[IxDA Discuss] NEW POST-GRADUATE IN BRAZIL

I'm coordinating a post-graduate in User-Centered Design with the Universidade Positivo in Curitiba. The course brings the experience of designers and engineers of CESAR, professionals / researchers from Curitiba and brings a professi

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Senior Experience Architect - News Digital Media | Sydney, Australia | Full Time

Come and join one of the best, most experienced and innovative User Experience teams in Australia and an award winning (http://bit.ly/3zDzxG) global organisation which is deeply committed to User Experience. It's a high visibility role looking after some of Australia's most highly trafficked and i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rating vs "Like"

Just giving back a bit... Dru asked for a recommendation for a readable resource about attitude measurement, scaling, etc. I went back to my stats and survey research research but most of them seemed either too dry, too statistics-heavy, or both. I did find one book with a straightforward a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

You could try representing the architecture as wireframes then illustrate the logic of the different user journeys based on the target audiences / personas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47408 __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Representing visually the reasoning behind the sitemap.

I'm assuming that the audience for the presentation are not familiar with a standard site-map deliverable, and I'm guessing that they are not looking for a blow-by-blow account of the entire rationale you have chosen, but instead looking for some confidence in the decisions that you have made. May

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Senior Experience Architect - News Digital Media | Sydney, Australia | Full Time

Apologies, the link to apply appears malformed. If you want to apply please go to: http://seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=70&PageNumber=1&jobid=16278339 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=4

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rating vs "Like"

Look at what steepster did http://blog.steepster.com/post/226679106/better-rating-system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47342 Welco

[IxDA Discuss] MS in Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, User Experience, Information Architect

Hello Group, I am back again with the same request. As, I have been looking for the college and university to continue master degree in Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, User Experience, Information Architect. My curiosity is... 1. Whether the courses are available under one roof o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good books or resources for interview techniques

Paul, you certainly have some useful articles there. Chauncey, thank your for tips as well! I was wondering though if there is a more applied chapter in some usability book. Or a journalist's guide for that matter. Where for example the structured/semi-structured/open questioning style is explaine

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rating vs "Like"

Great summary . Thanks Tom for sharing. Steepster seems to have figured out a way to avoid the predictable "final resting place" of something between 4.-4.5 (4.3). I am passing the site on to our UX Designers and the business owners within our company. It's nice to see something new/fresh. Look

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS in Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, User Experience, Information Architect

Stanford University's Symbolic Systems Master's program (of which I'm a graduate): http://symsys.stanford.edu/ssp_static?page=masters.html Andn the HCI concentration in the Computer Science program: http://hci.stanford.edu/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rating vs "Like"

I would also recommend looking at what StackOverflow, their vote up/down engine is pretty well thought out. You can test it out at uxexchange.com where it's used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=4734

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good books or resources for interview techniques

Liou, For a basic applied chapter on interviews, I recommend the one in Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) ~ Catherine Courage (Author), Kathy Baxter (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Yo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

I derive a site's structure from the organization of the use cases for that site. First, I create the use cases, they can be name only (i.e., Consumer adds item to shopping cart). Then, I collect similar use cases into functional packages (or folders). These functional packages then translate in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS in Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, User Experience, Information Architect

Iowa State University offers HCI masters and PhD programs. The programs dont require anything more than some computer science background, although because the programs were spawned from the Virtual Reality Application Center there is a programming component to it, although if I remember it was an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should tab order always strictly follow visual order?

>From: Alan Wexelblat > >What I'd like to do is have move the user from A-B but then from >B-F, skipping the defaulted fields. I know this is going to >inconvenience that 10% of users who want to change the default, but >the alternative seems to be inconveniencing the 90% who have to hit > four

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] - Chicago, November 18 - Sears - how UX leads the way.

A reminder about this week's Chicago event event: - - - - - - - - Sears – the $50 billion startup. And how UX leads the way. Get answers to the $50 billion question: How do you change a multi-billion dollar corporation into a multi-billion dollar startup? The UXSears team is hosting the Nov. 18 I

[IxDA Discuss] Reminder :: Silicon Valley IxDA Event :: Persuasion for Designers :: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Yahoo!

Just a reminder, inviting you to join us at our next Silicon Valley IxDA event! Kim Goodwin, author of Designing for the Digital Age, will speak about Persuasion for Designers. When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Socializing: 7:00-7:30 pm Program: 7:30-9:30 pm Where: Yahoo! Room: Building E

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good books or resources for interview techniques

Hi Liou, "Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In" is invaluable when it comes to asking questions in a way that helps you discover what you don't know to ask about and understand more about the interviewee to ask relevant questions. It's not an IXD/UXD focused book, but I recomme

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Colorado - User Experience education: from workshops to conferences to degrees

Want to learn (or learn more) about User Experience Design -- Interaction Design, Usability, and related fields? In this meeting, we'll sort through our choices for education in User Experience fields -- ranging from free to thousands of dollars -- from seminars to conferences to college degrees.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Colorado - User Experience education: from workshops to conferences to degrees

It would probably help if I included the date and time (as well as an address) rather than making you hunt for the info - so much for invitation usability. Date: November 18, 2009 Time: 6-8 PM Address: 1011 Walnut St, 2nd Floor above Brasserie TenTen, Boulder, CO 80302 (Map

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rating vs "Like"

Very interesting discussion. However, I personally prefer uneven scales, because I think that users do know what 3 on a 5-Point scale means: not bad, but not good either. Why should I force them to either a positive or a negative decision? On the other hand you should offer a "don't know" option a

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design or HCI higher studies

Hello, I intend to pursue a Masters Degree in Interaction Design or HCI from US or Canada (MDes or MS). I am about to finish my Graduate studies in Computer Science (MS in CS) with a GPA of 3.1 (including one really low grade). I have some pretty strong project work that can cover-up the GPA defi

[IxDA Discuss] Mini Design Challenge Suggestions

Hi, Does anyone have suggestions of topics for quick (~10 minutes) design challenge scenarios? The University of Michigan SOCHI (Student Org. in Computer Human Interaction) is hosting an event to practice our rapid sketching and ideation skills, particularly in preparation for upcoming job inter

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good books or resources for interview techniques

I think this is a really important part of usability interviewing that is not given enough focus. The technique I woudl recommend is actually from job interviews called behavioural interviewing. "Behavioral interviewing is a style of interviewing that was developed in the 1970's by industrial psy

[IxDA Discuss] Prototyping Tool Recommendations

Hello, i have recently been given the task of identifying prototyping tools to test high fidelity and high functionality. Our goal is to have prototypes that will be high enough quality to work as design specs. I have looked at Axure and iRise but am unsure about their ability to handle interactio

[IxDA Discuss] Inline audio and text translations

Hello, everyone. Thanks for the constant stream of useful information. I've lurked and learned from this list for a while. It's great. Has anyone seen/built an interface for presenting inline audio translations of journal or magazine articles? A customer would like to include translations for sma