Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dustin Curtis, UX Design, and American Airlines

2009-11-24 Thread Weston Thompson
I have had mostly *good* experiences flying AA. The extra leg room in economy is always welcomed. As for the web part... Curtis' redesign looks pretty at a glance, but I have been able to use the AA web site *quite successfully*. Their busy home page has never been a barrier to me. I just ignore

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Representing visually the reasoning behind the sitemap.

2009-11-15 Thread Weston Thompson
This might be a good time to use a storyboard or comic representation of key use scenarios. Those can embody all of the UX research/rationale and also how that translates into pathways in the site. You could also try site path diagramming (see Wodtke p. 248 or this PDF

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

2009-02-17 Thread Weston Thompson
Possible exceptions you missed: - Steve Jobs - Jeff Bezos - Sergei Brin - Larry page As with the architects you list, these people are known as the figureheads of the products they bring to market. They do not necessarily do the design engingeering (or at least ALL of the design engineering).