Discussion Archive: March 2006

29 Mar 2006 - 9:54pm
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Dave Malouf
2005

Junior Information Architect, New York City, Recruiter, Contract

[do NOT reply to me]

Our Client:

A major media client of ours is seeking a Junior Information
Architect for
freelance assignments.

Job Description:

The Jr. IA will assist the Information Architect with various
IA tasks and deliverables on high-profile projects. Some of the
key responsibilities will be:

* Documenting existing website content structure, content templates

and analyze these findings to develop new information architecture,
page templates.

29 Mar 2006 - 5:48pm
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7 years ago
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Wendy Fischer
2004

open source community message boards?

Does anybody know of what open source community message boards are available? I"m looking for something that can be utiliized within a community type site on the web.

I've found Yabb, but am not familiar with anything else.

any ideas?

-Wendy

29 Mar 2006 - 4:03pm
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7 years ago
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Robert Hoekman, Jr.
2005

3D charts

I know I read a nice little rant somewhere recently about how using 3D
charts was unwise when compared to 2D charts that were designed much more
simply, but I can't seem to find any info at all now about why one might be
better than the other.

Personally, I find 3D charts to be way too full of "chart junk" - more
graphics than data - but does anyone here have any more solidifed insights
on the subject? Any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks ...

-r-

29 Mar 2006 - 3:59pm
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7 years ago
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Dave Malouf
2005

UXCampNE (note, it is now North East and not NYC) following up

Just coming back from the IA Summit, I did a bit of talking up of
BarCamp (see barcamp.org) and more specifically my idea for a barCamp
styled event this year on the NE side of the the Continental US.

I got some great energy and enthusiasm from people, and wanted to make
sure that some basic information about BarCamping was out there for
folks. As noted above the real details are on the BarCamp Wiki.

Ok, here's the dealio ...

BarCamp - Think of this as open source conference.
* no financial commitments to attend
* everyone who attends presents or helps out in another way.

29 Mar 2006 - 3:48pm
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Christopher Fahey
2005

JOB: Senior Project Manager at Behavior

[sorry for the cross-posting]

Behavior is seeking a New York-based Senior Project Manager for a full-time
staff position.

Candidate must have 5+ years experience managing web design and development
teams on large scale large budget projects (think high six-figures, or seven
figures in dot-com-era-dollars). We're looking for someone who loves
managing projects and people, who can be meticulous with a team who is
already deeply committed to a high-quality design-centric approach, and who
understands the unique challenges of working with both creative- and
technology- based projects.

28 Mar 2006 - 10:13pm
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Oleh Kovalchuke
2006

"The Brain" and "MindManager" and Post-it notes

Mind mapping tools

I wonder if anyone used the low tech approach: mind mapping,
brainstorming and categorizing with Post-it notes. How does it compare
to the software?

On positive side Post-it notes seem to be more collaborative, to have
lower participation threshold by virtue of being low tech (similar to
paper prototypes) and because people get a chance to physically move
around, play with their hands while pasting notes on white board. Is
this correct assumption about ease of collaboration?

The setbacks I see: 1. No remote participation, 2. Archiving results
for reference and 3.

28 Mar 2006 - 10:00pm
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CD Evans
2004

IA Summit Recording of Five Minute Madness!

Here is an mp3 recording of the entire 5 minute madness. It's a nice
little wrap up file, I'll try to post a few more things in the next few
days.

http://www.nicer.ca/IASummit/5MinuteMadness.mp3

Cheers
CD Evans

28 Mar 2006 - 7:34pm
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Hooman Anvar
2006

Digital Voice Recorder

I like the Olympus DM-20. It was clear, had plenty of space, downloads using USB, small in size (comes in a small zip bag) and the file types didn't have to be converted to play. I recorded conference call interviews, in-person interiews, and restaurant interviews. They all came out pretty good.

More info at: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=921

-Hooman

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28 Mar 2006 - 7:22pm
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7 years ago
1 reply
Jeremy Wood
2006

Dead Space: GUI Layout Question

The generic form of the question is this:
What resources are out there that talk about resizing windows, and what
to do with dead space that results in some cases?

The specific form of the question is this:
We're working on an animation program (taking still frames and
arranging them into animations).

This is the general layout of our GUI:
http://homepage.mac.com/tech4learning/layout.pdf

All the components are of a fixed size, except the preview area (the
big box in the middle), and the timeline (which is of a fixed height,

28 Mar 2006 - 12:28pm
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Wendy Fischer
2004

looking for mobile gaming artists - San Francisco

I am looking for some mobile graphic artists with experience creating pixel artwork for mobile games.