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

2010-02-18 Thread Gala S Chase
Hi Mr. McGuckin, I am interested in this position but had trouble accessing the job application through http://www.thinkinc.com. I would like to send you my resume and an electronic sample of my portfolio. Please contact me via email at g.s.ch...@gmail.com. Thank you for your time. Gala Chase .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Creating User Interfaces to Work Within a CMS

2010-02-18 Thread Gala S Chase
I am working in a similar situation where we have limited page templates built in a CMS and limited developers to help create more custom pages. My biggest suggestion is to do some analysis of what your needs are, in regards to modules and templates. Use what you find to come up with 2 or 3 page

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Personas: how many is too many?

2010-02-18 Thread Gala S Chase
I don't believe there is a such thing as too many or too few personas. Each project has it's own unique requirements. My first suggestion is to be thorough in your analysis of each role. The system needs to meet everyone's needs. If you believe you can effectively use only 3 personas then start

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

2010-02-12 Thread Jan S .
Hi there, thanks for all the responses. Dave, I think I made it pretty clear what I am looking for. I dont really mind what the program is called. My main requirement is that it covers lab work and the following technologies are being taught: web design (design theory, photoshop,..) web

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

2010-02-12 Thread Jan S .
Well, thanks for the advice, guys! You are helping me a lot! Bella, you are absolutely right. And I am not excluding the east coast, acutally I`d love to go to NYC for example. But still, if I can prefer a location, it`ll be California because it seems to me, that all good interaction and web

[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

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPad.

2010-01-27 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
You think *that* is what is wrong with the name?! Think feminine hygiene and repeat the product name to yourself. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanknoll twitter: @yoni On Wed, Jan 27

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPad.

2010-01-27 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
To help this discussion out, the iPad specs: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ and features: http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/ . ~ yoni On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Steve Baty steveb...@gmail.com wrote: Realising that the iPhone also has an iPod app for music/etc. So I recant my

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Maria T. De Monte wants to stay in touch on LinkedIn

2010-01-11 Thread Jonathan S . Knoll
This seems to happen to Ravi a lot -- and only Ravi. Perhaps Ravi has, for some reason, an aliased email address (which forwards to the discussion list) attached to his LinkedIn account? ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX'ers on Twitter?

2009-09-27 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
An admirable list like this has already been created by Elizabeth Buie: http://www.luminanze.com/blog/2009/07/user-experience-tweeps.html ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanknoll twitter

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Are We The Puppet Masters? The Ethics of IxD.

2009-07-27 Thread Tim S
matter how awake or tired I am, it doesn't make me remember to set an egg timer, if I need to cut the brushing short I can... *it doesn't make me do anything that I wouldn't be doing otherwise*. That's why it works for me, and incidentally is exactly what I believe technology is supposed to be. Tim S

Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review

2009-07-09 Thread mister d...a...v...i...s
yes, I want to participate. preferred email address to receive the invitation from ConceptShare: mister_davis at hotmail dot com thanks! ~Jef -davis _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage

Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review

2009-07-08 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
It's not the the e-mail that's an issue, it's how it is displayed on the listserv web page: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=43460 This said, I would agree that most could just say, yes, as long as they are willing to have their listserv e-mail address used. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What is a mobile phone called in your country?

2009-05-05 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
. This is particularly fascinating because Pelephone was actually the first/dominant mobile company in Israel, and it appears the Kleenex-effect is now wearing off. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How long should a beta be?

2009-05-05 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
Judging by your webmail provider, five years. minimum. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanknoll twitter: @yoni Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How do you pitch UCD process (or design thinking)?

2009-04-29 Thread Rob S .
, it can be challenging and some may throw their hands up - helping them understand goes a long way. The old saying, the proof is in the pudding. The absolute number one way to convince people is successively larger victories on the design front. Apply your practice(s) to projects of ever

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Diagraming social networks

2009-04-29 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
Have you looked at Erin Malone Christian Crumlish's Social Patterns wiki? http://designingsocialinterfaces.com/patterns.wiki/index.php Perhaps a little in-the-guts for what you're thinking about, but a great resource. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Who codes your production HTML/CSS/JS?

2009-04-24 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
-shoot. ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat...@infinityplusone.com web: http://infinityplusone.com/ linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanknoll twitter: @yoni On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Richard Dalton rich...@mauvyrusset.comwrote: Who codes your production quality HTML/CSS

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Who codes your production HTML/CSS/JS?

2009-04-24 Thread Jonathan S. Knoll
scoffed at by development team managers in other places I've lived (including New York, and particularly at agencies). (On the other hand, it usually ends up earning generalists the respect of both fellow team members, as well as leaders of other teams. Go figure.) ~ yoni Jonathan S. Knoll email: jonat

[IxDA Discuss] Software Websites: Box Shots?

2009-02-25 Thread Sabina S .
Imagine you design Websites for software products. Your company's products are compelling and well designed. What do you put on your Website homepage? How do you fulfill your mission of distinguishing your product suite when some of your products are similar? To add more context, imagine you

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-17 Thread A S
Tog . . . he's old (sorry Tog). I was just a teen when I heard him give a presentation. A designer's designer. = : ^ ) On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Weston Thompson westo...@gmail.com wrote: Possible exceptions you missed: - Steve Jobs - Jeff Bezos - Sergei Brin - Larry page

[IxDA Discuss] Job Postings : Interaction Designers Other Java and .Net Openings

2009-02-09 Thread Parmesh S
Hi We at Compassites Software Solutions - a GRC [Governance Risk Compliance] Company, are looking for some onsite offshore prospects. We have a User Experience Team of 5 and 2 visual designer and 2 sales. We are located at Bangalore in India. We are trying to place resources at onsite and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?

2009-02-04 Thread A S
Oh-oh, I draw pictures. = : ^ ) Andrew Schechterman PhD LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechter...@gmail.com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 : On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Harry harr...@gmail.com wrote: I vaguely recall reading that Microsoft

[IxDA Discuss] Aren't we just a little important to democracy?

2009-01-25 Thread s
So I just went to write our new US administration my first e-mail from whitehouse.gov. Ready and eager for that much-touted new open line of communication into our government! I filled out all my info. on the contact form, wrote a title in the message box stating (pleading), PLEASE MAKE WALL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designers: What is your elevator pitch?

2008-12-21 Thread Andrew S Allen
I've played with a few different responses%u2014trying to give the field its due recognition. I've attempted going into detail about the intersection of human needs and technology be it online, with a product, or in an environment and how everything around us involves interactions with objects,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Intranet Interface Design Screenshots?

2008-09-28 Thread A S
Hugo, You might also check out the examples and suggestions via Joe Lamantia's body of articles (e.g.): http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the-challenge-of . . . (intranets, dashboards, portals) as well as at his personal website. Not easy to find intranet UI's, IMHO, range of proprietary issues,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Creating a UI Spec Document Template

2008-08-28 Thread A S
Jamie, OmniGraffle as well . . . http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle. Then again, I'm still guilty of using Hypercard . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard. : Andrew Schechterman, PhD LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechterman at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread A S
Also Tom's site/page is a great clearinghouse: http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/InteractionPatterns.html : Andrew Schechterman UX Architect, Medical Psychologist LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechterman at gmail dot com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 :

[IxDA Discuss] Senior IA - NYC - Hearst Digital Media

2008-07-21 Thread S R
Senior Information Architect Hearst Digital Media New York, NY, USA Full-time, contract position. Contract length: Open Job description Hearst Digital Media is seeking senior information architects and interaction designers for contract assignments on several consumer-facing content destination

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs

2008-07-18 Thread Tom�s Garc�a Ferrari
Most of the times I like to make %u2018modal changes%u2019 explicitly. Therefore, if I have to add a link to a PDF I write something like this: My document (PDF, 1.2Mb) The standard Adobe PDF icon as in the Apple Investor Relations SEC Filings page is also useful as is clearly saying that

[IxDA Discuss] Collaboration and IxD

2008-06-12 Thread S R
I'm interested in hearing about situations where IxD itself shapes collaboration / social computing / 2.0 platforms, especially trends and research that haven't bubbled to the surface yet. I'm editing a book and looking for innovative chapter submissions. Details are at:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Portal Best Practices

2008-05-28 Thread A S
As well, Joe has a nice series of articles on BA: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/88-joelamantia http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/88-joelamantia - Andrew : Andrew Schechterman, Ph.D. UX Architect, Medical Psychologist LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what helped most in your career?

2008-03-16 Thread A S
Like Mark, two first rate mentors for very brief periods of time, one within the field (Herb Simon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Simon) and one outside of the field (Milton Erickson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_H._Erickson). Both helped me understand and deeply respect the user

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Remote usability testing

2008-03-06 Thread Z S Zaiss
Hi Kevin, We did a lot of remote usability testing while I was at Microsoft since our customer councils were spread out across the globe. Being able to record and annotate the recording is really critical... MS had a custom tool, but I'd look to the tools that others have recommended for some

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cramming what we do into a few hours

2008-01-05 Thread A S
Addressing content, method and process, I've been a fan of Scott Berkun. Ahead of his time, his early perspectives may be especially relevant given this challenge. E.g., http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/category/teachingtraining/ - Andrew Andrew Schechterman, Ph.D. Denver, Colorado 303-886-2440

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back

2007-12-08 Thread Brianna S Roberts
I also marvel at the wad of catalogs that I have to pry out of my overstuffed mailbox this time of year. greendimes.com has already jumped into the junk mail fray with a service that you admittedly pay for, but is supposed to help reduce the flow as well as plant trees to make up for some of the