Monthly Archives: March 2010

Universities in the “Free” Era

Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:00amPresenters:Glenn Platt – Miami University Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media StudiesPeg Faimon – Miami University Design Collaborative Description:MIT, Yale, Stanford, and others put lectures online. Chris Anderson argues all university lectures should be free. From Academic Earth to TED, it’s free. So what is the value-add of a university education? What… Read more »

Web Content Management Systems from a Designer’s Perspective

Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:30amPresenters:Scott Fegette – AdobeChris Charlton – XTND.US The biggest shift in CMS since the 90’s is designers coming over in droves from the static world. Why CMS? Rich Functionality Content Centralization Client Management – great way hand over the keys to someone Designer/Developer Communities – lots of shared code and expertise… Read more »

Simple Steps to Great Web Design

Friday, March 12, 2010 5:00pm Presenters:Matthew Smith – Squared Eye Description:Creating beautiful web design is largely a matter of mastering a handful of simple techniques. The best designs employ systems of color, contrast, typography, and white space to achieve hierarchy, balance, and rhythm. The rest is just ingenuity and creativity. Matthew will review dozens of… Read more »

What Are Analytics? A Guide To Practical Data

Friday, March 12, 2010 3:30pm Presenters:Margaret Francis – Scout LabsBlake Robinson – Attention Description:Analytics are often a confusing and convoluted mess, but that doesn’t mean that they have to be. The Guide to Practical Data will help ensure you’re reaching your full analytical potential. Learn how to analyze public and proprietary data to accelerate the… Read more »

Beauty in Web Design

Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:00pmPresenters:Cennydd Bowles – Clearleft Ltd Description:Cennydd Bowles leapt into the world of user experience eight years ago and hasn’t shut up about it since. He now works for Clearleft by day and moonlights as a UX blogger, mentor and community evangelist. Cennydd is a regular public speaker (IA Summit, Design… Read more »

South by Southwest Interactive 2010


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It’s once again that time of year for a trip to Austin, TX for South by Southwest Interactive Conference. I’ll be collecting notes from the various sessions I attend right here on this blog (category sxsw) as well as on my SXSW sub-blog (http://sxsw.techory.com). SXSW® Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest… Read more »

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass

OK Go sure knows how to make a cool music video. You may remember some of their other great videos: A Million Ways Here it Goes Again