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Looking for a Senior User Experience Designer (contract)

Posted by Ron in Development, Interaction Design on Apr 28th, 2010 |
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Currently looking for a full-time/on-site Senior Interaction Designer to work at Microsoft. You will be working on a product team on a new product offering going into the Office Suite. Your impact could be substantial, to say the least. The product is a Silverlight Product, so your knowledge of Silverlight should be high, including capabilities, application experience, and pushing the limits.

  • Silverlight application experience (not marketing)
  • Interaction design experience in Microsoft Expression Blend
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Knowledge of Server UI and Design Patterns
  • Help bridge gap between Win32 UI and Silverlight capabilities
Strong User Experience Background. The ability to make rationale judgement calls based on sound principles and the ability to advocate those decisions to other stakeholders and product owners when challenged.
The challenge to this role is also having a strong technical background. The ability to discuss with developers and program managers, the ability to write, edit, and possibly own specs.
The need is immediate and the first step would be to send me a Resume and Portfolio. The next step would be to schedule an  interview with you, here at Microsoft.
Send me your Resume in an email

Origins of CTRL ALT DEL

Posted by Ron in Development, General, Videos on Jun 21st, 2009 |
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http://www.90percentofeverything.com/ has a post about the origins of the CTRL ALT DEL keystroke origins. I remember when I first saw this video many years ago and remember thinking about how so many things that are ingrained into the computer interface were developed by happenstance. Here is the video.

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