Discussion Archive: April 2008

22 Apr 2008 - 7:01pm
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Andrew Otwell
2004

[EVENT] May 1 Puget Sound IxDA Meetup - IxDA Interaction 08 Redux – University of Washington, Seattle Campus

*Puget Sound IxDA Meetup: "****IxDA Interaction 08 Redux"**** – **6:30pm,
May 1, 2008 **– ******University of Washington, Seattle Campus*

Interested in getting together with other local interaction designers and
user experience professionals? Looking for an opportunity to discuss some
key topics facing the field, such as Interaction Design in an Agile
environment?

For our next Puget Sound IxDA meetup, we will be having an IxDA Interactions
08 conference redux.

22 Apr 2008 - 3:47pm
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k lenox
2006

[events] IxDA-SF Weds 4/22: Matt Jones talks about "Playfulness in Design"

Just a reminder that Matt Jones will be speaking on "Playfulness in
Design" TOMORROW night.

The fun starts at 6:30. The address is:
odopod
385 Grove Street
San Francisco CA 94102

Presented by IxDA-SF, Odopod, and Tiny Pictures. Hope to see you there!

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/474101/

22 Apr 2008 - 1:55pm
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5 years ago
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Jeff Howard
2004

IxDA Digest Translation

Based on Alexander's comment in the "Interaction Design in Europe"
thread last week, I decided to try feeding a few IxDA threads through
Google's translation API.

22 Apr 2008 - 10:55am
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Maria Pereda
2008

Usability Testing Facility in NYC

Hi there,
My company is looking into renting out a lab to perform usability testing in
the New York City Area. We need the following:
1 - the company can provide us with a lab setting where our IAs can conduct
usability testing
2 - the company will also able to do the recruiting for us

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!
Maria

22 Apr 2008 - 10:26am
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John Gibbard
2008

[Event] London IxDA meeting

We're awaiting confirmation but we HOPE to hold this meeting at the company
where I work, Dare [1]. It's a nice, non-stuffy environment...

Please stay tuned via the Crowdvine list [2] and listen out for
announcements on here nearer the time.

John

[1] http://www.daredigital.com
[2] http://ixdalondon.crowdvine.com/

22 Apr 2008 - 10:09am
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Shannon Caddigan
2008

JOB: Interaction Designer, 30 minutes south of SF, Recuriter-Jessie, Full Time

Interaction Designer - Progressive Mobile-Technology Company

Title: Interaction Designer
Location: SF Bay Area - 30 minutes from SF
Compensation: 80's to low 100's DOE

A progressive mobile-technology company is searching for an Interaction
Designer to join its creative team and focus on user interface design
and usability.

22 Apr 2008 - 7:24am
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John Gibbard
2008

Physical world IxD: Kitchen design

Great little article for some inspiration [1]. Interviews with four chefs
about the (interaction) design of their kitchens and how, in some cases,
this contributes to the customer experience within the restaurant.

I love this kind of (albeit cursory) ethnographic observation. Helps me step
outside of web-orientated thinking...

John.
(thanks Kottke.org for the heads-up)

[1] http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=3253

22 Apr 2008 - 5:52am
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Jan Willem Heining
2008

Best practices for UGC mechanisms?

Hey all, I'd like to know what your experiences are with designing
online contests where site visitors get to upload/create stuff on a site
(to win a prize) which is being placed in gallery and where others get
to vote/rate the entries.

Some interesting questions concerning this subject are:

* How do you prevent cheating with voting/rating, without making
the barrier of voting to big?
(or more concrete: how do you prevent that contestants aren't
voting their entry to the top 10 themselves; is email validation, using
an activation mail, smart or too much effort and does something like
CAP

22 Apr 2008 - 2:19am
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Itamar Medeiros
2006

[EVENT] IxDA Shanghai Face-to-Face: VENUE CHANGE

Due to the incredible response we've had to the invitations for our
first gathering, we'll need to host our event in a bigger venue!
hurray!

21 Apr 2008 - 3:35pm
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Oleh Kovalchuke
2006

For those, who are interested in interaction design schools in Europe.

Six 10 minutes long presentations at Innovationsforum (2007) from IxD
programs in Europe:
http://www.vimeo.com/752455

An introduction of the school, and one or two student projects from the
school.

The presentation by the representative of Extreme Green Guerilla on mail
service via migrating animals (at 19 minutes) is totally rad (to use my
daughter's lingo).

Schools:

Royal College of Art, London
Design Interactions

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London
MA Interactive Digital Media
MA Online Media

School of Arts & Communica