Re: [IxDA Discuss] UCD vs Design Again? Really?!? [was: We don't blah blah blah]

2009-09-01 Thread Robert Skrobe
Hi Ambrose, Thanks for posting. My experience is that all three roles you mention here (software developers, designers and UX professionals) don't bother pointing out the deficiencies of the other's approach... they just focus on their roles in whatever project process is required to do the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] We don\'t make consumer products, hence no need for a User Centered Design development process.

2009-09-01 Thread Robert Skrobe
Hi Ali, Do you believe in a user-centered design process as a benefit to creating better web interfaces? It doesn't sound like there's much room for discussion about the topic at your current company. Who else shares your view amongst your peers, or even in different departments? - Robert On

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shaun Inman's Fever

2009-06-22 Thread Robert Skrobe
Hi all, Not to offend anyone with a vested interest or solid backing of the product, but at first glance, I thought it wasn't real. I think it was the design. The placement of the 'Only $30' next to the explanation paragraph, and the rest of the design scattershotted across the page... it just

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] - UPA-PS - UW LUTE Lab Tours - Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 - Starting 5pm PST

2009-01-14 Thread Robert Skrobe
any questions, please contact Robert Skrobe by e-mailing rskr...@gmail.com. Learn more about the LUTE Labs: - *2007 ACM SIGDOC Diana Award*: http://www.sigdoc.org/awards/diana.html LUTE won ...for their long-term contribution to the field

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] Big Fish Games Interviewing/Improvisation Workshop: Tue, Oct 21, 6:30-9pm

2008-10-09 Thread Robert Skrobe
, RSVP by Oct 16th by emailing Robert Skrobe via [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UPA_PugetSound/post?postID=JEdO6YgmFTqNRA-8SDG2KvKalpidrm08HuTvJjbx7_mQ4WN_HMT-hnhTv4Jns784kcTxQxEjkkHXwZU If you'd like to volunteer to demonstrate interview techniques, email Julie Ratner at [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] why the hate-on User-centered Design? (was Re: practice vs. discipline roles vs. people

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Skrobe
Jared wrote: I think the problem is that UCD means whatever people want it to mean. And that's often, You're not doing things the way I think they should be done, so you're not doing UCD. Personally, my argument is that we've never been able to define it with any rigor and, therefore, it quickly

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] - (Seattle) UPA Puget Sound Chapter Formation Event w/guest speaker Arnie Lund, 8/4/08, Google in Fremont

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Skrobe
there! Yours, Robert Skrobe UPA Puget Sound --- On Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UPA_Seattle/ On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27781592999 On Twitter: (Coming soon!) Welcome

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] - UPA Puget Sound Chapter Formation Event w/guest speaker Arnie Lund, 8/4/08, Google in Fremont

2008-07-29 Thread Robert Skrobe
there! Yours, Robert Skrobe UPA Puget Sound --- On Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UPA_Seattle/ On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27781592999 On Twitter: (Coming soon!) Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where are all the designers?

2008-02-22 Thread Robert Skrobe
Hi Andrei, On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick question: Where are all the interface and software designers in Silicon Valley? Has everyone just packed up and left or what? I see more job listings, postings and calls for resumes and yet