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CHI2012 - A Deep Dive into Jeff Johnson's Designing with the Mind in Mind Workshop

Posted by Crystal Ehrlich on May 26, 2012 at 2:40pm 0 Comments

Thanks to Bestica’s generosity, I was able to attend the CHI2012 conference in Austin, TX in May. There were a number of great workshops and sessions that took place, but in order to do a deep dive, I have decided to focus on one particular workshop.



During CHI2012, I was fortunate enough to attend the Designing With the Mind in Mind workshop with Jeff Johnson of UI Wizards in San Francisco.  Johnson discussed in detail the…

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Gravity Free Multidisciplinary Design Conference

Posted by Dale Mellor on May 23, 2012 at 7:41am 0 Comments

 

 

Gravity Free

 

I can only say a huge 'Thank You' to Bestica for the chance to attend Gravity

Free - the world's only multidisciplinary design conference.

 

And what a conference it was! "Outlaws & Icons" were in abundance. Creative

geniuses in all forms from George Lois the 50 year - yes I said 50 YEAR -  front

line veteran in American Graphic Design to Martin Kastner designing

excruciatingly specific Service Ware…

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Gravity Free 2012

Posted by sheena Swehla on May 4, 2012 at 12:02am 1 Comment

Over the weekend, I won the Bestica Giveaway for the free tickets to the Gravity Free Conference in Chicago! I was ecstatic because I never attended anything like this before and was excited to expand my horizons.…

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Suggestions for recent grads taking UX Researcher positions

Posted by Keith Alfano on April 12, 2012 at 5:45pm 1 Comment

When I finished my Ph.D. program 5 years ago and accepted my first UX position as a Usability Analyst, I fell victim to certain mistakes, or ways of thinking, that I would have loved to have avoided.  So if there are any recent grads (undrgrad or grad school) out there that are about to accept, or have recently accepted, a User Experience job in a corporate environment, I wanted to share a few things that might help you better adapt to your new role.  And if there are others out there with…

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confused!

Started by sheena Swehla in User Experience Design. Last reply by Joeffrey Madid on Sunday. 5 Replies

I am a recent graduate with a graphic design degree. I guess I am confused on what user experience designis in comparison to a graphic designer. Do they go hand-in-hand? Do I need to focus on certain aspects of UX design to successed in this…Continue

7 exciting days to the BIG DESIGN 2012, 7 Chances of winning!

Started by Shilpi Joshi in User Experience Design May 22. 0 Replies

7 exciting days to the BIG DESIGN 2012, 7 Chances of winning! Tweet your answers, with hashtags #bigd12 and #besticaux, for: Describe the Big Design Conference in ONE Line?And, enter for a chance to win free ticket to the conference It’s been a year…Continue

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Eye-tracking software

Started by Keith Alfano in Usability. Last reply by Naghmeh Shafiei May 10. 5 Replies

What do you recommend for eye-tracking software when it comes to tracking gaze on non-website UI's?  I've used Clearview before, and it seemed to track gaze by URL, but for non-web UI's, it just lumped all gaze density together, making the data…Continue

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Win cool prizes at CHI 2012!

Started by Shilpi Joshi in User Experience Design May 5. 0 Replies

Excited to meet the awesome design community at CHI 2012? Why not contribute to one?We invite you to post a UX Design related question or answer an active discussion at Bestica Design Community,…Continue

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UX - Are we really designing for the person or for the person to interact?

Started by Tony Moura in User Experience Design. Last reply by Edward Nockles May 4. 1 Reply

i've felt over the past few weeks that UX has really been about designing a better way for the user to interact with the UI and data. Are we really taking into account what the user really needs in order to be able to understand whats being…Continue

 
 
 

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