Discussion Archive: April 2006

12 Apr 2006 - 10:20am
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Joy Zigo
2005

NYC-UPA, 4/18, Establishing User-Centered Design: 5 Phases of Corporate Evolutio

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Establishing User-Centered Design: The 5 Phases of Corporate Evolution

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12 Apr 2006 - 10:13am
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7 years ago
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bhekking
2006

'R&D' vs. 'mainline' design & usability

Hello -

Do you have similar experience you can share? I'm a solo usability practitioner
responsible for both analysis and design for a small software company. I'm
getting mixed signals about what my priorities should be, especially because we
are simultaneously dedicating lots of resources to pure selling, and to
improving what customers already use. So, my time is being divided between the
needs of our pre-sales team and development.

My question is - how common is this?

12 Apr 2006 - 7:58am
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Dave Malouf
2005

[Fwd: USB products - food for thought]

http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/04/11/usb-products-food-for-thought/

Ping Mag for people who don't know is out of Japan and sometimes has
diddies like this article that highlights an exhibit that focuses on how
to bring physical design into what is normally our virtual world. I
found the pieces in the exhibit to be very creative.

Just thought people here might be interested.

-- dave

12 Apr 2006 - 12:44am
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Sharad Solanki
2005

12th IxDA F2F Meeting at Pune, India 4:00pm-6:00pm, Saturday 15th April 2006

Sorry for cross posting

Hi all,

We are meeting on this Saturday. Please make note of the address as last time there was some confusion about the venue.

Details of the meeting:

Date: 15th April 2006

Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Venue: Café Coffee Day, East Street, MG Road, Pune

Topic: Gearing up for the Web 2.0 UIs

See you there.

Sharad Singh Solanki

SAS

mob: 09890909227

11 Apr 2006 - 3:15pm
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7 years ago
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Michael Jones
2006

Does Sustainable Interaction Design Exist?

Google tells me it doesn't. But I'm convinced that there have to be
certain principles that interaction designers can follow that are
more environmentally friendly than others. I work at a product design
company filled with designers looking to develop products that are
less damaging and more environmentally friendly, but for the most
part, interaction designers are stuck on the sidelines developing
interfaces and screens that don't have any of the material or
manufacturing choices of industrial designers.

11 Apr 2006 - 2:10pm
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Tony Sokolowski
2006

Job Posting: User Experience Designer (Vertigo Software, Pt. Richmond, CA, Full-Time)

Company: Vertigo Software, Inc.
URL: http://www.VertigoSoftware.com

Location: Point Richmond, CA (North of Berkeley)
Position Title: User Experience Designer

Duration: Full Time

Vertigo Software, a leading provider of software development and
consulting services on the Microsoft platform, is in the business of
innovation.

11 Apr 2006 - 12:21pm
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Vijay Venkatraman
2006

[Help] Interaction Design Summer Internship

Hi all,

I am looking for a summer internship in Interaction Design. Is anybody on this forum looking for interns or aware of any available positions? I'd be very grateful for any help in this regard.

Thank you,

Vijay

11 Apr 2006 - 2:05am
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7 years ago
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Lada Gorlenko
2004

Joint IxDA/UXnet dinner at CHI: Tuesday 25 April, 7:30

Date: Tuesday, 25 April
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: TBD (will post the announcement in a few days)

Thank you very much to all who have responded to our dinner invitation
at CHI. IxDA crowd will be joined by UXnet crowd in what we hope will
be a jolly good evening. If you haven't replied yet and would like to
come, we would very much like to see you.

For further info please contact either
Lada: lada[at]acm[dot]org or
Pabini: pabini[at]spiritsoftworks[dot]com

See you in Montreal!
Lada

10 Apr 2006 - 8:15pm
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Cindy Lu
2006

No Exit Point in Wizard Design

When I went through the process of transitioning from hotmail to Windows Live Mail Beta, I noticed that the wizard only had the "Continue" button. There was no way to get out except for closing the browser. Even the top logo was not linked to anywhere.

I had no problem of going through the wizard to make the transition successful.

10 Apr 2006 - 4:59pm
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Oleh Kovalchuke
2006

Fwd: Personas development - best practices

Yes, I was thinking about the very first iteration, before user
prototype assumptions are verified/validated with actual users.

Another small piece of relevant personality type trivia. In
'Persuasive Technology' Fogg referes to research in which submissive
personality types preferred submissively phrased computer messages and
dominant liked dominant messages.

I wonder if there is more research along these lines but for different
personality traits.