Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Community'

Meet me at IA Summit 2008

April 9th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

Tomorrow afternoon I’m heading down to Miami, FL to attend IA Summit 2008, a conference for information architects. While I don’t strictly call myself an IA, information architecture is a very important part of what I do as a user experience designer. Many of the most influential leaders in our field will be speaking or [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·

NY Tech Meetup - March 2008

March 16th, 2008 · 2 comments so far

Okay, so the Meetup was almost two weeks ago, but I’ve been sick so give me a break! Better late than never to report back from this month’s NY Tech Meetup at the lovely IAC building.
For the first time, this month’s lineup was based on a theme: “Power to the People: The Future of Organizing”
Unfortunately [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·

IxDA Interaction 08: Day 2

February 15th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

Well, I’d intended to post the second day roundup on Monday, but I’ve been sick ever since I got back from Savannah. Now that I’m feeling healthy enough to get back on the computer, here it is.
The second day of Interaction 08 was just as exciting as the first. The morning keynote by Bill Buxton [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:····

IxDA Interaction 08: Day 1

February 10th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

I’m down in sunny Savannah for the weekend at the inaugural IxDA conference, Interaction 08. With about 400 people in attendance, it is the first professional conference that is specifically for interaction designers, by interaction designers.
The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) started in 2003 as a grassroots organization to unite the worldwide community of interaction designers, [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:····

Who is Temboo?

January 31st, 2008 · 5 comments so far

This mysterious company Temboo writes the most compelling job posts. They’re located in TriBeCa. And yet otherwise, I’ve never heard of them. Their company website is unlike any other I’ve seen. Instead of providing a list of services and client case studies, they tell you nothing — actually, they call you out:
Apparently you are part [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·