Re: [IxDA Discuss] Great product pages

2010-02-17 Thread Susan Oslin
The best online shopping experience I have had is at http://endless.com. They do a great job of filtering selections and allowing you to sort through a large inventory without sacrificing maximizing selections of items that you DO want to see. They also do a great job of making available a lot

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Personas: how many is too many?

2010-02-17 Thread Susan Oslin
Keep in mind that personas are based on goals and not traditional market segmentation. It sounds to me like the goals of the site have not been clearly defined and the client is in the world of the traditional marketing mentality. Criteria for defining the user experience is distinct from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] /- impacts of 'address verification systems' on online forms

2010-02-16 Thread Susan Oslin
Hi Marcus, If definitely adds weight to the user experience, so the real question is does the application 'require' it. Is it really necessary? It may be, in which case do it, otherwise its too much of a intrusion and can be especially painful if any inconsistencies are found. I've even

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Displaying multiple filters on a page

2010-02-12 Thread Susan Oslin
The term 'issue' in the context of publications may be confused with a single specific publication rather that a series of publications of a given 'topic'. How you display the interface also depends in large part how the backend is locating the publications. I assume that the 'issue' and

[IxDA Discuss] Developing a mentorship program

2010-02-11 Thread Susan Oslin
Have you been a mentor to someone in the interaction design field? Have you been mentored by someone? The IxDA LA is developing a local mentorship program and we are looking for people to share their experiences. What works, what doesn't? What have you gotten from being a mentor or mentee?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visualizing User Experience

2010-02-09 Thread Susan Oslin
There was a similar post regarding a competition for 'Explaining IA' . The submissions can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/explainia/that you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49179

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IA Job posting. What do you make of the job description?

2010-02-08 Thread Susan Oslin
There was a recent post in a similar vein distinguishing between corporate IA and interactive IA. We are most familiar with IA in the context of interaction design and interactive products, but their is also a corporate context that has to do with managing and structuring information throughout a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Board Retreat Discussion - we need your input

2010-01-26 Thread Susan Oslin
a great job of pairing us, I don't have a lot of guidelines as to 'how' to mentor. It would be great if the IxDA had a set of guidelines and a more formalized program. Seems like that might be a great topic for the board. Best, Susan Oslin IxDA LA Volunteer