Re: [IxDA Discuss] Question on brainstorming personas

2009-11-21 Thread Isabel
Personas are supposed to come out of your data and not the other way around. You observe users in their context, you conduct some interviews if need it, your talk to all the stakeholders, and then you are in a position to really understand your user goals and needs and build and archetype that

[IxDA Discuss] (Job) UI Designer-San Francisco-Recruiter-Contract 6+ Months

2009-11-21 Thread Jay Ambler
We have a contract position that has opened up with one of our clients. It’s a well established dynamic company with lots of potential for growth. They are looking for a strong UI Designer with an outstanding portfolio. Strong Web Design background with excellent HTML and CSS is needed along with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design or HCI higher studies

2009-11-21 Thread jackz
But I haven't seen many job openings for Fresh Grads in companies. I may be wrong but I have seen job openings for Interaction Designers and HCI guys who have some experience in this area. Am I right? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Question on brainstorming personas

2009-11-21 Thread Paul Bryan
Understanding what real people will do when presented with your design requires data. If you don't have budget for research, I suggest taking a weekend to go to a place where people do whatever activity you are designing for, observe them for a few hours, and jot down attributes and behaviors that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need for Portal Design Guidelines?

2009-11-21 Thread Paul Bryan
Paul, You are right, there are patterns. Those patterns would be very interesting and useful to portal managers. They should also understand that simply copying portal best practices will lead to the perfect portal, but for some other company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Kickstarter for a book about interaction design - only 2 weeks left

2009-11-21 Thread Nick Disabato
Hey all - I'm part of Chicago's IxDA chapter, and I'm in the process of writing a book about interaction design. It's called Cadence Slang, and it should be out by the end of next year. I posted earlier about this, but we've seen quite a lot of progress so far, and so I figure it's worth an

[IxDA Discuss] Your experience trying to connect a Bluetooth device

2009-11-21 Thread Eirik Midttun
Hi list, I'm interested in hearing thoughts about using Bluetooth devices. In particular the part where you have just bought the thing and want to connect/pair it with a PC or mobile phone. Apparently this is an incredible hard thing to do for most people (I'm a techie myself, so not really that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design or HCI higher studies

2009-11-21 Thread dave malouf
Yun, if you have a Digital Media Design Masters with EE, you should be well on your way to getting a job. The only thing stopping you is yourself, not your education. If you feel you need courses take stuff online, or go to workshops @ conferences. But you have all the credentials you need. You

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

2009-11-21 Thread Achyuta
Brajendu, All information you asked for is in depaul's website. If you still got questions, list them down and call, or email them. - Achyuta On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Brajendu Behera brajend...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi Achyuta... Thanks for your helping note. I visited the link -

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Your experience trying to connect a Bluetooth device

2009-11-21 Thread Stephen Holmes
On my Mac I've never had any problems over the years since I go my first Bluetooth device. The interface is pretty straight forward. I've connected keyboards, a mouse, and my non-Apple cell phone and headset. No problems on the computer interface side. The only problem I've had is with my