Written by David Charney
Posted: May 8, 2009 (10 months ago) | 1 comment
I just got back from RIApalooza 2 (and felt the need to drink around seven liters of Mountain Dew). There were 100+ people who attended and ranged from Silverlight, Flash, and Flex developers to UI/UX designers (and everyone in between).
The speakers were UX evangeilsts, platform evangelists, evangelist evangelists, consultants, and developers, who came from Adobe, Microsoft (Alphabetical order on the first two - no favorites), Clarity Consulting, Digital Primates, Magenic, The Iona Group, and Roundarch. Their ideas, theories, and best practices were all very different but they all had in common the desire to create better RIA today and in the future. Here is a list of what went on:
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Written by David Charney
Posted: May 6, 2009 (10 months, 1 week ago) | 0 comments
My company, Illumen Group, has just introduced a new blog called Illumenate. [www.illumengroup.com/illumenate]
Illumenate looks to advance new ideas, new technology, and best practices for learning, training, and marketing professionals.
Articles will be posted on educational/learning/training/marketing news, tips & tricks, theories, case studies, technologies, etc. We will have articles written by David Denz, Tony O’Dell, Chris Okamoto, myself, as well as by our advisers and subject matter experts.
Written by David Charney
Posted: April 19, 2009 (10 months, 3 weeks ago) | 0 comments
I don’t know why I didn’t upload this a month ago but here is a new iPhone design for MyDoppleGang concept. I took an early design I had done and converted it to fit on an iPhone.
MyDoppleGang lets you take a picture of you or your friends, and find other people (Dopples) who look just like the picture! Mix it up by finding people that look the same but with unique characteristics, such as being old, young, or even the opposite sex.
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Written by David Charney
Posted: April 18, 2009 (10 months, 3 weeks ago) | 0 comments
The Travelers - In Synch Challenge site has been around for a while but is still the definition of a site that uses fantastic user centered design. I work in the education and training space every day and this site still jumps off the page for me. It takes a fairly dull topic and delivers a visually enhanced, engaging user experience that drives the user to explore, interact, and be challenged - all while learning. There are few sites who do such a great job utilizing video, 3D animation, audio, strong instructional design, and engaging challenges to tell a series of educational stories. My hat is off to B-Reel and Fallon who did an excellent job putting this together and Travelers Insurance for taking the initiative to provide a great learning application.
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Written by David Charney
Posted: April 17, 2009 (10 months, 4 weeks ago) | 0 comments
The snow is gone and it is time for that age old process of designers and developers stretching, unhinging themselves from their chairs, wiping the pixels from their eyes, and letting the sunlight actually hit their skin (SolvingDesign recommends a sunscreen of about SPF 90 until your skin understands sunlight). Here are a few events occurring soon in Chicago:
RIApalooza
Friday, May 8, 2009 (9am to 5pm) - Illinois Technology Association - Chicago, IL
http://www.riapalooza.com
RIApalooza promises a platform agnostic and “PowerPoint-Free” zone, which means we are going to forgo the boring marketing pitches in favor of talking technology. RIApalooza is about creating Rich Internet Applications; how to go about building them and what is being built.
Flash in the Can - FITC - Design & Technology Event
June 22-23, 2009 - Chicago, IL
http://www.fitc.ca/event_detail.cfm?festival_id=94
Now in its 3rd year, FITC Chicago is back with some of the most unique and engaging presenters from around the world. FITC Chicago is a blitz of presentations and abundant networking opportunities, its an event that will leave you inspired, energized and awed.
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