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=25686 charlie at cognetics.com charlie at cognetics.com. When Alan Cooper delivered the opening keynote at Interactions08 this morning, I was once again struck by how sensible his view is. As I understood his core argument, it was: 1. We know that... February 9, 2008 10:08pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=25677 Johan Sjöstrand Johan Sjöstrand. Hello. I've been trying to build up a knowledge bank for our interaction design dept at work. Right now it's just a few categorized folders on our file server which of course... February 9, 2008 4:37am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=25402 Lori Baker Lori Baker. We are working on a project that plans to start testing in Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Belgium specifically and I was hoping to get some good recommendations on usability recruiting firms in those... January 31, 2008 10:06am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=24927 Billie Mandel Billie Mandel. Hey fab folks - So I was at dinner the other night with the technical publications manager here at my company, and he mentioned that the STC had stats on how many documentation... January 22, 2008 12:18pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=24623 David Malouf David Malouf. Hi Gang, I know there are quite a few writers here. Any chance one of you might be able to send me a book proposal you wrote, to help me with one that I'm... January 16, 2008 7:24am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=22625 Alan Wexelblat Alan Wexelblat. Periodically we all confront problems of negotiating with clients who want unreasonable things, or coworkers who seem to be opposed to any form of change that would improve usability. I would like to recommend... November 15, 2007 5:57am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=22107 maya gorton maya gorton. Hi there, How do you calculate hourly rates? Is there a formula that can help you extrapolate from a yearly salary? I have a freelance job that's 20 hours a week for... November 2, 2007 9:22am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21617 Matthew Nish-Lapidus Matthew Nish-Lapidus. This survey is always incredibly interesting. I'm sure a lot of us on this list participated, and the number of total participants this year blew me away. Over 32,000! That's amazing. One results I... October 17, 2007 6:55pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21585 Vishal Iyer Vishal Iyer. What's your experience been? What are the pros & cons with regards to design process, org structure, work environment, career pathing etc. (Note: I excluded going independent & the academic route because they... October 17, 2007 10:58am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21468 David Shaw David Shaw. Hi All, I know there's been discussions before about interview questions, but I don't think there's been discussion on this kind. I've got to interview a potential teammate who might end up leading us.... October 12, 2007 7:51am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21083 Morten Hjerde Morten Hjerde. The patent system today is a joke. Its badly broken, and we suffer for it. Both in our work as IxDs and as private consumers. The most ridiculous and overly broad patents are granted... October 4, 2007 2:01pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21080 Daniel Yang Daniel Yang. Since today seems to be an introductory day, I'm relatively new to the list as well. I noticed there was finally a ruling on this case. Not sure of the ramifications yet... October 4, 2007 12:07pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21021 David Shaw David Shaw. Hi Will, Yes, I've seen that too. Unfortunately, with the current state of the market how can someone hire rock stars when there are more jobs than candidates to fill the shoes. That, and... October 2, 2007 11:14am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20918 Dan Brown Dan Brown. I wonder if we might broaden the conversation to talk about general hiring strategies. Though I haven't read it, Joel Spolsky's "Smart and Get Things Done" offers a model for finding and retaining engineering... September 29, 2007 4:33am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20897 Wilson, Russell Wilson, Russell. Can anyone point me to what they consider the best sources for information on design processes (i.e. how design integrates with development and product mgt, req->des->dev, etc.)? I've done quite a bit of... September 28, 2007 9:58am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20233 Mark Hines Mark Hines. An IA on my staff is in the process of applying for a Green Card. As her manager I'm working with HR and outside counsel to shepherd this thing through. One of the issues,... September 7, 2007 2:23pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=19998 Joe Davidchik Joe Davidchik. ... particularly in a hungry market. I was recently put in the position where I was asked to sign something saying that I was not allowed to go to work for a "competitor" for... August 31, 2007 3:39pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=18004 Mark Schraad Mark Schraad. The recent discussion about hourly rates for contracting interaction design struck me an extremely limited take on 'how much we make'. In fact, it really made me want to scream rather than comment. But... July 6, 2007 7:12am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=17957 Hooman Anvar Hooman Anvar. Hope everyone had a nice holiday... Today I talked to a recruiter that is looking for visual designer/interaction designer combo. Not really my cup of tea. But in our conversation he said the following:... July 5, 2007 12:34pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=17210 Vishal Iyer Vishal Iyer. Does anyone know what does (or doesn't) the IP cover? On a more general note, is it possible to patent Interaction patterns? property was recently sold to Apple. It has been incorporated... June 11, 2007 12:22pm