“20 slides….each slide displays onscreen for exactly 15 seconds….5 minutes per presenter.” Solera, Minneapolis Wednesday April 22nd 5-9pm. (that’s like 20 presenters – wow!) Free. http://www.ignitempls.org/ RSVP here. Big thanks to Patrick Kuntz for igniting Minneapolis More on the ignite event model
Nina Hale‘s holding a 1-day, search engine marketing seminar on March 27, 2007 at the Hotel Minneapolis. Half Day – Morning seminar and lunch only – $155.00 Full Day – Morning Seminar with Afternoon Workshop – $185.00
If you’re interested in designing for mobile devices (iPhone, G1, Kindle, Blackberry, etc) Justin Grammens has started a local group – MobileTwinCities.com – focusing on that. The first meeting is 7pm, Tuesday March 17 at the Loring Park Dunn Bros.
Jay Morgan, over at Gage Marketing, is looking for an experienced information architect to add to his team. Stuff you’ll be doing: “write scenarios, sketch mockups, spar w/ me and Bob Burns, prototype, test, play smart w/ technology, creative, pms” – Jay Morgan Email jay_morgan at gage.com if this is you.
Mahtab Rezai, VP at EatonGolden will be talking about keeping usability relevant at the March 12 UPA-MN meeting (6-8pm at the OpenBook). $10 members, $30 non-members (Cash/Check only at the door).
Theme: Uncovering Multiple Levels of Meaning in the Design of Objects and Experiences Full speaker list at IDSAmn.org UPDATE: the IDSA is looking for sponsors starting at $600. Contact Kerstin Strom for more info.
Yep, I said that, outloud and on mic. Here’s the video to prove it. Update: here’s the original Minnov8 post – video by Gabe Chefitz of 612Authentic.
Local enterepreneur Philip Hotchkiss has started Twitter Challenges and the winner of his first challenge: “Best New Biz Concept in 1 Tweet” is MNteractive’s own Darrel Austin for his Google-backup idea. “darrelaustin: @PhilipHotchkiss (re: idea) a paid service (minimal fee) that automatically backs up your entire Google Account (ie, your life) nightly.” Congrats Darrel. Darrel [...]
Kristofer Layon & Peter Fleck have formally announced MinneWebCon 2009 – scheduled for April 6, 2009. In case very cool sessions by some of the most above-average people in the area weren’t enough for you to block off your day and pay the $200 registration fee – Doc Searls and Bruce Schneier will be keynoting. [...]
I’ll be talking about how and why I built Cullect.com at the Feburary 12th UPA-MN event. The agenda: Developing a product you will use and the way you will use it. Designing the API as the primary user interface. A tour of some of the innovative UI concepts behind Cullect. An activity in which you [...]