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.
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 [...]
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.
Might [...]
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 will be able to [...]
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.
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 [...]
Save the Date.
More info forthcoming @ MinneDemo.org