Families fight. When you share that much time with the same people, and put your faith in them, and share a common history, and become reliant on one another’s successes, it’s very easy to feel disappointed and confused and argumentative when things don’t seem to be going right. But ultimately what allows you to express [Keep Reading…]
SxSW: One giant party
It has been a complete whirlwind two weeks and I’m finally starting to settle down (read: back on my couch). I went from SxSW Interactive in Austin, TX, straight to IA Summit in Memphis, TN, and somehow I got through it. It was my first time at SxSW and I had an absolute blast. The [Keep Reading…]
Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity Applied to Building Your Personal Brand
I’ve been thinking a lot about acts of giving lately. It’s been an incredible year for me and so many people have given me so much. It seems impossible to give back. In Judaism, it’s common to follow Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Tzedakah (the Hebrew word for charity or justice). The aim is to give [Keep Reading…]
Hanging out at IxDA’s Interaction09
I arrived in rainy Vancouver late last night on Cathay Pacific’s once-a-day non-stop flight from JFK, along with Lou Rosenfeld, Peter March and Liz Danzico. I’m here to attend Interaction|09, the second annual conference organized by the Interaction Design Association a.k.a. IxDA. If you’re here and we haven’t met yet, please come over and say [Keep Reading…]
Class Schedule for MFA in Interaction Design at SVA
A couple weeks ago I told you about the super awesome new MFA in Interaction Design program launching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City next fall. The first-year schedule is now public! Take a look… SEMESTER ONE, FALL 2009 Monday 2:00-4:50PM Strategic Innovation in Product/Service Design Monday 6:00-8:50PM Interaction Design Fundamentals [Keep Reading…]
“Using Mental Models for Tactics and Strategy” webinar with Indi Young
Do you know about the new webinar series co-produced by Rosenfeld Media and Smart Experience called Future Practice? It’s a great new series with some of the best voices in user experience talking about how they see best practices turning into next practices. The first webinar was “Modern Web Form Design with Luke Wroblewski” and [Keep Reading…]
MFA in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts in NYC
Starting in the Fall of 2009, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in NYC will offer a Master of Fine Arts in Interaction Design. As the program website states, “the MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts.” The full-time two-year program [Keep Reading…]
“Web Navigation Design” Workshop with James Kalbach
On Tuesday I attended James Kalbach‘s one-day workshop on “Web Navigation Design” organized by Smart Experience, a small independent design school run by Victor Lombardi. The workshop took place in a conference room at the lovely Center for Architecture on LaGuardia Place in Manhattan. Victor invited me to attend the sold out workshop, and I’m [Keep Reading…]
Helvetica & Lessons for Experience Designers
I just finished watching Helvetica, a documentary film by Gary Hustwit. I’ve been dying to see it since it was released, and finally got around to it this afternoon (I had convinced myself it was a daytime movie and not meant to be watched at night). Less than two minutes into the film I realized [Keep Reading…]
Web 2.0 Expo NY: “Content Matters” panel moderated by Liz Danzico
The last session that I attended at Web 2.0 Expo NY was a star-studded panel moderated by Liz Danzico featuring Jeffrey Zeldman, Alex Wright, Kristina Halvorson, Paul Ford, and Bre Pettis. My Twitter notes on the session: Types of content: navigation & orientation content, labels & action content, help content, non-textual content, content content! Navigation [Keep Reading…]
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