Comments for Interaction Design Umeå http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog Words and pictures from the human students at the Umeå Institute of Design Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Girls and Women: Objects, Lessons in the Primacy of Interaction by Mikko http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/girls-and-women-objects-lessons-in-the-primacy-of-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-23643 Mikko Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:48 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3418#comment-23643 Oh and the video. It must an extreme mindfuck for those people who made the Dove video, as they are the ones who are also responsible for this atrocity. The student projects are all really good and inspiring and I completely agree with the guy and what he says about intervening and it's exactly what I hope all the designers would do, instead of thinking how could the product sell more. It's just not the way it works. Oh and the video. It must an extreme mindfuck for those people who made the Dove video, as they are the ones who are also responsible for this atrocity. The student projects are all really good and inspiring and I completely agree with the guy and what he says about intervening and it’s exactly what I hope all the designers would do, instead of thinking how could the product sell more. It’s just not the way it works.

]]> Comment on Girls and Women: Objects, Lessons in the Primacy of Interaction by Mikko http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/girls-and-women-objects-lessons-in-the-primacy-of-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-23639 Mikko Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:47 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3418#comment-23639 Am I drunk? -No. Am I bitter about being unemployed? -Yes. Do I care? -Yes, I am out of money. I think there are several ways, you can do interaction design. One is the boring way that will get you job in a snap. You know, the one with the PHP and SQL and Visio and... ... ...and then you start talking about methodologies and coping with clients and... Then there is other one, where you have elements of this, but it actually is a bit more creative and there's a lot of good things in it. I think most of you are working in these kind of companies or hope to work there. And then there is the one where you do stuff, but it doesn't match either of the previous, it really isn't art, but it really isn't design, because somebody, along the way, told you that art and design are two completely different things and you follow this doctrine even if it kills you. You have absolutely no idea what to do with this stuff, so you put a sticker on it that says: "Design fiction" and hope that someone buys it. In the end you just find out that people are only interested in your Flash-skills. This story didn't end in a noose, though. Am I drunk? -No. Am I bitter about being unemployed? -Yes. Do I care? -Yes, I am out of money. I think there are several ways, you can do interaction design. One is the boring way that will get you job in a snap. You know, the one with the PHP and SQL and Visio and… … …and then you start talking about methodologies and coping with clients and… Then there is other one, where you have elements of this, but it actually is a bit more creative and there’s a lot of good things in it. I think most of you are working in these kind of companies or hope to work there. And then there is the one where you do stuff, but it doesn’t match either of the previous, it really isn’t art, but it really isn’t design, because somebody, along the way, told you that art and design are two completely different things and you follow this doctrine even if it kills you. You have absolutely no idea what to do with this stuff, so you put a sticker on it that says: “Design fiction” and hope that someone buys it. In the end you just find out that people are only interested in your Flash-skills. This story didn’t end in a noose, though.

]]> Comment on Girls and Women: Objects, Lessons in the Primacy of Interaction by Mikko http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/girls-and-women-objects-lessons-in-the-primacy-of-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-23633 Mikko Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:37:34 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3418#comment-23633 [RANT] Don't do design fiction. It doesn't get you hired. Learn AJAX and PHP and CSS and MySQL and all the other stuff you never wanted to learn. Learn to create sentences that don't make a lot of sense to you or the reader. Learn to emphasize sustainability, but never, under any circumstances do anything about it. Learn to invent crazy names for stuff that happens on the screen, patent it and sue everybody that pinch their fingers together. Learn to read some sci-fi, take some invention from it and then tell everyone you invented it. Learn to make a pitch of a scenario that includes a 22-year old guy, who owns a BWM and wants to get a tattoo that says succesful and call him a "go-getter". Learn to lie. No one likes the truth, even if they say so. Learn to talk like you give a shit. Like, "This booking application for the dentists' assistant makes excellent use of iPhone's user experience metaphors". Just don't do design fiction, unless you are willing to fight for your methods against an industry full of boring people who just do boring stuff the old way. [/RANT] [RANT] Don’t do design fiction. It doesn’t get you hired. Learn AJAX and PHP and CSS and MySQL and all the other stuff you never wanted to learn. Learn to create sentences that don’t make a lot of sense to you or the reader. Learn to emphasize sustainability, but never, under any circumstances do anything about it. Learn to invent crazy names for stuff that happens on the screen, patent it and sue everybody that pinch their fingers together. Learn to read some sci-fi, take some invention from it and then tell everyone you invented it. Learn to make a pitch of a scenario that includes a 22-year old guy, who owns a BWM and wants to get a tattoo that says succesful and call him a “go-getter”. Learn to lie. No one likes the truth, even if they say so. Learn to talk like you give a shit. Like, “This booking application for the dentists’ assistant makes excellent use of iPhone’s user experience metaphors”. Just don’t do design fiction, unless you are willing to fight for your methods against an industry full of boring people who just do boring stuff the old way. [/RANT]

]]> Comment on iWorkshop Booking System by Benjamin http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/iworkshop-booking-system/comment-page-1/#comment-23520 Benjamin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:48:33 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3396#comment-23520 Thanks for all this Camille! Thanks for all this Camille!

]]> Comment on iWorkshop Booking System by Annika http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/iworkshop-booking-system/comment-page-1/#comment-23387 Annika Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3396#comment-23387 Camille, you are amazing. Even from the other side of the world I am appreciating you! Camille, you are amazing. Even from the other side of the world I am appreciating you!

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by rahulsen79 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23310 rahulsen79 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:08:34 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23310 Great going people! The blog is being read and appreciated by others around the World, even if some people feel we know nothing of interaction design. ;) I'm here in Stockholm if people feel I'd be a good representative. I personally feel Camille and Mikko would be ideal. :) Great going people! The blog is being read and appreciated by others around the World, even if some people feel we know nothing of interaction design. ;)

I’m here in Stockholm if people feel I’d be a good representative. I personally feel Camille and Mikko would be ideal. :)

]]> Comment on for the pleasure of reading by Articles about Ebooks as of September 14, 2009 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2009/09/for-the-pleasure-of-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-23278 Articles about Ebooks as of September 14, 2009 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:23:30 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2009/09/for-the-pleasure-of-reading/#comment-23278 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Readability by lin tao http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/readability/comment-page-1/#comment-23277 lin tao Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3394#comment-23277 man this is eye savior! man this is eye savior!

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by stsart http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23249 stsart Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23249 This is great news and who would imagine such a thing when this blog first strarted!? I vote for Camille, Roberto, Mikko and Rahul as they seam to be the most involved with the creation and keeping alive that blog. But if all the others,(who deserve more to be there), are busy or cant make it, I can be there. I just hang in Umea doing almost nothing, waiting answers from job applications. Hanging out in Stockholm, and especially for a reason like that! is always better that hanging out in Umea. This is great news and who would imagine such a thing when this blog first strarted!?
I vote for Camille, Roberto, Mikko and Rahul as they seam to be the most involved with the creation and keeping alive that blog.

But if all the others,(who deserve more to be there), are busy or cant make it, I can be there.

I just hang in Umea doing almost nothing, waiting answers from job applications. Hanging out in Stockholm, and especially for a reason like that! is always better that hanging out in Umea.

]]> Comment on Sketch-interpreting software by 16gb micro sd http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/sketch-interpreting-software/comment-page-1/#comment-23236 16gb micro sd Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:22:46 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3389#comment-23236 Sketch-interpreting software. A new system that lets people enter data into a tablet computer simply by drawing diagrams on the screen could lead Sketch-interpreting software. A new system that lets people enter data into a tablet computer simply by drawing diagrams on the screen could lead

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by lindabresater http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23179 lindabresater Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:29:57 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23179 They didn't talk about any money for the trip only the invitation for two representatives, so Camille I think your guess is correct. Lena and Rahul are in Stockholm..... They didn’t talk about any money for the trip only the invitation for two representatives, so Camille I think your guess is correct.
Lena and Rahul are in Stockholm…..

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by Camille Moussette http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23178 Camille Moussette Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:15:11 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23178 Haha! That's funny/nice. Who would think this blog could be shortlisted for an award. Not me at least. I voted anyways. I'm not in Sweden this Spring so I can't go. Anyways, flying to Stockholm to maybe (a big MAYBE) receive something, it's kind of a lot of SEK and Carbon Footprint in the end. Linda, are they paying for the trip for the two representatives? My guess: not. Who is in Stockholm and can attend? Haha! That’s funny/nice. Who would think this blog could be shortlisted for an award. Not me at least. I voted anyways.

I’m not in Sweden this Spring so I can’t go. Anyways, flying to Stockholm to maybe (a big MAYBE) receive something, it’s kind of a lot of SEK and Carbon Footprint in the end.

Linda, are they paying for the trip for the two representatives? My guess: not. Who is in Stockholm and can attend?

]]> Comment on Arduino Uno Punto Zero survey by Camille Moussette http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/02/arduino-uno-punto-zero-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-23177 Camille Moussette Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3355#comment-23177 That's a really nice comment Micro SD card. Thanks! That’s a really nice comment Micro SD card. Thanks!

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by Annika http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23176 Annika Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:04:34 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23176 Mikko + Camille: I think you guys should represent us! Mikko + Camille: I think you guys should represent us!

]]> Comment on interactiondesign.se nominated for blog award! by lindabresater http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/comment-page-1/#comment-23168 lindabresater Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:42:38 +0000 http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2010/03/interactiondesign-se-nominated-for-blog-award/#comment-23168 You can still vote, today and tomorrow. Spread the word! You can still vote, today and tomorrow. Spread the word!

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