[IxDA Discuss] Retirement websites

2009-09-30 Thread Rick Spencer
Anybody have experience designing for the retirement community? I'm looking for best of class sites. Your experiences designing sites that communicate to people judging eldercare needs? Any entré into this space. Welcome to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Toward a search dominant wayfinding paradigm (worth it?)

2009-09-24 Thread Rick Spencer
Whenever I see a debate about wayfinding I think of Donna Spencer's excellent article for Boxes and Arrows, Four Modes of Information Seeking and How to Design for Them http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/four_modes_of_seeking_information_and_how_to_design_for_them It's a nice way to open up the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Which Job Category is Interaction Design part of?

2009-08-12 Thread Rick Spencer
I would probably try IT, maybe New Media, but you're definitely going to have to look around. Companies that post jobs and roles often themselves have a difficult time with deciding what category it belongs in. Their needs and expectations are almost NEVER exactly inline with either the industry