A couple months ago Graham Lawlor asked me to be on the July panel for Ultra Light Startups, a group of entrepreneurs who collaborate to help each other launch startups quicker and cheaper.
Their events have a unique format. As Graham describes it, “The first hour is ‘introductions by elevator pitch’ where people give a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Events'
Ultra Light User Experience
June 25th, 2009 · Comments · Events, User Experience
10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design — the presentation
April 6th, 2009 · Comments · Career, Conferences, Events, User Experience
In early January I wrote an article for Mashable titled “10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design” in which I asked 20 of the most prominent leaders in the user experience community what they think is the biggest misunderstanding about what we do. I was blown away by the response to the article — [...]
Tags:Career·Conferences·Design·Events·Pleasure·Speaking·User Experience
More than 600 people attend boxee NYC meetup
March 25th, 2009 · Comments · Events
Last night I had the absolute pleasure of participating in a tremendously successful boxee NYC meetup at Webster Hall. According to venue staff, more than 600 people were in attendance. It’s a huge space and the entire downstairs was packed, with many people also up in the balcony. I was thrilled to see such a [...]
Tags:Consulting·Events·Pleasure·Social Networking·Speaking·User Experience
I’m Speaking at Pittsburgh Web Design Day
March 13th, 2009 · Comments · Career, Conferences, Pleasure
When I went to Pittsburgh in October for Carnegie Mellon Homecoming to see the reunion of my friend Joanna’s band, I had the pleasure of finally meeting my Twitter pal G. Jason Head.
Jason is a front-end web developer and runs Refresh Pittsburgh. He’s also putting together the first-ever Pittsburgh Web Design Day — “a [...]
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Twitter talk at the IxDA NYC Recap of Interaction 09
March 11th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences, Events, Twitter
Last night, IxDA NYC hosted a recap event of the Interaction 09 conference in Vancouver last month. Thanks to our lovely hosts, JPMorgan Chase, and to all of the volunteers who helped pull it together.
MJ Broadbent, one of IxDA NYC’s fabulous local leaders, asked if I would be willing to talk about how Twitter [...]
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