[IxDA Discuss] Interaction '09: Pay for workshops?

2008-12-18 Thread Timothy Yeo
Well this caught me by surprise. I've been busy making flight and hotel arrangements to attend Interaction '09; now that they're done, I logged on to purchase the conference ticket. This was what I saw on the program schedule: http://interaction09.crowdvine.com/calendar ...and I thought the enti

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design, Ethnography and User Experience Conferences/Workshops: Recommendations?

2008-02-13 Thread Timothy Yeo
Hi all. I'm responsible for innovating and testing the user experience of consumer electronics (e.g. TVs, DVD Recorders, DVD Players etc). One of my company's perks is a sponsored annual training budget for every employee. I'm looking for upcoming conferences/workshops dealing with Interac

[IxDA Discuss] Designing great user experiences for Products: References, resources, books, discussion threads, websites etc

2008-01-03 Thread Timothy Yeo
Hi all. I've spent the last 4 years working in the user experience field for websites and mobile phone interfaces. Now, I'm embarking onto a new medium for me: consumer products. I'm looking for references, resources, books, discussion threads, websites etc that talk about usability testing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do you change who you are for participants?

2007-11-06 Thread Timothy Yeo
Hi Margaret. I've been doing user research in South East Asia, and I've experienced exactly what you've described. Some users feel more comfortable and free to express their honest opinions in cases where we tell them we did not design the prototype. But it isn't true for all users. Some use

Re: [IxDA Discuss] frustation meter

2007-11-02 Thread Timothy Yeo
Hi Juan. My first question is: Why are you interested in measuring the frustration of a user in a usability test (UT)? I think as moderators of a UT, we observe accurately enough when users are frustrated with a UI. The ideal situation would be for users to have no frustration at all (unles