Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-02 Thread Itamar Medeiros
I try my best -- whenever I'm designing something new -- to balance between "support to current workflows" and "innovation and simplicity". { Itamar Medeiros } Information Designer http://designative.info/ http://www.autodesk.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-02 Thread Bernie Zang
I listen. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Scott McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, yes - > I spend a great deal of time producing documents and having discussions > where I translate the language of business analysts, project managers > and other business-speak makers > into language m

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-02 Thread Scott McDaniel
Sorry, yes - I spend a great deal of time producing documents and having discussions where I translate the language of business analysts, project managers and other business-speak makers into language more easily accessible for our engineers, designers and end-users. Scott On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-02 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Scott McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never use the word 'leverage.' > Except right then. > Sorry, but I'm afraid I don't get it. Could you please explain? > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > As an Interactio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-01 Thread Scott McDaniel
I never use the word 'leverage.' Except right then. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? > > Curious, > Jack -- 'Life' plus

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-01 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Coming up with ideas and developing them. Of course, that comes after seeing that something needs to be improved and that improving it would make a difference. Sebi On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Infor

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-06-01 Thread Jens Meiert
> As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? Advance and simplify. -- Jens Meiert http://meiert.com/en/ Welcome to the Interaction Design As

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-31 Thread Petra Liverani
s, Petra Liverani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Hoekman Jr Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2008 7:04 AM To: Bryan J Busch Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best? > > Ask the questions that nobody else is a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-30 Thread Ken Mohnkern
Simplify. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines Li

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-28 Thread Uday Gajendar
On May 23, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Jack Moffett wrote: As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? Hmm, I think for me it's... - Rapid/prolific sketching (pen and paper) - Visualizing complex stuff as concept ma

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-28 Thread Kristopher Kinlen
Make people happy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29409 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-28 Thread Jarod Tang
Hi Jack, With fresh eyes on everyday life, and relationships between artifact and people. Cheers -- Jarod On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-28 Thread Michael Micheletti
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? > Probably the most valuable thing I do is to bring a design perspective and a design vo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-27 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > Ask the questions that nobody else is asking (granted, sometimes > that's because the answer is "obvious", but it doesn't hurt to > ask). > Funny—another thing I do best is ... point out the obvious. I feel like it's half my job. (Of course, many things are not "obvious" unless you're a desig

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-27 Thread Bryan J Busch
Ask the questions that nobody else is asking (granted, sometimes that's because the answer is "obvious", but it doesn't hurt to ask). I have an almost supernatural capacity for objectivity. Ask me whether a sponge can be used as a refrigerator magnet and I will ask to borrow the sponge. I've also

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Daniel Szuc
Get people to put ego aside and talk to each other as we all move towards something better "together". rgds, Dan (damn hippie ;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29409 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Steve Baty
Synthesising disparate data into coherent concepts seams to be what I do best. 2008/5/23 Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? > > Curious, > Jack > ---

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread mark schraad
define > identify > explore > delegate > resolve > deliver > rinse and repeat as needed On May 23, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Jack Moffett wrote: As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? Curious, Jack J

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? > Evolve. Identify. Communicate. Solve. Obsess. -r- Welcome to the Interaction Design Associat

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread dnp607
Seems like some things come easy - humbly, for me it's always been the ideation and visualization of ideas. I stay up at night thinking through new ideas and have always been oddly suited to paradigm- shifting concepts. The sketching/conceptual creation phase and being a catalyst for new i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread dave malouf
linguist, translator, story teller but instead of the usual linguistic elements of words I build semantics, syntax, and narrative out of conjoined behavior of differing systems, products, services, and human actors. You could say I'm an improvisational playwrite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Katie Albers
Hmmm...I think that's probably my top skill, too. In fact I think one of the reasons I do well in this field is that I let things bother me. I locate problems and I make noise about them. But if you reject the idea that that's related to the field, what I do best is connect the various element

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Will Evans
Kvetch On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, > Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? > > Curious, > Jack > > > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and

[IxDA Discuss] What do you do best?

2008-05-23 Thread Jack Moffett
As an Interaction Designer (or Interface Designer, Information Architect, Usability Specialist, etc.), what is it that you do best? Curious, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com If there's anything more annoying than a machine that wo