Discussion Archive: May 2007

10 May 2007 - 11:36am
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tdellaringa
2006

Personas or some other technique?

Hi there,

I'm working on a complex portal/business tool project for a major home
services (cleaning) company. I have very limited resources however - I don't
have access to the users in order to do interviews for example. All I have
is a business requirement document, and a spreadsheet showing the primary
"actors" on the system (really, roles). I also have the old system (windows
based) installed on my machine for reference (although it is changing quite
a bit)

I wanted to build some personas as a design tool, but I don't think I have
enough information.

9 May 2007 - 3:14pm
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Nakata, Kelly
2007

JOB - User Interface Designer @ PayPal

User Interface Designer @ PayPal, an eBay Company
Opportunities in San Jose, CA and Phoenix, AZ

The successful design candidate will work both independently and
alongside other design team members to shape the future of online
payments. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must,
along with solid visual presentation skills.

9 May 2007 - 12:51pm
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Joy Zigo
2005

5/15 Event: Identify Learning Styles & Create Profiles to Develop Persuasive Web

NYC Usability Professionals Association presents:

Identify Learning Styles and Create Profiles to Develop a Persuasive Website

Come find out how to use user experience research to make a website more
than just “usable” – make it “persuasive.” This presentation will focus on
techniques you can adopt to identify different learning styles of your
target users and ways to adapt your site to match these different
interaction styles for increased conversion.

Speaker: Todd Follansbee of Web Marketing Resources
Howard Kaplan of Future Now

9 May 2007 - 12:28pm
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6 years ago
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Trip O'Dell
2007

And now for something completely different

There was some speculation a few days ago about the IxD implications
of emerging UI technologies such as neural interfaces.

Someone on another list sent along these links. Apparently there is
an open source project (Openeeg) working to develop prototyping
tools for neural interfaces both on the hardware and software front.
It will be interesting to see where this goes.

9 May 2007 - 12:20pm
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6 years ago
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niklasw
2005

IxDA Sweden - Next event: Experiences on IxD and ID

Hi all!

Next IxDA event in Stockholm, Sweden on the 30th of May will be a
number of presentations on interaction design from an industrial
design perspective.

9 May 2007 - 10:35am
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lea at trionwor...
2007

JOB: Lead User Interface Designer, Trion World Network-GAMES, Redwood City, fulltime

Job Title Lead User Interface Designer
WE ARE REVOLUTIONIZING ENTERTAINMENT!
Have you got the passion and talent to lead the User Experience team
for web and mobile applications at the next great publisher of online
games and entertainment? Have you turned product ideas into
exceptional applications for e-commerce sites, games, or social
networks? We are merging online games with the web and mobile in a
way that has never been done before!
Become a part of the best independent game developer and publisher.

9 May 2007 - 10:05am
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Peter Merholz
2004

[PLUG] Adaptive Path's UX Week; Aug 13-16; Early Reg ends Friday

IxDers--

Adaptive Path's UX Week conference takes place August 13-16, and it's
shaping up to be quite a doozy this year.

<http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2007/aug/>

We've got an amazing program, with subjects spanning search engines,
interaction design, management challenges, participatory design,
social media, mobile design, usability for web 2.0, and more.

We're also extremely pleased to announce Deborah Adler as a keynoter.
As a graphic design student, Deborah developed the SafeRX pill bottle
design, which evolved into

9 May 2007 - 9:58am
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Gary Chou
2007

JOB: Interaction Designer, Cisco Media Solutions Group, San Francisco, fulltime

Hi folks,

As some of you may have seen from Cisco's recent "Human Network"
campaign, Cisco is starting to do some really exciting and
interesting things around the consumer.

9 May 2007 - 9:09am
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6 years ago
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Mark Schraad
2006

Design research

I read this morning a column Dan Saffer wrote that is posted on the adaptive path web site. It caused me some concern.

http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000755.php

I am a huge proponent of design research, but I think it is all too often done poorly, and not done frequently enough. That said, I agree for the most part with what Dan says regarding many projects and many designers not needing research. What concerns me is the specificity of Dan's message and its audience.

8 May 2007 - 7:25pm
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Robert Hoekman, Jr.
2005

Shameless plug

Sorry for the shameless plug, but I simply couldn't resist mentioning
this one. It's a very in-depth, very positive review for my little
book, on BoxesAndArrows:

http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/zen-and-the-art-of

You can't see me, but I'm doing a little happy dance right now. :)

-r-