[Sigia-l] UX/Graphic Designer w/ Search Expertise NYC

Fri Jan 21 12:11:38 EST 2011

Looking for a UX/Graphic designer with strong Search experience skills
(NYC)

Short gig with lot's of potential

Need a UX architect/Designer with good user experience and graphic
skills on a Search based data centric application to:

-Refine the UX architecture
-Design the graphic interface
-Work with Product and Technology team members in an agile environment

I will expect to see relevant work. Looking for a fast starter and a
real pro.

Contact: matt_sasso at mcgraw-hill.com

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: the role of IAs in Data Journalism? (Martin Belam)
   2. Re: the role of IAs in Data Journalism? (eric scheid)
   3. USER RESEARCHER/LONDON/9 DAYS/ ASAP (Ben Clarfelt)
   4. USER RESEARCHER/SURREY/?32,000-?35,000 (30min from London
      Waterloo) (Ben Clarfelt)
   5. USER EXPERIENCE/LONDON/?350-?450 (pushing the boundaries of
      digital) (Ben Clarfelt)
   6. [PLUG] UIE Book Club: 2/1 - Robert Hoekman's Designing	the
      Obvious 2nd Edition (Jared Spool)
   7. Re: Real World UI Design Failure (darin sullivan)
   8. Re: Real World UI Design Failure (Jonathan Baker-Bates)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:51:03 +0000
From: Martin Belam <martin.belam at currybet.net>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] the role of IAs in Data Journalism?
To: SIG Information Architecture <sigia-l at asis.org>
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[also decloaks lurking]

As Information Architect at The Guardian who has worked on a couple of
the things you have mentioned, I couldn't help but comment. I've
summed up your debate on my blog and added a few thoughts of my own,
which boil down to...

"I haven't particularly been involved directly with analysing any data
for journalistic purposes, although I do generally get some oversight
of tools like the COINS explorer or MPs expenses tool before they go
live. This has chiefly been in an advisory capacity, where I'm most
likely to point out one or two tweaks to the interface that will
improve usability, than raise huge issues about the structure of the
data.

Where I've had more impact is in thinking about the way that users can
find and explore data sets for themselves, and I've previously blogged
for guardian.co.uk about the information architecture behind the World
Government Data store -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/10/government-data-info
rmation-architecture

A lot of journalists are only just getting used to having to work
alongside computer programmers - let alone the more esoteric digital
disciplines like information architecture or user experience.

For me, job titles are unimportant - it is all about having the
skillset of organising information, the willingness to collaborate,
and the ability to empathise with the end user or reader. Journalists
show that empathy when they synthesize complex stories in a way that
their readers can understand. Information architects show that empathy
when they arrange complex information structures in a way that users
can easily comprehend, navigate, and find what they want. They can
definitely be a natural fit for datajournalism purposes."

http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2011/01/information-architects-datajou
rnalism.php

Martin

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:08:02 +1100
From: eric scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] the role of IAs in Data Journalism?
To: SIGIA <sigia-l at asis.org>
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On 11/1/11 10:51 AM, "Martin Belam" <martin.belam at currybet.net> wrote:

> For me, job titles are unimportant - it is all about having the
> skillset of organising information, the willingness to collaborate,
> and the ability to empathise with the end user or reader. Journalists
> show that empathy when they synthesize complex stories in a way that
> their readers can understand. Information architects show that empathy
> when they arrange complex information structures in a way that users
> can easily comprehend, navigate, and find what they want. They can
> definitely be a natural fit for datajournalism purposes."

Journalists are users too, which brings us back to item (1) on my short
list

>    1) helping the original publishing of the data

This is an area we could do more with, a lot more. There's likely to be
many
pitfalls yet to be discovered (or more pertinently, re-discovered), and
even
new techniques, methods, or principles which advantage the world.

e.

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:20:56 -0000
From: "Ben Clarfelt" <ben at zebrapeople.com>
Subject: [Sigia-l] USER RESEARCHER/LONDON/9 DAYS/ ASAP
To: <london-ia at yahoogroups.com>, <sigia-l at asis.org>
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Calling all experienced User Researchers. I currently have a nice 9 day
contract for a leader level User Research consultant. You will be
required
to do the upfront user research, analysis and report writing which will
then
be fed back to their huge client. Need to be passionate and confident to
lead and present to clients. 

Location; London

Day Rate; ?350-?400

Start Date; ASAP (Contract to start on Thursday13th January for 9 days.)

If this sounds of interest to you then please send your CV to
ben at zebrapeople.com 

Thanks ;) 

zebrapeople120x90

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Digital Consultant

t: 0207 729 4771

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:32:37 -0000
From: "Ben Clarfelt" <ben at zebrapeople.com>
Subject: [Sigia-l] USER RESEARCHER/SURREY/?32,000-?35,000 (30min from
	London Waterloo)
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User Research Role

User Researcher required for one of the leading international tourism
and
leisure brands. You will be sitting within the User Experience Team and
will
be doing a pure research role. Opportunity to work across 14 massive
brands.
You will be required to do a broad range of user research from up front
lab
based user testing, Ethnographic research,  UX modelling, focus groups,
online surveys, usability testing and lab based testing to name just a
few. 

My client has an enormous customer reach so it is vital that you can
really
grasp an understanding of their customer basis. Looking for you to
understand how a customer uses their website, mobile applications. Will
be
required to do the user research, analyse results, report writing and
present findings back.

Looking for people who have around 2-3 years User Research experience.
Happy
to look at people who have been doing all round UX role with an element
of
research in it but now looking to focus purely in research area. 

Very exciting time to join the company as you will be their first perm
user
research hire. Major opportunity to make the role your own, grow the
position etc. Need to be passionate, confident enough to work within the
UX
team and make the research role your own.

Location; Surrey (30 min by train from Waterloo)

Salary; ?32,000-?35,000

To find out more or apply please send your CV to ben at zebrapeople.com 

zebrapeople120x90

Ben Clarfelt

Digital Consultant

t: 0207 729 4771

m: 07967 313466

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:42:07 -0000
From: "Ben Clarfelt" <ben at zebrapeople.com>
Subject: [Sigia-l] USER EXPERIENCE/LONDON/?350-?450 (pushing the
	boundaries of digital)
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Urgent requirement for a great User Experience contractor. Starting
ASAP,
opportunity to work for a top international award winning agency.
Current
project requires you to work for one of the coolest most recognised
brands
out there. Working across a wide range of multi platform devices,
helpful if
you have any games experience but not a necessity. Full UCD lifecycle
required, need to be an idea thinker, great if you can bring ideas to
the
table. Key your passionate, confident in presenting to clients. This is
truly a company who really push the boundaries of digital.

Location; London

Day Rate; ?350-?450

Contract Length; 1 month to 3 months (Extensions etc) 

If this sounds like you then please send your CV to ben at zebrapeople.com
or
give me a call on 0207 729 4771

zebrapeople120x90

Ben Clarfelt

Digital Consultant

t: 0207 729 4771

m: 07967 313466

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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:44:20 -0500
From: Jared Spool <jspool at uie.com>
Subject: [Sigia-l] [PLUG] UIE Book Club: 2/1 - Robert Hoekman's
	Designing	the Obvious 2nd Edition
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[Apologies for any cross posting.]

UIE Book Club: Designing the Obvious, Second Edition
by Robert Hoekman Jr.
Tuesday, February 1 - 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 1pm MT / Noon PT

Join me in February, as I kick off the 2011 UX Book Club with the
talented and funny Robert Hoekman, Jr.

The 2nd edition of Designing the Obvious just showed up in my mailbox
and, wow, I?m excited. The first edition was a great book -- so great
that I kept lending my copy out and not getting back. I think I bought 5
of them.

Robert?s first edition hit on critical topics for creating great
designs. In the second edition, Robert?s expanded the principles and
examples to help you with today?s design problems.

I?m can?t wait to read this edition and talk with Robert about it.
Please join me on February 1 with your thoughts and questions on the
second edition of his classic.

How does this work?

Step #1: Reserve your spot for the UIE Book Club (it?s free!):
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Step #2: Get a copy of Robert?s Designing the Obvious
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Step #3: Read the book. Write down your questions.
Step #4: Join us on February 1 at http://5by5.tv/
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Thanks to the good folks at Aquent for helping us make all this happen:
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Sign up for the UIE Book Club: http://uiebookclub0211.eventbrite.com/
We?ll keep you posted with the details you?ll need as the event gets
closer.

Jared

Jared M. Spool
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:28:38 -0800
From: darin sullivan <darinqsullivan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Real World UI Design Failure
To: SIG Information Architecture <sigia-l at asis.org>
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Thanks Jonathan... That's great stuff and the primary reason that I've
continued following discussions on this list :)

I really enjoy seeing your comparison between "pinned" and "normal"
headers,
and learning about test results. Kudos to you for sharing that, and
congrats
on having management support for maintaining artifacts that document
design
rationale, and failures. Research into cognitive psychology, such as the
"Silencing" work that you reference from Vision Sciences Laboratory, is
tremendously instructive when considering employing certain design
tactics
to improve usability, or increased usage of product features through
heightened prominence.

Would you please comment on how your group has proceeded to increase use
of
results sorting since this attempt?

One observation that our own testing has shown to be useful when
presenting
sort options to users is to have those options "reside" with the
results. In
your case here (as shown in your screenshots), this would mean that the
sort
menu would share the white background of the results and appear to be on
its
level, rather than appear in the blue background of the header, which is
elevated over results (made more near to users by the drop shadow) and
on
the same level as the loyalty program.

Thanks again for your post. Cheers!

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Jonathan Baker-Bates <
jonathan at bakerbates.com> wrote:

> I like to remind myself that the default mode of design is failure.
Quite
> often though, failure that can be hard to isolate or pin reasons to.
But if
> anyone's interested, I've written up some stuff about what I think is
quite
> a clear cut failure of mine:
>
> http://webtorque.org/?p=1141
>
> In summary: I thought we might be able to achieve a "polite" (ie
> noticeable,
> but not intrusive) prominence to part of a search results UI by using
a
> pinned header. However, I've now found strong indications that I was
wrong.
> The good news is that I *might* have found a clue in the form of some
> recent
> tired party research about out why I was wrong:
> http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/
>
> Incidentally, here at hotels.com, we log major assumptions about our
> website
> in a database (in this case the assumption is "Pinning items to the
screen
> increases their visual prominence") and then attach research and other
> findings to them that may strengthen or weaken those assumptions over
time.
> This allows designers to keep their heads above the raging tide of
data
> that
> our analysts pump out, as well as our own qualitative research, and
that of
> our Expedia big brothers and sisters.
>
> Jonathan
>
> PS: I'm recruiting for 2 permanent IA/UX positions. Do you have at
least 5
> years UX design experience, preferably with some ecommerce in there?
Would
> like to join a UX team of 12 in London's Covent Garden working on what
is
> probably one of the most well-resourced commercial websites in the
world?
> Then send me your CV because I'm having a hell of a time finding the
right
> people.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:43:04 +0000
From: Jonathan Baker-Bates <jonathan at bakerbates.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Real World UI Design Failure
To: SIG Information Architecture <sigia-l at asis.org>
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On 12 January 2011 20:28, darin sullivan <darinqsullivan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Jonathan... That's great stuff and the primary reason that I've
> continued following discussions on this list :)
>
>
Thanks - and thanks also to you for replying! After a blizzard of emails
recently on this list about the conduct of the list itself, but until
now
not a peep amount my posting, I was beginning to wonder whether
information
design was now too boring to talk about!

> Would you please comment on how your group has proceeded to increase
use of
> results sorting since this attempt?
>

We originally had the sort drop-down above the filters on the left hand
side
(not shown on my screenshots). The hypothesis here, somewhat supported
by
observation, was that people often think about sorting and filtering as
very
similar things. So we "zoned" the sort above the filters thinking that
people would discover it more easily. But usage went down - quite
possibly
for the reason you give.

So we put them to the right as you see them today. So far the test
results
haven't reached statistical significance so I can't say if that has
restored
their usage yet. If they are still down (results will be mine in about a
week), I'll try your idea of zoning it with the search results at the
same
visual "level". In fact we can try that anyway in a bid to get to the
"local
maximum".

As an aide that may be interesting to those who have not had the luxury
of
designing using a mutli-variate testing platform, I can say it's a bit
of a
mixed blessing. The obvious Achilles heel of bugs invalidating test
results
(which happens rather a lot when you're testing complex UI that deal
with
complex back-ends) is one thing, but the issue of interpretation can
also be
a gigantic problem. This gets exponentially worse the more granular
stuff
you test, as the more fraught subsequent design decisions become, and
secondary maintenance issues start to proliferate (we recently conducted
8
weeks of lab studies, during which time the site changed underneath us
several times). I could tell stories of the most Byzantine nature
imaginable
when you're looking at stats while running 20+ concurrent tests in 40
countries, all reporting pretty different results across several
metrics!

But on the other hand, the occasional universally clear result of a test
can
sure settle any arguments :-) Would that were a more frequent event is
all I
can say!

Jonathan

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