Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Design Process

2008-04-05 Thread Craig Peters
I wholeheartedly agree with so much of Uday's comments. My favorite: > ** Start with conversations, not a visio or excel template > Brainstorm and sketch it out, hash over a few beers or coffees... Conversations, brainstorms, beers, coffee, whiteboards, attitude . . . sounds like a Relationshi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] US/UK user testing

2008-03-05 Thread Craig Peters
> From: Jorge Márquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm running an international project that requires user testing in > USA and > UK. Check out Bolt Peters (www.boltpeters.com). They've been doing remote usability testing since the company's inception six years ago (and Mr. Bolt was doing it prior

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ajax product configurator examples

2008-01-19 Thread Craig Peters
Certainly not low budget--and not Ajax--but you can configure your own Mini: http://www.miniusa.com/#/build/configurator/mini_clubs-m On Jan 18, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Michael Micheletti wrote: > > Can you guys think of other similar examples? > __

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

2008-01-04 Thread Craig Peters
I'd add in there what happens if we don't do these things --what the pain would be. Maybe as an intro story or part of the "why" section. On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: > > Structure it around the 5 Ws: > > Overview of interaction design (what) > - history, approaches > > O

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bring your OLPC XO laptops to Interaction08!

2007-12-21 Thread Craig Peters
I'm not going to be there, either, but I love the reaction I get from strangers when I've got the XO out in public. I think the 60 Minutes piece from a few weeks ago made an impact. On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. wrote: > > Craig Peters and I both have them

Re: [IxDA Discuss] discount usability testing on the web, e.g. http://www.usertesting.com/

2007-12-06 Thread Craig Peters
> On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: >> >> I'm not sure how much faith >> I would put into people using the site and recording themselves >> talking about it for usability testing. You will get subjective >> feedback on what they think about the site, which is good, and watch >> th