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Update: UX Johannesburg
Okay, so this was one amazing event. The folks at uxsouthafrica did a sterling job of putting on their second national conference with even larger attendance than Cape Town last year. Here are the details of the of the event …and you … Continue reading
See you at UX Johannesburg
Terence and I will be speaking at UX Johannesburg at 10.15am on day 1, Thursday the 14th of May. Topic: The Firma Model – a meta-framework for research, strategy and design.
Johannesburg WIAD 2015
Myself, Terence Fenn, Tasmin Donaldson and Kat Roderick put the Jhb WIAD 2015 event on at the University of Johannesburg for the fourth year running on the 21st of Feb. We had a great time and we’ve had amazing feedback. … Continue reading
‘Features aren’t experiences’ at UX Joburg
I had a great time last Saturday speaking at UX Joburg in Braamfontein. The presentation was on the topic of ‘Features aren’t experiences’. Thanks to the folks from ThoughtWorks for hosting. The presentation is now up on slideshare. (photos by Tasmin Donaldson)
D3: the design behind the design behind the design
Last year at the IA Summit in San Diego I gave my D3 presentation. It was pretty dense and without good notes (on slideshare) hard to follow. I’ve been working on a visual essay version of it and it’s finally … Continue reading
EuroIA, Brussels
Well I’ve just returned from Brussels having presented my plenary on ‘Designing for the liminal’. What a great conference and what great people. I’m one of the co-chairs for the Summit next year to be held in Madrid. Wish me … Continue reading
Annual of IA: 2012 / 2013
Around the end of Q1 next year the first edition of the Annual of Information Architecture will be released. Andrea and I are behind this and we plan for it to be amazing. Take a look at the site and … Continue reading
Reframe IA
I just received word that the paper Terence Fenn and I submitted for the ‘Reframe IA’ workshop has been accepted. It’ll be held in Baltimore at this years IA Summit. There are two reasons why this is important: 1. The … Continue reading