So here are some workshop updates for everyone for the coming Interaction'09|vancouver conference.
We still have at least 10+ openings in each workshop except the Thursday workshop by Bill DeRouchey and Dan Saffer which is sold out. We added an extra session of their workshop Friday Morning. To register go to: http://interaction09.ixda.org/registration.php This is an amazing line up of workshops. To find out more about them explore the crowdvine site at: http://interaction09.crowdvine.com/calendar Thursday Feb. 5th: Steve Portigal: Well, we did all this research ... now what? 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "Many designers and other people who "make stuff" agree that talking to people is essential at many points throughout the process. But even with that agreement it's not always clear what to do with the "data" that comes from those conversations...." Jeanine Harriman & Liya Zheng: Design Studio 9:00 am - 1:00 pm This workshop is intended to bring together conference participants who are interested in seeing how others practice the craft. At the end of the workshop, you will understand how different design approaches yield different solutions and be more conscious about how to think about a problem differently from what you do now..... Ted Booth, Michele Tepper : So you want to be a Hardware/Software Interaction 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "This workshop is intended for interaction designers who have little to no experience with hardware/software design and are interested in expanding their practice into this rapidly-growing space. Interaction design practice changes as it moves off the desktop and beyond keyboard and mouse input. Designers face new considerations of physical and environmental context, as well as new opportunities and constraints based in the different technological platforms, physical forms and use paradigms." Alan Musselman: Mock-up Web & Application Design with Adobe Fireworks CS4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm "Come and see how Adobe Fireworks CS4 helps you rapidly prototype websites, application interfaces, and other interactive designs. Attend this workshop to learn how to create, edit, and optimize web graphics faster and more accurately..." There is no cost associated with this workshop. Doug Winnie: Exploring Cross-Discipline Workflows with Adobe 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "This will be a workshop on how designers can integrate and collaborate with other designers or developers between media types and disciplines. There will be a customer case study for you to hear firsthand how a productive workflow from idea, prototype and through a design process have been successful..." There is no cost associated with this workshop. Luke Wroblewski: Web Form Design 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Luke...will walk you through design considerations and best practices of form design culled from international site-tracking, usability testing, eye-tracking studies, and over eleven years of designing Web applications...." Bill DeRouchey and Dan Saffer: Designing for Touch screens and Interactive Gestures 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm "The launches of Nintendo's Wii, Apple's iPhone, and Microsoft Surface have heralded a new era of interaction design where gestures in space and touches on a screen will be as prominent as pointing and clicking. But how do you create products and design experiences for this new paradigm?..." Friday Feb 6 Dan Brown: Basic Deliverables: Wireframes and Flows 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "These and other interaction design documents can be difficult to create and use in the best of circumstances, not to mention the tight time frames and politicized organizations in which we work. Web sites and interactive products are becoming more complex and so, too, must the design documentation that describes them..." Erin Malone, Christian Crumlish, Lucas Pettinati: Designing and Building with Patterns and Pattern Libraries 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "Erin, Christian, and Lucas will share insights and lessons learned from the 3+ year history of the Yahoo! pattern library. They will show how to identify patterns, write, review and rate patterns; build a pattern library; and then will discuss how to leverage the interaction guidelines codified in a pattern library to rapidly design websites and applications." Mark Baskinger & William Bardel: Drawing Ideas 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "This workshop will provide clear and simple methodologies to empower interaction between designers and to help you learn how hand sketching techniques -- with pens and pencils -- can be a means of recording, sharing and presenting ideas to others. ..." David Malouf: Introduction to Interaction Design 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "This half-day seminar will provide a solid background in Interaction Design (IxD) for those who are coming to the practice of IxD from other areas, such as information architecture, software engineering, business analysis, project or product management, technical writing, architecture, industrial design, visual design, and interactive design...." Janna Hicks DeVylder: Local Leaders Workshop 9:00 am - 1:00 pm "Moderated by Janna Hicks DeVylder and the IxDA Board, this interactive workshop is a way for all Local Leaders to gather and learn from each other.This workshop is open to those of you who are:- currently organizing Local Groups - interested in supporting an existing Local Group - interested in starting a new Local Grou..." There is no cost associated with this workshop. Bill DeRouchey and Dan Saffer: Designing for Touch screens and Interactive Gestures, 2nd Session 9:00 am - 1:00 pm ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
