Re: [IxDA Discuss] On the topic of Recruiters

2009-09-18 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Hopefully the job board will have job search agents and email notifications. Otherwise, a great deal of utility will be taken away from me (someone who is primarily here to learn and share but who is happy to see the job alerts) if I have to go somewhere every day to check listings rather

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Plurality of Voice

2009-09-16 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
You are not alone. Although I may not feel disgusted, its fair to say I am disappointed lately. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Dante Murphy dmur...@digitashealth.com wrote: I am growing disgusted with the IxDA list. I wonder if I am the only one. Many conversations

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best practise for adding items to comparison tool

2009-09-11 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Speaking as a shopper...my 2 cents... I hate anything that limits my ability to see the full field of options, particularly when I am evaluating items with which I don't have much familiarity. It's also highly inefficient to re-initiate comparisons as a means of evaluating more items.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] date pickers starting on Sunday

2009-08-06 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I think the point that is being made here is that it is not second nature. Several folks chimed in that their understanding/convention has always been Mon-Sun. And I add myself to that batch. Anytime I've seen a calendar (on the web or printed) that starts on Sun it has been jarring.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] date pickers starting on Sunday

2009-08-06 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I considered the Judeo-Christian influence as well but it doesn't make sense. If God rested on the seventh day, why did calendars get produced with Sunday as the first day of the week? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2009, at 8:44 PM, Diana Wynne di...@chestnutdrive.com wrote: Thanks

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How could I deal with my ex-employer for not releasing the design work I\'d done?

2009-07-20 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
This doesn't help you for your current designs but in the future, send copies of your work to your personal email address or post them on a personal server AT TIME OF DELIVERY TO CLIENT. You can catalog/org them later but at least you have the files. I don't know all the legalities but the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review

2009-07-08 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Yes. Would be happy to participate. Use this email address. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Amyris Fernandez fernandezamy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi IxDA Community, I am part of the board effort to create a brand new website for IxDA. The project name is CONAN. We are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best practices for Country location and languages on Global Websites (was Language Picker)

2009-06-11 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
As someone who recently returned from Denmark to the US I'm not loving the auto detect of IP address. I got sevved a few sites in Danish...and I don't know any Danish. I understand how valuable it can be for the tons of folks who are on their own environment but for the frequent taveller it

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bowman leaves Google

2009-03-20 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Definitely what I saw too. A slight misinterpretation. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr rob...@rhjr.net wrote: So you think that testing 41 shades of blue or arguing about borders being 2 to 4 pixels to the point of being asked to prove 2 is better than

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The war on widgets

2009-03-05 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Anyone have any idea why I can't fond this thread on the ixda web site? My iPhone doesn't have the original post so I thought I'd read from the beginning via the site but it's not there. Unless I'm blind. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Jack Moffett jackmoff...@mac.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ID vs email address

2009-01-30 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I have not done any work or research in this area but based on personal experience, I agree with Yohan for precisely the same three reasons. I'll also add the following for your consideration: Despite being someone who has multiple email addresses, I would still have an easier time

[IxDA Discuss] Tag clouds (and tagging)

2009-01-29 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Hi All, Does anyone know of any resources regarding the drawbacks of tag clouds or the debate about their value versus their drawbacks. I have a bee in my bonnet about them and would like write a point of view but want to do appropriate research first. I found one previous thread

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

2008-12-19 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I was initially tripped up by this as well. I noticed it recently and made a mental note to go back and make some decisions about attending them. Something else that's not clear though is the whether or not the designation that you're interested in a session means you have a reservation

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Whole Schedule of Interaction'09|Vancouver

2008-12-12 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I found the same thing Sent from my iPhone On Dec 12, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Joe Sokohl j...@sokohl.com wrote: Seem to be several sessions without titles. Any idea when they'll be filled in? I just see speaker names for some of them. I might not be following the right URL or something, though. .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Office 2007 in 2006, two years later

2008-11-05 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
A classic menus add in? I guess I missed that email. Can someone please forward again? The absence of an ability for advanced, 17 year-users to elect to use the interface that they are familiar with is my biggest issue. Years ago, when Lotus moved from a command-based interface to a GUI

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Crowdsourcing design

2008-11-03 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Here here! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Elizabeth Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear heavens. OK, guys, if we're going to out ourselves...I will reveal that I fundamentally don't believe a crowdsourcing model for DESIGN is even possible, much less advisable. I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whistler Trip after IxDA

2008-10-22 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
You have a before vote here Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're considering before vs. after the conference. Perhaps I should post a survey for those interested? On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:14 AM, J. Scot Angus wrote: I normally do

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whistler Trip after IxDA

2008-10-15 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Strong maybe here Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone interested in doing a trip to Whistler after the IxDA conference? They have a bus that will take you from Vancouver to Whistler and back. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice? Dismissal over no more design

2008-10-06 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Norman, Assuming you really want to stay at such a short sighted org, And assuming you think you still have a shot to change their minds, you may want to tap into Jeff Patton (Agile expert). He spoke at IxD 08 and from what I recall from his session...developers do not really do the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] NYC based indesign training?

2008-10-01 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Hello Jennifer (and All), I recommend, my brother, The InDesigner. He is an Adobe Certified Expert, the host of TheInDesigner video podcasts, currently writing a book on InDesign, and also does speaking engagements. He may not be intimate with wireframing as a use case but he is known

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-18 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I had my iPhone for weeks before I put any music on it and have only listened once. Having audio,while nice, didn't factor into the purchase decision at all. I bought it for everything else it does and b/c I knew it would have a better UX than my previous not-so-smartphone :) Sent from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-17 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
1) carry my up to thw minute To Do list with me...did this before but no where near as efficiently. 2) EFFICIENT addressing of email. I no longer need to spend each evening going throu in excess of 150 emails (from about 8 email accounts)...answering, archiving, etal thanks to Apple's

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Great Online Banking Experiences?

2008-06-28 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
I was both a Chase and BOA customer and wound up closing my accounts at chase primarily because of BOA better online experience. i thought chase's experience (while improved from older version) was lousy have also had limited exposure to countrywide but remember being satisfied with it

[IxDA Discuss] (no subject)

2008-06-26 Thread USABILITY MEDIC
Question: does your source make a distinction in the aversion level based on cash or check? Maureen Murphy President  516-670-8000 www.usabilitymedic.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this