[IxDA Discuss] History of Interaction Design training?

2009-10-29 Thread Sam Ladner
Hi folks, I'm a sometimes member of this list so apologies for busting in without having contributed for some time. I'm writing an article for Interactions magazine and I would really like to know how people are typically trained for interaction design. I know the IxDA personas were based on a su

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [anthrodesign] Favorite Discount/Rapid Research Methods

2009-07-07 Thread Sam Ladner
Is it useful from a design perspective? Absolutely. It's a quick take on problems, pain points, contextually relevant themes. It's inspiring. It's fast. It's even fun. If you want, of course, you can validate your designs using either a survey (to quantify and test the general t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Likert scale survey designs

2008-11-27 Thread Sam Ladner
, and those that do often are done through structured interviewing, where you're answering an actual person. Cheers, -- ~ Sam Ladner, PhD Sociologist Toronto <> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To p