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NY Tech Meetup — February 2010

February 9th, 2010 · Comments · Events, Technology

This month’s NY Tech Meetup was titled Rally for the Future. With almost 700 people in attendance at FIT’s Haft Auditorium, NYTM veered off its typical format of 7 presenters for 5 minutes each. Instead a wide variety of people gave impassioned arguments about how to bring New York to the forefront of the technology [...]

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The Excellence better known as Interaction10 #ixd10

February 8th, 2010 · Comments · Conferences, Design, Pleasure

I just got home from Savannah last night, and I’m already missing everyone terribly. The four days I spent there at IxDA’s Interaction10, their third annual conference, was one of the best conference experiences I’ve ever had (and as you may know, I go to a lot of conferences!).

Not only is Savannah a wonderfully beautiful, [...]

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Using Twitter for Friend Advice

January 14th, 2010 · Comments · Twitter

I ask questions on Twitter all the time on a wide variety of topics, and I usually get really useful responses — but never as many as when I ask about interpersonal issues.
A little while ago I posed this question:

“What do you do when someone you really care about won’t respond to your emails & [...]

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Take our Twitter survey for a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card

December 1st, 2009 · Comments · Twitter

It would mean a lot to me if you could please take a moment to complete the survey below. I’m helping to design a new Twitter client and your input will be invaluable. Thank you.
Survey link: http://bit.ly/4mMZWJ
Fill out my Wufoo form!
Tweet this survey!
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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 [...]

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