Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visualizing Locations of Many Items

2009-11-11 Thread Andrew Otwell
See the work of the mighty Stamen for several examples of this kind of project: http://stamen.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47285

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it time to grit my teeth and bear it?

2009-07-16 Thread Andrew Otwell
> > if they are doing their implementation correctly, should be literally > a one-line change when the new screen is functional. > > The programmer is (a) being lazy, and (b) being stupid. It is > actually *more* work to make a single UI that has a read-only mode > than it is to make two UIs. Yea

[IxDA Discuss] EVENT: Seattle IxDA July 22, 2009

2009-06-26 Thread Andrew Otwell
Mark your calendars! July 22 frog design hosts IDSA + IxDA to talk about "Whole product design." Industrial Designers and User Interaction Designers will tell the story of the products they designed, together. ID and IxD teams from Artefact, Fluke, frog design and Microsoft discuss the intersectio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shaun Inman's Fever

2009-06-21 Thread Andrew Otwell
> > Ok Andrei, I bought in. > So I'm reviewing it here: > 1) I am not a Mint user (I'm not the CFO in my house, so it never > made sense for me), but I've heard amazing things about it. > > If the Mint out of box, purchasing, installing, etc. experience is > anything like what I went through with F

[IxDA Discuss] EVENT: Seattle IDSA invites local IxDAs to a social event June 19

2009-06-09 Thread Andrew Otwell
Seattle-area IxDs are invited! IDSA Northwest presents: Design + Beer + Music = Irregular Music Fest Date: Friday, June 19th Time: 8:00 to 11:00 Place: Meyer/Wells Studio (www.meyerwells.com), 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, WA 98119 Cost: Free Amazing Location! the amazing folks at MeyerWells ha

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Data of lift provided by good UI

2009-06-06 Thread Andrew Otwell
> > I need to provide data showing the increased value of a well thought > out user interface/user experience. > > The data I am looking for is general. "Providing a well designed > user experience shows "xx"% increase ." I'm not sure what you're looking to accomplish here, but I'm guessing y

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA selects Drupal

2009-03-10 Thread Andrew Otwell
There's an About page? :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39726 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA selects Drupal

2009-03-10 Thread Andrew Otwell
There's an IxDA Board blog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39726 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

[IxDA Discuss] Seattle: UW HCI Project Fair, Monday 3/16

2009-03-09 Thread Andrew Otwell
For Seattle-area IxDAers: HCI Project Fair - Student Presentations Each fall, students in UW CSE's Human-Computer Interaction courses organize into teams and spend a quarter designing, prototyping, and most importantly evaluating a user interface. CSE 441 is our second quarter, advanced HCI course

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Strategic Interaction Design

2009-01-05 Thread Andrew Otwell
ue strategy) >>> 9. What factors are critical to success? (solution requirements) >>> 10. Given the above, what's the recommendation? (go or no-go)" >>> I actually printed this and hung it on my cube, I think it's so >>> important. >>>

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Strategic Interaction Design

2009-01-04 Thread Andrew Otwell
> > So when I ask, what should interaction designers know about strategy? > You respond... The other answers seemed to focus on strategy for a design firm ("how do we get and retain more and better clients") or strategy for selling design to clients ("how do we convince clients to value our servi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Yahoo! Pipes

2008-12-03 Thread Andrew Otwell
> > Why have we not discussed this [http://pipes.yahoo.com] yet? > It looks hugely useful, I'd like to know how this community are using it > both personally and for projects. It does seem useful, though is it an interaction design tool? Tony Hirst at the OUseful blog has written a number of fas

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Otwell
Like others, I enjoy Twitter most for the many tiny updates from friends throughout the day. Recently during the Design Engaged conference, we used it for group coordination and last-minute updates; it was extremely useful. Most interesting to me is how people are using it to give lightweight onl

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ANN: Puget Sound IxDA meeting 10/23 - "Game Onward: Lessons from Game Design"

2008-10-14 Thread Andrew Otwell
William, it sounds like Mac had to drop out, but George Amaya (also from Microsoft's Games User Research group) is going to join us instead. We will be recording these sessions, but I don't know the details of where they'll be published yet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] ANN: Puget Sound IxDA meeting 10/23 - "Game Onward: Lessons from Game Design"

2008-10-10 Thread Andrew Otwell
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1201430 Join us for our next Puget Sound IXDA meeting - hosted by Microsoft's Office Labs (www.officelabs.com) on October 23 at 7pm, on Microsoft's main campus - Building 33. "Game Onward: Lessons from game design" This is a chance to learn where the fields of inte

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] May 1 Puget Sound IxD A Meetup - IxDA Interaction 08 Redux – Universi ty of Washington, Seattle Campus

2008-04-22 Thread Andrew Otwell
*Puget Sound IxDA Meetup: "IxDA Interaction 08 Redux" – **6:30pm, May 1, 2008 **– **University of Washington, Seattle Campus* Interested in getting together with other local interaction designers and user experience professionals? Looking for an opportunity to discuss some key topics

Re: [IxDA Discuss] user research: seniors and the web

2008-03-23 Thread Andrew Otwell
AARP.org has extensive publications on older adults use of technology, including web use: http://www.aarp.org/research/technology/ > I'm having a very difficult time finding user research on older > adults and the internet. > > Thanks, > Erin

[IxDA Discuss] ANN: Seattle IxDA meeting 3/20

2008-03-13 Thread Andrew Otwell
You're invited to the first meeting of the new IxDA Seattle chapter! This will be mostly to meet other IxDs in Seattle, and to talk about what kinds of IxD future events you'd like to attend. Save the date: What: Meet your fellow Seattle Interaction Designers! When: *Thursday March 20th, 7pm - ?