Alas! my last UX Week post!
Well it went out with a bang- the last day at UX Week was jam-packed goodness!
In an effort to keep it brief, I’ve listed Friday’s speakers with little commentary this time…but as a side note, I thought the Robot & Wii talks were the best of the day.
• Keynote: Small [...]
Day 3 Theme: ‘Play & Immersion’
Highlights:
• Keynote: A Game Designer’s Perspective on the Future of Happiness by Jane McGonigal
McGonigal’s inspiring keynote suggested UXers are Happiness Engineers, and that we can continually bring happiness to users by getting them to participate in every moment.
• Your Phone is Your Controller, by a substitute for Jury Hah
Jury couldn’t [...]
The theme of Tuesday was ‘Media & Service Design’, and it followed the same format as the day before, morning lectures and afternoon workshops.
Highlights from Tuesday were :
• ‘Our Mission is User Experience: The Design of Zipcar’s Service’ the keynote by Zipcar’s CEO, Scott Griffith
As a Zipcar member, I enjoyed the reminder that their [...]
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The first day of UX Week focused on ‘The Fundamentals of User Experience’
It involved a stellar (but quirky) keynote between Peter Merholz, prez & founder of Adaptive Path, and Don Norman, the Zeus of UX!
Throughout the discussion, Norman pointed fingers at various items he [...]
This past week I had the opportunity to attend UX Week with my coworkers & UX cohorts, Sabih & Justin. (Thanks much to The Barbarian Group for sending us). The conference, by Adaptive Path, was Tues-Fri at the Palace Hotel here in SF. It was intense. It was amazing! Breakdown: • 30 lectures by [...]