How to become a great Interaction Designer? Practice, practice, practice. Or as your dad used to say “Practice makes perfect.” I just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers. I loved it. It is one of those books that made me think. That gets me pumped. Anyway, this book validated a lot of my observations I had… Continue reading How to become a great Interaction Designer?
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Community software
Yeah I am not talking about software to make virtual communities but software for existing physical communities. I belong to a synagogue in Massachussetts. We have over 1500 people in the community. We have some interesting problems. If you meet someone at a class or party and you get their first name and the event ends… Continue reading Community software
Hiring an interaction designer?
Do you know what you are looking for? Do you know what to ask? Do you know what to look for? Do you know who they would work for? Why? In the enterprise software world, what do you want to look for in an interaction designer? What is an interaction designer? Do they just drawing… Continue reading Hiring an interaction designer?
iPhone is a bad example
How many times am I asked to just design it like the iPhone? How big is the iPhone? 3X2 inches? I think my problem is slightly different (sarcasm). Picture found on HarveyW’s flickr account I have to design an application that can cover an area of 6X4 feet. The users of my application like 3,… Continue reading iPhone is a bad example
Interaction Design Foundations
Now that David Malouf works for a art school every problem look like a “art” problem? In art school you need to master the primitives. There are 6 elements: line plane volume value texture color David asks if there are similar primitives to interaction design? Here are his 5 elements: time abstraction metaphor negativity motion… Continue reading Interaction Design Foundations