Wow! Thanks for forwarding this to the RA list, Carl. We had a few people come out who saw it here.
Anyway, hi, I'm Vitorio, don't make it to many Refresh Austin meetings now that I don't work downtown :(, but every other Monday I run a design workshop up north a bit on Anderson Lane. I try and do different exercises each time to get people thinking about design problems in new ways, and to get practice on aspects of design they might not get in their day jobs. Last night we did a brainstorming exercise, sketching out different sorts of calendaring designs, the time before that was metrics (measuring your UIs for efficiency) and we did usability and design critiques of Yelp.com and local business BuildASign.com the time before that (the BuildASign folks came out for that one). I can't make it to tonight's RA meeting, but if anyone would like to get some regular web design practice in (good for developers as well as designers!), please come on out! Or if you're a company that needs design help and want to have 10-15 designers chew on a problem as one of our exercises, drop me a line. http://vi.to/workshop/ is kept updated with details of upcoming meetings, and I post it on GeekAustin, Door64, Facebook and LinkedIn. Best, Vitorio On Apr 10, 4:28 pm, Carl Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > Design workshop: brainstorming > Starts: Monday April 12, 2010, 07:00PM Ends: Monday April 12, 2010, > 09:00PM > > Event Type: Training/Seminar > > Location: Genuine Joe Coffeehouse > 2001 W Anderson Ln > Austin, TX 78757 US > > Website:http://vi.to/workshop/<http://events.linkedin.com/events/247992/clickthru> > > Are you a UX, IA, UI, IxD, usability, visual or other sort of designer in > Austin, TX? Come out for a design practice workshop. (Read about the > original premise here:http://vi.to/workshop/) > > Last workshop’s quantitative UI measurements had fascinating results, but > this week we’ll take a holistic view and try a brainstorming exercise. We’ll > have a design topic and try to come up with as many solutions as possible. > Do you have a design problem you’d like the group to chew on? You should > contact me. > > Come a little early to get settled and get some coffee or a snack so we can > start on time. When you arrive, tell the barista you’re with the design > workshop. We’ll be in the large, private room (“The Cellar”) immediately to > your right as you enter the shop. I’ll be there around 6:30pm to set up if > you’d like to introduce yourself or discuss the meeting itself. Paper, > markers and other materials will be provided. > > http://vi.to/workshop/has more information, plus links to the original > premise of these practices, the Google Calendar and LinkedIn events, and > notes from previous workshops. > > http://events.linkedin.com/Design-workshop-brainstorming/pub/247992 -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
