I'm still playing with the new release... Sketchflow looks pretty neat, but I
need to spend more time with it before I can really judge.
FWIW, I can comment on the the ease to create more fine-grained complex
interactions through predefined or extensible behaviors.
First, for those who don't
LEADERSHIP
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+ Work collaboratively with the San Francisco leadership team on the
evolution of a common design process and shared level of exceptional
quality
+ Lead and/or attend weekly meetings: Hot all-hands,
I'm looking for my first job in interaction design or something
similar, having recently earned my Master of Science degree in HCI.
I'm having a bit of difficulty with the job search, in part because
I have a background in computer science and most of my experience is
in web development. As
It means forcing your website (or less frequently your desktop
application) to use specific colors for text, alt-text, background,
and so on, rather than allowing the *viewer* to override them with
personal preferences.
The basic problem is that as a designer you want to provide an
aesthetic
Although we haven't conducted a specific study on the UI of the
digital format, we have heard anecdotal feedback re: these digital
additions. Some of the user benefits include being able to see your
ad (if you placed one) in the print addition if print is unavailable,
finding articles or photos
Hi,
I just read this post. I would love to participate.
If you still need more reviewer, you can contact me at
vincent.emmanue...@gmail.com
Thank you,
Emmanuelle
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Questions:
* Doesn't persuasion assume that people are persuaded to go to the
product in the first place?
* What makes that happen?
* What other factors that make up the success of a product?
* So yes we can persuade through the interface itself but what else
do we need to do to increase
For example, is there anything persuasive about the Twitter UI? Or is
it that the conversation itself in Twitter persuades me to continue to
use it?
Have a look at slide 129 of Sebastian Deterding's Reboot presentation here -
Hi:
Suggest we work best when we are less precious about the methods we
use and get creative about what it takes to speak to people to drive
insights.
So as a starter list:
* Have conversations
* Find natural environments and get out of meeting rooms
* Understand your goals (what do you want
I was in your situation about seven years ago, having built several
web sites from both angles, but more toward the development side.
You may have heard this before, but moving into a new career field
often requires taking a step downward, then working your way back up
again. I took a pretty
Just saw this across the Twitter stream. It’s a video of Nokia design team
doing gestural design research for a new device. While I’m not sure if it’s an
ad or an attempt at a B2B viral video it’s still somewhat interesting
nonetheless. As a super-proponent of design through user research it
Hi Mark,
I completely understand where you are coming from. I too have a
technical background and a Masters in HCI.
The way that I was able to get into the field is by taking a
cross-functional job. My first job was officially called
Usability/Front-End Developer, where I did my share of
I agree with what's been written: the web-based experience seems much
more worthwhile than the 'digital versions' with their interface
quirks.
What does seem to be an interesting development are the iPhone
versions of things like NY Times: it's really quite good, and
appropriate to the medium. A
Fritz, thanks for the link. Most of the video/motion work in the
mobile design process that I have seen is either a compilation of
ethno interviews (typically pretty dull viewing) or a highly polished
product demo/scenario. This piece does a good job of bridging
research and design.
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Mark Goetz wrote:
I'm looking for my first job in interaction design or something
similar, having recently earned my Master of Science degree in HCI.
I'm having a bit of difficulty with the job search, in part because
I have a background in computer science and most of my experience is
in web
@Daniel:
# Doesn't persuasion assume that people are persuaded to go to the
product in the first place?
# What makes that happen?
Well, yes the user needs to visit the site before they will be
effected by any persuasion techniques you build into the site.
However, getting new users to that
One of the other researchers at HFI, Susan Weinschenk, recently
published a book called Neuro Web Design - What makes them click?
It was a good read and covered 9 different persuasion techniques.
Weinschenk's book, I thought, was awful. All she did, *really*, was rehash
Cialdini's work and
Thanks for all your comments and feedback.
Judging the responses it appears that the majority of you report
(anecdotally and with data) user experiences not living up to their original
print versions and expectations. Whilst there are some advantages to be
gained (richer content, more visual,
Thanks Brian.
To drill down further, does persuasion assume that the core value
of a product has already been identified? So if people are already
using the product, some form of persuasion has already occurred both
in and outside the product?
So if I know why I am using something in the first
Just to add one further thought about the non-strict HTML available versions
of publications: they often divorce themselves from the URL/Bookmark
ecoystem of the web at large, and that is perhaps their largest evil.
What is the point of some slick and page-turning interface when they have no
URL
User Experience Architects - multiple positions available -incredible
opportunity to improve the online retail space. Chicago, IL
Sears Holdings is a $50 billion company and the nation's fourth largest
broadline retailer - we're looking to grow our Online Experience Design
practice and we need
...perhaps a bit off topic asking a content development question in here, but I
was hoping since interaction has so much...well, interaction with content that
perhaps someone might have insight they'd be willing to share.
Much of the work I've found around information foraging/scent,
Ok so now that Verizon just announced their app store (http://bit.ly/jAC6p) and
Nokia (Ovi store - http://bit.ly/4l41aM), Blackberry (http://bit.ly/iz9kK),
Windows (http://bit.ly/uDgO1), Google Android (http://bit.ly/rXTXc) and of
course Apple all have their app stores can we agree that the APP
The video seems interesting. Great viewpoint for newcomers to web
design. HFI courses did catch my eye when I first discovered
usability can be practiced professionally.
However, PET sounds as though its yet another form of marketing
implemented in web design. The PET technique seems well
This sounds great! I think game design is the next frontier for a lot
of UX practitioners.
-x-
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Victor
Lombardivictorlomba...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone I talked to wanted
to learn game design after seeing him, and I knew we had to make his
work available
UPDATE: As per a recent IAI e-mail I just received re: John Ferrara
who Victor Lombardi notes... saw give an earlier version of this
(on game design) presentation in Amsterdam last year and he blew me
away. Everyone I talked to wanted to learn game design after seeing
him, and I knew we had to
This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but I have a very
brief overview I put together on a presentation about Information
Foraging Theory (IFT) given by Peter Pirolli at CHI 2007. It's
available on my website at -
http://www.mylesdesignstudios.com/IFT_CHI2007.ppt
It's not specifically
I'm surprised someone with a MS in HCI is not considered qualified
for an IxD role. What do they see as your skill deficiencies? Is it
primarily an experience issue (too senior a post), or do they feel
you are lacking some specific training?
As far as I'm concerned, some reasonable level of
Thanks James for the links!
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and Martin!
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Daniel,
Persuasion is really about convincing people to take an action (or to
avoid taking an action). In marketing terms the measure of success of
persuasive techniques is the number of products sold. I would assume
that you would already know what the core value of a product is
before you
Just wanted to let everyone we plan to put tickets on sale t'mrrw.
Please RSVP or comment here if you're interested in attending our
DELVE:UI event.
We just received a promo write up on Konigi.com (if anyone's a
fan--which you should be) also:
I'm not sure if this is what you're after but I did some work on
information scent a while ago.
The work on information scent on its own is a useful framework but
for practical implementation, work on text comprehension can be a
good complement. The work I relied on most was Kintsch van Dijk's
For those of you in the NYC area and interested in discussing the
intersection between Agile and UX, join us for an Agile Experience
Design Round Table this coming Tue. Aug 21. Space is limited, so
don't delay RSVP'ing if you'd like to attend.
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(Part 2 - the online system wouldn't let me post all of this in one
go)
I also found that it was not a good idea to tailor the
macrostructural elements to the users too much - this often gave
misleading information about the content so people ended up choosing
documents that were less likely to
Thanks again for getting this going Anders. I'm there.
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What's persuasive in design terms differs from what's persuasive in
terms of interaction. When the interaction is communication, it
consists of an open-ended series of transactions. That's persuasive
enough for most to make themselves available to communication, if not
interested and
Hi:
2 recent reads: (thanks for pointing these my way Jared and Brian @
www.uie.com)
* http://www.technologyreview.com/web/22987/page1/
* http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/chrome_os_context
Specifically this stood out to me -
From a user-level perspective, Chrome isnt going to look, act, or
FYI
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Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Subject: [anthrodesign] New open source tool: video note taking utility
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Hey all,
A potentially useful new tool for those of you
Thanks Adrian and helps :)
If persuasive is applied more strictly to design and architectural
choices, then persuasiveness in user experience would comprise of
elements in the designers original control: things part of the
design process. Communication wouldn't fit here: we don't control
Another book worth mentioning is 'Subject to Change' from the people
at Adaptive Path (including Peter Merholz). The focus on experience
design and user empathy is really compelling, and has had a big
influence on my thinking as a designer.
Cheers-
Jason
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Becky, sounds like some of your frustration is in addressing the gap
between the architecture of experiences and the content contained in
those experiences. The latter is typically the purview of content
developers, but usually under the guidance and direction of content
strategists. While
Directi has recently launched DesignChef http://designchef.com which is a
non-profit, online graphic and user experience design competition.
Follow the links below to check out the first design competition:
Logo Challenge
UX Challenge
I think it’s a good opportunity to participate and win some
Does anyone know of any academic or industry research that addresses
how users react-to/perceive products on a site when there is a
function displayed for ratings/reviews, but none (or maybe just 1)
have been completed?
I've looked through a number of papers/articles and have yet to see
that
Hi,
I am looking for studies, articles, etc. of usability testing done with
government web forms, and can't seem to find very much research on the
subject. I would also be interested in articles about government web testing
that include forms as part of the report, even if the article includes
Esteeemed members,
I have two information requests.
1) Can you please share some literature on usage of colors and
usability.
2) Also can you please share your knowledge on whether a color affect
the download speed of a website. For example does a white background
page load faster than a black
Our project of the Faber-Ludens Institute was chosen by the public in
Mozilla Labs Design Challenge:
http://design-challenge.mozilla.com/summer09/#bic-people
Érico Fernandes Fileno, M.Sc.
Interaction Designer
Instituto Faber-Ludens
http://www.faberludens.com.br/pt-br/blog/2
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Just want to remind everyone that the NYC IA Meetup is tomorrow in
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You left off the Palm app store (coming soon for Palm Pre users :).
We recently tested a unique iPhone app and came up with some key
learning I can share from the user perspective:
-As your list suggests, the same rules of good UI/UX apply for
mobile/app interfaces as for any interface with one
Kim,
Nice work. I just sent a note to my foodie facebook friends to check
it out. Whether its food prep or auto maintenance good usability
counts!
I wish you great success ...
-David
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Interaction Designer/Information Architect, 6 to 8 week contracting
opportunity.
3 to 5 years of recent industry experience in the UX field.
Please send resume and work samples(process flows, site maps, NO
WIREFRAMES)
Gabriel will provide complete details of the job description once he
Join our clients engineering team and design and develop the user
interface for a new electronic discovery application that is of key
strategic importance. In this position you will be expected to
collaborate with product management to design the user interface and work
independently on the
We're looking for a Visual Designer with 1-5 years of experience and a
portfolio that demonstrates conceptual thinking and the ability to
deliver unique, creative solutions for complex, interactive experiences.
The applicant should have a strong understanding of the user-centered
design process
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