Re: [IxDA Discuss] Monopoly board gets redesigned - IxD rationale?

2010-02-08 Thread Doug Brown
r failure. When designing, our successes aren't just measured against how good the experience is, but how well it meets the goals of the business and market it's intended for. Doug Brown do...@finitemonkey.com On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: > > Monopoly

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Arriving late in the game

2010-01-08 Thread Doug Brown
so that any fundamental changes in direction can be made before they become too costly, and the rest can be fine-tuning from there. Doug Brown do...@finitemonkey.com On Jan 8, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Abbett wrote: > Say you're brought in to do user research and feature definitio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] are we an early indicator of economic recovery?

2009-12-18 Thread Doug Brown
. Our field fits into both those desires, and so we become more in demand. My two cents anyway. :-) Doug Brown do...@finitemonkey.com On 12/18/09 9:45 AM, "mark schraad" wrote: > I've been watching the job announcements on this forum and there seems > to be an uptick

Re: [IxDA Discuss] (Possible Spam - Low) Prototyping Tool Recommendations

2009-12-14 Thread Doug Brown
ers. And if the project itself is being developer in C# then you can hand your files over to the devs to continue working with. But if you're looking for more of a "paper prototype" tool like Balsamiq, or you don't know / don't want to know C#, then Blend is probably m

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Soundex usability results?

2009-12-02 Thread Doug Brown
You could display results for the exact match only and provide a link or some other control to "Find similarly spelled names". Then the initial search is always for what the user typed, and getting anything additional is explicitly spelled out for the user to control. Dou

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google redesign: nothing between me and my search bar

2009-11-30 Thread Doug Brown
About time Google decided to actually have some visual aesthetic to what they do. And ironic that they're adding Bing functionality as part of the re-design. Doug Brown do...@finitemonkey.com On 11/30/09 8:42 AM, "Peter Van Dijck" wrote: > (Apologies for crosspost) > Hi a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] read, 3 Things Phone Manufacturers Should Get Right to Beat the iPhone

2009-11-11 Thread Doug Brown
ehold will continue though as the other vendors produce attractive alternatives and position themselves well. Doug Brown do...@finitemonkey.com On 11/11/09 9:10 AM, "Billy Cox" wrote: > I perceive that the 'strategy' for killing the iPhone is to imitate it > in almost