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Entries Tagged as 'Events'

IxDA NYC: Todd Zaki Warfel’s Prototyping for UX Practitioners

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Events

On August 13, the venerable Todd Zaki Warfel of Messagefirst gave a great talk on prototyping (on which he is the premier speaker) at the monthly IxDA NYC event. His energy and engaging style really got the crowd pumped up. We even did a group exercise towards the end of the evening. My Twitter notes [...]

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Help me celebrate my 1st year of self-employment

August 12th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Career, Events

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since I quit my full-time job to give independent consulting a try. In a nutshell, it was the best decision I’ve ever made.
I plan on writing a longer post to wrap up the year, but in the meantime I wanted to invite you all to [...]

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Get a 15% discount to DelveUI in NYC

July 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Conferences, Design, Events

I’m very excited to be attending DelveUI on August 5-6 in NYC, and even more excited that I get to give away a 15% discount on the $595 registration fee to the first 15 people to comment on this post.
Delve:UI – A 2-Day Masterclass on Designing User Interfaces
August 5-6, 2009 (Wed-Thurs), 8am-6:30pm
13 Speakers. 1 Topic. [...]

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Ultra Light User Experience

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Events, User Experience

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 [...]

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10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design — the presentation

April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 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 — [...]

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