Re: [IxDA Discuss] Eye tracking software

2010-02-11 Thread Ania Rodriguez
Hi Sunil - I recommend you check out SMI. I started using their technology for eye-tracking studies and found their solution to be excellent. Reach out to Jennifer Knodler. Her email is jennifer.knod...@smivision.com. She had a booth at the IxDA conference so you may have seen her there.

[IxDA Discuss] Anyone have some good design examples of nested data?

2010-02-11 Thread Stefan Bookholt
Hi, In business applications, I often have to design a grid of data, and each item has another list of related data. For example, I want to display a list of customer data (first name, last name, telephone, email), and a single customer has several documents linked to him, where you want to see

[IxDA Discuss] Contract Information Architect Position in Los Angeles.

2010-02-11 Thread Theresa Murphy
This is a six month contract in Glendale. Large Entertainment Company. Details: · Responsible for the Information Architecture effort for a specific business, project, or interaction domain as well as the standardization and streamlining of IA documentation and processes overall · D

[IxDA Discuss] Looking for Snr. Designer to assist

2010-02-11 Thread sourabh
Hi folks, I am looking for User Interaface, UX, Information Architecture designer to assist. I am web designer, working at IT industry, and self practicing UI, UX, IA. If anyone looking for intermediate level designer, please let me know - sourabh.rangdal at gmail dot com. Thanks, Sourabh twit

Re: [IxDA Discuss] the UX Canon

2010-02-11 Thread Christian Crumlish
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:25 PM, mark schraad wrote: > > But I think it is also time to add a another category. Working in a small > shop, on your own, or even in a startup allows a designer room to work in a > very pure structure. But the lions share of design work is in cross > discipline, mult

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT REMINDER] IxDA CHICAGO FEB 17th - INTERACTION10 REDUX

2010-02-11 Thread Chicago IxDA
Couldn't make it to INTERACTION 10, the annual IxDA conference in Savannah this year? Come hear a recap of the speakers, events and learnings from IxDA Chicago members that attended. Read more about the speakers and workshops here: http://interaction.ixda.org/program/ Light food and drinks provid

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Developing a mentorship program

2010-02-11 Thread Amy Silvers
I've been a mentor and a mentee in the IA Institute mentorship program, and off the top of my head, here are some things that have worked: --Set expectations up front. This is the big one, and it needs to be done by both parties. What does the mentee hope to get out of the mentorship, and is the m

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Developing a mentorship program

2010-02-11 Thread oliamwright
I'd love to sign up to find a mentor and be a mentor :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49305 Welcome to the Interaction Design Asso

[IxDA Discuss] Developing a mentorship program

2010-02-11 Thread Susan Oslin
Have you been a mentor to someone in the interaction design field? Have you been mentored by someone? The IxDA LA is developing a local mentorship program and we are looking for people to share their experiences. What works, what doesn't? What have you gotten from being a mentor or mentee? Wha

Re: [IxDA Discuss] the UX Canon

2010-02-11 Thread Milan Guenther
I'd throw in Dan Roams's The back of the napkin, as a general introduction to visual problem solving, and as a basis for all the boxes and arrows you draw as UX practitioner. This category would of course very much broaden the scope, and you could ask whether books on requirements engineering, inn

[IxDA Discuss] the UX Canon

2010-02-11 Thread mark schraad
Will and Dave have done a fantastic job of assembling a really high impact group of books. By that I meant, they did not throw every book in the lot... but assembled a manageable list of really high impact readings... certainly the core of what is needed. http://blog.semanticfoundry.com/2010/02/11

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Prototyping

2010-02-11 Thread Inge Kuijper
Hi Mitchell! At UNITiD we use Fireworks for iPhone prototyping. My colleague has built a very easy, open source tool which allows you to easily built prototypes for iPhone. You can include transitions like swipe, pop, fade, etc in a second. Please find a demo and all information and downloads he

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Enterprise IT UI Strategy

2010-02-11 Thread Paul Sherman
Brandon, I put together a couple of decks on Slideshare that somewhat cover your issues. Not trying to toot my own horn - well, not *too* much - but I've faced these issues too and have written up some of my experiences: Achieving Usability and a Great User Experience For Enterprise Products

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread Bella Martin
Jan, Although I can understand the draw of the West Coast, don't write off some of the opportunities on the East Coast! I earned my Master of Design degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and I was lucky enough to spend two of the most rewarding/ intense /sleep-deprived years of my life there.

[IxDA Discuss] iPhone prototypes in Flash?

2010-02-11 Thread Suzanne Ginsburg
Has anyone created any iPhone prototypes in Flash? I realize that Flash doesn't run on the iPhone but it still has potential for off- device visualizations. I'd like to include your examples in an upcoming book on iPhone design. Please contact me directly at: suza...@ginsburg-design.com if

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Facebook on Google Buzz: How Well Does That Friendship Model Work?

2010-02-11 Thread j. eric townsend
Michael Micheletti wrote: Google increasingly gives me the creeps. Yes I am sending this from my Gmail account, which is a widget in my iGoogle home page. And I am increasingly wondering if having Gmail & iGoogle accounts is such a good idea. I really don't want any other integrated cleverness fr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Enterprise IT UI Strategy

2010-02-11 Thread Navid Sadikali
watch out for when the company doesn't have the resources ($ or people) or insight to actually do interaction design in each application, but instead asks for a "manual" or style guide. The technologists/CTO will usually ask for this in his naive view that if there was a guide, then he could have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Seeking: Confusing/misleading signs, hard to use devices, etc

2010-02-11 Thread Tim Lynch
As Jack mention, This Is Broken shut down, but the associated Flickr group continues to add photos (some of which might be appropriate for what you're looking for): http://www.flickr.com/groups/thisisbroken/pool/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Facebook on Google Buzz: How Well Does That Friendship Model Work?

2010-02-11 Thread live
Oh please, you guys! Buzz is just Facebook but with your Gmail connections. Buzz is Facebook mobile - and these two companies are going to be fighting it out for top Social Network. My prediction is this: when the masses start invading and annoying Facebook, the digitally savvy will move ove

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Facebook on Google Buzz: How Well Does That Friendship Model Work?

2010-02-11 Thread Jarod Tang
> If any clever Google intelligences are monitoring, artificially or > otherwise, know that Buzz is the point at which you overstretched and went > too far for my comfort. > > yup, share the same feeling -- @jarodtang http://designforuse.blogspot.com/ _

[IxDA Discuss] SiGraDi 2010 conference @ Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

2010-02-11 Thread Leonardo Parra
Dear all, I´m gladly inviting you all to participate in SiGradi 2010. SiGraDi (Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics) has been organizing conferences since 1997 and is the Southamerican peer of ECAADE, ACADIA, CAADRIA and ASCAAD, which some of you might be familiar with. Congress that will b

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Eye tracking software

2010-02-11 Thread live
Also, do a search at the IxDA website - this list has hashed over this subject often already. On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Rony Philip wrote: Check 'Tobbi' Rony On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:28 PM, sunil shri wrote: Hi, I am looking for information for eye tracking software. Is there any

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread dave malouf
Jan, I think we can all list programs that we are excited about, but it is really unclear what you are looking for in a program, why the US, and we don't even really know what type of program you are looking for. I think saying, "IxD" is pretty vague as the philosophies of IxD vary greatly. I.e. I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Facebook on Google Buzz: How Well Does That Friendship Model Work?

2010-02-11 Thread Michael Micheletti
Google increasingly gives me the creeps. Yes I am sending this from my Gmail account, which is a widget in my iGoogle home page. And I am increasingly wondering if having Gmail & iGoogle accounts is such a good idea. I really don't want any other integrated cleverness from Google. They have become

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Seeking: Confusing/misleading signs, hard to use devices, etc

2010-02-11 Thread Greg Knaddison
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Arthur Fink wrote: > It could be a tub/shower faucet where you can't easily figure out how to > switch the water flow, an emergency brake in a car that is effectively > hidden ... anything distinctly anti-usable. Hi Arthur, Ezra Gildesgame recently created http://

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Enterprise IT UI Strategy

2010-02-11 Thread mark Schraad
A single strategy will likely fail Brandon. Context is so crucial to what we do. It over regulary usurps cosistancy. Of course I am being somewhat pedantic... But it's worth setting realist expectations for that strategy. Mark Sent from my iPhone On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Brandon Ada

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Facebook on Google Buzz: How Well Does That Friendship Model Work?

2010-02-11 Thread John Romano
As a long time Facebook and (intermittent) Twitter user, I was completely frustrated by the lack of clear privacy settings and explicit friendships. Their algorithm to determine my friendships was far from accurate. And I have no idea what they will "recommend." On the other hand, it's like having

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Eye tracking software

2010-02-11 Thread Rony Philip
Check 'Tobbi' Rony On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:28 PM, sunil shri wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for information for eye tracking software. Is there any > software for sys tracking? And how it works? > Would be great if you can share some info. > Sunil > Information Architect > http://flickr.com/p

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Prototyping

2010-02-11 Thread Graham Sear
I would second Dan's suggestion for Flash Catalyst. However, that's already been mentioned so...If you're looking for the design elements of the iPhone for prototyping this recent post has a large collection of elements for different software(Photoshop, Illustrator, fireworks etc): http://www.sm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread Will Evans
And don't forget one of the finest new programs in, SVA, which offers an MFA in Interaction Design http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/ and is run by Liz Danzico. You might also consider CMU, Masters in Design, and Bentley College's MS in Human Factors in Information Design. ~ will "Where yo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-11 Thread Graham Sear
Hi Gabor, It sounds like you're talking about an extras on demand approach. http://designinginterfaces.com/Extras_On_Demand Where you have too much to fit on one page, but they still have to be easily accessible. Depending on what you're hiding there are various design patterns you could use, su

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread Anthony Zeoli
I can't speak for San Francisco, but in New York City, you have Parsons School of Design (http://www.parsons.edu/). The school has a Graphics and Digital Design Certificate program here: http://www.parsons.edu/continuing_ed/cert_graphic.aspx. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Jan S. wrote: > Hi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread tommaso
Hi Jan, if you want to go on the west coast one of the best institute is at Stanford: http://www.stanford.edu/group/dschool/ But the admission for this september are already closed. Otherwise have a look at this: http://www.core77.com/design.edu/ you will probably find something interesting. In

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Prototyping

2010-02-11 Thread Pietro Desiato
Axure is another tool that you should take into consideration. They rolled out a iphone library with all the components. You renounce to some fidelity but save time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=

[IxDA Discuss] Study IxD - What are my options?

2010-02-11 Thread Jan S .
Hi there, I am so happy I found this place and believe that I will finally find answers to my zillions of questions ;) I have a degree in media management (which is like business administration for media companies) and currently work as a product manager for an innovative online company in german

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Stop, Pause, Play

2010-02-11 Thread Cennydd Bowles
Somwhere in the fuzziness of my brain I recall a workshop with (I think) Chris Nodder from NN/g, in which he claimed that Play and Stop are the only two globally-recognised symbols, with Pause largely known but not universal. Other symbols (Forward, Reverse etc) are not widely recognised. Don't qu

[IxDA Discuss] Digital Designer, Hertfordshire, UK

2010-02-11 Thread Danny Bluestone
Cyber-Duck www.cyber-duck.co.uk is looking for a highly motivated Designer with a strong background in art direction, design, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Excellent English writing skills and some marketing experience will be required as well as some project management and clie

[IxDA Discuss] Eye tracking software

2010-02-11 Thread sunil shri
Hi, I am looking for information for eye tracking software. Is there any software for sys tracking? And how it works? Would be great if you can share some info. Sunil Information Architect http://flickr.com/photos/sunilshri/

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-11 Thread Francis Rowland
Sorry... that should have read "Recognition, not Recall"... with a "t"! :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49270 Welcome to the Int

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-11 Thread Francis Rowland
I don't know of a study as such, but something solid to back up your argument could be #6 in Jakob Nielsen's "Ten Usability Heuristics", namely "Recognition, no Recall". [ http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html ] I mean, if something is actually hidden, the user *might* stumble

[IxDA Discuss] Enterprise IT UI Strategy

2010-02-11 Thread Brandon Adams
I've been asked to develop a UI strategy to be implemented across our IT department for all our custom developed applications as well as user facing vendor systems such as peoplesoft, microsoft dynamics, and several others. I'm a rookie web developer and UI guy that is transitioning into a IxD/U

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do you know a good HTML person?

2010-02-11 Thread Dave Merwin
Edo, I'd be happy to help. Feel free to email me offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49234 Welcome to the Interaction Design As

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Prototyping Developers for Nokia, Finland Based

2010-02-11 Thread ext-harry.dhebar
Nokia are looking for X2 UI Prototype Developers for 6 months based in Espoo, Finland to start asap. They will provide support to UI design team in developing rapid prototypes and explore the boundaries of the Qt framework for next generation devices. You should ideally have strong experience of

[IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-11 Thread Gabor Vida
A project that I am involved in has raised an interesting debate about reducing clutter in an interface. Specifically, one side believes that it is ok to completely hide some interface elements and only reveal them on rollover. I don't mean disable or dim them in a normal state and then make them

Re: [IxDA Discuss] "help text" in input fields - bad?

2010-02-11 Thread Jakub Andrzejewski
I also confirm Mark's findings - during testing of a relatively complex form, information (e.g. required formatting) placed in fields was unnoticed by many users. They just didn't read it. Once the info was gone, it was harder for them to understand what went wrong and what the proper format was.

[IxDA Discuss] (JOB) Unix Designer for Vertafore. Located in Bothell, WA

2010-02-11 Thread Valdok,Mona
Vertafore is looking for a seasoned User Experience Designer to join our talented group. As part of the Vertafore UX team, you can expect to be involved in all aspects of the process from concept to final design, including scenarios, sketches, flows, wire frames, final production-quality mockups, c

Re: [IxDA Discuss] JOB: UX/UI Consultancy for a few days (London)

2010-02-11 Thread Kevin Prince
Thanks for all the feedback. We have now hired for this position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49153 Welcome to the Interaction

[IxDA Discuss] Dot Dot Dot Lecture postponed

2010-02-11 Thread Stephanie Aaron
Even entrepreneurs have limits. New York is expecting the worst blizzard of the year starting this afternoon. Because of that, we've decided to postpose this evening's event. The Dot Dot Dot Lecture Series, "The Entrepreneurs," will be postponed to a future date. As soon as we have the date, we

[IxDA Discuss] [Job] Senior User Experience/Information Architect, Atlanta, GA - Think Interactive, Inc, Full-Time.

2010-02-11 Thread Timothy McGuckin
Description The Senior User Experience/Information Architect is responsible for planning and managing all aspects of the user experience architecture discipline throughout a project engagement. The ideal candidate will apply skills across a range of interactive media vehicles, including websites, d

[IxDA Discuss] [Job] Bellevue, WA. Start-up looking for a Jr. Visual Designer - 3 Month Contract

2010-02-11 Thread Bhagavan Jalli
Great 3 month contract opportunity to work with a veteran designer. You must be able to follow directions and produce UI screens and production ready graphics such as buttons, icons etc. Please send an online portfolio or a PDF of your work. Please mention your rates on an hourly basis. Regard

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Sr. UX Strategist (multiple openings) - Houston, TX - Contract and/or Full Time

2010-02-11 Thread Zach Killian
User Experience (UX) Strategist The User Experience (UX) Strategist will be responsible for collaborating with other UX team members and the Creative and Technology teams to define the overall User Experience for a given project. The UX Strategist will work to understand user goals, business goal