This list is for people who want to discuss issues, theories, methods, etc. about interaction design practice. http://www.ixda.org Custom http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31603 Jessica Enders Jessica Enders. I've been involved in a few debates about this question lately and would like to write an article summarising the different positions. It would be great if you could spend a few minutes emailing me or ... July 26, 2008 10:34pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31602.2217#31602.2217 Vytas Gaizutis Vytas Gaizutis. Well said, Will. July 26, 2008 10:17pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31602#31602 Will Evans Will Evans. I would say just as important, perhaps, as those things mentioned so eloquently above, is having a clear purpose about what exactly you want to do. "Only a clear - even idealistic - purpose can provide the direction, unity... July 26, 2008 3:59pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31601.1409#31601.1409 Vytas Gaizutis Vytas Gaizutis. Wendy, You didn't mention what area you'd be freelancing in. Is it - visual design for web and software? - marketing communications? - branding, corporate identity design? - packaging? - IA? - Interaction design?... July 26, 2008 2:09pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31601#31601 Christine Boese Christine Boese. There's one calculation that is helpful, to figure whether you can actually live as a freelancer. I was a freelance photographer back in the 80s, for instance, and it would have helped me immensely to do this little piece... July 26, 2008 12:46pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31600#31600 Oleh Kovalchuke Oleh Kovalchuke. On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Jeremy Yuille <overlobe at isomorpho.us> wrote: I think you are right, Jeremy. In our approach to building a corporate pattern library, we plan to provide generic pattern description with snippets... July 25, 2008 3:47pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31599 Andrea Steurer Andrea Steurer. Big Fish is looking for an Interactive Prototyper for an assignment with a software company on the East side. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running and has experience with interaction and visual design. Professionals... July 25, 2008 3:47pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31598#31598 J. Ambrose Little J. Ambrose Little. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:10 AM, matthew Smith <matthew at squaredeye.com> wrote: Hi Matt, I'm not Jared, but I've been watching this thread with interest. I appreciate what you've done and want to do in... July 25, 2008 3:10pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31597#31597 Will Evans Will Evans. Read 2.0 now. You already have it. It's great. It's useful. Reading that now is better than waiting to get 3.0 That said - 3.0 is worth the money to "upgrade" so to speak, but I would recommend reading... July 25, 2008 2:55pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31596#31596 Will Evans Will Evans. Someone asked me in a meeting last week if I had started to see Twitter conventions seeping into online discussion boards and email lists. MS's use of @Jared is the first time I have seen it on the list... July 25, 2008 2:51pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31586 Michael Tuminello Michael Tuminello. Hi - I am looking for someone for the following job. I think it will be pretty fun (I’m a jealous that I don’t have time to do all the work myself, but will be working with... July 25, 2008 2:11pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31585#31585 Will Evans Will Evans. As an update - I just was contacted by the WSJ who is doing a story about Sean Tevis, and wanted to interview folks who gave donations ending in $0.88 after reading the source code. I plugged the IxDA... July 25, 2008 1:46pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31591 Kamila Jagnanan Kamila Jagnanan. Hello Please post the attached job on the IXDA website. Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you Kamila Jagnanan Human Resources Ithaka 151 East 61st Street ... July 25, 2008 12:41pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31595#31595 Ron Edelen Ron Edelen. There is very little difference between freelancing and having your own business, especially when you freelance from home. Making the transition is not hard, but requires you to maintain simple business habits. Here's what worked for... July 25, 2008 12:35pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31590#31590 John Chin John Chin. Thanks to MJ and the rest of the organizing committee and hosts for this event. I appreciate all of the effort in making it all happen! Yours, John Chin On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM, MJ Broadbent... July 25, 2008 12:30pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31588#31588 brendan brendan. I'm a big fan of Textpattern (http://textpattern.com/) myself. I found myself stripping out a ton of inline PHP and stuff trying. to learn how to template Wordpress, Txp seems to just stay out of my way. I'm... July 25, 2008 12:14pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31592 Mark Ahlenius Mark Ahlenius. Hi, I have a copy of the About Face 2.0 The Essentials of Interaction Design, which I have not cracked open yet (but was going to soon). Now I see that the third version is out, called About Face... July 25, 2008 12:10pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31584#31584 Christine Boese Christine Boese. This came up in a discussion I was in the other day too, about whether blog software is a de facto content management system. My argument here would be, if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck,... July 25, 2008 11:41am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31583#31583 erpdesigner erpdesigner. I'm at the point where I am looking for a job, but also doing a lot of contract/freelance work. In regards to the job front I'm not finding what I want or I find something and the position gets... July 25, 2008 11:26am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31582 MJ Broadbent MJ Broadbent. NYC IxDA sends out kudos to Luke Williams of frog design, who gave a superb presentation last night to a standing-room-only, overflow crowd of 75 attendees. Our deep appreciation also goes to event host, Icon Nicholson.... July 25, 2008 11:03am