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A Q&A with the Speakers of UX London

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles, Conferences, User Experience

I’m psyched to be hosting a workshop at UX London titled Creating a Culture of UX. To help promote the event, the fine folks at UX Booth posed a few questions to the UX London speakers. A Q&A with the speakers from UX London was published today.
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My notes from An Event Apart Chicago 2009

October 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Conferences

Earlier this week, I went into detail about my experience as a speaker at An Event Apart Boston and Chicago 2009.

Here are my Twitter notes from last week’s Chicago event. I had amazing time getting to hear design and development tips and inspiration from some of the most prominent speakers in the field. I couldn’t [...]


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DIY UX at An Event Apart Chicago 2009

October 20th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Conferences, User Experience

Last Monday, October 12, 2009, I presented DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (without calling in a pro) to a sold out 500-person crowd at An Event Apart Chicago.
DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (Without Calling In a Pro)

 
I gave this talk for the first time (minus a couple test rounds) at [...]


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See you at An Event Apart Chicago

October 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Conferences, User Experience

I’m speaking at An Event Apart Chicago on October 12, 2009

On Sunday I’m off to one of my favorite cities to attend and speak at An Event Apart Chicago, being held on October 12-13. I’ll be presenting my talk titled DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (without calling in a pro), which I gave [...]


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IDEA 2009: Social and Experience Design – Day 2

September 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Conferences

This is a continuation of my coverage from the IDEA Conference in Toronto from September 15-16, 2009. My Day 1 roundup can be found here.

Day 2 also had a great lineup of speakers:

Tim Queenan
Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone
Matthew Milan
Mari Luangrath
Stephen Anderson

My Twitter notes from the conference are below. Enjoy!
Tim Queenan

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