Re: [IxDA Discuss] Starting a career in IxD, UX, IA

2009-12-09 Thread Andrew Travers
Leah, the Information Architecture Institute also provides peer mentoring through its membership at: http://www.iainstitute.org/en/members/mentoring/mentoring_program.php . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discu

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Starting a career in IxD, UX, IA

2009-12-08 Thread Andrew Travers
The only thing I'd add to Mehdi and Erik's good advice is to write about what you know and share it: turning your personal site from a portfolio into a blog and using it to help position yourself in the way that you want others to see you. It will also help you hone your own thinking and challenge

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability & users with mental health issues and disorders

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew Travers
Charles, Although I would suggest that accessibility guidelines have in practice had a tendency to emphasise visual impairment at the expense of consideration of cognitive and motor impairments, WCAG does still remain the best starting point. William's advice on content is really sensible - wha

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

2009-11-27 Thread Andrew Travers
Liou, It doesn't seem to have been mentioned by others so far, so I'd very strongly recommend Kim Goodwin's 'Designing for the Digital Age' - it has a whole section dedicated to design research interviews, how to structure questions and generally strong tips and advice: http://www.cooper.com/insi