Re: [IxDA Discuss] UML for UX?

2010-02-15 Thread Bruce Esrig
Well, I've looked at the diagrams and thought about their implications for the confluence of technical culture and interaction design culture. Perhaps this will help ... Of the UML diagrams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language#Diagrams_overview ... at a detail level, the

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] Dec 9th IxDA Northern NJ Dinner

2009-12-03 Thread Bruce Esrig
://ia.meetup.com/54. During the spring, we'll be having monthly events centered on an education project with a local university. Announcements and sign-ups for those will also be handled through the meetup site. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Adam Lerner

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA Northern NJ, Weds Sep 30th, 6:30pm, Madison, NJ

2009-09-29 Thread Bruce Esrig
at ixda.org Best wishes, Your organizers: Adam Lerner and Bruce Esrig Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction design versus Instructional Design

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Esrig
or neglected. That's why content strategy has become a specialty of its own: to represent in performance environments a perspective that has always been accepted as essential in learning environments. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Madison, NJ On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Breanne breanne.d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Label location

2009-05-09 Thread Bruce Esrig
about to state is accurate and relevant to the issues they are trying to address. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Madison, NJ On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Caroline Jarrett caroline.jarr...@effortmark.co.uk wrote: Is there any evidence, or illuminating experience, about the benefits of locating

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Technical Limitation Arguements

2009-05-01 Thread Bruce Esrig
The real stunner in my experience is to say ... The criteria that you are using in order to determine what to do are different from the criteria I'm using. Your criteria are based on technical insights together with your beliefs about what would work for the user. There's a whole discipline

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Teaching to program: arrays.

2009-02-28 Thread Bruce Esrig
you figure out the parameters. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Volunteer, IxDA NYC On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Leonardo Parra Agudelo lpa...@uniandes.edu.co wrote: Hi all, I have been teaching how to program to non-engineers, mostly designers, artists and a few musicians, and it all goes

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Living the Job Enterprise UX Research by Doing (vs. Observation)

2009-01-22 Thread Bruce Esrig
courses. It was only possible because we knew what the field technicians could do on their own and what they needed help with. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Madison, NJ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Alert Fatigue

2008-12-31 Thread Bruce Esrig
at the events that are generating alerts and figure out how to winnow the alerts so the significant events (that you can afford to respond to) get a response from a qualified responder (who actually has the time, attention, and resources required to respond effectively). Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Madison, NJ

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How does knowledge of CMSs make you a better UX designer?

2008-12-29 Thread Bruce Esrig
above a certain scale, or when a number of sites are being constructed that follow a common pattern. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig Madison, NJ On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Brian Henkel brian.hen...@manifestdigital.com wrote: I'm planning to teach a course on how knowledge of Content Management

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best practice for touchscreen interfaces in airplanes

2008-12-11 Thread Bruce Esrig
Yes, he seems to be thinking differently now ... in Cooper's keynote at Interaction08, he talks about engineers as fellow craftsmen. Ben Galbraith has a good summary in his blog post: http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2008/02/09/interaction08-friday-keynote-alan-cooper/ Bruce Esrig On Thu, Dec 11

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Off-topic] Alarm Clock Recommendations

2008-06-23 Thread Bruce Esrig
The sunrise alarm clock is rather wonderful. We have one with a round orb and a strong white light. We clipped one of the wires inside, so it just glows for an hour without ringing at all. If you're willing to admit that it's daytime, it makes waking up a natural experience. The ultimate user

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA NYC (4/29) Interaction08 redux: Sketching and storytelling

2008-04-27 Thread Bruce Esrig
morning, so please reply by the end of the day Monday if possible. Best wishes, Bruce On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:12 AM, Bruce Esrig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Topic: Sketching and storytelling, an Interaction08 redux When: Tuesday, April 29th 2008, 6:30pm Where: Midtown Manhattan, full details

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA NYC (4/29) Interaction08 redux: Sketching and storytelling

2008-04-21 Thread Bruce Esrig
Topic: Sketching and storytelling, an Interaction08 redux When: Tuesday, April 29th 2008, 6:30pm Where: Midtown Manhattan, full details provided on RSVP (e-mail nyc-rsvp at ixda.org) The IxDA NYC April event is an Interaction08 redux. We'll provide quick summaries to kick off a discussion on

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA NYC (4/29) Interaction08 redux: Sketching and storytelling

2008-04-16 Thread Bruce Esrig
The IxDA NYC April event is an Interaction08 redux. We'll discuss sketching and storytelling as pivotal tools for design. In his keynote, Bill Buxton convinced us that he views sketching as more than a design technique. At times, it can be a lifestyle choice. Sketches are used to explore a design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Yo gender-neutral singular pronoun has arrived at last!

2008-03-14 Thread Bruce Esrig
Hi Morten, The key to using pronouns correctly is establishing what they refer to. You need to have the referent in front of you, as when writing a caption for a cartoon, or else introduce it with descriptive text, or else point a finger at it. It might be premature to write with yo, but if

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA NYC: 3/26, Voice Interaction Design

2008-03-13 Thread Bruce Esrig
-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org. In the subject line, please include March 26 event. See you there! Bruce Esrig IxDA NYC Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability is more than...

2008-03-07 Thread Bruce Esrig
Would anyone on this thread be willing to offer capsule commentary on these three books? - Rapid Contextual Design (Holtzblatt et al) - Understanding your Users (Courage and Baxter) - Contextual Design (Beyer and Hotzblatt) Best wishes, Bruce On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Whitney

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Power icon

2008-02-27 Thread Bruce Esrig
://www.historyofthebutton.com/2007/01/30/printer-icons-design-by-habit/ According to the standards, the two components are a vertical stroke and a circle. When the vertical stroke goes through the top of the circle, the meaning is standby. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig On 2/27/08, William Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA NYC: Talking to a Machine by Phillip Hunter, March 26 - SAVE THE DATE

2008-02-24 Thread Bruce Esrig
-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org. In the subject line, please include March 26 event. See you there! Bruce Esrig IxDA NYC Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SEO and Usability

2008-02-21 Thread Bruce Esrig
that we crave. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 5:58 PM, stephanie . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for joining in on this late but I'm wondering what you folks think of eliminating browsable navigation on Web sites all together and just forcing users to use a search interface

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My View of Interaction Design

2008-02-03 Thread Bruce Esrig
I apologize for not having caught up on the more extensive discussion. 1. I like your idea (that we discussed separately) of creating separate definitions of interaction design that work for different audiences. 2. We also vary on what we are trying to describe. It would be useful to bring

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Statistics, Facts, Reports on PDF vs. HTML

2008-02-03 Thread Bruce Esrig
, and further enhancements are in development. There is a list of organizations that are working with DITA at http://dita.xml.org/deployments I don't make money on DITA (as of now ...) but I contributed to the first release of the language through OASIS. Bruce Esrig

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Traditional user testing vs micro design evolution (was: The death of web usability testing as we know it?)

2008-01-02 Thread Bruce Esrig
hands. Even if you did, some of the things you inferred in your first design may need to be un-done so that the new concepts and relationships can be incorporated as thoroughly as if they were considered from the start. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig At 06:49 PM 1/2/2008, Nick Iozzo wrote: A great

Re: [IxDA Discuss] link vs button

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce Esrig
fits into the row better. Best wishes, Bruce Esrig At 08:24 PM 11/29/2007, Billie Mandel wrote: Hey gang - Back in the day when there was a clear(er) delineation between software and the web, the way most of us designed was to use buttons for actual actions or operations, and hyperlinks