Hey all – Tonight’s UX Meetup was about usability, but was oh-so-much-more. We probably had a good 3 handfuls or so of local folks, many familiar faces (Garrick, Lori, Fred, Jon), many new faces (Karen, Kevin, Stephanie, Tommy, Scott and many others I didn’t get the chance to chat with!) Brit’s was a bit on [...]
Hello Twin Cities UX folks – The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet April 1 . The topic will be usability methods. As usual, a few local professionals will help jump-start the conversation (e.g. me). I’m also going to try and nab a few nationally-known locals to join us. Here are details of [...]
Hi UX Meetup-ees – The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 12 (bumped out one week to accommodate the caucus). The topic will be agile development. Here are details of the meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 12 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Brits in downtown Minneapolis (http://www.britspub.com/, 1110 Nicollet Mall) (Look for the “UX Meetup” [...]
Please note the NEW DATE AND LOCATION of the Feb. UX Meetup: *NEW* Tuesday, Feb.12 5:00-7:00 p.m. *NEW* — at Brits in downtown Minneapolis (1110 Nicollet Ave, http://www.britspub.com/) The caucus is held the same date as the next UX Meetup, so we will change the date for Feburary’s UX Meetup to one week later. Also, [...]
Hello UX amigos – Notice the new name, “UX Meetup”. It’s a broader term that welcomes IxD, IA, research, development, etc. The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet Feb. 512. The topic will be agile development. As usual, a few local professionals who have worked on this topic will help jump-start the conversation. [...]
Hi all – Here is someone locally looking for an IA: From: Ashley Monseth Date: Jan 10, 2008 12:45 PM Subject: IA Opportunity To: jobs@iainstitute.org Hello, Please post this opportunity to the job board. McKinley Consulting is a partner firm of The McKinley Group, based out of Minneapolis. The McKinley Group has been rated the [...]
Hi all – With the holidays, I’m sorry for forgetting to send out last week’s reminder for tonight’s IA/UX Meetup. Hopefully I’m not reminding you too late. Tonight’s meeting is Rapid Prototyping Methods. It is a precursor to March’s topic of Rapid Prototyping Tools. Details: Where: The Local (931 Nicollet Mall, http://www.the-local.com) Date: TODAY (Jan. [...]
Hello IA friends – The next Twin Cities IA Meetup group will meet Jan 8. The topic will be rapid prototying. We’ve got some locals with killer experience who will be joining us. I know others of you have experience, so please come share your expertise. (FYI that this meetup precludes March’s edge-of-your-seat discussion on [...]
Hello IA Meetup friends – Garrick and I are pulling together some new dates and times for the Twin Cities IA Meetup group, starting this September. Going forward, we’ll plan for: * the first Tuesday of the month (starting September 4!) * 5:00-7:00 p.m. * at the Local in downtown Minneapolis ( www.the-local.com, 931 Nicollet [...]
OK, you Mac folks, I want to hear from you on this one: My brother and his family are a-1 Mac users…always have been. I’m a PC gal myself, having worked in less-creative-yet-nonetheless-fulfilling fields. When my parents decided to join the Information Generation a few years back, they were more persuaded by the voice of [...]