Thanks to Evantage Consulting for sponsoring last night’s UX Meetup. Toby won the $50 drawing for Wilde Roast! Andrew Janis drew in a big crowd last night, we packed the room, and there was a lively and engaging 2-hour discussion of web analytics, reviewing the Animal Humane Society website as an example.
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Hello Twin Cities UXers –
Please join us for our next UX Book Club discussion Monday, April 13 between 6-8pm at Wilde Roast in NE Minneapolis, discussing Robert Hoekman Jr.’s “Designing the Obvious”. Stephanie Hammes-Betti will be leading our discussion.
When reading the book, please write down your answers to these topics/questions and bring them with you – they will [...]
Happy mid-winter Twin Cities UX’ers –
Our next UX Meetup is March 9, 6-8pm at Wilde Roast. Come join us to learn from Andrew Janis of Evantage Consulting how to use web analytics to learn about our user’s experience. He’ll review the Animal Humane Society website (http://www.animalhumanesociety.org) using Google Analytics to give us a glimpse into [...]
Hello MinneUX’ers –
Please join us for our first MinneUX Book Club discussion. We’ll be meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11 between 6-8pm at Wilde Roast in NE Minneapolis, discussing Bill Buxton’s “Sketching User Experiences”, which I thought would be a good kickoff since it was the most popular choice for those who took the recent survey.
When reading [...]
Hola MinneUX’ers–
Next month we have a slight twist to our meetups — Lynn Smith, local IA/IxD pro, will be presenting a demo of a very creative, non-facilitated “discount” usability test/heuristic evaluation, followed by open discussion about the methodology used, its rigor and validity — basically, “Is this a good way to gather feedback?” Lynn and [...]
Last night’s UX Meetup was about using Axure. Fred Beecher and Lori Baker brought examples to illustrate the capabilities of Axure as an interactive prototyping tool — exciting stuff! The notes are below.
We were welcomed by a student soon to be looking for a job in the field of IA, so we spent a little [...]
I’d like to put up a simple website for myself — perhaps 5 pages — and would like to find someone to design and develop the site.
I know, for something so small, I should tackle it myself. But, frankly, I’m so focused on the content that I’d like help in the design and development area. [...]
Hello UX folks –
The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 at the Monte Carlo. In the past we’ve talked about prototype tools such as Axure, but given its popularity, we will discuss actually USING Axure. How do you get started? What is the model for using Axure for creating interactive [...]
The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet October 7 at the Monte Carlo. After September’s riveting discussion on personas (SUPER interesting), we’ll switch gears to discuss “what projects make you want to drink daily?”. Come get some help and support with your gripes and challenges.
Look for Lori Baker and the “UX [...]
Hello UX folks –
The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet July 1 at the Monte Carlo. The topic will be “What’s interesting to you about UX these days?”. Come enjoy some delicious Monte Carlo cocktails and chat it up with your local peers!
Look for Garrick, in the patio if the weather [...]