New York USA 2007-07-28 IAs and UX designers are often exceedingly careful to draw a sharp distinction between style and substance. But in fact style has always been a powerful design tool, acting as a rich resource for innovation and new solutions to design challenges. Style is a dynamic, self-correcting system; it is a pattern language; it bridges branding and functionality, desirability and usefulness; it is, in fact, often the bridge between mere "best practices" and true innovation. Join Christopher Fahey in a discussion of how, historically, style awareness is a core aspect of innovative design. If you'd like to attend, please send your RSVP to nyc-rsvp@ixda.org. Details: Tuesday, Thursday, July 26th at 6:30pm Location provided on RSVP (send RSVPs to nyc-rsvp@ixda.org). About Christopher Fahey: Christopher is a founding partner and the information architecture practice lead at Behavior, an award-winning New York web design consultancy. At Behavior, he has worked with diverse clients including HBO, BusinessWeek, The Smithsonian Institution, McGraw-Hill Professional, JPMorgan Chase, ResortQuest, The National Geographic Channel, AARP, and The Onion. Chris also blogs about design, technology, and culture at his personal site graphpaper.com. Chris has spoken at the 2003 and 2007 ASIS&T IA Summits, at the 2007 SXSW Interactive conference, and has taught interaction design at Brooklyn College, FIT, and the City College of New York. Please RSVP to nyc-rsvp@ixda.org if you'd like to attend. If you're interested in helping us run and coordinate events, please e-mail us at nyc@ixda.org. 273 NY This month's NYC IxDA event will feature Chris Fahey, who will talk about how style whether we like it or not, is a core aspect of our work. RSVP to nyc-rsvp@ixda.org. 2007-07-27 false http://ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/273 design, experiencedesign, interaction, interactiondesign San Francisco USA 2007-08-23 Venue: Cooper 100 First Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 6:00 – Social Hour 7:00 – Presentation FREE IxDA San Francisco arrives with its first public talk in the city. For the first event in our design tools series we present Kevin Cheng from Yahoo! Brickhouse and OK/Cancel (ok-cancel.com). Often, wireframes, requirements, personas and other documents have yielded unsatisfactory results – that is, when they are read at all. At Yahoo!, Kevin Cheng has been experimenting with using comics as a technique for communicating the core concepts behind a design’s intended user experience. In this presentation, Kevin will share how this technique has worked well to get teams informed and on the same page, without fixating on interface details too early in the project. He’ll demonstrate an in-depth walkthrough of his process and the advantages he’s found using comics over other methods. Best of all, you won’t even need to take an art class to use this methodology. -- Presented by Interaction Design Association and Cooper. IxDA has other great events in the works, but we’re always on the lookout for great speakers with great presentations. If you’re interested in speaking at a future event or have an idea for a future presentation, please get in touch! 292 CA Kevin Cheng discusses using comics as a technique for communicating the core concepts behind a design’s intended user experience. Presented by Interaction Design Association and Cooper. FREE. 2007-08-22 false http://ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/292 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/292/logo.jpg communication, design, ia, informationarchitecture, interaction, interactiondesign Boston USA 2007-11-09 Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video http://www.uiconf.com BOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registrations. For the User Interface 12 Conference ( http://www.uiconf.com ), Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most pressing design topics. For 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth techniques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. Now in its twelfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and usability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability professionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Communicating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. On Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wroblewski. On Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from each of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote presentation from Jared M. Spool. On Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevin Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. We'll cap off the week on Thursday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. 196 MA User Interface 12 is being held November 5-8, 2007 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on today's most pressing usability and design issues. 2007-11-05 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/196 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/196/ui12-badge.gif agile development, book, book seller, comics, content, content management, css, design, designer, developer, engineering, folksonomy, information architecture, innovation, interaction, interface, jared spool, management, personas, professional, seminar, social, social web design, taxonomy, testing, tutortial, ucd, uie, usability, user, ux, visual design, web application, web site, workshop Boston USA 2007-11-27 Event Explores Web Content Management Technologies and Their Impact on the Way We Work Recent advances in content management tools – including Semantic Web technologies—are creating dramatic changes to the way organizations and their staffers work. Web content management software has made it possible for organizations to increase workplace efficiency through collaboration, eliminate unnecessary waste through automation, lower cost of production through process improvements and workflow routing, and, perhaps most importantly, make possible the delivery of relevant content with pinpoint accuracy, increasingly, on demand. When localization and translation enter the equation, these benefits grow exponentially. Where can organizations find the knowledge needed to take advantage of these powerful, paradigm-shifting technologies? The CM Pros Fall 2007 Summit is an excellent starting place. The event will focus on the importance of web content management and the technologies that are quickly turning the web into a platform for the development of business solutions and information services. The Summit will feature presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions aimed at helping to demystify web content management strategies, tools, standards, and technologies. 257 MA The Fall 2007 CM Pros Summit will be held at the Westin Copley Place, Monday, November 26, 2007 in conjunction with the 4th Annual Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Boston. 2007-11-26 false http://www.cmprosevents.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/257 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/257/CM_Pros_Fall_2007_Summit.jpg cm, content management, interaction, localization, metadata, rss, semantic, usergenerated content, web 20, web content management San Francisco USA 2009-04-04 Good Design Faster will take you from back-of-the-napkin sketching to the presentation and prototyping of design concepts in two fast-paced days. While UX Intensive focuses on deepening expertise in a specific area, Good Design Faster deliberately spans sketching, ideation, group collaboration, and prototyping — giving you a toolkit of light, flexible skills for achieving remarkable productivity in relatively short time. This workshop is highly recommended for anyone working with agile, iterative product teams. Based on workshops that first debuted at UX Week 2008, Good Design Faster brings together our favored techniques for rapid, flexible design and prototyping, and recreates the experience of two high-energy days in the Adaptive Path design studio. Good Design Faster closes with another favored Adaptive Path tradition, an after party! What will be covered? Wireframes aren't enough to overcome new and future challenges of UX. To create great experiences, you need fast, agile, and compelling new tools that generate new ideas and solve tough problems of interactivity, flow, and form. In this hands-on workshop you'll learn methods and build skills to: * quickly sketch and communicate a vivid user experience through storyboards * explore your ideas and build team buy-in around the best experience to design and implement * build interactive prototypes that make your ideas come alive Location: Dogpatch Studios 991 Tennessee Street San Francisco, CA Early Bird pricing (until Jan 31) $1,095 Regular pricing $1,395 603 CA This intense workshop delivers a hands-on guide to the new UX skills required to tackle the design challenges of fluid interactions, service design, and multi-channel experiences. 2009-04-02 false http://adaptivepath.com/events/2009/apr/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/603 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/603/logo_ap_180.gif adaptive path, design, interaction, sketching, user experience, workshops New York USA 2009-07-17 DUANE BRAY, interaction designer and head of Digital Media for IDEO, and RYAN JACOBY, who leads IDEO’s Business Design discipline, will co-lead a discussion about the intersection of interaction and business design. Drawing on examples from IDEO’s past work as well as inspirational stories elsewhere in the world, the two will consider the question of how interaction and business designers approach problems, how the relationship between the two disciplines has changed, and how collaboration can lead to rich user experiences and business solutions. 6:00 - 7:00 Networking and refreshments 7:00 - 7:15 Welcome and announcements 7:15 - 8:30 Presentation and Q&A 8:30 - 9:30 More networking and refreshments The event is free of charge and open to all interested parties. Please note that pre-registration and photo ID at the door are required to attend. Registration will close at midnight Wednesday, July 15. Check out the Bloomberg online invitation for this event! http://www.bloomberg.com/promo/Jul/34994797/731media.html Full detail available on the event registration page. 931 NY IxDA NYC invites you to join us in welcoming Duane Bray and Ryan Jacoby of IDEO, hosted by Bloomberg 2009-07-16 false http://ixdanycjuly2009.eventbrite.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/931 bloomberg, business, design, ia, ideo, interaction, ixd, ixda, nyc, ux San Francisco USA 2009-10-31 This workshop will identify emerging design themes by bringing together practitioners from across disciplines. Participants in the workshop will collaborate in a practical exercise designed to reveal issues that will increasingly impact upon the design of the products and services that will populate the urban landscape in the near future. The outcome of this half-day workshop will be the identification of challenges that designers and technologists will have to address as they shape the media-rich urban landscape. Workshop Leaders: Michael Smyth & Ingi Helgason, Centre for Interaction Design, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Who should attend? As the aim of this workshop is to generate discussion and to collaboratively identify design issues, we would like to encourage attendance from a mix of people at different career stages, both creative practitioners and academic researchers. As interdisciplinarity is an important feature of this workshop, participants from a range of related fields, for example technology and creative design, are welcome to attend. If you are interested in attending, please email Ingi Helgason : i.helgason@napier.ac.uk : by 31st August, including a maximum of 500 words telling us about yourself and your work, and why you would like to attend this workshop. Find out more about the workshop :: http://informingurbanfutures.wordpress.com/about CREATIVITY IS PRESENT IN ALL WE DO The 7th Creativity and Cognition Conference embraces the broad theme of Everyday Creativity. This year the conference will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum (CA, USA), and asks: How do we enable everyone to enjoy their creative potential? How do our creative activities differ? What do they have in common? What languages can we use to talk to each other? How do shared languages support collective action? How can we incubate innovation? How do we enrich the creative experience? What encourages participation in everyday creativity? http://www.creativityandcognition09.org 1153 CA The outcome of this half-day workshop will be the identification of challenges that designers and technologists will have to address as they shape the media-rich urban landscape. 2009-10-27 false http://informingurbanfutures.wordpress.com/about http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1153 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1153/sanfranmap2.jpg design, interaction, technology, urban design Los Angeles USA 2010-08-25 The Interactive Design Group at Metro is responsible for customer-facing websites, as well as ensuring Metro is in the social media, mobile platform, and developer community. Leading a new team at Metro for the last two years, Lan-Chi will go deep on two themes driving their current work: information relevance and customer-focus. Come out and mingle with the best and brightest in the LA interactive design community and enjoy tasty food & beverages courtesy of LA Metro. This event is FREE! Be sure to RSVP for a spot at this unique event! Getting There — Never taken the LA Metro? Now's the time. The Metro Red, Purple, and Gold lines all take you to Union Station. Meet us at the third floor plaza of the Metro Headquarters building, which is located right next to Union Station. If you are traveling from Hollywood, East LA, Los Feliz, Mid-Wilshire/Koreatown, or Pasadena, Go Metro! Use the experience of riding the Metro to inform your questions for Lan-Chi. Driving? From 101 Southbound – Exit at Alameda St. Turn left at Commercial St, left atCenter St and continue straight on toRamirez St. Cross Vignes St into the underground parking entrance (use middle lane). From 101 Northbound – Exit at Vignes St and stay in left-hand lane. Then turn left at the light into the underground parking entrance (use middle lane). Parking is not validated so it is recommended that you carpool or take the Metro. For more transit directions, and a map of the location, visit Metro at http://metro.net/about/contact/ 1503 CA Join Lan-Chi Lam, Interactive Design & Strategy Manager for Metro Communications, to discuss how Metro is turning to the digital arena to improve public transportation in Los Angeles. 2010-08-26 false http://www.ixda.org/local/event/26936 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1503 ia, interaction, interactive, ixda, public transit, ux London United Kingdom 2011-05-25 Web Usability training course content This one day Web Usability training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference. The course can be tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation, but typical course content includes: Have an understanding of Usability and the User Centred Design (UCD) approach See and discuss examples of good and bad Usability Understand the importance and principles of including users in testing Know how and where to recruit users for user testing Gain knowledge on setting up your own usability lab onsite Understand the basics of eyetracking Have an awareness of the tools available for information architecture and wireframing Improving forms, search, navigation and error messages Perform a card sort exercise of web site navigation Tips for merchandising and selling online Understand how to sell usability within your organisation Understand the basics of Mobile usability Pre-requisites You should be familiar with the web and general trends online. 1569 United Kingdom This one day Web Usability training course is designed for people who want to know how to make web sites usable and for anyone who is involved in the design process. 2011-05-24 false http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/services/training-courses/web-usability-training.php http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1569 design, interaction, mobile, usability, ux London United Kingdom 2011-06-07 During the one-day interactive web accessibility training course you will: Find out how to implement 'real-world' accessibility, beyond merely box-ticking Utilise and learn how to understand WCAG 2.0 and how it differs to WCAG 1.0 Use screen reader & screen magnifier assistive technologies Make accessible images, forms, tables & navigation Understand how to make accessible media (audio, video & flash) See how JavaScript can be implemented with accessibility in mind Learn the importance of accessible content and how to make it Discover how to thoroughly test a website for accessibility Create an accessibility action plan for your website You'll also receive a free 80-page web accessibility training manual that contains all tutorials. The web accessibility training is part of our usability & accessibility training stream, which also includes: Web usability training Usability testing training Information architecture (IA) training Prototype with Axure training Mobile user experience training You'll automatically get a 10% or 20% discount when you book on any 2 or 3+ different courses respectively. 1570 United Kingdom One day hands-on classroom-based web accessibility training course. Find out what you really need to do in order to make your site fully accessible. 2011-06-06 false http://www.webcredible.co.uk/services/web-accessibility-training.shtml http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1570 accessibility, design, interaction, ux London United Kingdom 2011-07-06 Web Usability training course content This one day Web Usability training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference. The course can be tailored to meet the needs of your team and your organisation, but typical course content includes: Have an understanding of Usability and the User Centred Design (UCD) approach See and discuss examples of good and bad Usability Understand the importance and principles of including users in testing Know how and where to recruit users for user testing Gain knowledge on setting up your own usability lab onsite Understand the basics of eyetracking Have an awareness of the tools available for information architecture and wireframing Improving forms, search, navigation and error messages Perform a card sort exercise of web site navigation Tips for merchandising and selling online Understand how to sell usability within your organisation Understand the basics of Mobile usability ------ Pre-requisites You should be familiar with the web and general trends online. ------- Location 2e2 Ltd Gillingham House 38-44 Gillingham St. Victoria London SW1V 1HU ---- Discounts We offer a 15% discount if the same candidate books on more than one course. We also offer the same discount for not for profit organisations, and for organisations that send multiple candidates to the same course. 1572 United Kingdom This one day Web Usability training course is designed for people who want to know how to make web sites usable and for anyone who is involved in the design process. 2011-07-05 false http://www.spotlessinteractive.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1572 design, interaction, mobile, usability, ux 2011-11-04 UIE Virtual Seminars Get the latest thinking on design without the expense of traveling. The UIE Virtual Seminars, User Interface Engineering's monthly series of online seminars, gives you the chance to hear the latest perspectives in the world of design from the field's premier experts. Instead of traveling to a training course, you and your colleagues can hear the latest insights on the most important design topics right from your office for only $129. Once you purchase the seminar, you can watch the presentation right on your PC screen. 1594 Virtual seminar with Lou Rosenfeld. Check out the UIE website for information about subscriptions and lifetime access to virtual seminars. 2011-11-03 true http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1594 design, interaction, usability, ux Belo Horizonte - MG Brazil 2011-12-04 Interaction South America 2011 is a design event that combines three days of inspiring conversations on activities presented by a set of regional and international experts. Our goal is to share knowledge on interaction design and its practice. Some of the most important global names in the area have already confirmed their presence in the 2011 edition. Confirmed speakers Jon Kolko Mike Kuniavsky Brian Rink Bill Scott Mike Kruzeniski Martin Verzilli Mariana Salgado Chloe Gottlieb Walter Cybis h.d.mabuse Caio Vassão Gustavo Moura Denise Eler Robson Santos Érico Fileno Workshops Design Echos Mike Kuniavsky Elizabeth Goodman Isabel Fróes Walter Cybis Caio Vassão Article presentations The Interaction South America strives to publish and disseminate scholarly articles that present conclusive results related to interaction design. If you have some original work, you can submit it to our scientific committee for consideration. Interactive and performative artwork may also apply. Interactive art exhibit In IxDSA11 will be a space dedicated to the exhibition of interactive art and conceptual projects of functional prototypes. In addition to it's interactions, the projects should provide critical content and rich conceptual argument. Works of Installation, performance or products in demo/concept phase will be accepted. Professionals from different fields are welcome to participate. Design Challenge This year South America Interaction 11 will open space for a big competition, the Design Challenge that will be open for students and participants from outside the event. Stay tuned for the launch, assemble your team and participate. 1593 Brazil 3rd Latin American Conference for Interaction Design includes 18 talks, 6 workshops, academic paper presentations, and a design contest (challenge). 2011-12-01 false http://www.interaction-southamerica.org/2011/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1593 accessibility, design, interaction, ux San Francisco USA 2012-03-06 About This Event MX is a conference for people who take a leadership role in guiding better experiences into the world. Learn from real-world examples and discover new approaches that can help you lead your organization toward investing in, or improving your customer experience on the web, mobile, and beyond. SPEAKERS Genevieve Bell, Intel Labs (Keynote) April Showers, United Airlines Brandon Schauer, Adaptive Path Chris Risdon, Adaptive Path Dane Howard, eBay Greg Petroff, GE Ian Swinson, Salesforce Kevin Nolan, Strategy Analytics Kip Lee, PhD Candidate @ Case Western Reserve University Laura Kirkwood-Datta, Adaptive Path Lynne Waldera, InMomentum Melissa Matross, The Hotwire Group Miguel Lunaparra, Sony Nancy Dickensen, Dickenson, LLC Paula Wellings, Adaptive Path Thor Muller, Get Satisfaction Vidya Drego, Forrester Research WORKSHOPS Sarah B. Nelson, Tapir & Tine Richard Dalton, Vangaurd TWITTER @mxconf 1751 CA A conference for managers & leaders of user experience teams. 2012-03-04 false http://mxconference.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1751 cross channel, customer experience, experience design, interaction, ixd, management, strategy, user experience, ux