Archive for August, 2006

UX Panel: Wireframing

August 27, 2006

Join us for a panel and discussion about wireframing and wireframing
tools. We will be exploring a variety of tools and techniques used in
developing interface designs for desktop applications, mobile
applications and web applications.
Presenters:

Ryan West (SAS)
David Charboneau (IBM)
Jackson Fox (Lulu.com)
TBA (Motricity)

WHEN: Tuesday, September 19th, 2006, 6:00pm
WHERE: Lulu.com (see directions below)
Sponsored by TriUPA (http://www.triupa.org)
Where is Lulu?
Lulu.com
860 Aviation Pkwy [...]

Job Post: Web Designer / Developer

August 25, 2006

Motricity Customer Engineering — Web Designer / Developer
Motricity is looking to hire a Web Designer/Developer to work within the customer engineering department. The primary role of the designer/developer is to translate the deliverables of the user experience design (UXD) group into functional WAP and Web templates for the development engineers.
SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS
Must Have

Expert-level XHTML and [...]

IDEA Conference: Incoming!

August 23, 2006

What it is: “A conference on designing complex information
spaces of all kinds.”
When it is: October 23-24, 2006 (Discount ends August 27th! Apply NOW)
Where it is: ’nuff said.
Why you care: “…this is not airy-fairy theoretical stuff. These presenters are practitioners, people actually doing this cross-channel, cross-media work with complex information. A primary [...]

Web Visual Designer Wanted

August 14, 2006

Duke Creative Services in now recruiting for a talented Web visual designer, willing to work on an annual contract basis in the Office as part of the existing Web team.
Primary design responsibility will center on expansions of the main customer site, DukeHealth.org. Must be well-versed in the principles of user-centered design and demonstrate some experience [...]

Job Opening: User Experience Designer

August 14, 2006

Buildlinks is in search of a UXD (User Experience Designer).
This position will turn product requirements into intuitive, efficient, and satisfying client and web-based software interfaces. They would lead all user-centered design activities for a key product line, working independently but with the support of Product Management and Software Development.
Things such as:

User and Competitive Research
UI [...]

Redesigning: A Case Study in Several Parts

August 11, 2006

I’m the editor of DukeHealth.org, Duke University Health System’s patient Web site. I thought I’d post a series of entries that follow our progress of redesigning a section on our site, detailing decisions made along the way and hopefully getting suggestions from all of you as to how we can make it better.

We’ve decided [...]