Hello Peak Usability and Spirit Softworks invite you to participate in our online survey of salaries and consulting rates for usability and human-computer...
Karl, The position I was hired into here at KnowledgePpoint is titled "Application Design Analyst" and does exactly what you've described: work with Product...
Great example Valerie, I think there is going to be a growing need for people to help bridge the gap between user experience and technical and business...
Recommended Read: Business 2.0 March 2004 "Is the Music Store Over?". Extensive quotes/references from Paco Underhill (Why We Buy), including: "...supports his...
Valerie said: "...then write the functional specifications to describe the design that will fulfill those requirements." Interesting. the concept of functional...
... colleagues. They ... sound ... Can I ask a dumb question? What do we mean by "functional design"? What I mean when I use the phrase is the answer to the ...
http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5170109.html ===== Evidence-Based Human Research, Planning and Strategy for Products, Services, Environments and Systems Andrew...
Interesting article, relevant to me. I get told off by my staff for sending out too many emails. What I thought was communicating was actually nothing of the...
Ralph said: That's a goal-ey type question, not a task-ey type question Thanks for helping to make explicit underlying assumptions. When I mentioned 'sound...
What is meant by BA? ... Gary M. Bakken, PhD, CPE Analytica Systems International, Inc. 1955 West Grant Road, Suite 220 Tucson, AZ 85745 Voice: 520-882-5494 ...
Okay, I'm working on an experimental project and am looking for ideas for evaluation. I have a couple already, but don't feel like I've found that major...
Andrei, Thanks for your comments on design. We're actually going to be designing something that is a hybrid of video and ambient indicators. Guess I should be...
Dear Todd, You might do several things: Measurebandwidth used and correlate to awareness. Degreeof detail, frequency of update, degree of activity are...
For those of you who have never seen it (today was my first exposure), if you want/need a good visual piece for communicating the impact/significance of...
Dear XPD Colleagues, I received the email below from TechSmith, today. It describes "Morae," a new software product: an HCI metrics tool. This isn't spam....
Todd - copied in my previous reply elsewhere in case people are interested in the referenced project (Connexus). Also had another thought for this along the...
... Paula, I use this video (or an excerpt of it) all the time when I talk with groups about the fact that work IS theatre. The Pike Place Fish Market is a ...
Hello everyone. I am generally a silent observer here, but I find the information on this group especially insightful. I am Creative Director at a company...
Well, what did your contract with the client state? Not sure about in Pakistan, but typically in the US, you "license" the design for use to the client. Unless...
... I'm going to stick my neck out here on the side of the client, but this seems a little ....overprotective. They are buying the design for a web site, not a...
In the absense of a contract (I'm not saying there wasn't one here), isn't consulting work like this considered "Work for Hire"? I always assumed that you had...
Hello To those of you who have already participated in our 2004 Salary & Consulting Rate Survey for Usability & HCI Professionals, Spirit Softworks and Peak...
This is my first post and I hope you all can help me out. I am a usability enthusiast and a web designer by trade. Recently I have been assigned the task of...
that sounds to me more like a focus group, and less like a usability test. mike kuniavsky's book, observing the user experience, has a chapter on this, and...
Hello moralessuzie, I think too you're speaking about Focus group... Indeed, mike kuniavsky's book is a good one. But, if you have no experience in Focus group...
Thank you for the quick response, I will take a look at the book. My original thought for the session was to have prototypes, but has turned out to be a focus...
I'm sure this can be made into a fun event, but if this is something your company has not done before you will want to make sure you have a balanced debate....
" I have been assigned the task of leading a usability session at my companies' annual end user conference." While I'd be the first to start quoting various...
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