Discussion Archive: August 2009

[JOB] Interaction Design Lecturer, Singapore, Nanyang Polytechnic, Full-time

Greetings, everyone. The School of Interactive & Digital Media at Nanyang
Polytechnic, Singapore, is looking out for full-time Interaction Design
Lecturers. We run a full-time, 3-year diploma program in Interaction
Design. Please review the specs as follows.

Successful candidates can look forward to playing a design-focused role in
a range of Digital Interactive Media topics that include the understanding
of interaction in a digital context, human-centric design, user research
and sociable digital media.

Statistics about user drop offs when faced with unencrypted site message from the browser

Has anyone come across statistics or observations in user studies about how
people react to the Security Warning message (The information you have
entered is to be sent over an unencrypted connection and could easily be
read by a third party.)

I have a client whose site elicits this message when people are answering
quiz questions. They do not consider the tombstone information (name,
address, email etc...) to be the kind of information that requires
encryption. Financial information, passwords etc...

"Onceability"

What seems to be a common aspect of much new technology:

http://www.inuseful.se/2009/08/onceability.html

Enjoy,

/jonas

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Jonas Söderström
senior information architect
Sweden

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For the lesson lies in learning and by teaching I'll be taught
for there's nothing hidden anywhere, it's all there to be sought
- Keith Reid
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Just Because You Can Innovate Doesn't Mean You Should

I'm tuning in a bit late here, so forgive me if someone also has made my
points.

A couple of things about innovation. First, unlike invention, innovation
is planned and never happens by accident. This is an absolutely critical
distinction. Second, it always solves a problem; if it doesn't solve a
problem, it will invariably create one.

So, a new idea is not necessarily innovative. But as Jason points out,
it may have the potential for innovation if handled correctly.