NextD Journal ReReThinking Design i-Gitators in Action Can Service Innovation (Design J) Save the World? Gill Wildman Co-Founder Plot Chris Downs Managing...
First off apologies to anyone who has heard about this survey via another group. As part of my company cScape's on going research into customer engagement we...
I saw this job posting on Archinect. It's for an "Experience Design Lead" at BRC Imagination Arts, a firm at the pinnacle of the experience-design pyramid in...
What I find lacking in so many Experience Designer descriptions, including this one, is the requirement for some formal education or training in experience...
Experience design firms are largely entrepreneurial initiatives, and entrepreneurs favor practice of over theory. As one ED firm head put it, “It seems hard...
... Agree completely that you need the knowledge. It's just been my experience that many really good people in the field have gained it outside a formal...
You are cordially invited to be part of the World Usability Day 2006, Hyderabad celebrations. UMO Design Expo'06 would be inaugurated by Mr. Shakti Sagar, MD,...
I agree that just having a degree or any formal education in expereince desing (or most anything, for that matter) is enough. I believe that, generally...
Correction. The first line should read ... is not enough. And I apologize for the misspellings. I got used to the auto spell check in IE 6. I've upgraded to IE...
One attractive thing about this field is that there is not just one form of training. If I were hiring an interaction/experience designer, I'd be basing my...
Larry: I would disagree with your point about formal training in experience design, because it appears that you are defining experience design in a very narrow...
... And you think this only manifests itself in people with "experience but no education"??? Who's more likely to engage in critical thinking: someone learning...
Actually, I stated that the best results are likely to come from some who has a combination of experience and education. Also, I disagree with your generalized...
Agreed. I, too, would classify you as an experience designer in the context of theater. But I also noted that you have formal training in that arena, which is...
I too look at the talents, but also at the skills they've been taught. I have rarely found someone who has both talent and skill without any formal education. ...
... I know. But you directed your criticism at those with experience only, not those with education only. And that's where I disagreed. ... And I wasn't...
My client is very profitable and dominates their industry space! If you are ready for your next step and love the world of interactive, this position could be...
Ah, yes. Well then we actually agree. I also believe that fresh out of school students aren't usually good candidates, either. But I can tell you from...
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is hosting World Usability Day 2006 in Chennai. World Usability Day 2006, is celebrated world-wide on November 14. The Usability...
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is hosting World Usability Day 2006 in Chennai. Correction in mail ID... For general queries about the event write to ...
... Oh I agree completely that education + experience is best - I'm just uncertain that education always arrives from a formal academic environment. I know...
... not from education? :-) ... mmm. If by "add education" you mean conventional classroom-based instruction, sure, I'll buy that. I wouldn't do it because the...
I have just posted (http://foruse.com/publications) four papers of possible interest to this forum: (1) a revised version (improved notation, better...
Larry Constantine
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These are well-researched and informative papers, Larry. You make a persuasive case for usage-centered rather than user-centered design _in the ...
Bob, Hey, thanks for the positive comments on the papers and appreciation of the case for usage-centered design. You are absolutely right in calling this ...
Larry Constantine
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Dear Larry, To answer your last curiosity first, I'm adding you to my list of designers who are to receive questionnaires for my "Lives of the Experience...
... I don't think it is academic. I know full well how important such distinctions are to many professionals. It is just not as important to me. Whatever the...
Larry Constantine
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Nov 10, 2006 8:26 pm
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Thanks for the clarification of your take on the divide. Let me put it another way, to avoid any notion that the experience-design vs. user-experience-design...
Hello - I am a user experience researcher & designer for Microsoft SQL Server and we are looking for a manager for our team of 7 researchers/designers here at...