Sep 1st 09
Ars Electronica ‘09: Quick Look on Visualization Projects
The infamous Ars Electronica Festival turns 30 this year. The topic of the festival is Human Nature and my expectation is to see several discussions and talks focusing on desires and achievements of Humankind in relation to technology, art and society.
On the festival website it is stated: “We are entering a new age here on Earth: the Anthropocene. An age definitively characterized by humankind’s...
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Aug 13th 09
The Rise of Conversation Media
Content will only take you so far if you don’t listen to what your users are trying to say.
While you’ve probably heard the saying, “Content is King,” the sites that reign supreme in today’s Web world don’t just produce great content, they create a culture of passionate participants and a community of conversation. It’s like BoingBoing author and editor Cory...
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Aug 13th 09
Serco ExperienceLab and Shaw Trust announce strategic partnership
Serco ExperienceLab (formerly Serco Usability Services), the UK’s most established experience design research agency, and national employment charity, Shaw Trust, UK market leaders in Web Accessibility, today announce a new strategic partnership. The partnership represents a joining of like-minded specialists, who believe user testing helps clients optimise customer experiences.
Just as Serco ExperienceLab...
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Aug 13th 09
Influencing Strategy by Design
Over the past three years, Tom Chi & I have presented our Influencing Strategy by Design workshop to over a hundred professional designers across the World. This full-day course teaches mid to senior level designers how to influence and improve strategic decision-making within their organization. In particular we outline how organizational dynamics, metrics, design skills, and executive presentations...
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Aug 13th 09
Bella Gaia: a Poetic Vision of Earth from Space
Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth) [bellagaia.com] is an audio visual “Living Atlas” journey of our world, expressing the beauty of planet Earth as seen through the eyes of astronauts, with the aim of raising the awareness and appreciation of our home planet. Created by director and violist Kenji Williams, the 45-minute movie is meant to be watched in an immersive theater, such as a fulldome...
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Patrick is an accomplished Sr. User Interface Developer and Architect specializing in Web Applications, Web 2.0 and eLearning with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including project planning, design, testing, client communications, training, de-bugging, implementation and maintenance. His book, Modern Ui, Social Usability for Web 2.0 and Beyond is in production and will be available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon as well as many other fine retailers in Winter 2009-2010.
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