Call to Action: Redesigning America's Future
I am forwarding this from Elizabeth Tunstall whohas done some great work on trying to create a national design policy here in the US. I know that other countries have already created design policy groups, but in the US we haven't, so her leadership in this area is a pretty big deal. Anyway, I thought I would forward this on to people's attention. I know I'll...

Better (was Strategic Interaction Design)
I'm changing threads in hopes for making some people's lives better. Regarding Complications, I first made the connection between this excellent collection of essays on practicing medicine and design when John Zapolski placed " Whose Body is it Anyway " on the desks of his fellow design managers are yahoo and suggested we read it replacing the word body with design. Reading it,...

Usability of accordions
No, I don't mean harmoshkas, but boxes with sliding parts, e.g.: http://www.stickmanlabs.com/ accordion/ We are going to use such box on the main page (in the bottom of column - not very important content there, but still) and just wondering about interactions. Current proposition is: 1. Accordion auto- switches to the next part after every 5 seconds when mouse pointer is outside the box. 2....

Apple MacBook Wheel
Have anyone seen this MacBook Wheel in action? Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard http://is.gd/ eDRW - - prof. mauro pinheiro universidade federal do esp í rito santo centro de artes depto. de desenho industrial

Interaction Designers: What is your elevator pitch?
Or... as a UI text specialist, " I figure out what the buttons (and menu commands, tooltips, etc.) in computer programs (and websites) should say, relative to what other people say they should do, and I advise on where and how still other people say they should appear. " Or something like that. - - Original Message- -...