Latest word from Dan Grigsby on the upcoming PublicRadioCamp We’re pleased to announce that Jon Gordon, host of Future Tense, American Public Media’s technology broadcast heard on over 100 stations nationwide, will be joining us. We’ve tallied up the resources we’ll have to play with, remix, and generally use as building blocks. These include 37 [...]
Tumblon a new Minneapols-based parenting startup is looking for a Visual Designer and a Marketing/PR manager Their blog: http://blog.tumblon.com/ Contact Jonathan Dahl for more information.
There’s a lot of similarity between the design world and the software development world. If only because the line between the two is caterpillar fuzzy. What interests me about both of them is their low startup costs – just a brain, a computer, a phone, and some experience. Where does this experience come from? From [...]
You can stop holding your breath, Dan and Luke have set the date for the next MinneDemo: Dec 6. Wow, already 16 people on the presenting list (only 6 slots) and 73 people on the RSVP list. Bring 2 non-perishable food items for the Second Harvest food bank and you’ve got 3 free drink tickets. [...]
This month’s topic at for the IA meetup at The Local is social networks with special guests Bruno Borzstein from Curbly.com, Jon Dahl from Slantwise Design – developer of fanchatter.com among others -, and Katie Ware. Just in time for our conversation, Google announced their Open Social project and the Facebook backlash begins “I think [...]
Since I’ve been neck-deep in SharePoint these past several months, I haven’t had much good to say about Microsoft. However, I gotta admit that their live.com maps are pretty damn cool. Especially their bird-eye view, which I’ve noticed has recently been updated to include wide swaths of the Twin Cities that weren’t there before. It [...]
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 [...]
Lee Rainie and Jason Fried are keynoting this year and, as of this writing, the rest of the sessions have yet to be published. Registration and a fresh discussion board are at summit.mima.org Pre-Sept. 14: Members $145 Non-Members $295 Students $50
It’s bee a little while since we’ve talked a serious information architecture, so, on Saturday, June 16th, at 2pm, we’ll meet at the Dunn Bros on 3rd (by the Depot) and talk taxonomies. With special guest Matt Thompson from the Star Tribune. Matt’s in the process of developing a taxonomy that encompasses all information in [...]