RAD ION

by KEVIN SILVER :: JUN 20, 2007 :: COMMENTS (1)

Our friends in Germany have been busy! I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on a RAD ION planning meeting, albeit remotely. Big ideas and cool uses for ION are being discussed. Simply RAD ION is a combination of Rapid Application Development and Interface Object Notation. The team envisions a multi-layered approach to what I call rapid prototyping. Using this system you’ll be able to use an editor to produce ION which is then parsed and translated into a html/js prototype (possibly based on a framework like YUI).

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tags: INTERFACE OBJECT NOTATION, ION, RAD, RAD ION, RAPID PROTOTYPING

 

ION Recap

by KEVIN SILVER :: MAR 29, 2007 :: COMMENTS (1)

Chris and I introduced ION (Interface Object Notation) at the IA Summit 07 (our presentation) over the weekend. We were happy to receive many positive comments and helpful suggestions. Most of these reflected some of my concerns and overall hesitance in presenting ION at such an early stage. But let me take a step back and explicitly state what we think ION’s purpose is:

1. ION is a notation system used to describe RIAs and complex interface behavior, though it is also applicable to standard interface behavior as well.
2. ION strives to be a standardized notation used to describe wireframes and interface objects, in order to promote clarity and consistency.
3. ION is meant to facilitate communicate between an Interaction Desiger/Information Architect and a developer or other designers within a team through the use of a common language. ION is especially applicable for dispersed development over multiple location and/or continents. ION potentially can be used to communicate interface behavior to non-technical project stakeholders and clients.

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tags: IA SUMMIT, INTERFACE OBJECT NOTATION, ION, LANGUAGE OF BEHAVIOR

 

LDD and ION Slides

by KEVIN SILVER :: MAR 24, 2007 :: COMMENTS (1)

Thanks to everyone who came to our presentation at the IA Summit. We had a lot of interesting conversations with people over the rest of weekend and we'll be incorporating the feedback we received into the next iteration of ION. Here are the slides for our presentation at the IA Summit: iasummit.zip (5mb).

If you're interested in ION, please let us know by commenting below. We're going to create a wiki for ION development. Also, until we get the wiki up, I'll post my future iterations on this blog.

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tags: IA SUMMIT, INTERFACE OBJECT NOTATION, ION, LIVING DESIGN DOCUMENT, PRESENTATION