IA Summit 11: We Love Change? Change is Scary!

For my second session on day 2 of the conference I attended Johanna Kollmann’s “We Love Change? Change is Scary!”. It was a great talk about the importance of communicating change in order to gain user acceptance, not just during,…

IA Summit 11: The Art of Critique

For my first session on the second day of the summit I attended a great presentation by Adam Connor, Aaron Irizarry on The Art of Critique. They had a lot of great information that is important to keep in mind, not…

IA Summit 11: The Most Valuable UX Person in the World

For the closing keynote on the first day of the summit, Jared Spool gave another one of his great keynote speeches on The Most Valuable UX Person in the World.

IA Summit 11: The Stories We Construct

For the last choice presentation of the first day of the summit I chose to attend Stephen Anderson’s The Stories We Construct. It was a really fun and interesting presentation that not only discussed stories, but the way we cognitively perceive the value…

IA Summit 11: Rethinking User Research for the Social Web

After lunch on the first day of the main conference I went to a great presentation by Dana Chisnell that challenged the status quo of user research based on the social nature of people entitled Rethinking User Research for the…

IA Summit 11: The UX of Distruption

Day 3 at the IA Summit, and the first day of the conference I decided to check out a presentation by Russ Unger and Dan Willis entitled The User Experience of Disruption. It was a whirlwind presentation that started with…

IA Summit 11: Career Workshop

During the afternoon of the second day of workshops at the IA Summit 11, I decided to stop in to check out the free workshop provided by Russ Unger and Amanda Schonfeld. It was a great workshop with tips on…

IA Summit 11: Critical Thinking by Stephen Anderson & Russ Unger

For the morning of the second day of the IA Summit this year I decided to attend Stephen Anderson and Russ Unger’s Critical Thinking Workshop. I really enjoyed this workshop, as it was a great reminder that we as designers…

IA Summit 11: Tapworthy Mobile Design by Josh Clark

For the first day of the summit this year I attended Josh Clark’s “Tapworthy Mobile Design and User Experience“. I really enjoyed this presentation for a few reasons. Firstly, it was just a good presentation. Josh did a great job…