[IxDA Discuss] 9/24 [event] IxDA-SF presents:Breathing Life into Buildings: Interaction Design for Physical Spaces

2008-09-22 Thread k lenox
Wednesday September 24, 2008 at 6:30pm Adobe Systems 601 Townsend Street San Francisco, California 93103 * Please note: you MUST RSVP on our Google form so that Adobe Security has information for attendees. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p0VWQQDsWP14uxPIAv9lzUw ** A

[IxDA Discuss] [event] 90 Mobiles in 90 Days Celebration

2008-09-06 Thread k lenox
My friend and colleague, Rachel Hinman, started on a personal creative challenge about 3 months ago to explore mobile design concepts - 1 idea a day! It's been an amazing creative journey for her! I have so much respect and admiration for her dedication and the amazing ideas she's

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA-SF presents: Motion Design: Storytelling and Wayfinding in Mobile UI Design

2008-08-18 Thread k lenox
IxDA-SF is pleased to have Punchcut this month sharing their insights on mobile interface design. Motion design is a key component in emerging device user interfaces. Designers must go beyond the gloss and use motion and animation to guide users through an experience. We will discuss and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-14 Thread k lenox
Having a Sidekick II prior to the iPhone, I heavily used text/email, internet surfing, calendar, contacts, and games. What's changed: 1) Maps - Use them to give directions to strangers, directions to events and driving cross country (used to locate grocery stores, etc). 2) Clock feature

[IxDA Discuss] Heading to London, Oxford, Amst erdam, Copenhagen and Malmö

2008-05-18 Thread k lenox
Greetings IxDA Community, I'll be in Europe for 3 weeks starting May 24th. I'm facilitating 2 workshops, first in London at MEX 27-28 May and then in Malmö at From Business to Buttons 12-13 June. I'd love to talk to IxDA local folks in the cities I'll be visiting: London, Oxford,

[IxDA Discuss] [events] IxDA-SF Weds 4/22: Matt Jones talks about Playfulness in Design

2008-04-22 Thread k lenox
Just a reminder that Matt Jones will be speaking on Playfulness in Design TOMORROW night. The fun starts at 6:30. The address is: odopod 385 Grove Street San Francisco CA 94102 Presented by IxDA-SF, Odopod, and Tiny Pictures. Hope to see you there! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/474101/

Re: [IxDA Discuss] interaction design groups for women?

2008-01-30 Thread k lenox
Thanks Dave, you've summed it up well. Mike, I'd be happy to share with you my battle scars of working as a women in the software development industry. A sample ... job interviews a few years back: Monday, 4 hour interview with 5 men, entire studio of 11 was all men except for the women who

Re: [IxDA Discuss] interaction design groups for women?

2008-01-30 Thread k lenox
I just noticed we've had nearly equal replies of women and men to this post. ;-) I pulled a few stats from the survey Jennifer mentioned http:// www.alistapart.com/articles/2007surveyresults It was responded by:82.8% Male, 16.1% Female, 1.1% No answer, 84.6% White Page 30 shows the gender

[IxDA Discuss] [event] 2/28 IxDA-SF presents: Mental Models: Sparking Creativity Through Empathy

2008-01-26 Thread k lenox
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/288994/ IxDA-SF is back in 2008 with our fourth event in our design tools series. We are very excited to be presenting Indi Young's book launch party! Indi will be discussing her book: Mental Models - Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior. Mental