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Should we take off our black turtlenecks and give up “ownership” ofinteraction design in order to take it mainstream?

Posted on 16 September 200915 August 2018

Shailesh Shilwant and I submitted a discussion topic to the Interaction 2010 conference yesterday on a something that’s near and dear to our hearts: Product Discovery as a transparent and facilitated process. I encourage you to comment on our proposal and offer your suggestions. ABSTRACT: As we evolve interaction design as a field, one approach…

Reflections on Interaction08

Posted on 22 February 200826 February 2008

Wow! What a terrific conference! I’m fired up about Interaction Design following the inaugural IxDA conference in Savannah, GA. As I reflect on the conference, here are the highlights for me: Bill Buxton [video, book] – We must embrace our unique qualities as interaction designers, respect the talents of others (e.g. developers), and together change…

Event: CHI2007 Next Week

Posted on 25 April 2007

CHI is returning to San Jose for their 25th anniversary and I’ll be attending for the fourth time. While the conference at times is more academic than I would like there are always some good sessions. Here’s what I’m most excited about: Mon 8:30 – 10:30AM: Opening Plenary speaker, Bill Moggridge, who will hopefully talk…

Welcome Sarah!

Posted on 2 April 2007

One of my favorite designers, Sarah Culberson, made her blogosphere debut today where she reflects on her experience at SxSW. Here are some excerpts I found interesting:  “It is better to be flamboyant failure than mediocre success.” Jeffrey Zeldman on being fearless with design. Lots more great quotes from Sarah’s notes.  Lots of great advice…

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