Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash can export a native iPhone app now

2009-10-05 Thread Sajid Saiyed
This is great news. Looks like a big corporate war going on :) But for me, as a Flash Designer and Developer, this is the best news I have heard lately... I was just contemplating learning X-Code but now it seems life is going to be easy :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Using laptop touchpad as gesture controller

2009-07-22 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Has anyone tried developing PC based prototype for touch gesture UI using laptop touchpad? The problem situation is: The laptop touchpad record the movement as relative, so if I move my finger from left to right on touchpad, the mouse cursor reaches the right edge of the monitor. Then when I l

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Savannah conference Videos

2009-04-07 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Does anyone know how to get the videos of Savannah'08 conference? Maybe I missed the thread but it seems Brightcove.tv has closed business and I cant seem to find the new location of the videos. If anyone knows, please help me find the lost link :) Thanks and Regards Sajid

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What music for interaction designers

2009-03-16 Thread sajid saiyed
Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:19 PM, sajid saiyed wrote: > I dont listen to music either while working :P > Silence is the best meditation :) > > of course I do put on my headphone just to avoid some useless > discussions happening near me (so people will think I am busy > listening to s

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Surface-like interface: without using flash

2009-03-16 Thread sajid saiyed
This is like going down the path where flash has "been there, done that". Few years back, everyone used to love these fancy Flash websites. Things move around, fly past, jump, bounce etc. Why? because it was easier to do it with flash. Thats the past, everyone has realised that all of this does n

Re: [IxDA Discuss] "People are Used to it"

2008-12-25 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Philips does have a rotary remote technology which specifically addresses the issues you mentioned above. This might be helpful: http://www.remotecontrol.philips.com/index.cfm?id=1581 Regards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org ht

[IxDA Discuss] {Off Topic} - Weekend fun

2008-02-29 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, After reading through so many deep discussions, time to relax :) http://www.atomfilms.com/film/animator_vs_animation.jsp http://www.atomfilms.com/film/animator_vs_animation_2.jsp These are part 1 and 2 of the series. Later I discovered, this guy has also developed a Game: http://www.atomfilm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction design of appliances

2008-02-28 Thread sajid saiyed
sorry Mark, I forgot to reply all :) Hi, Yes I do interaction design for both consumer electronics as well as domestic appliances. I work for Philips Design, so I would say you can try Philips if you are looking to get hired. Try careers section on http://www.design.philips.com to see if there ar

Re: [IxDA Discuss] electronic Tattoo display.

2008-02-28 Thread sajid saiyed
Checkout skin tatoo's project by Philips Design. http://www.design.philips.com/probes/projects/tattoo/index.page It's a Design Probe. To know more about design probes, you can read here: http://www.design.philips.com/probes/whataredesignprobes/index.page -sajid On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:45 PM,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Filtering-- Seen any good examples recently

2008-02-26 Thread sajid saiyed
I like the 'Flexstore' which comes as example of Flex application. {link}: http://flexapps.macromedia.com/flex15/flexstore/flexstore.mxml?versionChecked=true Especially the two handles on the prize range selection and the instant feedback the user gets by disabling the products that fall outside

[IxDA Discuss] Was: Re: What is Graphic Design?

2008-02-24 Thread sajid saiyed
Great idea. for this I can't wait for interaction'09 :) Lets do it now. -sajid On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:32:45, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff this is awesome! what about running a contest for the > interaction09 where we challenge designers to use their craft to > communicate what their pra

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter signup problem

2008-02-24 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Thanks Timoni for forwarding. Nice to know you guys are trying your best. and yes, I like the form. It shows you are serious about user feedback. Best wishes :) -sajid On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:12:52, Ben Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sajid (and Timoni), > > Thanks for pointing that o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Portfolios

2008-02-22 Thread sajid saiyed
right kind of documentation. Although I'm sure there are exceptions. > > Jeff > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM, sajid saiyed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Just out of curiosity, is everything that you want to show can be > &

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter signup problem

2008-02-22 Thread sajid saiyed
Sorry, The second image should be: http://www.ssdesigninteractive.com/blog/images/twitter_2.jpg -sajid On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Gloria Petron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sajid, > I think you posted the same JPEG twice. > Can you re-check? > -G > _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Portfolios

2008-02-22 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Just out of curiosity, is everything that you want to show can be explained or justified in a print style tangible format? -sajid On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For months now, I've been wanting to redo my portfolio. I'm curious as to > what approac

[IxDA Discuss] Twitter signup problem

2008-02-22 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, Did anyone else notice this? If you go to the Twitter signup page, the only thing that it says below the username is: 'No spaces please.' ok, so I entered username as: sajid.saiyed and it said, wow the username is available (see the image I captured: http://www.ssdesigninteractive.com/blog/im

[IxDA Discuss] Reductionism

2008-02-21 Thread sajid saiyed
I was reading this paper by Philip Galanter on "What is Generative Art?" and came across this (http://www.philipgalanter.com/downloads/ga2003_what_is_genart.pdf): "Science generally proceeds in a reductive manner, the thinking being that by breaking down complicated phenomena into its figurative (

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Mind controller?

2008-02-21 Thread sajid saiyed
This reminds me of the "God's Law" - Bill Buxton :) Are we ever going to break that threshold of our limited human capabilities? -sajid On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Nick Iozzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These ideas I always find interesting, but will humans ever be ready for > something l

Re: [IxDA Discuss] friday fun: what's the coolest thing you've designed?

2008-02-15 Thread sajid saiyed
One of my fun project was to create Flash frontend for Wordpress. Sometime back, there were discussions going around Flash community that if it is such cool tool, why are there no blogs designed in flash. At that point, I decided to give it a try and came up with this design. Backend is still word

[IxDA Discuss] {Thought} :"Interaction" and "In-Traction"

2008-02-15 Thread sajid saiyed
This is not a question just something that popped up in my mind. If you find it silly please ignore :) I like the similarity in the sound of "interaction" and "In Traction". When you lookup "traction" on Wikipedia, the first three definitions are quiet interesting: # Traction (engineering), the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Evil Datagrids! ( was RE: Fwd: Thoughts on AlanCooper's Keynote )

2008-02-15 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, I particularly like the interactive versions of complex data structures. One specific person I would like to mention here is Ben Fry [www.benfry.com]. I like the way he has been experimenting with processing [www.processing.org]. Some example of his work: http://benfry.com/salaryper/ http://b

[IxDA Discuss] Issues related to text entry using remote.

2008-02-14 Thread sajid saiyed
Hi, I would like to know opinions or prior experiences on the issue of handling 'text entry on screen' for UI's which are controlled by a remote (a remote with keypad). Do your users prefer a particular approach over other? Is there a best (or a good) remote keypad layout for text entry? How do yo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sources for Design Inspiration

2008-02-13 Thread sajid saiyed
Apart from the links posted above, i also refer http://www.pixeleyegermany.de/ Apart from website collection, it also has references to a great deal of design reading material. Regards Sajid Saiyed http://www.ssdesigninteractive.com/blog On Feb 14, 2008 12:58 AM, Rich Rogan <[EMAIL PROTEC