Welcome to the San Francisco IxDA, we are the local Chapter of the international IxDA
IxDA Mission
We believe that the human condition is increasingly challenged by poor experiences. IxDA intends to improve the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design. To do this, we foster a community of people that choose to come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, contribution, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals.
IxDA is a novel kind of “un-organization” in that there is no cost for membership. IxDA relies on its passionate members to help serve the needs of the international Interaction Design community. With more than 15,000 members and over 80 local groups around the world, the IxDA network actively focuses on interaction design issues for the practitioner, no matter their level of experience.
The local IxDA is involved in initiatives relating to the following core topics:
* Fostering opportunities for practitioners to learn from each other
* Education of topics related to Interaction Design
* Public Relations for IxDA
Events
August 7
Saturday
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Tummeling: Creating Social Engagement for Interaction Designers
August 7, 2010 from 10am to 4:30pm – San Mateo City Library (Main Library - Oak Room)
Innovative comedian Heather Gold explains basic differences between presentation and conversation and the assumptions underneath each. More entertainingly (and usefully) she demonstrates these ideas…
Organized by BayCHI | Type: workshop
August 10
Tuesday
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Silicon Valley UX Book Club
August 10, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – Red Rock Coffee
The UX Book Club for us non-city folks. :) Let's meet to discuss Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson! We will also talk about the future of the book club including communication, book…
Organized by Alicia Nachman | Type: book, club
August 20
Friday
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Device Design Day
August 20, 2010 all day – Zeum
An event for professional designers (visual, interaction, and industrial) working in the hardware/software space on appliances, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. Speakers include: # Kim Goo…
Organized by Kicker Studio | Type: conference
Forum
Designers with Drinks
thanks for coming out tonight!!!
Started by Aynne Valencia in General Discussion 21 hours ago.
Advertising creative type interested in moving into UX
I'm a creative director on the art side that has worked in advertising for 17 years. In addition to my creative duties I find I'm increasingly producing wireframes, clickable prototypes and overall s…
Started by Lotus Child in General Discussion 1 day ago.
Head of Interaction - ModCloth - San Franciso
Brief Description Head of InteractionModCloth.com seeks an experienced Head of Interaction for its San Francisco office. The right candidate is a visionary leader who is capable of putting ego a…
Started by Scott Hernandez in General Discussion Jul 28.
Workflow and Portfolio/Inspirations
Hey folks - I've been searching for some nice interaction design work and portfolios so that I can improve mine - I'm not having a heck of a lot of luck finding nice, quality stuff out there. I'm wo…
Started by Steven Dolan in General Discussion Jul 27.
Timelines 2 Replies
I'm looking for good examples of interactive web-based timelines for a locative media project - points on the timeline would detail the history of a place, and have video/audio/images come up to desc…
Started by Rachel Smith in General Discussion. Last reply by Derrek Robertson Jul 20.
Silicon Valley UX Book Club - August meeting
Your UX Book Club options in the Bay Area have now doubled! The Silicon Valley UX Book Club is relaunching, and we will be having our next meeting in August to discuss Content Strategy for the Web by…
Tagged: valley, silicon, club, book
Started by Alicia Nachman in General Discussion Jul 16.
Forces for Good | Presentation Slide Decks:
The presentation decks for the Design Week Forces for Good Event are up.Thanks again to the speakers, co-organizers, volunteers, sponsors and Hosts for making it happen! You are appreciated!!!! Aynn…
Tagged: Events, SFIxDA, DesignWeek
Started by Aynne Valencia in General Discussion Jun 21.
Designer/Developer? 4 Replies
From browsing through UX job postings, I noticed a lot of employers looking for designers with front-end production skills. Some even have UX designers reporting to engineering. I've mainly worked wi…
Started by Gary Siu in General Discussion. Last reply by daniel erwin Jun 9.
Special Discount for Voices That Matter
Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference is scheduled for San Francisco from June 28-29 with a post conference session on June 30.The folks at VtM have extended a special discount to BayCHI members…
Tagged: Discount, Conference, Matter, That, Voice
Started by Abi Jones in General Discussion May 13.
Future of IXDA SF Ning site? 2 Replies
Hate bringing this up, but as I'm sure many of you know, Ning is phasing out it's free offerings for social networks. Have the admins here considered what our options are? Should we go elsewhere? Con…
Started by Julie Hammers in General Discussion. Last reply by Julie Hammers Apr 27.
Instructional Design?
Hi everyone, I'm doing the instructional pamphlet design for a solar powered LED light that's being manufactured for use in Zambia. Does anyone have any good resources for pictoral diagrams/designs…
Started by Rachel Smith in General Discussion Apr 22.
Design Thinking? 19 Replies
Would it be totally out of line to try and put together a workshop or something on design thinking? I would be willing to pay to learn from an IDEO or Sanford d.school alumni. Would anyone else be i…
Started by Chris in General Discussion. Last reply by Brynn Evans Apr 15.
IxDASF other organizations and Design Thinking
Last year, IxDA SF, AIGA SF(Graphic Design Association), and IDSA SF (Industrial Design Association) came together for a program/competition focused on sustainable design called Digging Deeper. Thi…
Tagged: francisco, san, aiga, innovation, social
Started by Aynne Valencia in General Discussion Apr 5.
Post your porftolio
Hi everyone! I'm constantly searching for inspiration for my next project. I, unlike most folks I go to school with, love critique sessions. I thought it would be a cool idea to post your portfolio…
Tagged: design, portfolio, inspiration, critique
Started by Steven Dolan in General Discussion Mar 27.
Mentorship Opportunities to Teach Design to Inner City Youth
Do something good this summer!You asked, we heard... The Inneract Project is a professionally supported program that provides free design classes for inner-city youth, in order to channel their creat…
Tagged: teaching, good, volunteer, design, mentorship
Started by Aynne Valencia in General Discussion Mar 26.
Event with Stamen design - April 8 - presented by Hacks/Hackers
Greetings ixda-ers! Hacks/Hackers, a group of journalists and technologists exploring the future of media, is holding an event on April 8 with Stamen Design (http://stamen.com) to discuss their trail…
Tagged: visualization, data, media, journalism, design
Started by Burt Herman in General Discussion Mar 24.
Interaction10 Redux | Photos and Links to our speakers
Are available http://ixdasf.ning.com/events/ixda-sf-presents-int
Started by IxDA San Francisco in General Discussion Mar 8.
Looking for a Little Help 1 Reply
I am fairly new to interaction design and getting stuck on an iPhone project I am doing (it is an app that I am building on my own). I have a sort of tricky scenario that I feel would be a really goo…
Tagged: iphone, design, interaction
Started by Chris in General Discussion. Last reply by Bill Westerman Mar 3.
Transition / integration with the new ixda.org local? 1 Reply
Hey local leaders, Seeing as today is the launch of the new ixda.org, which attempts to provide better local support, I was wondering if there's any info on whether the SF chapter site will be making…
Started by Loren Baxter in General Discussion. Last reply by Aynne Valencia Mar 2.
anyone interested in starting a UX book club? 5 Replies
anyone interested in starting a UX book club?
Started by daniel schwartz in General Discussion. Last reply by Tim Towles Feb 19.
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