Discussion Archive: May 2009

[JOB] Associate Creative Director/Lead Designer at TheLadders.com in NYC

(If you have questions about this role, feel free to contact me
directly but you'll need to apply through the link in the listing below)

[Jeff]

TheLadders.com is looking for a progressive Associate Creative Director with a killer portfolio to join our design team. If you’re part artist,
part techie - we’re talking about you. You’re the rare individual who
understands how an integrated interactive experience should look - and
function. Not to mention, you have the talent and dedication to execute
it.

Need of persona for small set of user group

Hi everyone,

Persona represents a user group, helps to understand who the users
are, their behavior, etc.
No my question here is if I’ve a large set of audience or target user
group then making a persona make sense to me,
But what if I’ve very limited users say 8-10 and I’ve access to users
all the time, do I need to create Persona for them?
Is it really necessary to create Persona for small set of target user
group?

Please share your thought.

-Kishor-

any keyboard usability info on Kindle?

I'm wondering if anyone has any study results regarding the usability of the Kindle keyboard. I'm concerned that the keyboard might be too small (hard to read and cramped) for an elderly person with visual/physical impairments.

Thanks!
Sean Bentley
Senior Content Provider, UI Text

[PLUG]A new UX blog...just what the world needs!

Thanks to Whitney Hess, whose presentation on "Evangelizing Yourself"
motivated me to finally start a blog.

My first post is an editorial response to Jared Spool's panel at the
Ix09 conference, which asked where will we find the 10,000 new
interaction designers we need to meet the expected growth in our field.
Here's the link:

http://oxbyd.wordpress.com/

I would love to hear any feedback, whether as a comment on the site, a
message here, or a private e-mail.