Hi, folks -- A person at DivX in San Diego pointed out this job opportunity for a senior user experience designer/IA. With his permission, I'm sharing the link...
The Masters of Science in Technical Communication Program at the University of Colorado - Denver is doing a study to determine the feasability of offering some...
Hello all, If any of you are going to be in Houston this weekend, might want to stop by our one-day conference at Rice on Friday, May 6th. Here's all the...
The Masters of Science in Technical Communication Program at the University of Colorado - Denver has recently received a grant to develop a Certificate of...
Hi there- Razorfish* is looking for an intern to work in our user experience department this summer. We've got some interesting projects that might make nice...
In the spirit of Earth Day I'm extending a plea for 'recycling'. As I begin various activities, I'll discover that something (a 'deliverable' template) I've...
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In a message dated 5/8/2005 7:41:48 AM Central Daylight Time, Paula Thornton ... Paula, thanks for posting this! It's most appreciated. We just decided today, ...
With 'lack of a home' to call my own (professionally-speaking), I have often used the title "Interaction Design Strategist" to define my preferred focus of...
A hearty Amen/huzzah/quaff of ale to that sentiment, Paula. I don't usually send "me too" posts, but for that one I'll stand up in my seat. ... - Marc Rettig...
... but to build stronger relationships. How do you propose 'building stronger relationships' manifests itself, other than designing through the medium of a...
Kevin said: "Isn't building stronger relationships inherent in designing a good product?" Define good. People don't want drills, they want holes, and if you...
Jeff Bezos understood the significance of 'building relationships' (at least in some small degree). In the early days of Amazon, all customers were sent ...
Additional discourse on a point that caught my eye. Paula wrote: "Amazon doesn't sell books...they create an infrastructure for gathering to evaluate and buy...
... Nonsense. We make products and services easier to use - that's what we do and we do it well. And we do it by figuring out the needs, wants, and goals of...
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Todd said: How is that not optimizing the "needs and aspirations" of the individual? Perhaps you forgot the original premise: creating relationships. I can...
Come on kids, you two are not saying vastly different things. They actually complement each other. I agree with Paula's perspective as vehemently as Marc, but...
... Eerm, that may be true on CHI-WEB, "the list that shall not be named", and other usability related lists(*), but here on experiencedesign we don't ...
... Excellent point, Peter, and very true. I was watching my niece play several games online yesterday and was a bit amazed how how she knew what to click on....
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... I would have to disagree here. I think it absolutely impacts (does something) to build an opportunity for trust and future consumerism. There needs to be...
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Todd wrote; ... As others have mentioned, we can all agree that it's implied, but the label "design" doesn't generally have that connotation. I maintain we...
HI all, Since we are fighting with these words. Let me just point out the word "experience-design". What are we doing here, are we designing experience? But ...
Certainly true that the experience is in the human, but that is precisely what we are attempting to design -- the experience. Granted, our designs will always...
Message[Great discussion. Nice to have a round again.] I absolutely agree with many of the observations being made, particularly the 'daily reality' that Livia...
I'm interested in the tools you are using to make this happen. What do you need to create those relationships through the product/service channels that are...
... or that we all make up our own titles ... http://www.girlwonder.com/jobs.html (injecting humor into a conversation I fear is close to a repeat ...) best, ...
Todd said: "Vignette - um, I've never seen an implementation go on time or on budget. And yet, they're still in business and doing well." [and a number of...
Hi all, There was some back-and-forth in this thread about product-focus vs. relationship-focus. Thought I'd point out that this discussion is also going on in...