Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Conferences'

See you at An Event Apart Chicago

October 10th, 2009 · 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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Whit Hour – Week 6

September 21st, 2009 · Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 41 people who showed up for the sixth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
I really appreciate everyone’s flexibility in moving over to Ustream at the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:···········

IDEA 2009: Social and Experience Design – Day 2

September 17th, 2009 · 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

Day 2 of IDEA [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:···

IDEA 2009: Social and Experience Design – Day 1

September 15th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences

I’m in Toronto this week for IDEA 2009, the conference run by the Information Architecture Institute. This year’s theme is Social and Experience Design. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds are helping us understand how to make informed and insightful design decisions based on the ever-changing landscape of the web caused in large part by [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:···

Join me at IDEA2009 on Sept 15-16

August 26th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences

Are you going to IDEA2009? I am! And I want to meet you there.
What follows is everything you need to know about the conference. I’m on the board of advisors for the Information Architecture Institute and have the utmost respect for the amazing folks who’ve put their blood, sweat and tears into organizing this year’s [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:···

Also on Pleasure and Pain