Re: [IxDA Discuss] Explain IA Winners

2010-02-21 Thread Scott Baldwin
Thanks everyone for the votes. My son is super excited that you all took the time to vote for his poster. He plans to put some of his winnings in his savings account and use the rest to buy Lego or Playmobil (that has lots of parts to organize). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Age vs Date of Birth in sign up form

2010-01-20 Thread Scott Baldwin
Luke W's Form Design book says to use smart defaults and that a good solution would be to ask people to explicitly select the month, day and year they were born. Also let them know why you are asking for this information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] bulk sticky notes by color

2010-01-13 Thread Scott Baldwin
Suggest looking for someone who does custom note printing in your local area. They often will sell them. Outside that, the usual places that 3M (or other knock offs) sell Post-Its. These include Amazon.com, Office Depot, Staples, WalMart, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Starting a career in IxD, UX, IA

2009-12-07 Thread Scott Baldwin
I echo Erik and Mehdi's suggestions. Rest assured you are not the only person in this position. I recently wrote a couple blog posts about just this problem after seeing others in a similar situation. You might find them helpful:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of good UX within Financial websites.

2009-11-25 Thread Scott Baldwin
I suggest a read of Luke Wrobeleski's book Web Form Design book in terms form design best practices. In fact, anything speaking to eCommerce best practices would also be relevant given that in the end it is all about converting the visitor. From a best practices stand-point Forrester publishes a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Adobe Fireworks for wire framing

2009-09-14 Thread Scott Baldwin
I love Fireworks for wireframing, but it does have some limitations: - single Master Page can be created only - a lack of stencil options - no macros Some pros: - ability to export files quickly to PDF, HTML, JPEGS, etc and create quick functional prototypes - pixel based sizing means you are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Adobe Fireworks for wire framing

2009-09-14 Thread Scott Baldwin
Hi Josh, By stencil limitations I meant the lack of pre-made stencils available. OmniGraffle has GraffleTopia. There is little similar for Fireworks. Not that it is hard to create your own. Scott Baldwin . Sent from my iPhone On 2009-09-14, at 7:15 AM

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site-mapping visualization tools (to be run locally)

2009-09-14 Thread Scott Baldwin
You can crawl the site using a client that creates sitemap XML files (the kinds used for SEO), then use OmniGraffle and a bit of Applescript to turn that XML into a graphical sitemap. Not sure how it will behave with super large sites, but might be worth a try. Details on how are in this thread on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dashboard Applications

2009-02-08 Thread Scott Baldwin
Stephen Few's other book -- Show Me the Numbers is also worth a look as it has some great dashboard examples and speaks a lot to effective layout and information design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] Calgary UX Event - User Experience Show-and-Tell - January 27, 2009

2009-01-22 Thread Scott Baldwin
strategies for an interface currently in development. This is very much a work in progress, so feedback is welcome. Scott Anderson is a Senior User Experience Architect with UX Guys. Previously he was an Information Architect with Critical Mass. Sketching User Experience with Clients Scott Baldwin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Expense and income tracking apps?

2008-06-06 Thread Scott Baldwin
I'd suggest Pulse: http://pulseapp.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29586 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a scrolling navigation

2008-01-06 Thread Scott Baldwin
Do you mean something like this? http://www.marcofolio.net/webdesign/create_a_sticky_sidebar_or_box.html - Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24219