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Julia Tavridou left a note for Jenn Sturm

hei!

Just thought to sent you a message and see how you are. how was London?

Has the sf experience been as valuable for you? It been great for me. Lots of things I am using daily now:)

regards
julia


Sun, Mar 30 at 3:35AM

michael cummings posted Researcher Extraordinaire
Todd, your presentation was extremely useful and valuable. Truly golden. Thank you so much! Do you write much? Would you be willing to contribute something to uxdesign.com, which I'm currently developing?

Thu, Feb 28 at 7:58AM (0 comments)

michael cummings posted week after, strategy still stuck
Brandon I have to say that a week on now I notice that the strategy session has proven its staying power, and every day I think most about all the great theory, practice, and process insight you generously shared with us. Also of course how important teams are to the work we do, as the best interactive media comes from very close collaboration. Best! Michael

Thu, Feb 28 at 7:47AM (0 comments)

laurie kalmanson posted books i like a lot
here are some books i like a lot -- what are some of your favorites? http://www.librarything.com/catalog/l...

Tue, Feb 26 at 8:48AM (0 comments)

Tumblr is an online scrapbook. You can post Text, Photos w/ captions, Quotes, Links, Chats (Message Boards), Audio & Video. You can create Private or Public Groups... http://www.tumblr.com/

Mon, Feb 25 at 8:57AM (0 comments)

Linda Nakasone posted Comics in Interaction Design
At the interaction design course, my table mates chose comics as one of the design methods we worked on. In 2006 at Yahoo, I heard Kevin Cheng and his team make a fascinating presentation on how they use comics to help sell design concepts to their team & stakeholders. He's also a great comic-artist -- that helps. Here's a link to his site: http://www.ok-cancel.com/
Tracey Varnell: There are a couple of online comic creation tools that could be a quick and easy way to storyboard ideas... Links to some resources that I've seen: http://www.pixton.com/home (this is really neato!) http://comiqs.com/ http://www.toondoo.com/Home.do http://stripgenerator.com/create/

Sun, Feb 24 at 9:47AM (1 comment)

Ro Feltman left a note for Catriona Cornett

Hi Catriona,
It was nice to meet you yesterday and fun working together during the excercises! Take care, -Ro


Sat, Feb 23 at 6:41PM

Ro Feltman left a note for Currtis

Hey dude. It was fun working with you during the exercises yesterday. -Ro


Sat, Feb 23 at 6:38PM

Ro Feltman left a note for Jenn Chen

Jenn, it was nice to meet you and work with you during the excercises yesterday. Hope to keep in touch!


Sat, Feb 23 at 6:36PM

Linda Nakasone posted Good Movie about Ethnography
The other design method my group worked on was ethnography -- Geoff did a good job illustrating an ethnographer sitting on top of a ladder observing the subject. This is based on a very interesting and warm-hearted Norwegian/Swedish movie called Kitchen Stories about an ethnographer who observes an old man at his kitchen for a long period of time. I totally recommend this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/

Sat, Feb 23 at 12:08PM (0 comments)

Dan Harrelson left a note for Jenn Chen

Good to meet you yesterday!


Fri, Feb 22 at 8:22AM

michael cummings left a note for Todd Wilkens

Todd, awesome prezo yesterday!

As mentioned, I'm starting an inventory of remote usability tools (SaaS type web services). Here's a the current list:

http://www.clicktale.com/
http://www.tapefailure.com
http://crazyegg.com/
http://www.robotreplay.com/
http://www.themindcanvas.com/
http://ethnio.com (this from your slides, which I wasn't previously aware of)

http://www.techsmith.com/uservue.asp is sort of a different specie (group-based: user, moderators and observer roles).

I've used crazyegg, only once, but none of the others, yet. I'm going to (this weekend) add this list with a short crazyegg review to another site: http://uxdesign.com - all here are invited to contribute other tools to the list, as well a reviews in the comment thread. I hope this is useful as the number and variety of these tools arrive.


Thu, Feb 21 at 1:36PM

Matt Strelecki posted Airport shuttle service
The hotel advised me to expect approximately $50 one way for a cab from the airport. I just booked a round trip to and from the airport for less than $40 on Supershuttle.com. That includes a built in tip. The drag is that you are one of up to 7 different locations they may need to stop at but it's a boatload cheaper.
Miguel Ramos: Hey Matt, thanks for mentioning this shuttle. I used them to get here and it only cost 20 bucks. Favorite moments: Watching the driver read his text messages while driving on the freeway. And then typing answers back. Almost missing an exit, and then veering across three lanes. At. The last. Possible. Moment. Driving in the shoulder on the freeway until our exit in order to avoid the backup. I tipped him very well after I caught my breath back.
Matt Strelecki: The shuttle service (800-BLUE VAN) was better than expected for me. I basically went straight to the hotel. The savings on transportation will be used up on sushi dinners. There were no highlights on my drive as it went smoothly but I did drop my video iPod on the street when getting my bags. Now my iPod has "character" and a permanent reminder of its time in SF. M@
Farmer Dave: Anyone want to share a cab back to the airport on Friday? I have a 6pm`ish flight.

Thu, Feb 21 at 12:59PM (3 comments)

Julia Tavridou left a note for Alexander Limi

Hei Alexander

Ser fram til å møte deg i morgen kanskje?

Vi snakkes :)


Wed, Feb 20 at 5:12AM

Miguel Ramos posted Sushi!
Hey everyone, I'm really looking forward to the UX Intensive next week! Is anyone familiar with Japantown? I'm a huge sushi fan - any recommendations?
Geoff Alday: yelp.com has quite a few reviews as well. Looks like some good options near the hotel. Perhaps some of the locals will chime in with a few "gems".
Miguel Ramos: Had dinner tonight at Miyako, just a stroll from the hotel. Great sushi, friendly staff. I sat at the bar, always the best seat if you're into sushi.
Miguel Ramos: Ate at Isobune in that Japanese mall next to the hotel - very cool. Sushi comes by on wooden boats floating in a circular canal of water. You just grab anything that looks interesting while the sushi dudes in the middle refill the boats. The place was packed! I'm stuffed and happy.

Tue, Feb 19 at 8:53PM (6 comments)

Jocelyn Bergen left a note for Julia Tavridou

Hi Julia,

Sure, I'd love to chat about books etc. on Friday....
See you then!
Jocelyn


Tue, Feb 19 at 10:37AM

Julia Tavridou left a note for Jocelyn Bergen

Hei Jocelyn
I am also interested in book arts as well as interaction design and information architecture. Hope you get the chance to talk?
Julia


Tue, Feb 19 at 4:52AM

chad vavra left a note for J. Geoffrey Badner

She started there in 1999 as a Information Architect and I think she is a creative directer now.


Mon, Feb 18 at 3:52PM

laurie kalmanson left a note for Jay Laney

So smooth and easy; totally less is more; luv it


Mon, Feb 18 at 12:03PM

Jay Laney left a note for Dan Harrelson

Yeah, I'll be there on Friday. Looking forward to it!


Mon, Feb 18 at 11:12AM

J. Geoffrey Badner left a note

I did work at ACOM in NYC. From 1995 to 1997 and then again from 1999 to 2000, but I don't recall your friend. I'm bad with names. What did she do there?


Mon, Feb 18 at 9:46AM

Alexander Limi left a note for Miguel Ramos

I believe the generally accepted notion — supported by research — is that since typing is harder for people with Asian languages, they tend to prefer more link-heavy sites that let them get to what they're looking for without typing.

If you haven't seen how you enter Chinese/Japanese scripts on a computer, it might be a rude awakening. I'm sure there are videos of it out there if you do a quick… search. :)


Mon, Feb 18 at 1:36AM

Matt Strelecki left a note for chad vavra

I was not aware that they moved. I thought I had just seen her around the office. We didn't work in the same department so I didn't see her often as it was.

Tell her I said hello.


Sun, Feb 17 at 6:37PM

chad vavra left a note for Matt Strelecki

I work for iMed Studios, a division of Publicis Healthcare Groupe, which also owns Saatchi and Saatchi... so long explanation to say I work in the Saatchi building on Hudson St., in Greenwich Village.


Sun, Feb 17 at 6:07PM

chad vavra left a note for Matt Strelecki

Matt, do you know Diane Dubanski? I work with her husband Steve in New York City and my companies headquarters in is Ames, Ia.


Sun, Feb 17 at 5:56PM

Dan Harrelson left a note for Jay Laney

Thanks for setting this site up. Are you coming to the IxD day for sure? Looking forward to seeing you there.


Sat, Feb 16 at 8:53AM

Miguel Ramos left a note for Lucian Teo

Hmmm, that's interesting. Can you share some links to examples? It makes me think of link rich website designs. Sometimes a crowded site works if the content is tailored towards the needs of the users, but maybe that's different than clutter (?).


Fri, Feb 15 at 2:49PM

Lucian Teo left a note for Miguel Ramos

Hey Miguel!

Asian websites are often more cluttered than western ones, somehow leading a lot of designers to believe that Asians love clutter.

Odd thing is all this zen thing came from Asia...


Fri, Feb 15 at 2:42PM

Tony Stubblebine left a note for chad vavra

No, but I did go to a steak and chop fry headlined by Bill Clinton and mc'd by Tom Arnold.


Fri, Feb 15 at 2:27PM

Miguel Ramos left a note for Lucian Teo

Hey Lucian,
Wow! You're coming from far away. So, how is UX different in your neck of the woods?


Fri, Feb 15 at 2:01PM

chad vavra left a note for Tony Stubblebine

oops, "years"
Did you ever egg any politician's buses, because my friend Scott was a intern on one that had to skip that stop


Fri, Feb 15 at 12:41PM