Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Russell Wilson
Jared's additions make my definition so much better! I specified software for 2 reasons: 1) that's how the question was worded to me 2) I don't feel qualified to define design beyond software design As for my choice - we aren't designing Ferrari's... we are designing tools for people to buy

[IxDA Discuss] Call for Participation: Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

2009-07-04 Thread Jon
TEI'10 - THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED, AND EMBODIED INTERACTION January 25-27, 2010 MIT Media Lab - Cambridge, MA, USA http://tei-conf.org/ Submission Deadlines and Categories --- Note: different from last year August 3, 2009: Papers

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Jim Leftwich
1. Yet 2. another 3. exercise 4. in 5. design 6. semantics 7. from 8. here 9. to 10. eternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43357

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Chauncey Wilson
Hello Russell, Just for fun here is my 10-word describing software design. Creating quality code that drives useful usable engaging user interfaces Chauncey On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Russell Wilsonruss.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Jared's additions make my definition so much better! I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Jared Spool
On Jul 4, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Russell Wilson wrote: Jared's additions make my definition so much better! I specified software for 2 reasons: 1) that's how the question was worded to me 2) I don't feel qualified to define design beyond software design As for my choice - we aren't designing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Wait, wasn't that 'Experience Design' (or something)? I'm confused :) Taking Chauncey's entry (minus the poetic linefeeds), Creating quality code that drives useful usable engaging user interfaces, and tightening it a bit, why not just say, Creating great experiences for our customers and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Russell Wilson
Jared, I currently lead the design of network performance mgt software applications at my company. I have also designed countless applications in the past that have nothing to do with network perf mgt. And I have designed several websites for small businesses. But what does that have to do with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Dan Saffer
On Jul 3, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Russell Wilson wrote: At the end of a recent interview, the candidate asked me “What is software design to you?” I can probably come up with a thousand different answers but the one that popped into my mind immediately that day was “*software design is making

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Fredrik Matheson
While it certainly is interesting to share snapshots of our individual vantage points, I doubt it makes me a better interaction designer. I'd much rather be tutored by the many masters on our list, but that's hard when we're spread across different time zones. One of my colleagues recently began

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
Do you think what you do is exactly the same as what an automotive designer does? I certainly hope not. Jared's not a designer. ;) Software design, despite that I call occasionally call myself a software designer for its conversation-killing effects, is the art of designing systems. User

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Jarod Tang
Make it for people ( than for computer). On 7/4/09, Russell Wilson russ.wil...@gmail.com wrote: At the end of a recent interview, the candidate asked me “What is software design to you?” I can probably come up with a thousand different answers but the one that popped into my mind immediately

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Jared Spool
On Jul 4, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Russell Wilson wrote: I currently lead the design of network performance mgt software applications at my company. I have also designed countless applications in the past that have nothing to do with network perf mgt. And I have designed several websites for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Russell Wilson
Therefore, Marc's answer of arranging code to perform a function on a computer is the best answer I've seen so far, but my sense is that it wasn't what you were looking for. But it was! I'm just interested in what people's answers are to the question - no restrictions. I do think there are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?

2009-07-04 Thread Russell Wilson
...making the ordinary extraordinary seems very generic to me, whereas software design seems fairly specific. (I hang out, because of my son's profession, with a lot of magicians and special effects artists these days. Those guys think they've cornered the market on 'making the ordinary