[IxDA Discuss] Neat use of Tufte's sparklines: Airline pet incidents

Hi IxDAers... just thought I'd share this neat example of sparklines! I was looking for pet travel information across the various airlines, and I was surprised/delighted to see this: http://www.petflight.com/pet-incidents/airlines How have you integrated sparklines into your designs? Elise _

[IxDA Discuss] Perception of light / relative brightness

Hello IxDAers! My team has received a request from the mechincal engineering team to help them understand how the human eye perceives relative brightness of light. Specifically, how sensitive is the human eye to changes in brightness? An initial literature search on ACM & Google did not yield res

[IxDA Discuss] Resources for new usability managers

Hi folks, Can anyone recommend coursework, books or other resources to help managers understand how to handle IxD / usability professionals and manage the user experience? (Not so much the methodology, but direct guidance on resource planning, logistics, evangelizing usability, budget, performanc

[IxDA Discuss] Formal design review process

Hi folks, My Human Factors team colleagues and I are working to formalize our processes at our company, and one of the areas that is new for us is the formal design review. Right now, our UX designs are reviewed as part of the software requirements specification (SRS), but we've found that review