Awesome! MinneDemo is back at Intermedia Arts. As of this writing, all the demo slots are open. But that doesn’t matter, you’ll be there – whoever is demo-ing. So RSVP already.
UPA-MN‘s January 8, 2009 meeting at the Open Book will be a panel discussion (including David Hussman from DevJam, Bob Arnoldy of Avenet, and more?) on Agile in the context of user-centered design.
U.S. News gives us a pleasant reminder that the work we do is fun, valuable, and overall pretty cool. “Whatever you call them, their job is to help ensure that products, especially technical ones, are easy and pleasurable to use.” – Marty Nemko Happy Holidays.
Best Buy Remix – the publicly accessible API to Best Buy’s product catalog – is looking for a Community Manger to take the reigns at least through Feb ’09. The desired experiences are some of the most relevant and concise I’ve ever read in a job posting. You love technology and learning about it. You [...]
Considering Amazon doesn’t have a retail store front where physical products – the product’s packaging doesn’t need to be marketing or theft-proof. A round of applause for Amazon for coming up with this innovation and for having the pull with manufacturers to implement it. Not only does this save frustration, it also uses fewer materials, [...]
Dan Grigsby pinged me about his latest project: MobileOrchard where he and Peter Cooper are tracking the news and developments in iPhone Developer-land. Developments like PhoneGap – the HTML/Javascript bridge to the iPhone’s APIs – a project that I wouldn’t have known about otherwise and may be the reason I finally pick up one of [...]
Ben Moore, friend & co-founder of Headmix, sent me a pointer to Laura Fitton’s great write-up of Gary Koelling and Steve Bendt efforts to roll out a mobile version of the much lauded BlueShirtNation.com – based on HeadMix – for use internally by Best Buy’s General, Territory, and District Managers.
Save the Date. More info forthcoming @ MinneDemo.org
I love the MN design community. It’s filled with people that go out and build stuff to scratch their own itch. The latest example of this: Websota – built by the FiveTechnology team 1. “Aaron Weiche of Five [Technology] wanted a home for the great web design work close to home here in Minnesota.” There [...]
What’s the coolest thing about the MIMA Summit getting so popular it can’t hold everyone interested? The creation of the UnSummit. Thanks to Don Ball for striking the match. Update: An excellent UnSummit recap from Phil Wilson over at Minnov8