Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interface Design of student section of university websites

2010-02-27 Thread David Poteet
we've got a lot of research data from interviews with students and mental models that have guided various designs of student life sections. Contact me at david at newcitymedia dot com and I can send it to you. Here are a couple of example links: http://www.vt.edu/student_life/ http://www3.imperia

Re: [IxDA Discuss] On the topic of Recruiters

2009-09-18 Thread David Poteet
I would tend to agree, although I usually end up deleting posts with JOB in the subject line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45774

[IxDA Discuss] Examples of Experience Vision

2009-09-10 Thread David Poteet
I'm looking for more examples of an experience vision (or "envisionment" as some call it) for a brand, product, service or organization. Can you help me? It could be in the form of a narrative, cartoon, video - anything that tells the story of the customer's experience. Not a product demo. Here a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Contractor Rates

2009-08-14 Thread David Poteet
Our rates have stayed about the same in terms of the hourly rate on which we base our estimates. But we've gotten more aggressive in finding ways to do things more efficiently. We do an estimate based on hours but then quote the client a fixed price. We usually mark the estimate by a percentage to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-13 Thread David Poteet
I think the answer depends to some degree on whether you are supporting internal customers, or working as an outside UX vendor. We pair a project manager with a user experience architect during the requirements analysis process, and we often bring in someone from the creative and development team a