Past Events (392)

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February 27, 2012
Monday
  • Jonathan Harris: Cowbird and Humanizing the Web

  • Feb 27, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
  • Location: CCA Timken Lecture Hall
  • Description:

    Jonathan will talk about his latest project, Cowbird, and the back story and personal journey of how it came to be. Cowbird is a community of storytellers, focused on a deeper, longer-lasting, more personal kind of storytelling than you’re likely to

  • Created by: Kristian Simsarian
January 30, 2012
Monday
October 19, 2011
Wednesday
  • Design Futures: Regina Connell - Beyond Design Thinking

  • Oct 19, 2011 from 11:00am to 12:30pm
  • Location: UC Berkeley
  • Description:

    Design is sexy; craft is frumpy.

    It's time to kill that particular trope. And it's time to bring them together.

    Craft is actually the soul of design, while design adds focus, edge and realism to what can be an overly introspective process.

    But can the t

  • Created by: Elizabeth Goodman
October 11, 2011
Tuesday
  • Real-time's Impact on Place and The UX of Mobile Gaming

  • Oct 11, 2011 from 12:00pm to 2:30pm
  • Location: PARC in Palo Alto
  • Description:

    Join us for an evening of live-maps, location-based services, and the user experience of games.

     

    Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze, Laura Smith of Electronic Arts, and Sal Becerra of AnswerLab will lead lively sessions on computer-human interaction for wayfinding

  • Created by: Abi Jones
October 3, 2011
Monday
  • What does an Interaction Designer do?

  • Oct 3, 2011 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
  • Location: 1111 Eighth St. (CCA Timken Lecture Hall)
  • Description:

     

    A panel, together with you the audience, will answer tough questions that IxD students are asking, such as: What is IxD? What's a day in the life?  Why did you become an Interaction Designer? How do you stay current? What are the crucial skills?  Wh

  • Created by: Kristian Simsarian
September 28, 2011
Wednesday
  • IxDA SF presents Mobile First with Luke Wroblewski

  • Sep 28, 2011 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
  • Location: Yelp HQ
  • Description:

    UPDATE: We've capped the guestlist for now, due to capacity. Please check back closer to the event. We will try to get more people in, but will first need to verify attendance with those who have already RSVP'd.


    Thanks for understanding!

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  • Created by: IxDA SF
September 22, 2011
Thursday
  • Design Futures: Uday Dandavate

  • Sep 22, 2011 from 11:00am to 12:30pm
  • Location: UC Berkeley
  • Description: Uday Dandavate, SonicRim
    Co-Imagining Futures

     Breakthrough solutions for lingering problems and saturated marketplaces can be found by engaging stakeholders in co-imagining the future. SonicRim, a multi-disciplinary co-creation agency, has pioneered

  • Created by: Elizabeth Goodman
September 15, 2011
Thursday
  • Drinks with the IxDA Board

  • Sep 15, 2011 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
  • Location: Nova Bar & Restaurant
  • Description:

    The IxDA Board is in San Francisco for their bi-annual retreat, and they would love to meet folks in the SF's IxDA community.

     

    No presentations, speakers and there's no real agenda beyond just socializing, networking, and maybe having a drink or two

  • Created by: IxDA SF
September 13, 2011
Tuesday
  • Software Alchemy and the Arc of Technology

  • Sep 13, 2011 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
  • Location: Commonwealth Club
  • Description:

    Alan Cooper, President and Founder, Cooper; Author,The Inmates Are Running the Asylum and About Face; in conversation with Chris Shipley, CEO, Guidewire Group; Former Executive Producer, DEMO Conference

    An outspoken pioneer in the modern computing era

  • Created by: Doug LeMoine
August 31, 2011
Wednesday
  • Taipei Design Center U.S. Party

  • Aug 31, 2011 from 11:30am to 2:00pm
  • Location: SoMa, San Francisco
  • Description:

    TDCUS is celebrating successful funding for the Design & Thinking documentary, in collaboration with Muris Media on 8/31. Join free party!

    It's a good opportunity to:

    - Discuss the film & meet the director

    - Meet people from business and from design

    - Di

  • Created by: Melissa Huang
August 14, 2011
Sunday
  • Visual Interface Design

  • Aug 14, 2011 to Aug 16, 2011
  • Location: Cooper
  • Description: Attend this two day workshop to learn how to design for engagement and deliver more desirable products. Register for this session to learn about a wide range of visual design topics including how to use research and personas to guide visual choices,
  • Created by: Kim Appelquist
August 8, 2011
Monday
  • Interaction Design Practicum

  • Aug 8, 2011 to Aug 12, 2011
  • Location: Cooper
  • Description:

    Learn about personas and goal-directed design from the people who invented them! Register for this four day intensive, hands-on workshop to learn about developing a deep understanding of your users and concrete product concepts to create great custom

  • Created by: Kim Appelquist