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  <city>San Francisco</city>
  <country>USA</country>
  <end-on type="date">2008-11-08</end-on>
  <full-description>A half-day conference with five distinguished members of the Bay Area&#8217;s UX community discuss advanced topics in UX and user research. Talks include:

"How to Lie with Design Research"
Dan Saffer - Author, &#8220;Designing for Interaction"

"Research and Design: Ships in the Night?"
Steve Portigal - Portigal Consulting

"How Mental Models Helped Teams Do What They Dreamed"
Indi Young - Author, &#8220;Mental Models: Aligning User Strategy with Business&#8221;

"The Autodesk Web Research Truth"
Maya Pacheco - Senior Product Manager, Autodesk

"Ten Years of Wasted Research"
Nate Bolt, El Presidente, Bolt | Peters

Also, you'll hear each speaker answer this question with a straight face: "Is research for scared, safe people?" 

Stay afterwards for a drink-and-schmooze with a crowd of UX luminaries, professionals, and amateurs alike! Space is limited, so learn more and register at userresearchfriday.com today! 
</full-description>
  <id type="integer">555</id>
  <region>CA</region>
  <short-description>A half-day conference with five speakers discussing advanced UX topics. Learn the answer to the question, "Is research for scared, safe people?" Come for the talks, stay for the drinks!</short-description>
  <start-on type="date">2008-11-07</start-on>
  <title>User Research Friday</title>
  <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
  <website>http://www.userresearchfriday.com</website>
  <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/555</url>
  <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/555/urf.png</logo-url>
  <tag-string>autodesk, dan portigal, dan saffer, design, design research, drinks, friday, halfday conference, indi young, maya pacheco, mental models, nate bolt, schmoozing, usability, user research, ux, web research</tag-string>
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