Speaker Spotlight: Chris Koenig (Reinventing Mobility with Windows 7 Series)

April 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chris Koenig

Chris Koenig is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Microsoft in March of 2007, Chris worked as a Senior Architect for The Capital Group in San Antonio and as an Architect for the global solution provider Avanade. As a consultant, Chris worked with a variety of clients from many vertical markets, ISVs and other solution providers on enterprise-class Windows and web-based applications. Today, Chris focuses on building, growing, and enhancing the developer communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. You can contact Chris through his blog at http://chriskoenig.net, via email at chris.koenig AT microsoft.com, [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Elisa Miller (Creating Effective Online Surveys)

April 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Elisa Miller

Elisa K. Miller is a Sr. UX Engineer for GE Healthcare, She’s passionate about making software easier to use as well as more efficient. For the last fifteen years she’s honed her skills in content strategy, information architecture and design, and multiple methods of user research to improve user experiences. When she and her husband aren’t training their dogs Xena and Lulu, she’s pursuing a graduate certificate in Applied Stat from Penn State. Session Talk: Creating Effective Online Surveys What is that you really want to know? Many surveys are set up for specific input. How do you create a [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Stephen Anderson (When Data Gets Up Close and Personal)

April 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stephen Anderson

Stephen P. Anderson is an independent consultant based out of Dallas, Texas. He spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about user experience design and intrapreneurial teams—topics he loves to speak about.   Prior to venturing out on his own, Stephen spent more than a decade growing and leading teams of information architects, interaction designers and UI developers in the creation of all types of interactive experiences, bringing value to clients such as Nokia, Frito-Lay, Sabre Travel Network, and Chesapeake Energy as well as many smaller technology startups.   In addition to consulting, Stephen is working on Mental Notes, a [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Joe Dyer (Overseas Usability Testing)

April 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Joe Dyer

Joe Dyer is a Senior UX Architect with Sabre who specializes in being around the block enough times to have seen and done it all.  Perhaps jumping out of helicopters and survival training in the military was proper preparation for application design in the Fortune 200. Joe also plays music, enjoys movies, loves to laugh, and tells wonderful stories.   The big guns in Joe’s arsenal are web strategy, information architecture, usability testing and research design, and the psychological motivations of end users. Joe has worked in a number of different industries for some large companies and small ones, too. [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Bill Scott (Design Lenses: Lessons from Other Design Crafts)

April 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bill Scott

Bill Scott is one of the most humble men that I know. Here is the bio that Bill sent me: Bill Scott is co-author of Designing Web Interfaces and a frequent conference speaker. He is currently the VP of Product Engineering at Meebo; formerly the Director of UI Engineering at Netflix, Pattern Curator for the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, Yahoo! Ajax Evangelist & co-creator of one of the first Ajax frameworks – Rico.   Yes, the above biographical information is accurate. Bill is being very humble, in my opinion. Bill’s design pattern book is a must read. You should have [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Amy Buckner (Uncovering the Why Behind Analytics)

April 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Amy Buckner

You are really going to love this beautiful mind. Amy Buckner is Co-Founder of AnswerLab, a user experience research firm in San Francisco that helps clients improve websites, software, and mobile applications. For over 12 years, Amy has been providing insights to Fortune 500 companies who need to make critical product development decisions. By revealing what users see, think and do, Amy uncovers the a-ha moments leading to dramatic product improvements – better brand impression, usability, adoption, and loyalty.   In addition, Amy is an expert in quantitative user experience testing, remote usability testing, mobile and international research. Here are [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Keith Anderson (Who Do You Think You Are?)

April 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Keith Anderson

Okay, Big Designers, Keith Anderson is one groovy cat.  Keith is a 15-year veteran of the Technical Communication Wars. He has served with honor on many industrial fronts including healthcare, banking, telecommunication, retail, and IT consulting. He is also the first person his family calls when they have computer problems. Keith’s shady past forced him to take on many disguises to get the job done: trainer, technical writer, software developer, web developer, and business analyst. Like most adult children, he spends too many waking hours on Twitter (@suredoc) hoping somebody will notice him, but feels he’s forged many genuine friendships as [...]

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The 4-1-1 on Big Design Giveaways

April 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Did you know that Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 launches on May 28, which is the Saturday of the Big Design Conference)?  Here is the cool news: our friends at Adobe are giving a full version of it away at the conference.  You are going to want to visit their booth at the conference, too. The deluxe version can be pre-ordered for over $2,500. Jump over to the Adobe site to see What’s New with CS5.  From what we can see, CS5 looks very cool.  The videos of the new features will get you excited. The 4-1-1 with Big Design Conference Giveaways For those who are [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Sharron Rush (Can Helen Keller Succeed in the 21st Century?)

April 9, 2010 By 1 Comment
Sharron Rush

As you know, Sharron is the Executive Director of Knowbility, a non-profit organization that grew from the first Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) in 1998.  Sharron leads the effort to replicate the AIR program in cities throughout the United States.  Knowbility has worked on many corporate sites to make them Section 508 compliant.  Sharron and her Knowbility team will be at Big Design 2010.  You should drop by their booth, talk to Desiree, pet her dog, and learn about accessibility.    Session Talk:  Can Helen Keller Succeed in 21st Century Schools? Students with print disabilities include students, who are blind, have low vision, [...]

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Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Susan Weinschenk (The Brain Lady)

April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Brain Lady When we first started planning for Big Design 2010, our first (and luckily only) choice for an opening keynote speaker was Dr. Susan Weinschenk.  Dr. Susan’s book called Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the psychology of online behavior.  Each chapter is filled with research and relevant, real-word examples. Dr. Susan will educate and entertain you.  You will learn something from Dr. Susan in just about every conversation.  If you have not read her book, shame on you.  Go buy it, she will sign it.  We also highly [...]

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