San Francisco USA 2006-09-21 Based on Dan Saffer's book "Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices," this workshop on interaction design will feature activities and discussions that take participants from the discipline's prehistoric roots to its future. This workshop is for new designers and anyone interested in interaction design, as well as more experienced designers who want a deeper view of and new methods for practicing interaction design. After this workshop, you will be able to: *Understand "interaction design" and "interactions" *Know the history of interaction design *Use the four approaches to interaction design to create products and services *Work with the "laws" and principles of interaction design *Know what to look for and how to record it when doing design research *Interpret design research *Better document interaction designs *Employ interaction design techniques to designing services *Consider designing for multitasking, adaptation, and hackability *Prepare for the future of interaction design Participants will walk away with a firm grasp of the underlying principles of interaction design, and the tools needed to put those into practice. 38 CA Adaptive Path's Dan Saffer will cover approaches to ID: elements, principles, & attributes of good ID; design research techniques; documentation; multitasking, adaptation, hacking, & service design. 2006-09-20 false http://www.adaptivepath.com/promo/boxes http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/38 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/38/d4i_deck3.jpg id, interaction design, usability, user experience New York USA 2006-09-22 Come by and kick off the 2006 - 2007 season with NYC IxDA. See what everyone has been up to this Summer, meet old friends, and make new ones! Greg Petroff, Member of the IxDA Board of Directors & Treasurer, will also give a short presentation of the IxDA's vision for a new online community of practice and will show examples of the first steps towards getting there. WHEN: Thu, Sep 21 @ 6:30p - 8:30p WHERE: Brand Experience Lab 520 Broadway, 5th Floor (Map Link: http://tinyurl.com/pw3tu) 41 NY Come by and kick off the 2006 - 2007 season with NYC IxDA. See what everyone has been up to this Summer, meet old friends, and make new ones! 2006-09-21 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/41 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/41/logo.jpg interaction design, ixd, ixda, new york city, nyc, social, ux 2006-10-18 Dan's succeeded in creating a fantastic introduction and overview of our discipline of interaction design. People are encouraged to participate in this discussion, and I know there are many of you with keen insights and thoughtful ideas that would greatly contribute. The open discussion will go on for the next week, until Tuesday October 17. Offsite (non-WELL member) readers with questions or comments may send them to inkwell@well.com to have them added to the conversation. About The WELL The WELL is a cherished and acclaimed destination for conversation and discussion. For twenty years it has captivated intelligent, creative people. It is widely known as the primordial ooze where the online community movement was born — where Howard Rheingold first coined the term "virtual community." Over the last two decades, it's been described as "the world's most influential online community" in a Wired Magazine cover story, and "the Park Place of email addresses" by John Perry Barlow. It's won Dvorak and Webby Awards, inspired songs and novels, and almost invisibly influences modern culture. Now run by Salon Media Group, independent publishers of the ground-breaking Salon.com online news magazine, The WELL continues to cast a long cultural shadow. For many people it's the place you aren't quite sure you've heard of, but may just wish you had. For members, it's a place to come up with the next interesting thing and a way to live. Hope to see you there! Jim James Leftwich, IDSA Orbit Interaction Palo Alto, California http://www.orbitnet.com 91 The WELL is hosting an online interview and discussion with Dan Saffer, of Adaptive Path coinciding with his new book, Designing For Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. 2006-10-11 true http://user.well.com/engaged/iengaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=283&q=0- http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/91 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/91/DFI_Cover.jpg adaptive path, career, dan saffer, design, designing for interaction, discipline, hci, interaction design, interview, ixda, product design, research, service design, textbook, user experience, ux Seattle USA 2006-10-29 3 plenary sessions (keynotes): * The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) * Designing the Windows Vista User Experience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) * Mobile Usability (Christian Lindholm, Yahoo!) 29 full-day tutorials: * Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability * Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability * Introduction to User Testing * Interaction Design 1 and 2 * Eyetracking Web Usability * Information Architecture * Content Usability 1 and 2 * Rapid Iterative Design * The Persona Lifecycle: Creating and Communicating User Personas * Getting from User Data to Design Fundamentals of Internet Marketing * Web Metrics: Assessing Website Performance * Advanced User Testing * How to Communicate Test Results * Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation * Designing Complex Applications and Websites * Managing User Experience Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond * Intranet Usability 1 & 2 * Email Newsletter Usability * Lightweight Content Management: Blogs and Wikis * Content Management for Websites and Intranets * Designing B2B Websites * Managing a User Experience Team * Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology * Instant Visual Communication * Making Search Work Speakers: Scott McCloud Jenn Anderson, 3Across Tamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. Dan Brown, Computech, Inc. Nancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay John Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. Martin White, Intranet Focus Tjeerd Hoek & John Pruitt, Microsoft Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group Jill Strawbridge, Symantec Jim Sterne, Target Marketing Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank John Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 71 WA 7-day conference (also in London in November with the same program). 3 evening keynotes and 29 full-day tutorials on many aspects of usability and user experience, from intro to advanced. 2006-10-22 false http://www.nngroup.com/events/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/71 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/71/nnglogo-invoice.jpg applications, cms, don norman, eyetracking, information architecture, interaction design, jakob nielsen, management, mobile devices, nielsen norman group, personas, seattle, tog, usability, user testing, windows vista San Francisco USA 2006-10-25 In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Let our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakeholders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplish business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can write test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Product planners, developers, marketers, usability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committed to creating a great customer experience. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: *Target your communication for specific audiences *Communicate persuasively to build buy-in throughout the design process *Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them *Describe an interaction framework and show your audience why it's good *Defend your design without being defensive *Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents *Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actually want to use *Get the most from your precious documentation time and effort COURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: *Course binder with hard copies of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets *An example of a User & Domain Analysis document *Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process.â€? “Awesome! I came away with concrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away.â€? “Helps you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solve those problems.â€? JUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. Don't forget, we can bring our classes to you! 49 CA Want to get your design built? Try this 2-day course on communicating with stakeholders about everything from research findings to concepts to final specs. Taught by a senior Cooper designer. 2006-10-23 false http://www.cooper.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/49 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/49/cooperlogo.jpg communication, cooper, documentation, interaction design, personas New York USA 2006-10-25 WHEN: Tue, Oct 24 @ 6:30p WHERE: Location given upon RSVP RSVP: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org Our websites have become more functionally rich, thanks to Ajax, Flash, Flex and the like. But our documentation hasn't kept up. We need rich documentation to match the rich experiences we're now able to provide online. In this discussion, we'll explore what wireframes can still do, plus new forms of documenting including lo-fi animations and state diagrams. Dan Saffer is a Senior Interaction Designer at Adaptive Path (http://www.adaptivepath.com/). Dan's book, Designing for Interaction, has been called a "fresh, accessible and thoughtful guide to interaction design" (Richard Grefe, Executive Director, AIGA) and "a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs" (Jared Spool, CEO of UIE). He served as the senior interaction designer for Ameritrade, the top online brokerage. He led the initial redesign of the Ameritrade site, focusing its features and functionality on active traders. IxDA: Interaction Design Association This event is part of the global community of IxDA. IxDA is a global community of peers dedicated to the advancement and promotion of Interaction Design. Learn more at http://ixda.org/ 42 NY Beyond Wireframes: Documenting RIAs 2006-10-24 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/42 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/42/logo.jpg ajax, design tools, documentation, interaction design, ixda, new york, nyc, rias, wireframes New York City USA 2006-10-26 Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path's senior interaction designer and author of "Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications & Clever Devices", will cover the four approaches to interaction design; the elements, principles, and attributes of good interaction design; design research techniques; documentation; designing for multitasking, adaptation, and hacking; and service design. Designing for Interaction is for new designers and anyone interested in interaction design, as well as more experienced designers who want a deeper view of and new methods for practicing interaction design. Participants will walk away with not only a firm grasp of the underlying principles of interaction design, but also the tools needed to put those into practice. 84 NY Based on Dan Saffer's book Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices, this workshop is for designers looking for new methods for practicing interaction design. 2006-10-25 false http://adaptivepath.com/promo/boxes2 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/84 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/84/d4i_deck_nyc.jpg adaptive path, interaction design, ixd, service design, usability, user experience design, usercentered design Stockholm Sweden 2006-10-27 Solve as many design problems in a fixed time with your group members! Be creative and innovative, the other groups will decide how good your solutions are. By subscribing to the event you will be assigned a group. Bonus assignment will be announced two weeks before event day. Read more about this event on website. (Swedish only) 74 Sweden IxDA Sweden Design Challenge is suppose to be an inspiring event where we get together to solve everyday design problems from an interaction design perspective. 2006-10-26 false http://sweden.ixda.org/event2_challenge.shtml http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/74 contest, event, interaction design London United Kingdom 2006-11-12 3 plenary sessions (keynotes): * The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) * Designing the Windows Vista User Experience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) * Mobile Usability (Christian Lindholm, Yahoo!) 29 full-day tutorials: * Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability * Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability * Introduction to User Testing * Interaction Design 1 and 2 * Eyetracking Web Usability * Information Architecture * Content Usability 1 and 2 * Rapid Iterative Design * The Persona Lifecycle: Creating and Communicating User Personas * Getting from User Data to Design Fundamentals of Internet Marketing * Web Metrics: Assessing Website Performance * Advanced User Testing * How to Communicate Test Results * Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation * Designing Complex Applications and Websites * Managing User Experience Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond * Intranet Usability 1 & 2 * Email Newsletter Usability * Lightweight Content Management: Blogs and Wikis * Content Management for Websites and Intranets * Designing B2B Websites * Managing a User Experience Team * Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology * Instant Visual Communication * Making Search Work Speakers: Scott McCloud Jenn Anderson, 3Across Tamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. Dan Brown, Computech, Inc. Nancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay John Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. Martin White, Intranet Focus Tjeerd Hoek & John Pruitt, Microsoft Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group Jill Strawbridge, Symantec Jim Sterne, Target Marketing Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank John Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 72 United Kingdom 7-day conference (also in Seattle in October with the same program). 3 evening keynotes and 29 full-day tutorials on many aspects of usability and user experience, from intro to advanced. 2006-11-05 false http://www.nngroup.com/events/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/72 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/72/nnglogo-invoice.jpg applications, cms, don norman, eyetracking, information architecture, interaction design, jakob nielsen, london, management, mobile devices, nielsen norman group, personas, tog, usability, user testing, windows vista RTP USA 2006-11-15 Announcing the 2006 World Usability Day celebration in the Triangle! Join UX professionals from around the Triangle area for an Interactionary (a live design competition), keynote speech, food, drink, and fun! When: November 14th, 2006 from 6PM to 9PM Where: GlaxoSmithKline's Ruvane Auditorium Keynote Graeme Boddy, VP of Information Services Business Applications of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Interactionary Design Competition We held a student competition last year and it was a huge success! This year we're expanding the competition to include two professional teams competing against each other and two student teams. Plus, each team will have only 10 minutes (Last year it was 20!) to design and present their solution to the problem. Professional Competition: IBM vs. TBA Student Competition: UNC vs. NC State Sponsored by Triangle UPA (http://triupa.org) 113 NC Join UX professionals from around the Triangle area and celebrate World Usability Day 2006! 2006-11-14 false http://triupa.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/113 chapel hill, durham, interaction design, raleigh, rtp, triupa, triux, usability, user experience Palo Alto USA 2006-11-17 In the spirit of mixing up ixd orthodoxies and breaking down silos lets all get together to chat, eat, drink and get to know each other! Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 Time: 5:30 PM-8:00PM Location: Mac Arthur Park Restaurant www.macpark.com 27 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 321-9990 Finger foods and wine compliments of SAP's Design Services Team. MacArthur Park is right next to the Palo Alto Cal Train stop so its easy to come down from San Francisco. 117 CA In the spirit of mixing up ixd orthodoxies and breaking down silos lets all get together to chat, eat, drink and get to know each other! 2006-11-16 false http://www.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/117 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/117/logo.gif interaction design San Francisco USA 2006-12-09 As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practicum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific design problem while learning how to: *Better understand business stakeholder needs *Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users *Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user data *Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements *Apply scenarios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework *Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates The Practicum is held at Cooper's headquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of international travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after the practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE “This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an issue–--this has to be taken by our designers.â€? “Inspiring, educational, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence.â€? “Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction.â€? “Great course. We can apply these design methods to the hole in our XP process.â€? “Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the work I’m doing. I’m totally energized!â€? EARLY REGISTRATION AND GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. If you have a large team to train, we can bring our courses to you. 48 CA Learn about Personas and Goal-Directed Design from the people who invented them! This intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper designers covers research, personas, scenarios, and design. 2006-12-05 false http://www.cooper.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/48 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/48/cooperlogo.jpg cooper, interaction design, personas, research, scenarios Stockholm Sweden 2006-12-12 On Monday the 11th at ca 18:00 IxDA Sweden is arranging a lecture/discussion with Jonas Löwgren (Professor of interaction design, School of arts and communication ,Malmö University) on interaction design and aesthetics. Read more (in Swedish) at http://sweden.ixda.org/event3_ixdochestetik.shtml and about Jonas and his work (in English) at http://webzone.k3.mah.se/k3jolo/ The event will be held at and sponsored by Doberman, Brunnsgränd 1 in the Old town, Stockholm. (http://www.doberman.se) RSVP via mail to sweden@ixda.org. Interested in sponsoring refreshments? (1000-2000 SEK) Send us a mail! 145 Sweden On Monday the 11th ca 18:00 IxDA Sweden is arranging a lecture/discussion on IxD and aesthetics with Jonas Löwgren (Professor of interaction design, School of arts and communication, Malmö University) 2006-12-11 false http://sweden.ixda.org/event3_ixdochestetik.shtml http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/145 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/145/logo.gif aesthetics, design, free, interaction design, ixd New York USA 2006-12-13 The UX community in NYC will be getting together for a Holiday social event. Where: Eight Mile Creek (downstairs) 240 Mulberry Street (between prince and spring) http://www.eightmilecreek.com/ Time: 6p - 9p 99 NY In NYC all the UX related orgs will be meeting to create a different kind of experience. Come socialize and mingle amongst the designers, testers, architects and researchers. 2006-12-12 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/99 bar, chanuka, chanukah, chrismas, hannukah, hanukah, holidays, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, kwanza, new york, new york city, nyc, party, social, soho, usability, user experience, ux, xmas Washington USA 2006-12-14 We're having a meet, greet, and plan meeting next Wednesday, 12/13 from 6-7pm. The agenda is to meet people, greet people, and throw out some ideas for events for next year. We've found a Starbucks a block away from Metro Center: * http://tinyurl.com/yz66g9 (Yahoo Map) Metro Center is at the intersection of the red, orange, and blue metro lines and one stop away from the green and yellow lines (change trains at Gallery Place). The Starbucks is at 13th and E St. NW near the Reagan building and the Shops at National Place: * 1301 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Washington, DC; (202) 737-7378 143 DC The Interaction Design Association local group for Washington, DC is having a meet and greet. 2006-12-13 false http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IxDA-DC/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/143 information architecture, interaction design, user experience, web design San Francisco USA 2007-01-20 As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practicum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific design problem while learning how to: *Better understand business stakeholder needs *Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users *Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user data *Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements *Apply scenarios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework *Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates The Practicum is held at Cooper's headquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of international travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after the practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE “This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an issue–--this has to be taken by our designers." “Inspiring, educational, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." “Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." “Great course. We can apply these design methods to the hole in our XP process." “Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the work I’m doing. I’m totally energized!" EARLY REGISTRATION AND GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. If you have a large team to train, we can bring our courses to you. 87 CA Learn about Personas and Goal-Directed Design from the people who invented them! This intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper designers covers research, personas, scenarios, and design. 2007-01-16 false http://www.cooper.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/87 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/87/cooperlogo.jpg cooper, interaction design, personas, research, scenarios Sunnyvale USA 2007-01-18 Socializing and refreshments: 7-7:30 pm Presentation: 7:30-9:30 pm Place: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Building C, Classroom 5 Directions: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070117/directions/ Presentation by Dan Saffer In design, there are no right answers, just many possible answers to a given problem. Some of those answers are better than others, and some of those answers are just...well, guesses. How do we make good guesses? Can we make better guesses? The best designer is often the one who makes the best guesses. This free event is open to the general public. :: Dan Saffer is an interaction designer at Adaptive Path. He previously worked at Organic and Datek, and has a Masters in Design, Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked with a wide variety of clients, from startups to Fortune 100s, designing Web sites, applications and devices. Dan is the author of Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. He is on the board of directors for IxDA and is also a member of AIGA and IDSA. Co-sponsors of this event: * IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Silicon Valley Face to Face * BayCHI IxD BOF For more information about his event, go to: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070117/ 158 CA Presentation by Dan Saffer: In design, how do we make good guesses? Can we make better guesses? The best designer is often the one who makes the best guesses. 2007-01-17 false http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070117/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/158 interaction design, ixd San Francisco USA 2007-01-26 In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Let our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakeholders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplish business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can write test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Product planners, developers, marketers, usability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committed to creating a great customer experience. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: *Target your communication for specific audiences *Communicate persuasively to build buy-in throughout the design process *Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them *Describe an interaction framework and show your audience why it's good *Defend your design without being defensive *Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents *Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actually want to use *Get the most from your precious documentation time and effort COURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: *Course binder with hard copies of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets *An example of a User & Domain Analysis document *Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process." “Awesome! I came away with concrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." “Helps you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solve those problems." JUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. Don't forget, we can bring our classes to you! 86 CA Want to get your design built? Try this 2-day course on communicating with stakeholders about everything from research findings to concepts to final specs. Taught by a senior Cooper designer. 2007-01-24 false http://www.cooper.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/86 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/86/cooperlogo.jpg communication, cooper, documentation, interaction design, personas Stockholm Sweden 2007-02-08 On the 7th of Feb IxDA Sweden\Stockholm is organizing a workshop on tools for creating wireframes and semi interactive prototypes. It will be held at Creunas' office (http://creuna.se) and they will also get us some food and drink. 6-8 speakers will hold a 15 min presentation each on their favorite tool. Here's a list of the confirmed tools/speakers so far: -Expression (Blend) - Johan Lindfors, Developer evangelist, Microsoft -Axure - Anne Rosted, Information designer, Creuna -Flash - German Leon, Producer/Interaction designer, Fantasy interactive -Microsoft Visio - Niklas Wolkert, Interaction designer, Strand Interconnect -Illustrator/Powerpoint - Jonas Ökvist, Interaction designer, Eniro -Fireworks - Name Coming, Interaction designer, Eniro Check http://sweden.ixda.org/event4_prototyping07.shtml for more info (in Swedish). RSVP to sweden@ixda.org if you plan to attend. Regards --IxDA Sweden 162 Sweden 6-8 presenters showing their best tips on how to do easily do semi interactive prototypes. 2007-02-07 false http://sweden.ixda.org/event4_prototyping07.shtml http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/162 interaction design, prototyping, sketching, tools New York USA 2007-03-23 Join us for a stimulating evening of presentation and dialog. A panel of NYC interaction design leads will talk about where design is making a difference in their project work. We'll open the floor for your comments and questions. Full detail on our panelists to follow shortly. To attend this event and get location details, please RSVP to nyc-rsvp@ixda.org. If you are interested in getting involved with the NYC IxDA, please e-mail us at nyc@ixda.org, or visit our web site at http://www.ixda.org. 187 NY An IxDA Community Discussion Thursday, March 22, 6:30 p.m. Location: Midtown Manhattan Full details provided on RSVP (e-mail nyc-rsvp@ixda.org) 2007-03-22 false http://www.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/187 design, interaction design Philadelphia USA 2007-03-30 Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight Date: March 29, 2007 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: MBC - 229 South 18th Street, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Map: http://mbcnet.com/directions.html RSVP: phillychi@gmail.com PhillyCHI is pleased to have Kip Voytek from R/GA discussing how interaction design must reach beyond usability and the satisfaction of user needs in order to truly help clients achieve their goals. By examining interactive product examples, he will demonstrate how interactive experience is being infused with emotion, creating connections between users and the products they are using. In today’s market, the successful completion of user tasks and usability are table stakes—the competitive advantage lies in being able to make experiences enjoyable, fun, delightful. Kip Voytek is Senior Vice President of Interaction Design at R/GA, the lead digital partner for Fortune 500 companies and world-class brands such as Avaya, Lowe's, Purina, Subaru, Target and Verizon. Over his career, he has won dozens of awards from some of the most prestigious competitions, including the One Show Interactive and Cyberlions. Voytek began his career as a game designer and writer at Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI) and Byron Preiss Multimedia. Learn more about R/GA at http://rga.com. About Medical Broadcasting Company (MBC): We are the healthcare demand experts. We are experts in using the Internet to connect our clients' knowledge, advice, and experience to people's problems, conditions, and questions. We help our clients help doctors, patients, and all the people who care for them have better-informed conversations that lead to better treatments and better results. Because of our expertise and our clients' success, we are the interactive agency of record for many of the world's leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device companies. MBC is an agency of the Digitas family, a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. For more information please visit www.mbcnet.com. 188 PA Kip Voytek of R/GA will present 'Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight' - a presentation discussing how interaction design must create an emotional connection with users in order to meet clients' needs. 2007-03-29 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/188 delaware, design, emotional design, ia, information architecture, interaction design, kip voytek, new jersey, nj, philadelphia, philly, phillychi, rga, usability, user needs Malmö Sweden 2007-06-16 About the Conference From Business to Buttons focuses on the practical work and useful tools involved in a project. We offer two days of interesting workshops and seminars. - Strategic Experience Design: Beyond Customer Satisfaction, Brandon Schauer, Adaptive Path - Practicing Design at the Yahoo! Media Group: Tools and Methods - Integrating Design in Your Organization, Kim Goodwin, Cooper - Interaction design for social, media-rich mobile experiences, Fabio Sergio, frog design 146 Sweden From Business to Buttons is a two day conference offering insights and methods in how to create positive effects for the business and for society when designing Information Technology. 2007-06-14 false http://www.businesstobuttons.com/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/146 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/146/logo_stor.png effectmanagement, experience design, interaction design, methods, personas, tools, usability Amsterdam Netherlands 2007-06-22 The field of user experience is too young to be caught up in trade secrets and intellectual isolation. To help advance the field, Adaptive Path promotes its ideas at public workshops around the world, and send them out as free essays in our newsletters. Adaptive Path is leading the way to user-focused design by placing emphasis on how design affects the user. For those who adhere to the tenets of user-centered design, Adaptive Path assures dividends. This is UX Intensive defined. This workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. The workshops of UX Intensive are for experienced designers and their managers who are looking to learn new ways to provide leadership within their organizations through design and research. Workshop participants leave each day with more sophisticated understanding of their field and a new set of tools to put that understanding to good use. The workshops are taught by leaders in the field. These designers and researchers are the folks to whom Google, Sony, Greenpeace, The United Nations, and Intel turn to when they need to reconsider their customers’ interactive experiences: • Dan Saffer, author of the bestseller ‘Designing for interaction,’ leads the workshop on Interaction Design. • Chiara Fox, senior information architect for Adaptive Path, has developed information architectures for companies such as PeopleSoft, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard, to name only a few • Todd Wilkens is an accomplished writer and lecturer on the topics of user research methods and social science theory. • Brandon Schauer is a Design Strategist who’s desire to understanding the unmet needs of customers has led him to diverse environments, from the homes of cancer patients to tunnels beneath Walt Disney World. 222 Netherlands This workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. 2007-06-18 false http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2007/jun/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/222 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/222/070511_-_Logo_Adaptive_Path.gif design research, design strategy, information architecture, interaction design, user experience Portsmouth USA 2007-06-20 Come out and join other UX professionals in the Seacoast NH, Southern NH, and Southern ME regions for drinks and networking! This will be an excellent opportunity to meet fellow usability professionals, information architects, interaction designers, and other professionals that fall under the User Experience umbrella to share experiences and learn about job openings in the area. This is the first of many networking events we expect to have in this area. Our goal is to foster the growth of the local UX community and, if there is enough interest, to eventually start a new UPA chapter. Please pass this announcement on to anyone you think will be interested. When: Tuesday, June 19th 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Where: Portsmouth, NH (venue TBD) RSVP: You must RSVP to attend, as we need a head count for the venue. Send RSVPs to Kyle Pero, kylepero@usableinterface.com. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has been added to the list of attendees. + + + Stay informed about NH UX meetings and events by joining the NH-UX Yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ + + + Hope to see you there! 226 NH Come out and join other UX professionals in the Seacoast NH, Southern NH, and Southern ME regions for drinks and networking! 2007-06-19 false http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/226 ia, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, new hampshire, nh, usability, user experience, ux Portmsouth USA 2007-07-20 Where: AK's Bar & Bistro (2nd floor) 111 State Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Street Map: http://tinyurl.com/2edxky Parking Map: http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking is also available) Topic: What Would It Mean to Become a UPA Chapter? As we explore the possibility of becoming a chapter, we thought it would be interesting to hear from someone who’s been an integral part of the most successful UPA chapter in the world, Boston UPA … Chauncey Wilson, a founding member and past president of Boston UPA, will be joining us at this meeting. He’ll be giving a half hour talk on his experience with Boston UPA, and answering your questions. Afterwards, we invite everyone to take part in an informal group discussion on the future of NH UX. About Chauncey Wilson: Chauncey Wilson has spent 20 years as an engineering psychologist, user interface designer, usability engineer, and product development manager. His academic background includes a physics degree and graduate training in social psychology, human factors engineering, and statistics. His consulting clients have included Microsoft, FEDEX, Lotus, Reuters, and 3COM. He is past president of the Northern New England chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and the STC Usability SIG, and member of the Usability Professionals' Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the ACM SIGCHI. He co-wrote The Usability Engineering Framework for Product Design and Evaluation in the handbook of HCI and has presented on the psychology of victimization, research ethics, cyberlaw, usability methods, web design, and documentation usability. RSVP: You must RSVP to attend. Send RSVPs to Kyle Pero, kylepero@usableinterface.com. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has been added to the list of attendees. + + + Stay informed about NH UX meetings and events by joining the NH-UX Yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ + + + Hope to see you there! 267 NH What Would It Mean to Become a UPA Chapter? Chauncey Wilson, who’s been an integral part of the most successful UPA chapter in the world, Boston UPA, will be presenting. 2007-07-19 false http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/267 ia, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, upa, usability, user experience, ux New York USA 2007-09-06 Are you currently building web-based applications? Are you tasked with adding more interactivity to your web apps? Do you want to learn interaction design skills geared towards adding interactivity and richness to your web-based solutions? Information spaces on the Web are becoming increasingly filled with complex interactions. Even simple transactional solutions like shopping carts and document management systems are becoming more complex with richer desktop-like interaction models. Today’s web designers and information architects need access to disciplines like interaction design and software design to create powerful and successful web applications. For example: * The developers at a major financial institution are working on a mission-critical application that will be rolled out to more than 6,000 financial consultants, but they have no idea whether a Rich Internet Application (RIA) is the right solution. And if an RIA is the right choice, they’re unsure of what technology to use. * The development team for a hotel reservation system would like to migrate their simple application to an RIA solution. Where should the developers start? How do they avoid making the same mistakes that other developers have already made? To help designers solve these types of problems, expert web application designer David Malouf has created a seminar exploring some of the most important issues surrounding the web’s most sophisticated applications. In this information-packed seminar he will give you a solid introduction to RIAs and demonstrate the value RIAs can add to your web application. See full description at http://smartexperience.org/classes/ixd-workshop/ About David Malouf David works at Motorola Enterprise Mobility and is the Vice President and founding director of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a 4500+ global member organization dedicated to the advancement and promotion of the discipline of interaction design. 302 NY Dave Malouf, an expert interaction designer, developed a six-week course to teach Internet designers in New York how to create rich internet applications that rock. 2007-09-05 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/ixd-workshop/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/302 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/302/logo.100px.gif ajax, app, application, heller, interaction design, malouf, ria, web 20 New York USA 2007-09-13 What does it mean to “use” a computer? How do you “talk” to the machine in a way that it will understand, and how do you interpret its response to you? Many principles of how we interact with computers are so familiar to us that we don’t stop to think how they came to be that way. In this class, we’ll discuss this history of how people have adapted themselves to these “thinking machines,” learn about many of the innovators who defined how we interact with computers today, and explore how over time we’ve changed the way computers work so they better meet our needs. How it Benefits You For anyone who designs, builds, markets, or manages digital products (like websites, software, or devices), an understanding of the foundations of the field will help you make more effective decisions. You will learn the essential history that shaped the industry, making you better prepared to face the challenges of tomorrow. About Karen McGrane Karen is a Senior Partner in Bond Art and Science, a digital services firm focused on simplifying interactions between people and the devices they use to share information, store media, and communicate with each other. Previously Karen worked at Razorfish, most recently as Vice President for User Experience at Avenue A | Razorfish. Karen's clients have included several in the financial services industry, such as J.P. Morgan, and Citibank, as well as travel industry clients like Travelocity and Cendant. Her media experience includes work for The Week, Inc., and Fast Company magazines, as well as a variety of projects with Condé Nast, Nielsen Media Research, The New York Public Library, and The Disney Internet Group. Her redesign of The New York Times website has won several awards Karen received an M.S. in Technical Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, focusing her research and studies on interface design and usability. She taught courses in HCI and usability via distance learning to IBM campuses across North America. 304 NY For anyone who creates digital products, understanding the foundations of the field will help you make more effective decisions. Taught by Karen McGrane, former VP of User Experience, Razorfish. 2007-09-12 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/ixd-foundations/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/304 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/304/logo.100px.gif devices, foundations, history, interaction design, mcgrane, media, mobile Sunnyvale USA 2007-08-25 Please join us at the next Silicon Valley IxDA meeting, on September 19, 2007. Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin of Cooper will give a talk on: Where Usability Meets Desirability: Visual Design with Personas and Goals Visual design contributes to usability by clarifying hierarchy and relationships, making type more readable, and making screens less cluttered. It enhances desirability by appealing to our aesthetic sense and emotions. In spite of its importance, though, few practitioners have the tools to integrate visual design with interaction design processes or to help stakeholders evaluate visual design based on objective criteria. Cooper’s Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin will discuss how field research, personas, and requirements provide effective means for doing so. Specific topics will include: * Why it’s ideal to have team members dedicated to either interaction design or visual design. * How minor adjustments to interaction design personas can help designers guide, assess, and communicate about visual design and brand choices. * How using research and personas to develop a set of visual design requirements can give designers and stakeholders more objective assessment criteria and help them build consensus. * How visual design requirements help designers develop visual style studies and guide stakeholders in selecting an appropriate direction. * How iteration, continual reduction, and collaboration among disciplines can form a coherent visual system. Kim Goodwin, VP Design & General Manager, Cooper Kim has been a major contributor to the development of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design methods and is primarily responsible for the curriculum of its respected Cooper U courses. Kim has been a popular instructor at full-day CHI tutorials, UIE’s national conferences, and numerous other events. Nate Fortin, Director of Visual Design & Branding, Cooper As head of Cooper’s visual design discipline for the past five years, Nate has played a critical role in developing an approach to visual design that is as rigorous as Cooper’s interaction design methods. Nate was closely involved in the development of Cooper’s two-day visual interface design course and has been a popular Cooper U instructor. Date & Time: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00-7:30 pm--Socializing 7:30-9:30 pm--Program Location: Yahoo! 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94089 Room: To be announced For directions, go to: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070919/directions/ Co-sponsors of this event: * BayCHI IxD BOF * IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Silicon Valley Face to Face 298 CA Please join us at the next Silicon Valley IxDA meeting, on September 19, 2007. We are very pleased to announce that Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin of Cooper will give a talk on: 2007-09-19 false http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070919/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/298 interaction design, visual design San Francisco USA 2007-09-21 6:00 – Social Hour 7:00 – Presentation FREE IxDA SF is back with its second event in our design tools series. This month we present Kate Rutter, Senior Practitioner for Adaptive Path, as she discusses the problem solving power of stickies. Learn the true power of the sticky note — yes, stickies! — to quickly and effectively organize data, visualize themes, and identify patterns.. We’ll start with an overview of how Adaptive Path uses sticky notes (aka: Post-Its) in user experience projects. Then, we’ll jump into a set of hands-on activities to test your stickies aptitude and gain experience in multiple methods. You’ll learn methods for rapidly visualizing and organizing data into clusters using sticky notes and how these simple, elegant, and versatile tools can help you untangle problems, set priorities, understand complex work flows, and gather feedback from others. You’ll leave with a greater appreciation for the sticky note, a killer vocabulary for how to creatively use stickies, and an enhanced ability to sort, track, and organize information. You’ll be amazed what you can do with these simple little tools. Presented by IxDA and Adaptive Path. -- Have a great idea for a future event? Interested in sponsorship? Get in touch! sf-local at ixda.org Find out about future events and read about past events on our blog: http://ixda-sf.vox.com/ 316 CA IxDA SF is back with its second event in our design tools series. This month we present Kate Rutter, Senior Practitioner for Adaptive Path, as she discusses the problem solving power of stickies. 2007-09-20 false http://ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/316 design, design tools, interaction design, san francisco, stickies New York USA 2007-09-26 This talk will look at examples from Apple, Yahoo!, Digg and more to examine what makes an interface playful and how that leads to a successful experience for users. Speaker: Kevin Kearney, Experience Director, Avenue A| Razorfish Kevin Kearney has over 7 years of experience in internet strategy and user-centered design. He has developed a wide range of successful interface solutions including rich media experiences, transactional and e-commerce sites, as well as web applications and kiosks. Working with a wide variety of organizations, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, Kevin’s clients have included Ford Motor Company, Ann Taylor, Charles Schwab, Condé Nast, XM Radio, The New York Times and CNN. He is also a frequent speaker who has presented to a number of professional organizations in the user experience field. When: September 25, 2007 Registration: 6:00pm to 6:30pm (refreshments served) Be sure to arrive by 6:00, for security process. Photo ID required by security to enter building. It must match the name on the registration list. Presentation: 6:30pm to 8:00pm (includes Q&A) Networking: 8:00pm to 8:30pm Dinner: 8:30pm to whenever (Please note that dinner is an optional, post-event social activity and is not included in the event fee.) Where: Avenue A | Razorfish 1440 Broadway (betw 40th & 41st), 19th Floor New York, NY Cost: Pre-payment online at Eventbrite required. Member, $10 Non-member, $20 Non-member with 1-year membership, $25 Student, $5 Ticket sales end Mon 9/24. Transferable on or before noon Tues 9/25 (day of event) by sending a request to RSVP@nycupa.org. You must notify us, and get a confirmation, of this transfer or it will not be valid. Refundable until noon Thurs 9/27 (2nd day after event) by sending a request to RSVP@nycupa.org . Members of our parent organization, the UPA (the Usability Professionals' Association), should join the NYC chapter to qualify for member rates. 319 NY Some of the best examples of user experience have elements of playfulness. How can user experience designers introduce the concept of play in their solutions? Speaker: Kevin Kearney, Ave A|Razorfish 2007-09-25 false http://www.nycupa20070925.eventbrite.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/319 interaction design Lowell USA 2007-10-21 The theme of the 8th Annual Documentation & Training East Conference is Advancing Your Career. Attend and you'll gain access to dozens of learning opportunities designed to help you improve the skills and expertise you’ll need to future proof your career and improve your value as a professional technical communicator. Cost for full access pass: $999US For $999 you get all of the following: * Choice of pre-conference half-day workshops (October 16-17) * Choice of over 40 conference sessions (October 18-19) * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (October 20) * Access to the Management Summit (October 18-19) * Access to the networking cocktail reception (October 18) * Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference Full access passes entitle attendees to participate in four half-day workshops (choose from 15), your choice of presentations (over 40 available), and panel discussions in the following tracks: * Content component management * User experience * XML Authoring * Interaction design * Innovative technologies * Web content management * Localization and translation * Information architecture * Technical publications management summit A free access pass is available that provides attendees with: * Access to 2 full days of software demonstrations * Access to the Technology Showcase * Networking cocktail reception * Meals, snacks However, free access guests cannot attend workshops, sessions, or panel discussions. Need to justify the cost of attending to your boss. Check out this useful resource: http://www.doctrain.com/documents/Justifying_Conference_Attendance_Lowell.pdf Who attends DocTrain? Technical communicators, including: technical writers, course developers, user experience designers, usability professionals, information architects, content managers, eLearning developers, technology writers, editors, software tool vendors, information analysts, and media. DocTrain news: http://www.doctrain.com/index.php/east/news 256 MA Held in the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Lowell, MA, the Documentation & Training East Conference features 40+ presentations, 16 half-day workshops, and a Management Summit. 2007-10-16 false http://www.doctrain.com/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/256 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/256/DocTrainEast2007_logo.jpg communication, content management, content reuse, dita, interaction design, localization, s1000d, technical documentation, training, translation, user experience, xml San Francisco USA 2007-10-19 Location: C|net CNET Networks Building 235 Second Street Between Howard and Folsom Time: 6:30 pm – Social Hour with light refreshments 7:00 pm – Presentation Taking advantage of industrial design presence in San Francisco for the ICSID/IDSA Connecting 07 conference, IxDA San Francisco is delighted to host an evening of dialog between two closely related but often siloed fields: Industrial Design and Interaction Design. On October 18 at C|net, we will hear case studies from Cooper, frog design, Motorola and IDEO, highlighting the intersection point of the two disciplines and the ups and downs of collaboration. Our presenters: * Dave Cronin, Director of Interaction Design at Cooper * Jennifer Kilian, Creative Director at frog design frog design’s client * Gabriel White, former Interaction Design Lead for the Motorola Motofone, Principal Designer at frog design * Danny Stillion, Design Director at IDEO Presented by IxDA-SF and C|net 330 CA INTERSECTION: Where Interaction and Industrial Design Meet featuring case studies from Cooper, frog design, Motorola and IDEO 2007-10-18 false http://gamma.ixda.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/330 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/330/assoc_ixda.jpg design, icsid, industrial design, interaction design, ixda Savannah USA 2008-02-11 Interaction 08 will be held from February 8-10, 2008 in historic and festive Savannah, Georgia, on the campus of The Savannah College of Art and Design. Join several hundred Interaction Designers from around the world as we address the design of interactive systems of all types: applications (web and desktop), mobile, consumer electronics, digitally enhanced environments, and more. Start your year off with stimulating talk, fun parties, and smart discussions about our growing field. Interaction 08 will feature two days of inspirational and tactical sessions geared at anyone who practices Interaction Design, as well as a day of pre-conference workshops. We're planning two tracks of thought provoking discussions during each day, followed by social gatherings on Friday and Saturday evenings. Keynotes: Alan Cooper - CEO; Cooper Sigi Moeslinger - Principal; Antenna Design Bill Buxton - Principal Researcher; Microsoft Malcolm McCullough - Prof. of Architecture; Univ. of Michigan Invited Speakers: # Jared Spool, UIE # Dan Brown, EightShapes # Sarah Allen, Laszlo Systems # Régine Debatty, We Make Money Not Art # Jenny Lam, Jackson Fish Market # Matt Jones, BBC # Aza Raskin, Humanized # Molly Wright Steenson, Princeton University Conference Pricing: Before November 15: $499 November 15 and After: $599 Students: $299 Half day workshops: $250 296 GA Interaction Design Association Inaugural International Conference in Savannah, GA, USA. 2008-02-08 false http://interaction08.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/296 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/296/ad1.gif design, georgia, industrial design, interaction design, interaction design association, international, ixd, ixda, scad, us Boston USA 2008-03-07 Learn about designing for Drupal! Drupal is a powerful and elegant CMS that is growing in popularity for community, e-commerce, social networking, web applications, and blog sites. Add a new skill to your arsenal of web design techniques! Drupal designers are in high demand. There will be sessions and showcases of Drupal site designs, including case studies for creating Drupal themes. Cost is $195. The conference will be co-located with AIIM content management conference. Proposed session topics are below. We are recruiting presenters! http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/design-and-user-experience-track-descriptions Graphic design: “Drupal for Designers” * Designing for Drupal (Structure of a Drupal site, visualizing your design in Drupal…) * Introduction to Drupal for designers * Drupal-friendly CSS tricks * Making a Drupal site not look like one – new ways of theming common UI elements Theming Drupal * Theming for Drupal after starting with Wordpress, Joomla, or static HTML * Theming Panels/Views * Converting mock-ups to Drupal themes (case studies) * Creating themes for Drupal 6 * Security for themers * Using Color.module to create recolorable themes Usability/Interaction design: “User friendly Drupal” * Usability bling in Drupal 6 * User Experience Testing * Interaction design with JavaScript in Drupal 6 * Building intuitive forms * Brainstorming: An interface for media handling * Learning jQuery Site Planning and Information Architecture: “Building Drupal to Specification” * A WYSIWYG in Drupal 7: How do we get there? * Obstacles on localized and internationalized sites * Improving the Drupal user experience with the best contributed modules * Site statistics, how to obtain and what we can learn from them * Identifying and overcoming Drupalisms (odd workflows, …) 391 MA The design and user experience track for the Drupal conference will feature 16 design and user experience tutorials, panels, and presentations over 4 days. Drupal designers are in high demand! 2008-03-03 false http://drupalcon.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/391 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/391/drupalcon-175.png blog, cms, community, drupal, graphic design, interaction design, joomla, open source, social networking, templates, theme, usability research, user experience, web design, wordpress Boston USA 2008-04-05 Does your site have a search engine? If so, you're sitting on an often under-utilized pot of gold: search query data that describes what your customers really want from your site—in their own words. Site search analytics helps you understand and benefit from that data, enabling you to better diagnose and solve a multitude of user experience problems. The result: better content, better navigation, better search, better interface design, and a better user experience. In this day-long workshop, Lou Rosenfeld—co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and the forthcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations with your customers—will combine lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on exercises to cover the basics of site search analytics. And he'll show you how spending even an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your site and expose new opportunities for improving your business strategy. You'll learn to: * Understand search logs and relevant analytics reports * Ask the right questions of your query data * Identify where your site's search and navigation are failing, and learn how to fix them * Tune your content to your audience's needs and plug your site's content gaps * Enhance your site's navigation through improved metadata * Design better interfaces for entering queries and for presenting search results * Improve your search engine's configuration * Reinvigorate your user experience methodology by incorporating a method that's truly quantitative, and which helps improve your qualitative methods We won't cover: * The technical aspects of analytics tools (such as how to install one on your server) * Search engine optimization; that's about helping people find their way to your site, while site search analytics is about helping them find information within your site 421 MA Lou Rosenfeld will show you how to analyze what and how users search on your site. You'll be able to diagnose and fix problems with your site's content, navigation, metadata, and search performance. 2008-04-04 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/seminars/site_search_analytics/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/421 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/421/lou_new.jpg content, information architecture, interaction design, search, site search analytics, user experience, web analytics Portsmouth USA 2008-04-18 When: Thursday, April 17th Refreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish Where: Fat Belly's Grill & Bar (http://www.fatbellysgrillandbar.com) 2 Bow Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Street Map: http://tinyurl.com/448pk3 Parking Map: http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking is also available) RSVP: An RSVP is not required, but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org. Topic: ~ Article Discussion ~ For this meeting, we'd ask that you read the selected articles ahead of time (don't worry, they're short articles, not books), jot down at least one discussion point about each article, then come prepared to discuss. Your discussion point can be a question, an example from your experience, or simply your perspective. We only ask that you keep your points constructive and not overly critical of the article or the authors. We will have two moderators that will help facilitate the discussion. Thank you for your votes on the articles to read. The three "winners" are: "Cultures of Prototyping", Michael Schrage http://hci.stanford.edu/bds/10-Schrage.pdf "Getting the Right Design and the Design Right: Testing Many Is Better Than One", Maryam Tohidi, William Buxton, Ronald Baecker, Abigail Sellen. http://www.billbuxton.com/rightDesign.pdf "Feature Richness and User Engagement", Jakob Nielsen http://www.useit.com/alertbox/features.html NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required. Hope to see you there! 455 NH Please join us for our April meeting to take part in an interesting article discussion... 2008-04-17 false http://www.nhupa.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/455 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/455/upa_logo_-_yahoo.jpg hci, interaction design, interface design, nh upa, upa, usability Pittsburgh USA 2008-04-25 Date: Thursday, April 24 2008 Time: 6:30 PM Refreshments & Networking 7:00 PM Presentations 8:00 PM Optional trip to the Walnut Grill in Shadyside for drinks Place: Daedalus Excel's Offices, 4914 Baum Blvd, 15213 Map: http://www.daed.com/contact_maps.tt2 RSVP: An RSVP is not required, but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please send RSVPs to mmarut15 at gmail.com Local IXDA members will be giving brief presentations on a timely IXD topic for the purpose of engaging the group in a discussion. Sofia Mirza, MDes '07, Communication & Information Design, will present her Visualization Toolkit: Tools for Visualizing Qualitative Information for Understanding Peter Bird, MDes '08, Communication & Information Design, will present his ongoing thesis work on Designing for Travel: An Analysis of Public Transportation System Information Aids Don Charlton from Wall-to-Wall Studios will present his Lessons for Interface Designers :A series of quick, easily-digestable ideas William Bernstein from Daedalus Excel will present a case study on the Development of an Interface for Home Dialysis 460 PA Local IXDA members will be giving brief presentations on a timely IXD topic for the purpose of engaging the group in a discussion. 2008-04-24 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/460 information architecture, interaction design, ixda Chicago USA 2008-05-16 Does your site have a search engine? If so, you're sitting on an often under-utilized pot of gold: search query data that describes what your customers really want from your site—in their own words. Site search analytics helps you understand and benefit from that data, enabling you to better diagnose and solve a multitude of user experience problems. The result: better content, better navigation, better search, better interface design, and a better user experience. In this day-long workshop, Lou Rosenfeld—co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and the forthcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations with your customers—will combine lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on exercises to cover the basics of site search analytics. And he'll show you how spending even an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your site and expose new opportunities for improving your business strategy. You'll learn to: * Understand search logs and relevant analytics reports * Ask the right questions of your query data * Identify where your site's search and navigation are failing, and learn how to fix them * Tune your content to your audience's needs and plug your site's content gaps * Enhance your site's navigation through improved metadata * Design better interfaces for entering queries and for presenting search results * Improve your search engine's configuration * Reinvigorate your user experience methodology by incorporating a method that's truly quantitative, and which helps improve your qualitative methods We won't cover: * The technical aspects of analytics tools (such as how to install one on your server) * Search engine optimization; that's about helping people find their way to your site, while site search analytics is about helping them find information within your site 422 IL Lou Rosenfeld will show you how to analyze what and how users search on your site. You'll be able to diagnose and fix problems with your site's content, navigation, metadata, and search performance. 2008-05-15 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/seminars/site_search_analytics/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/422 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/422/lou_new.jpg content, information architecture, interaction design, search, site search analytics, user experience, web analytics Melbourne Australia 2008-05-17 Web Directions User Experience is a full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focussing on concepts, technologies and techniques for building great user experiences on the web. * Andy Budd (Clearleft) - Interaction design and usability * Robert Hoekman Jr (Miskeeto) - User experience evangelist * Lisa Herrod - User testing * Emily Boyd (Remember the Milk) - Ajax techniques for great user experiences * Cameron Adams - Frontiers of Javascript (workshop) * Donna Maurer - Getting content right * Jackie Moyes (News Digital Media) - Turning research into products * Oliver Weidlich - Mobile web user experience * Steve Baty - Analysing research data * Mathew Patterson (Campaign Monitor) - Designing for email Whatever your role - designer, developer, IA, product and project manager all the way to CIO and CTO - this will be an exciting day of informative, stimulating content to send you home even better enabled to build the web. Conference: $495 (early bird until April 11) Workshops: $450 440 Australia Concepts and techniques for building great user experiences: interaction design, usability and testing, user research and ethnography, Ajax and Javascript, content, designing for mobile and more. 2008-05-15 false http://ux08.webdirections.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/440 ajax, interaction design, javascript, testing, usability, user experience, user research Portland USA 2008-05-24 WebVisions explores the future of the Web with an all-star lineup of visionary speakers that includes keynotes from Jeffrey Veen of Google and Lynne Johnson of FastCompany.com, as well as sessions by Rashmi Sinha (Slideshare.net), Matt Haughey (MetaFilter), Christina Wodtke (Boxes and Arrows), Tjeerd Hoek (frog design), Bill DeRouchey (Ziba Design), Kimberly Blessing (Paypal) and many others. Half day workshops feature acclaimed designer Roger Black ("Type Class"), Aaron Gustafson ("Progressive Enhancement with Javascript and CSS"), Erica O'Grady ("The Art and Science of Conversation in Social Media"), Tyler Sticka ("The Control Freak's Guide to Web Design"), David McFarland ("Javascript for Designers") and more. Conference Pass: $180 Early Bird* / $250 Standard *if purchased by March 31st Workshops: $375 Early Bird* / $450 Standard *if purchased by March 31st Group rates, association discounts and student discounts are also available; call Brad Smith at 503-230-2058 or email brad@webvisionsevent.com for more information. 414 OR Explore the future of Web design, user experience, technology and business strategy with an all-star lineup of visionary speakers that include Jeffrey Veen, Christina Wodtke, Aaron Gustafson and more. 2008-05-22 false http://www.webvisionsevent.com/register/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/414 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/414/WV08_tout_03.gif ajax, business strategy, convergence, css, design, development, interaction design, javascript, mobile, project management, social media, technology, usability, user experience, venture capital, web applications, webapps, webvisions Amsterdam Netherlands 2008-05-23 The Web is in a state of motion: no longer is it primarily being accessed through PCs, but more and more does it find its way into our phones, our cars, on the streets and in buildings. Mobility traditionally refers to characteristics in devices to handle information access, communication and business transactions while in a state of motion. What if we place users at the center of attention? What does mobility mean to humans in a state of motion who interact with technological devices in their surroundings? The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility, a conference organized by CHI Netherlands, explores. The Web and Beyond is a bi-annual conference, powered by CHI Netherlands. 418 Netherlands The Web and Beyond: Mobility takes place at the historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Tracks include mobile applications, maps & location based services, presence, and everyware. 2008-05-22 false http://www.thewebandbeyond.nl http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/418 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/418/TWAB2008_120x60.gif europe, interaction design, mobility, trends, usability, web 20 Minneapolis USA 2008-06-20 This intermediate-to-advanced workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Workshops are led by Adaptive Path's team of experts, including: Dan Saffer, Chiara Fox, Brandon Schauer and Todd Wilkens. Use Discount Code UXIM for 15% off the early bird discount. Early Bird Pricing (until May 31) Single Day: US$650 All 4-days: US$2,195 Regular Pricing Single Day: US$745 All 4-days: US$2,495 475 MN This workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. 2008-06-16 false http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2008/jun/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/475 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/475/AP_MX_blog120x90_v4b.gif adaptive path, design research, design strategy, information architecture, interaction design New York USA 2008-06-17 "Micro-Interactions in a 2.0 World" We live in a world where the little things really do matter. Each encounter -- no matter how brief -- is a micro interaction which makes a deposit or withdrawal from our rational and emotional subconscious. The sum of these interactions and encounters adds up to how we feel about a particular product, brand or service. Little things. Feelings. They influence our everyday behaviors more than we realize. SPEAKER David Armano VP Experience Design Critical Mass WHEN Monday, June 16th 6:15 - 7:00 networking (refreshments served) 7:00 - 8:00 presentation 8:00 - 8:30 Q&A and discussion* WHERE SoHo; location details provided on RSVP RSVP Send e-mail to: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org ABOUT THE SPEAKER David Armano has over 14 years experience in the communications industry with the majority of his time spent in digital marketing and experience design. An active thought leader in the industry, David authors the popular Logic + Emotion blog currently ranked in the top 25 of the “Power 150” as listed by Advertising Age. David’s writing and visual thinking has been cited by respected sources such as by Forrester, Crain’s and landed him in BusinessWeek on several occasions including their “Best of 2006”. David leads an interdisciplinary group of designers, writers and content strategists for the Chicago office of Critical Mass a marketing agency focused on creating extraordinary experiences. Aside from his presence on the Web, David is known as an evangelist for customer-centric strategies and acts as an advocate for the creation of meaningful interactions. In his spare time he contributes articles to various professional publications and spends as much quality time with his family as possible. *After the event we'll move from micro interactions to macro interactions with some of the smartest, hippest, coolest and geekiest people around. Join us for drinks at Sweet & Vicious (5 Spring St between Bowery & Elizabeth). 486 NY Please join us for an enlightening presentation and discussion on "Micro-Interactions in a 2.0 World" with David Armano, VP Experience Design at Critical Mass. RSVP to: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org 2008-06-16 false http://www.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/486 david armano, experience, interaction design, ixda, new york, nyc San Francisco USA 2008-06-21 Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: * Identify and address business issues * Plan and conduct user research to uncover user goals and mental models * Turn user data into a set of personas that guide (and sell!) the design * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements * Apply scenarios, principles and patterns to define the right interaction framework * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design Practicum was created for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requirements and what actually gets built. _______________________________________ What attendees have said about this course: "Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" "Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." "Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." _______________________________________ Our new "Business of Innovation" course happens the following week on June 23-24. If you can't attend this Practicum session, there's another July 22-25, followed by our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes. 469 CA Learn about personas and Goal-Directed Design from the people who invented them! This 4 day hands-on course is taught by senior Cooper designers. 2008-06-17 false http://www.cooper.com/services/training/ixd_practicum.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/469 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/469/logo_cooperU.gif cooper, cooper u, interaction design, personas, research Pittsburgh USA 2008-06-19 When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Refreshments and Networking: 6:30-7:00 PM Presentation and Discussion: 7:00 - 8:30 PM Post-event Mingle: 8:30 PM onwards Topic: "Making a Difference" As interaction designers, we all want to see our work go to market, be loved by its users, and make a positive difference in their lives. And that is Fit's intention: to lead, nurture, connect and equip its clients so that what they make fits the complexities of life and positively affects the common good. Fit partners Marc Rettig and Jenna Date will describe their approach to integrating design practices, ethnographic research, and the practical necessities of organizational change. Through project stories, they'll share practical techniques and points of view on process, collaboration, and making a positive difference for teams, organizations, and end users. Please RSVP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pXQ-v5NgcfQnvYmkxLZzReQ&email=true 488 PA Interaction and user experience designers will learn practical techniques and points of view on process, collaboration, and making a positive difference for teams, organizations, and end users. 2008-06-18 false http://www.fitassociates.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/488 design, ethnography, interaction design, ixda San Francisco USA 2008-07-26 Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: * Identify and address business issues * Plan and conduct user research to uncover user goals and mental models * Turn user data into a set of personas that guide (and sell!) the design * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements * Apply scenarios, principles and patterns to define the right interaction framework * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design Practicum was created for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requirements and what actually gets built. _______________________________________ What attendees have said about this course: "Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" "Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." "Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." _______________________________________ If you can stick around for a weekend in San Francisco, consider taking our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes the following week. 470 CA Learn about personas and Goal-Directed Design from the people who invented them! This 4 day hands-on course is taught by senior Cooper designers. 2008-07-22 false http://www.cooper.com/services/training/ixd_practicum.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/470 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/470/logo_cooperU.gif cooper, cooper u, interaction design, personas, research New York USA 2008-07-25 - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - Throughout the electronic age, people have become accustomed to interacting with digital media indirectly, mediated through screens and peripheral devices. But now, as digital technology becomes invisibly embedded in everyday things, the “feeling” of everyday things is also increasingly becoming embedded in digital technology. In many senses, physical objects are becoming more important. In an immediate way, they can help us define new systems of relationships with digital information. Luke Williams, Creative Director at frog design, examines how perceptions and gestures formed through our experiences with physical products can effectively bring liberty to the relationship between brain, body, and digital media interface. WHEN Thursday, July 24th 6:15 – 7:00 networking (refreshments served) 7:00 – 8:00 presentation 8:00 – 8:30 Q&A and discussion WHERE Location details provided on RSVP - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Luke Williams is Creative Director for frog design, and heads the Industrial Design practice for the New York and Austin studios. Prior to that, he worked in frog’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco studios as a creative lead for projects spanning a wide variety of enterprises such as Daimler Chrysler, Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola and Yahoo!. In addition to his role at frog design, Luke is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business where he co-founded the “Innovation and Design” course to teach design thinking in the graduate MBA program. Luke’s opinions on innovation and design have been sought after in interviews with National Public Radio (NPR), BusinessWeek, ID Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and he speaks regularly throughout the international design community. - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - 495 NY “The Naked Interface—Liberating Brain, Body, and Digital Interactions” a presentation by Luke Williams, Creative Director at frog design 2008-07-24 false http://ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/495 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/495/IxDA_NYC_logo2.png design, industrial design, interaction design, ixd, ixda, user experience design, ux San Francisco USA 2008-08-01 Even the best design can't speak for itself. In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only part of the job. Let our experienced designers show you how to persuade stakeholders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplish business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that engineers can build it, QA can write test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. This two-day class will teach you effective ways to: * Target your communication for specific audiences * Communicate persuasively to build buy-in throughout the process * Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them * Describe an interaction framework and show your audience why it's good * Defend your design without being defensive * Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents * Construct a detailed specification that developers actually want to use * Get the most from your documentation time and effort _______________________________________ Here's what attendees are saying: "A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process." "Awesome! I came away with concrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." _______________________________________ Make the most of your trip to San Francisco! Our two-day Visual Interface Design class is the same week, and our four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the week before. All Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. All are limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. 472 CA Even the best design can't speak for itself. Good communication is essential to persuade stakeholders and guide engineers. This two-day course shows you how. 2008-07-30 false http://www.cooper.com/services/training/communicating_design.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/472 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/472/logo_cooperU.gif communicating design, cooper, cooper u, documentation, interaction design, personas New York USA 2008-09-18 “Tap is the New Click” Even though the technology has been around for decades, only now are we starting to see mass production and adoption of touchscreen and gestural devices for the public. Jeff Han’s influential 2006 TED demonstration of his multitouch system, followed by the launches of Nintendo’s Wii, Apple’s iPhone, and Microsoft Surface, have announced a new era of interaction design, one where gestures in space and touches on a screen will be as prominent as pointing and clicking. But how do you create products for this new paradigm? While most of us know how to design desktop and web applications, what do you need to know to design for interactive gestures? This introduction to designing gestural interfaces will cover the basics: usability and ergonomics; a brief history of the technology; some elemental patterns of use; prototyping and documenting; and how to communicate that a gestural interface is present to users. When: 6:15 - 7:00 networking 7:00 - 8:00 presentation 8:00 - 8:30 Q&A Plan to arrive by 6:45 p.m. to clear security and be seated Where: R/GA 350 West 39th Street New York, NY 10018 RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/67ukh6 (If you have any problem with the URL, send email to: nyc.ixda (at) gmail (dot) com) ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Dan Saffer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path. An international speaker and author, his writing on design has appeared in BusinessWeek and many online publications. His acclaimed book Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices has been called “a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs” and has been translated into several languages. His new book on interactive gestures will be published by O’Reilly in October 2008. Dan is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Master of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. 517 NY Come hear interaction design rock star Dan Saffer and hobnob with the NYC design community! Sponsored by R/GA (yes, refreshments will be served). Note: Only those on the RSVP list will be admitted. 2008-09-17 false http://tinyurl.com/67ukh6 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/517 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/517/ixda_nyc_logo.jpg adaptive path, dan saffer, interaction design, ixda, nyc, rga Cambridge USA 2008-10-17 Use the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra camcorder when you register for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conference registration rate. Can't attend the entire conference? You'll get $30/day off for each day you register. At User Interface 13, the longest running conference dedicated to web design, information architecture, and usability, you’ll get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world’s leading web design and usability experts. We've asked the most forward-thinking minds in the world of experience design to address your biggest challenges. Our expert speakers will present on today's most pressing topics, including interaction design, information architecture, agile development, innovation, usability testing, Ajax, product strategy, and visual design. On Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expert speakers. On Tuesday, we have a day filled with 90-minute Featured Talks. We'll cap off the week on Thursday with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. We’ve recruited a fabulous group of speakers, ready to help you solve your biggest design problems. You'll hear from: Jeff Patton, Kim Goodwin, Dana Chisnell, Jeremy Keith, Scott Burkun, Peter Merholz, Andrew Crow, Luke Wroblewski, Donna (Maurer) Spencer, Bill Verplank, Christine Perfetti, and Jared Spool Use the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra Camcorder when you register for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conference registration rate. Can't attend the entire conference? You'll get $30/day off for each day you register. View the complete summit description, and register at http://www.uiconf.com UI13 is produced by User Interface Engineering. 491 MA Now in its thirteenth year, the UI13 Conference examines the biggest issues in the world of web design, information architecture, and usability. 2008-10-13 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/491 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/491/final_logo.jpg agile development, ajax, information architecture, innovation, interaction design, product strategy, usability, usability testing, visual design, web design New York USA 2008-10-17 Are you currently building web-based applications? Are you tasked with adding more interactivity to your web applications? Do you want to learn interaction design skills geared towards adding interactivity and richness to your web-based solutions? As we manage more information, there is greater need for us to use more complex interactions to guide us through finding, selecting, creating, acting upon, sharing, and finally consuming the information around us. Whether through a web browser, an Adobe AIR application, or your cell phone, rich interactions can aid your users and provide differentiated value to the businesses that engage you. Expert interaction designer David Malouf has created a seminar exploring the most important issues surrounding the web’s most sophisticated applications. This course will teach you: 1. What defines an RIA, its building blocks, the environment and the differing and complementary technologies. 2. How to deconstruct existing applications to learn important lessons from those that came before you. How to guide in the selection of technologies and make your designs more technologically agnostic. 3. What are design patterns and how they can help you over time increase design quality and consistency when used properly. 4. Documentation techniques that help you move from static pages to rich application design communications. This is a 1-day seminar with exercises for practice and lots of discussion. 529 NY By popular demand, expert interaction designer David Malouf's seminar returns, exploring the most important issues surrounding the web's most sophisticated applications. 2008-10-16 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/interaction-design-for-rias/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/529 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/529/smartexperience.logo.png design, interaction design, internet, ixda, malouf, ria, rich internet applications, web New York USA 2008-10-18 Are you looking for new ways to bring design thinking and design practice into your daily practice as a user experience professional? Do you want to learn how great designers of all types get to that “new” idea without having to wait for divine inspiration? Do you think that “sketching” is only a tool left to those who have been formally trained to draw? “Sketching for Interaction Design” is a 1-day seminar and workshop created to teach people what sketching really is all about, why it is powerful and how you can bring it into your daily practice as a User Experience Professional. In this class you’ll learn how the great organizations of design and innovation use sketching in their daily practice. You will also gain practice in sketching and see why it is a distinctive tool from prototyping geared more towards idea generation than for testing and communication. It is both a tool for personal use, and a tool for group collaboration. The class will cover: * Defining sketching as something similar to but different from prototyping * Placing sketching in the context of a larger design process * General practice using drawing as a communication tool * Class project working in teams * Communicating concepts in interaction design * Review period of team work * Take away lessons, and next steps for people wanting to apply sketching to their practice The course is geared towards people who are practicing interaction design and other user experience practices, but can be beneficial for anyone who is trying to apply core design thinking methods into their personal and business practices. No previous experience with drawing or sketching is required. You don’t even have to bring a writing instrument or paper, as we’ll be providing them for you. 528 NY Dave Malouf, co-founder and former VP of the IxDA, leads this 1-day workshop to teach you how sketching can become a skill central to design thinking and learning. 2008-10-17 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/sketching-for-ixd/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/528 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/528/smartexperience.logo.png information architecture, interaction design, sketch, sketching, user expererience Utrecht Netherlands 2008-10-22 By the name of 'Design by Fire' Chi Nederland, the Dutch local chapter of ACM SIGCHI, organizes an international conference on interaction design. The event offers an inspiring stage for interaction, information, interface and experience designers. After the success in 2007 a second edition was inevitable. We are very pleased with the speakers on the program for this year: :: Brendan Dawes (Creative Director for magneticNorth, UK) will take care of an inspiring keynote titled 'C30, C60, C90, GO!'. :: August de los Reyes, Principal Experience Architect for Microsoft Surface, will share his expertise in designing for natural user interfaces. :: Marthijn Pool, senior project architect at ONL (NL) will introduce their groundbreaking interactive architecture. :: Thomas Küber, Interaction Designer at D-LABS (D), will show the results of their 'Design Led Innovation' approach. :: Gert Hans Berghuis, founder of Fabrique Communication & Design (NL), will discuss the art of designing for user generated content. :: Jonathan Arnowitz, User Experience Architect with Google will talk about creativity, innovation and design in a world of technology. There will be enough time for the audience to participate in a discussion after each presentation. Design by Fire 2008 will take place on Tuesday 21 October in Media Plaza, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Join 150 interaction, interface, information and experience designers and be part of this inspiring event. Early birds are rewarded with a 30 euro discount. Members of IxDA and ACM SIGCHI are entitled to an additional discount. 510 Netherlands Chi Nederland, the Dutch chapter of ACM SIGCHI, organizes an conference on interaction design. The event offers an inspiring stage for interaction, information, interface and experience designers. 2008-10-21 false http://www.designbyfire.nl http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/510 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/510/logo-dxf.gif experience design, innovation, inspiration, interaction design 2008-11-14 The Web has been transformed by the recent proliferation of rich interactions and social applications. But the workhorses of the online world, Web forms, have been slow to evolve with these changes. As brokers of crucial online interactions like e-commerce checkout and registration, forms bridge the gap between people, their information, and your product or service. As a result, Web form design matters. But web forms aren't keeping up. Building on topics in his top-selling book, Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks, Luke Wroblewski (bio) will walk you through the latest applications of rich Web form interactions (made possible by dynamic technologies like Ajax) including: flexible inputs, dynamic help systems, inline validation, selection dependent inputs, and more. He'll also outline how gradual engagement approaches to form design can create compelling new user experiences for a wide variety of Web applications and services. Learn how these modern approaches to Web form design can enhance your sites! 568 The cutting edge of web form design, with Yahoo!'s Luke Wroblewski, author of "Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks". 2008-11-13 true http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/webinars/webforms/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/568 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/568/luke-wroblewski.jpg interaction design, luke wroblewski, user experience, web forms New York USA 2008-11-26 This day-long class covers principles of web navigation and methods of navigation design with practical examples and exercises. Participants should have some experience creating or maintaining websites and are looking to deepen their design skills. This includes graphic designers, web masters, usability experts, and beginning to intermediate information architects. The web has changed in the last decade. The notion of Web 2.0, in particular, marks a second phase of the web characterized by user-generated content, collaboration, communities, and broader participation in general. And new technologies, such as Ajax and Flex, point to a more interactive web with highly functional applications. Amidst this change, the basic problems of creating a good web navigation system remain. In many respects, they only get even more complicated. Business objectives increasingly rely on the assumption that people will be able to find, access, and use the information and services they provide. In other words, in order for web sites to successful, people must be able to navigate effectively. A “cool” site with lots of interactivity and user participation will still be lousy if the navigation doesn’t work. After this class, you will be able to: 1. Understand and apply basic principles of web navigation in your work 2. Recognize different mechanisms and types of navigation, as well as different page types 3. Apply current methods of navigation design for page layout and creating a unified navigation system 530 NY James Kalbach, author of the book 'Designing Web Navigation,' teaches this day-long class on principles of web navigation and methods of navigation design. 2008-11-25 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/web-navigation-design/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/530 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/530/smartexperience.logo.png information architecture, interaction design, james kalbach, navigation, web