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Engage is my primary blog space for discussing Interaction Design (IxD) and other fun design related topics. Read the introduction.
 

Recent Postings


Teaching SmartExperience.org class starting end of May
28-Apr-2008 | 7:35 am | comments: (0)

I’ll be teaching a longer reprise of the course I taught last year on Interaction Design for Rich Internet Applications for SmartExperience.org.


Shared Google Reader
04-Mar-2008 | 7:50 pm | comments: (0)

I’m not posting as much as before, but what I do do now is share a lot of what I find interesting in my daily readings using Google Reader.


Creativity: Allowing beautiful accidents to unfold ... AKA Serendipity
04-Mar-2008 | 7:35 pm | comments: (0)

When I think about what makes design so special I often get stuck, but today it was loudly pronounced to me as a process of purposeful accidents leading to serendipity.


Ok, I hope I'm back!
24-Feb-2008 | 2:30 am | comments: (0)

Comments are off, and I can’t load images, but heck! all is good otherwise.


Interaction08 | Savannah is close to selling out
02-Jan-2008 | 3:31 pm | comments: (0)

Numbers aren’t official yet, but Interaction08 is close to selling out.


Buzzword vs. Google Docs
31-Dec-2007 | 3:42 pm | comments: (0)

If this was just about ONLY writing docs, Buzzword is the best online rich internet app for composing documents I have used to date.


Mommy, mommy! I'm a co-chair of Interaction08 | Savannah!!!
20-Dec-2007 | 12:32 pm | comments: (0)

So today, due to my really really hard work on help Dan Saffer bring Interaction08 to life, I have been given the title of co-chair of the conference. Yea!!!! Resume fodder for everyone!


Hey! I've been podcasted - Foundations of Interaction Design - in voice!
10-Dec-2007 | 3:28 pm | comments: (0)

Listen to me talk about interaction design’s foundations on Boxes and Arrows.


RIA? - Who cares?
05-Dec-2007 | 1:11 pm | comments: (0)

I mean really? It’s been almost 3 years since Jesse James Garrett coined the term AJAX and in so doing set us off on our parade down RIA lane. … Why is htis still considered a separate area of design and technology?


NYC UXNet Holiday Party Announced
28-Nov-2007 | 8:18 am | comments: (0)

As I mentioned in my blurb about why I am excited about Interaction08, there is going to be a UXNet Holiday Party in NYC where I’ll be buying anyone a drink who registers for Interaciton08 while at the party. I’ll have an iPhone to register with.


PhizzPop Design Challenge -- I'm a judge in NYC
27-Nov-2007 | 3:17 pm | comments: (0)

I’m judging the NYC PhizzPop Challenge. Come to the event!!!!


Why I'm excited about IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah
16-Nov-2007 | 7:46 pm | comments: (0)

We are less than 3 months away from the big IxDA conference and everything about this conference is kickin’.


design = making things
12-Nov-2007 | 6:00 pm | comments: (0)

how can someone call themselves a designer unless they make something?


Annouoncing the complete program for IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah
30-Oct-2007 | 11:02 pm | comments: (0)

Today, the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is pleased to announce the complete program of our first annual international conference. We are also announcing an extension for our early registration period.


Where do you want to be? - On the importance of vision.
25-Oct-2007 | 4:35 pm | comments: (0)

I feel inspired. And its because companies like IDEO and Intel are envisioning my future.