Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nokia Morph Nanotechnology

2008-02-27 Thread lukeisha carr
The Nokia Morph concept is awesome! I just wrote an article for a class assignment on nanotechnology for new medical drug uses. It was my first time learning what nanotechnology actually was, and the potential of its abilities. I find it amazing, and a little scary at the same time. I agree

[IxDA Discuss] IxD Work on Various Product Types

2008-02-12 Thread Lukeisha Carr
Hi All, It seems that although IxDers do not necessarily have their hands deep in technology in terms of the implementation of it, we still need to know the capabilities of the technology behind what we are designing, so as to not request impossible solutions. Working on different types of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on Alan Cooper's Keynote

2008-02-11 Thread lukeisha carr
This is all very interesting. I have always been a part of the waterfall development methodology, where there is (ANALYSIS, DESIGN, development, QA, then production). In the analysis design phase, that was where interaction visual designs were created communicated. Overall consistency of the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] look and feel

2008-02-11 Thread lukeisha carr
Mark, I must disagree with your comment regarding ... only Java people. I learned of the term well before I became a Java person. In fact it wasn't even an OOP language, but TCL, HTML, CSS. In fact, the development team didn't make it up at all. We learned it from the Business Analyst who

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-30 Thread lukeisha carr
An unequivocal '1 million %' (to quote my American Idol Buddy Randy Jackson) YES!, Dave's answer to Andrei's question regarding aesthetic skills. I have been following this post and many others like it, as I'm sure other newbies are, to see what's the best preparation to enter this field,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Differnce between user interface and interaction design?

2008-01-25 Thread lukeisha carr
Just curious how some of you would differentiate an interaction designer from a user interface designer? Apologies if it's been discussed to death before. I think these kind of questions keep coming up again again for some of the following reasons: 1. Companies give many different titles to

[IxDA Discuss] Prototyping for Computer vs. Mobile Screens

2008-01-17 Thread Lukeisha Carr
Hi All, There have been several posts on prototyping tools. For those who design for both computer mobile screens, what is the best way/tools to prototype based on screen size/resolution? Does the tool you use matter? Or, is it just the design patterns that matter? For example, many times

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When/Where/How did you decide to be a designer?

2007-12-20 Thread Lukeisha Carr
I have been looking into the IxD realm for about 3 years now. I chose to major in Psychology due to a natural curiosity of why people do what they do in general. And computers/technology has always kept my attention. One day I searched on the web to find out how I could apply my Psyc degree to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-20 Thread Lukeisha Carr
Seeing Graphic Design or Art backgrounds was a surprise to me because as I do research on how to prepare to enter the ID/UX arena, there are quite a lot of references (mostly in job posts) to education in cognitive learning (Psyc), or HCI which has Psyc courses in it's curriculum. And some even

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Gain IxD Experience Strategy

2007-11-27 Thread Lukeisha Carr
Thanks everyone for your very helpful comments and suggestions. I'm very glad to have joined you all here at IxDA!! I am very excited, and will definitely pursue some of the recommendations you all provided. I'm in the North East New Jersey Mid/downtown New York City areas. So, if anyone can

[IxDA Discuss] Gain IxD Experience Strategy

2007-11-26 Thread Lukeisha Carr
Hi All, I'm trying to transition into the IxD area of IT. I come from a backend web application developer background, approx. 7 years. Although, I've done some minor CSS, JavaScript, etc., I'm not a visual designer. My interest in IxD has come about over the last year or so due to my having