Speaker Spotlight: Russ Unger (A Look Behind the Design Process)

April 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Russ Unger

Russ Unger is co-author of the book A Project Guide to UX Design for Peachpit Press (Voices That Matter) and is co-authoring a book on guerilla research methods with Todd Zaki Warfel due out in 2011. Russ is the Director of Experience Planning for Draftfcb, a large advertising/marketing agency in the Midwest. In addition, he currently serves as president of the Information Architecture Institute and was previously the director of events and marketing of the 2,000 member global organization. He is also an active volunteer and mentor within the IA Institute. Russ has been working on websites since 1993—when there [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Brandon Aaron (In Your @fontface: Making Web Typography Suck Less)

April 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Brandon Aaron

Brandon Aaron is a developer driven by creativity. Creating beautiful code that creates amazing experiences is his passion. He is a core contributor to the jQuery project and has played large roles in successfully launching many sites for clients like TiVo, Patrón, and Salvation Army. Most recently he has jumped head-first into the world of startups by joining Simpli.fi (love that name). Sharing and learning is a daily experience and you can take part at brandonaaron.net. Session Talk: In Your @fontface (Making Web Typography Suck Less) Using just the right font is part of delivering an experience that is so [...]

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Book Review: Donna Spencer’s Card Sorting

April 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Donna Spencer's Card Sorting Book

A few months back, I had lunch with some colleagues (adam Polansky and Stephen Thomas). We started our lunch with a brief chat about Donna Spencer’s Card Sorting: Designing Usable Categories. Anyway, Spencer’s book is refreshing in its step-by-step approach to card sorting. Tips and tricks are speckled in its chapter. At each step of the card sort process, Spencer provides real-world examples of card sort projects, where a lesson was learned (sometimes, the hard way). High-Level Book Review You are going to really love the real-world examples, anecdotes, and stories. My favorite real-world example was a card sort project, [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Taylor Cowan (Recognize Shapes in the Cloud)

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Taylor Cowan

Taylor Cowan loves to propose new applications, research specific areas of emerging technology (ex. Semantic Web, OWL), work with development teams to solve strategic problems, assist with developer communities, and co-ordinate research with vendors. Taylor is a research scientist, architect guru, and former music student. He has worked for many different companies and recently moved into a new role at Microsoft. Session Talk: Recognizing the Shapes in the Cloud–Cloud Computing for Designers & Developers Initially “cloud computing” met with some skepticism, but it’s here to stay and most major players in the web industry are offering products. Many are still [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: AJ Wood (Creating Interactive Portfolios)

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AJ Wood

A.J. Wood is the Founder & President of Media Cats, Inc., An Adobe Community Professional, A.J. is best known for his straightforward teaching style, and ability to communicate ideas in the simplest of terms. His passion for training is only matched by his community participation. A.J. is the acting Dallas Chapter Leader for the Acrobat & InDesign user groups, Speaker for DFWAUG (Dallas/Ft. Worth Adobe Users Group), and has been a guest speaker on campus at the Art Institute of Dallas and several other colleges. If that’s not enough, A.J. also supports various art & technology meetups throughout the Dallas/Ft. [...]

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Pump Up the Jams

April 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Keith Anderson

Ok, Big Designers, you are going to hear some tunes this year, which come via our resident music lover, Keith Anderson (@suredoc). I am going to suggest that you go over to his website to visit either the School of Rock or Metal Friday Playlists. Personally, I have listened to the initial cut of Keith’s Big Design 10 playlist. It is filled with a very eclectic mix of rock, jazz, hillbilly, pop, head-banger, alternative, and more. You are going to hear this music before each session and during lunch. We promise you will be amused by most selections, surprised by [...]

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Early Bird Winners of iPads

April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Swanky iPad

Swanky New iPad Here are the four winners. First winner is Meghan Rennie. Second winner is Breanna Cooke. Third winner is Mark Jaggers. Fourth winner is Shaun Scott. Come see Lara Becker, Joshua Bright, or Brian Sullivan to get your swanky new iPad. Please bring some id. Congrats from Big Design Conference.

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2010: The Year We Make Context (2009 Video Review)

April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Big Design 2009 Video

Check out this video courtesy of Jeremy Johnson, a Big Design Conference organizer. This video will give you some context of what to expect at the Big Design Conference 2010. Big (D)esign 2009 from Jeremy Johnson on Vimeo.

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Rosenfeld Media Giveaways

April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Rosenfeld Media

Yes, we know the iPads, Nook, and Kindle are somewhat the rage for readers nowadays. The funny thing is that you need great content for any book, which is what you get with any of the great books from Rosenfeld Media, which will all be on sale at the Big Design Conference at our book store. I highly recommend that you go to the Rosenfeld Media site. Enter BIGDESIGN10 in the promo code feild, which is good for 20% off all products. Follow Louis on Twitter: @louisrosenfeld. Follow all the happenings at Rosenfeld Media on Twitter here: @rosenfeldmedia. Newest Book [...]

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Big Design Conference 2010 Will Be Recorded

April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dave Curlee Media

Dave Curlee Media To Record All Big Design Sessions In Dallas, Dave Curlee Media has been covering alot of events lately. Dave’s team will be covering all sessions and workshops. If you can not make it to the conference, the sessions will be available on ustream. Plus, we will upload all the videos to a Big Design Conference channel that everyone can checkout after the conference. Big Design Conference 2010 will have its own You Tube Channel, where you can catch all the keynotes. Meet the Roving Reporters: Ben Smithee and John Snowden Once again, Ben Smithee and John Snowden [...]

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