Category Archives: Events

SXSW 2012 Submission

Since Tony Holguin tweeted Mickey’s 10 Commandments last year I’ve been itching to present on how they relate to User Experience and Interaction Design.  So I’ve finally submitted the topic to SXSW 2012 with Tony’s permission.  Check out the session page on SXSW for the full details. If you’re not familiar with the SXSW process, the topic [...]

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Clean Code Course Notes

AdobeXD brought in Robert Martin to teach a Clean Code Course over the next few days. Decided to post my notes as we are going along. I’ll keep posting my notes as we go along. Updated: day 2, Refactoring; day 3, Unit Tests.

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Why Does UX Rock So Hard

I spoke at Flash and the City last week in NYC. My session was titled Why Does UX Rock So Hard. I’ve included my slides, but, to be honest, they are fairly minimal and don’t make as much sense without context of the presentation. I was also asked to participate in the keynote on why [...]

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Designing for Mobile

Just finished up my session at Flash Camp on Designing for Mobile. For the fun of trying something new I built the deck with Showoff, taking the recommendation from Sim.  It’s not as feature rich as Powerpoint/Keynote, but it is fun to play with. I also posted the deck to github. Designing for Mobile Deck [...]

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Flash Camp SF 2011

I’ve been invited to speak at Flash Camp SF 2011 on April 29. I’ll be presenting on Designing for Mobile Applications and I’ll make sure to post my slides when I am done.

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Rhymes with Sucks

Just finished up my presentation at 360|Flex and I thought I would share my slides.  I’m so on the ball.

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Networking Sucks

I’ve been asked to speak at Rain on How to Network.  I took it in a slightly different direction. Here’s the short description: Networking Sucks Networking has a lot of benefits, sadly it usually requires that you are self serving, false, and act, generally, like a tool. In this session we’ll be looking at alternatives [...]

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Adobe Tech Weds: Good UX with CS5

Liz Frederick (@lizign) asked me to help out with Tech Wednesday last week. I presented a slightly modified version of one of my MAX sessions, and renamed it “Good UX with CS5″. The recording is online if you missed it and my slides are embedded below.

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Adobe MAX 2010 (recap)

This year’s MAX was a busy one for me. RIA Radio Day One Interviews: Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday) James Polanco (@jamespolanco) and Aaron Pedersen (@aaronpedersen) Chuck Freeman (@chuckstar), Kevin Suttle (@kevinsuttle), and Ryan Canulla (@ryancanulla) Mark Anders (@markand) Day Two Interviews (coming soon) Day Three Interviews (coming soon) Adobe MAX Community Summit I filled in for [...]

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Decrapping Your Application [part 2]

Last session in a series after Your Flex App Looks Like Poo, and Decrapping Your Application. I was hit was inspiration the night before and finished the slides with 5 min to spare. Slides: Session Recording: You can buy it at 360|Flex

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