides a great background for interaction design. An undergraduate education in architecture provides a firm and broad base to diversify and specialize into many other fields of design such as Interaction, Industrial Design, Urban Design, Lands

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

Hi Chris, I just thought I'd point you to some previous threads from this list that may be of use in sorting this out: // jeff IxD Curriculum http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=30537 Undergraduate Interaction Degree http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=26558 Associates Degree in Interface D

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

I'd agree wholeheartedly with Dave - my original Industrial Design major (back in 1980!) was a natural fit for me when I started UX in the mid 1990s (starting with embedded control systems before moving on to web design and web applications). The thinking and task solving design processes you go

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Copenhagen UE Windows Concept

Hi there. I published a whitepaper on it here: http://cid-594df9b57d3702dc.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Copenhagen I would love to hear your feedback on it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=4

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

Dave is quite bias regarding schools (and he should be). He is absolutely right on this point. Mark On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:25 PM, dave malouf wrote: > but out of the common undergraduate degrees out there, the one that > will prepare you the most as an IxD is NOT GD. Hands down industrial > d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

Chris, I love graphic design, so there is no intended diss in what I'm about to say and I know it REALLY depends on the specific program, but out of the common undergraduate degrees out there, the one that will prepare you the most as an IxD is NOT GD. Hands down industrial design is better. 1)

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA NYC June 18 - Design Strategy: Building Concentric Circles of Connection

RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/nyc-ixda-june IxDA NYC invites you to our June 2009 event: Design Strategy: Building Concentric Circles of Connection A discussion and working session with ROGER MADER and JAKE SAMUELSON Please join us for the following discussion and working session to apply a tiered str

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona scope

>From my experience they need to be specific. Otherwise you fall into the 'Elastic User' issue that Cooper points out in 'Inmates Are Running The Asylum.' That is everyone 'knows' the general user, and this general user just happens to fit into his/her own perspective of the solution. Which leads

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Undergraduate Curriculum in HCI

Thank you all for the replies, I'd welcome any other advice. Since it seems that the field may not currently respect the idea of IxD as an undergraduate program, I may pursue something in Graphic Design. I suppose it's good that I'm getting this information now, though it is somewhat disconcertin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst Beta (aka Thermo) is out

FINALLY! It's annoying they didnt send the reminder I signed up for though. Luckily I had a beta versio already from a conference so have been playing for a while. Not sure yet if it matches Expression for functionailty, but Ive been using Flex since the alpha's so its definitely a step forward! T

Re: [IxDA Discuss] XBox 360: Project Natal. Reactions?

Yeah, Twitter is going nuts. I've seen some of the videos. I'm very impressed with their vision. Very. Microsoft has done well. We shall see if the implementation is as ground-breaking as the vision though. On Jun 1, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Troy Gardner wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Mik

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Feedback on discussion forum

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] XBox 360: Project Natal. Reactions?

I haven't seen the E3 video is there a link? The videos on youtube are concept advertisements, and having played with some of the people doing this, it seems demo-ware. Big in dreams, but often brittle once you get it into the real world. I have no doubt that eventually gestural interfaces (an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation

Agree with many of the points above, and definitely agree that there's a good advantage for icons in that they do not need to be translated. I'm an advocate for the safest method, which is to use larger icons with short 1-or-2 word descriptive text (or text on rollover). I will admit I love makin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Demo Tours

I watched the Axure demo/tour recently and liked it. I really like the tone they use. http://www.axure.com/ Suze Ingram User Experience Consultant suze.ingram {at} gmail.com @suzeingram http://suzeingram.blogspot.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/suzeingram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] XBox 360: Project Natal. Reactions?

Just watched the Microsoft Press Conference at E3. Anyone have thoughts on Project Natal? I hope this extension of the XBox experience is affordable when it hits the streets--the potential of gesture-based, motion/voice-sensing play entering millions of homes worldwide is something to celebrate.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google Wave

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Mark Canlas wrote: > I'm absolutely shocked no one has posted this yet. > http://wave.google.com/ > > Thoughts? > Be careful what you ask for! :) Briefly put, that's some impressive engineering! *wink wink nudge nudge* Given the hype, I went into watching the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation

Although I agree with most of the disadvantages raised here, I thought I'd throw out a couple of advantages, on the flip side... - if selected iconography transcends language barriers, translation may not be necessary - requires minimal real estate requirements (ideal for mobile, other small scree

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation

Correction, Ikea USED to use icons [1] but evidently have shifted away from this as the pressures on their second-tier navigation grew with an increasing amount of content. [1] http://konigi.com/interface/ikea-navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation

Ikea uses them in their second-tier navigation (left nav.) I would look through the examples on PatternTap [1] and Konigi [2]. [1] http://patterntap.com/tap/collection/icons [2] http://konigi.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org ht

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

I just wanted to comment on this: Andrei wrote: My experience is that 9 out of 10 times, people make personas improperly, and worse, use them to make or justify whatever design decision suits their fancy that day. But nearly every single person I've seen use them thinks they are doing it right. *

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona scope

Hi Janna, Interesting thoughts indeed. In my work I have seen both general and application/project-ish specific personas used. Of the two, the application specific personas were more useful. That being said, I was in project/delivery/tactical mode and trying to get something through the door. I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona scope

It worries me a little to hear you say "general" personas I have to say. So much of the flack they get now already is around them being to general to be a useful tool. And if they are over generalized to a point of having no clear focus or goals the user is accomplishing I am not sure you would

[IxDA Discuss] Persona scope

Lately I've been doing some thinking about what scope would be appropriate for personas. Does it make sense to have "general" personas for a product line - or are personas better used as a vehicle to communicate user research at more specific level? For instance, would it make sense for Microso

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google Wave

Weyert, that is not too dangerous. They already have checkbox which will allow to hide what you typing. As far as i understand you considered primarily with corporate usage and it's likely that most companies will use their own Wave Servers with live typing hidden by default (or equal feature).

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Icon Navigation

Example is http://me.com. All main navigation are icons without any labels. And this is the only case when those icons can possibly work alone, because Mac users already got used to them. But I would not rank that one as a website. It's more like application. Krystal posted very nice link. I can

[IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst Beta (aka Thermo) is out

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/ Pierre Roberge Customer Experience Manager, etfs #2193 819.566.2901 www.etfsinc.com -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged mate

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google Wave

I think it's really dangerous tool. Especially, the I can see you what you type feature. I hope this won't become a replacement of nowadays mail clients (or being used in GMail). The problem with this feature is that you need to think tripple before you type. Before you know it you are shar

[IxDA Discuss] Demo Tours

Can anyone share their favorite examples of demo tours on websites? Not looking necessarily for examples of great animation; its more towards how they explain their product/website in the most efficient way. A couple of my favorites are the flickr magical feature tourwh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] New release of GUI Design Studio

Actually, as someone who has to spend a lot of time manually creating extensive user flows and application and site maps in Visio (and then continually revise them throughout the course of the product lifecycle, since they are used by our testing team) then to see it done with drag-and-drop from a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframing with pencil and paper

Every time I chat with my classical architecture friends, they remind me that, even after "hundreds (thousands?) of years," and software products that are pretty mature, they still start with pencil and paper. And this is part of how strategy unfolds. With IxD, at least for me, takes a while but I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

I published a piece of research a bit reminiscent of this study in 1984 (well, I was only 4 years old, gotta give me a break) that I thought was full of holes. In being so self-critical, my professors had to frequently remind me that the scientific method is a building of a body of research over ti

Re: [IxDA Discuss] i need to design a portfolio page fast.

Rohitkulthia, As Chip said, use fewer but bigger pictures. Screenshots are necessary, but not enough -> add information (better overview about your experience, more depth to application descriptions). Paragraphs should never extend to the width of a page, they are hard to follow that way (rule of

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] NYCUPA hosts Mary M. Michaels presenting \"The ROI of Usability\" on Tuesday 6/16

The ROI of Usability: How to Demonstrate the Value of User-Centered Design Within Your Organization [http://nycupa.org] A presentation by Mary M. Michaels of Human Factors International Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:30–8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:00. Please arrive early. JP Morgan Chase, 277 Park Ave. (

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

Steve's point is on the nose: "Fictitious" could mean "was created, imagined" or "based on a lie". "Representative" means "to serve as an example" or "to act on behalf of". Much less consternation there. Minus the XXX's, the discussion is fairly a healthy one. Keep it going. Frank's study was

Re: [IxDA Discuss] i need to design a portfolio page fast.

thanksall points note n Chip Cullenthanks, indeed nice suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42433 Welcome to the Inte

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

Then it's really two issues: a) what is the method so we can all communicate, and b) do they have the experience to execute the method and communicate the results in a competent manner so we can work as a team? Agreed. And to add to that, a key aspect of skilled method use is to understan

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

> In my experience, any design method can be applied well or poorly, > leading to good as well as bad results. No amount of standardization > and guideline writing seems to be capable of changing that. ... Agreed. Can't force everyone to the same level of competence. > I tend to think of a method

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB]:Software Specialist- Usability: SAS R&D India. Pvt. Ltd: Pune

SAS R&D India. Pvt. Ltd seeks a usability analyst for its R&D Usability team. As a member of the R&D Usability team, this person will design, prototype, and document SAS solution user interfaces. The duties of this position will include conducting usability studies, prototyping and producing det