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	Yes No	The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book! Dave Gray, XPLANE The book has been a stable technology, unchallenged for a thousand years, but times are changing. As... READ MORE The book has been a stable technology, unchallenged for a thousand years, but times are changing. As we enter a post-industrial society, we are starting to see a more fluid, networked book, curated by individuals and small groups. What does that bode for the future of the book? Community / Online Community, Content Management, Design Thinking, New Technology / Next Generation, User Generated Content
	Yes No	So This Guy Walks Into His Own Story Geoff Barnes, Elliance, Inc. Seducing your audience depends on your ability to tell them their own story in compelling, accurate ... READ MORE Seducing your audience depends on your ability to tell them their own story in compelling, accurate terms. We’ll use case studies to explain why a lucid grasp of the user’s story is critical to a web project’s success, and how to use research to develop the user’s story, IA to structure its telling, and art direction to consummate the whole affair. Case Study, Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	Parsing Conversation: Vocal Interaction as a Visual Medium Chuck Freedman, Ribbit Corporation Can the inherently intangible, emotional power of voice be made tangible? Join us in exploring the v... READ MORE Can the inherently intangible, emotional power of voice be made tangible? Join us in exploring the visual patterns and components that comprise one of the oldest forms of human interaction—voice. Accessibility / Web Standards, Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Stay Classy, SXSW: Building Respectful Software Matthew Rothenberg, Flickr What does it mean to build web services that DoTheRightThing™? A panel about product design decis... READ MORE What does it mean to build web services that DoTheRightThing™? A panel about product design decisions and the tradeoffs made in designing social software. We'll discuss understanding user expectations, incentivizing behavior, the impact of default settings, and handling privacy. Avoid becoming the next [company name redacted]. Case Study, Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Social Networking, User Experience
	Yes No	Islands in the Stream: Interfacing Real-Time Content Nova Spivack, Radar Networks/Twine As the dominant metaphor for the Web has shifted from pages to streams, users have increasingly foun... READ MORE As the dominant metaphor for the Web has shifted from pages to streams, users have increasingly found themselves drowning in the information flow. RSS feeds and bookmarks have become unwieldy, so how can we design effective interfaces beyond lists to better organize and personalize online content? Collaborative Filtering, Content Management, Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	Avatars and Identity: The Billion Dollar Market Ariel McNichol, www.mEgo.com and Internet Identity Workshop contributor With internet users investing billions of dollars on virtual goods, will avatars become the universa... READ MORE With internet users investing billions of dollars on virtual goods, will avatars become the universal profile/wallet? Explore current and future trends in how avatars, virtual worlds and real world data are coming together to define a new paradigm in identity. See why the proliferation of mobile internet sets the stage for the avatar revolution. Design Thinking, Mobile / Wireless, User Experience, Video Games, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Activating Advocates, Avoiding Antagonists Gillian Verga, Friend2Friend Don’t you hate losing control? The bane of social media campaigns is nasty, negative user comments... READ MORE Don’t you hate losing control? The bane of social media campaigns is nasty, negative user comments. But you can gently direct antagonists out of your workflow, and design applications that appeal to advocates, while maintaining transparency. CEO of Friend2Friend, who has designed applications for many top brands, will demonstrate how. Design Thinking, Interface Design, Social Networking, User Experience, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Visual Design + Strategy = Credibility Dave Holston, The University of Texas at Austin Q: How do Web designers achieve credibility in their organizations? A: By positioning visual design ... READ MORE Q: How do Web designers achieve credibility in their organizations? A: By positioning visual design as a strategic resource through design research, visual testing and accountability. Participants learn how to take the subjectivity out of design decision-making and position themselves as design authorities in their organizations. Design Thinking, Visual Design
	Yes No	Design for Engineers: Making Your App Work for Normal Users Eston Bond, Spymaster Are you an engineer or web developer sick of having designers tell you your interfaces look (and wor... READ MORE Are you an engineer or web developer sick of having designers tell you your interfaces look (and work) like crap? In this panel, designers and engineers will work together to lay down the basics of typography, visual design, interface design and accessibility in easy-to-remember rules engineers can apply to their interfaces. Questions will also be taken from the panel-goers. Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Experience, Visual Design
	Yes No	Spandex and Software: Can Comics Get You To Read The Manuals? Alan Porter, 4Js Group LLC Google Chrome wasn’t the first product to be accompanied by documentation in the form of a comic b... READ MORE Google Chrome wasn’t the first product to be accompanied by documentation in the form of a comic book. Sequential art based messaging is everywhere, and has a long history. In today’s more visually literate society is the humble comic book placed to be the next big thing in user docs? Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Content, Design Thinking, Writing / Technical Writing
	Yes No	Rapid Development - Where’s The UX? Preston McCauley, Spotless PC This presentation takes a look at the skills, techniques,and problems that face UI & UX designers as... READ MORE This presentation takes a look at the skills, techniques,and problems that face UI & UX designers as they work in a tight AGILE process. The goal is to provide some direction and help to those thrown into this situation and lost as to where to go. Career / Work Concerns, Design Thinking, Interface Design, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, User Experience
	Yes No	Best Practices are Bad for You Zachary Jean Paradis, Sapient Too often Best Practices are applied to problems where new thinking is required–a need for speed b... READ MORE Too often Best Practices are applied to problems where new thinking is required–a need for speed being the principal culprit. This presentation introduces Framework Thinking, and three powerful frameworks with examples, as an effective complementary alternative to the use of competitor-copying "Best Practices". Case Study, Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	The Facebook Design Scrapbook Soleio Cuervo, Facebook How did Facebook go from a Harvard-only social network to an internet giant used by over a quarter b... READ MORE How did Facebook go from a Harvard-only social network to an internet giant used by over a quarter billion people? Learn how Facebook's design has evolved in that time period to support all of its major product changes and site incarnations. Take a peek at the scrapbooks of the Facebook product design team and see the process behind Facebook's major releases including News Feed, Platform, Beacon, i18n, Connect, and the unexpected lessons learned from designing for a growing global audience. Case Study, Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	Video Game Research: Failing Our Way to Victory Erica Firment, Linden Lab / Second Life Users are weird. They tell you one thing and do another. They click everywhere and read nothing. Eri... READ MORE Users are weird. They tell you one thing and do another. They click everywhere and read nothing. Erica Firment, a User Experience designer for Linden Lab/Second Life, chronicles fast and effective ways to make your software suck less by spending a few hours watching users fail. Design Thinking, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience, Video Games
	Yes No	DIY: How To Run A Business With Your Spouse Tiffani Jones, thingsthatarebrown Common wisdom says never mix family and business, but we beg to differ: running an internet company ... READ MORE Common wisdom says never mix family and business, but we beg to differ: running an internet company with your spouse can be a fun, profitable, and liberating experience--as long as you follow some basic rules. We'll show you how. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Design Thinking, Self-Help / Self-Improvement
	Yes No	Before Giving Up: Your Users Desperately Need You Lance Christmann, EffectiveUI Why is it that businesses – large and small have a hard time implementing basic, obvious improveme... READ MORE Why is it that businesses – large and small have a hard time implementing basic, obvious improvements to their user experience? Why have you given up hope that any good ideas will ever make it to your company's end user? Learn why companies are having a hard time adopting UX practices and how to cut through the political ‘red tape’ by employing strong collaborating and socialization techniques to radically transform the customer experience. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Design Thinking, User Experience
	Yes No	Guerilla Web Tactics: Design Like a Hippie Matt Brown, thingsthatarebrown What's the best approach to web design? Too many designers let technology--not creativity--drive th... READ MORE What's the best approach to web design? Too many designers let technology--not creativity--drive their design process. thingsthatarebrown owner Matt Brown will talk about some lo-fi, but high-return, methods guaranteed to improve your process (and leave you smelling like patchouli). Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Design Thinking, Visual Design
	Yes No	Technology For Results Not Profits Bobby Gruenewald, LifeChurch.tv When technology is leveraged around passion and purpose for the sake of results not profits, powerfu... READ MORE When technology is leveraged around passion and purpose for the sake of results not profits, powerful things can happen. While most non-profits are not known for technology, some are, and they are defying the traditional business models that drive technology. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Design Thinking, New Technology / Next Generation, Non-Profits, Open Source
	Yes No	Motivation Madness! Stephen Anderson, PoetPainter "Context shapes behavior." That's the new conversation among UX professionals. But when we talk abou... READ MORE "Context shapes behavior." That's the new conversation among UX professionals. But when we talk about ways to motivate people online, what's working-- or not working? We'll discuss things like leaderboards (and how they're being abused), the dangers of incentives like giftcards, and of course some basic lessons from psychology. Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interface Design, User Generated Content
	Yes No	Colour Trends – Palettes to Pick for 2010 Paige Dzenis, Espresso Is there really ‘a new black’? It’s easy to follow fashion and design trends—but what do we ... READ MORE Is there really ‘a new black’? It’s easy to follow fashion and design trends—but what do we know about how colours come into trend and influence us? From polish to Pantone, this panel discusses how and why companies and cool hunters pick the next big colours of the season. Art, Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Design Thinking
	Yes No	SocialMania: Designing Social Interfaces - The Game Erin Malone, Tangible UX Learn about designing social interfaces through interactive, collaborative gameplay. Players will us... READ MORE Learn about designing social interfaces through interactive, collaborative gameplay. Players will use interaction patterns, principles, anti-patterns, and lucky cards to design a social experience and deliver the best product before time runs out. Teams will collaborate, but have to watch out for other teams who may sabotage their efforts. Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Interface Design, Social Networking, User Experience
	Yes No	The Wise Latina Digital Club Liza Sabater, culturekitchen Come meet some of the top Latina political and social commentators online (and off). Find out about ... READ MORE Come meet some of the top Latina political and social commentators online (and off). Find out about technology and social trends within the US Latin community, how some of the writers are trying to digitally bridge a cultural and language gap with Latin America and Europe and how they battle a host of technological challenges typical of people living in several languages and cultures. Blogging, Design Thinking, Digital Divide, Social Issues, Social Networking
	Yes No	Beyond Scifi: Design For Surfaces and Big Screens Colombene Jenner, Schematic New computing is emerging with touch/gestural input and large-format displays. Interacting with big-... READ MORE New computing is emerging with touch/gestural input and large-format displays. Interacting with big-screen TVs, tables and walls makes us feel like sci-fi visions of the future have finally arrived. But once the novelty wears off, what will be compelling and practical uses of these unique, social, often public platforms? Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation, User Experience
	Yes No	Sexting+Nudie Pics = Digital Violence Among Teens Chloe Gottlieb, R/GA Pressure to send nude photos. Incessant text messages. Invasion of social networking accounts. All q... READ MORE Pressure to send nude photos. Incessant text messages. Invasion of social networking accounts. All qualify as digital dating abuse, a growing problem in teen relationships. Find out how R/GA and the Ad Council have empowered teens to recognize and put an end to the abuse. Advertising, Design Thinking, Mobile Applications, Social Issues, User Experience
	Yes No	Delight Giles Colborne, cxpartners Interactive designers are often asked to come up with products that ‘delight’ users. But what do... READ MORE Interactive designers are often asked to come up with products that ‘delight’ users. But what does that mean? How can we know if we’re going to succeed? Is delight something that’s a matter of taste, or luck, or are there rules we can follow? Is there a formula for delight? Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	Developing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) for Web Designers Daniel Bewley, Dominion Digital An introduction to Silverlight application development for web designers showing how the dual design... READ MORE An introduction to Silverlight application development for web designers showing how the dual designer/developer nature of Silverlight can be harnessed to easily create interactive applications for the web and desktop environments. Back-End Programming / Databases, Design Thinking, Front-End Programming, Interface Design, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Operation Integration: The Tail Wagging the Dog Justin Leibow, Superfad “Integration”, the word of the year. Each and everyone is coming at it from their own direction... READ MORE “Integration”, the word of the year. Each and everyone is coming at it from their own directions. Superfad is too. And, although it is an experiment, we see things working quite differently than you might expect. Take just one example of this scenario. We’re engaged by an agency to create well-received set web films. These web films lead to a similarly branded print campaign. Which then came full circle and inspired a full television broadcast advertising campaign. Which just won a Gold at Cannes. Sound backwards? Not anymore. Advertising, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Design Thinking, Online Relationships, User Experience
	Yes No	Get Real, Photoshop: Technology vs. Reality Phil Coffman, Springbox As digital design evolves, new tricks, tips, and tutorials make it easy to become caught up in your ... READ MORE As digital design evolves, new tricks, tips, and tutorials make it easy to become caught up in your own imagination. Designers shouldn’t lose sight of what we know to be true in the physical world. I’ll discuss ways to explore possibilities while staying grounded in reality. Design Thinking, Self-Help / Self-Improvement
	Yes No	Keeping the Passion While Creating Animation Donald Fergus, ADi (Lead Character Animator) So much has changed over the years for animators, but the skills and lessons of old masters still ha... READ MORE So much has changed over the years for animators, but the skills and lessons of old masters still have value. This presentation will address integrating classical animation techniques into modern workflows, tapping into new technologies, while still integrating and appreciating the methods of the early animators. Animation / Cartoons, Career / Work Concerns, Design Thinking, Education
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