Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sketching before the Wireframes

2010-02-02 Thread Melissa Casburn
To follow on Dave Malouf's point: As someone who's working with many different clients who in turn have many different perspectives on what's a "valuable" use of my time, I feel your pain. We're always looking for ways to preserve the integrity of our process while showing our clients concepts tha

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recruiting & cold calling: pitfalls?

2010-01-25 Thread Melissa Casburn
Huge thanks for the responses so far -- everything you've said has been helpful. We're moving really fast and need to have the info collected by tomorrow (which I failed to explain before, as we're moving so darn fast). In addition, we can't pre-screen via email because the client doesn't have em

[IxDA Discuss] Recruiting & cold calling: pitfalls?

2010-01-25 Thread Melissa Casburn
A client has asked us to cold-call some existing customers to do some fast research on purchasing decisions. This isn't an activity we normally engage in, so I'm treading carefully. The survey is fairly short (about 15 questions) and includes a $50 incentive. The call script looks tidy, with the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 2009 IA Salary and Benefits Survey is now open - Please participate

2009-10-01 Thread Melissa Casburn
Question: will the raw data be released this year? I'd love to crunch-n-munch the 2008 data as well, to answer specific questions about my own team relative to the industry, but the file wasn't posted to the IAI site. Any way I could get my hands on 2008, 2009, or both? . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PaperThin/CommonSpot

2009-08-17 Thread Melissa Casburn
As much as I'd love to give you one, there's no one-size-fits-all answer. Business and user needs drive the relative value of each aspect of the CMS. For example, localization may mean nothing to a small chain of shoe stores, but everything to a city library that needs to address both English- an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PaperThin/CommonSpot

2009-08-17 Thread Melissa Casburn
We (ISITE Design) do development work on this platform and have for some time. Unfortunately, it's really hard to say whether any CMS is the right choice without knowing about things like: - The client's on-hand development staff skills - The required site features - The nature of the content (s

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD and humanitarian work

2009-07-16 Thread melissa casburn
Try the NetSquared community: http://www.netsquared.org/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43800 Welcome to the Interaction Design Ass

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Websites that remember you

2009-06-03 Thread Melissa Casburn
Zipcar (www.zipcar.com) cookies you when you select a city from the "Where can I drive?" dropdown in the upper left. The site can then display maps, rate plans and vehicle locations for your location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Book Club - an update

2009-02-05 Thread Melissa Casburn
Thanks for the rundown. I'm teaming up with someone to start the Portland, OR chapter as well, and this will come in handy. From: Steve Baty To: disc...@ixda.org Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 4:45:01 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] UX Book Club - an update Bac

Re: [IxDA Discuss] touchscreen predictive text input: Swype

2008-09-11 Thread Melissa Casburn
Unfortunately for some of us, Writing Pad is no longer available in the U.S. App Store. A quick Google search indicated that it may be a copyright issue with the Swype folks? - Original Message From: Sarah Kampman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [IxDA Discuss] twitter and IxDA once again

2008-08-22 Thread Melissa Casburn
Depends on how you define microblog: as a dedicated app or a component within a larger site? Facebook and MySpace have integrated "current status" into their apps. LiveJournal and other blog sites use the "mood" field to create the same sense of "right here, right now". Twitter and Plurk are foc