Discussion Archive: November 2010

Sharing good and bad examples of interaction design?

We are thinking about creating a service for the interaction design community that allows members to:

  - Quickly create 1-2 minute narated screencasts of interesting interaction design ideas they see on the web or have created themselves. For example a really smooth registration flow, etc.

  - Maintain a personal stream of these vignettes.

  - Share them with the rest of the community to generate discussion and spark ideas.

Conversion at what cost - the shortcomings of AB testing

The company I work with has been obsessed with conversion for the last 6 or so months. Well they've always been obsessed with it but about 6 months ago they started using AB testing software to test different ideas and executions. I've loved having the ability to validate ideas but I have to say I'm over the dependance and emphasis placed on it. I also don't think AB testing tells a very full picture. I've written a blog post about it and would love to hear thoughts and experiences from the ICDA community.

http://www.jamesmansfield.id.au/conversion-at-what-cost/

Programming classes in NYC?

Can anyone recommend good places for programming classes in NYC?

thanks

RC

Design Jam London

I thought people might be interested to read about the first Design Jam London we held at the weekend, a collaborative 'hack-day'-style event for designers:
  http://johnnyholland.org/2010/11/20/design-jam-london-1/

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