Dan Cooney
My UX consulting practice is Cooney Information Group. Primarily working on enterprise information and knowledge management tools, web application design, and website re-designs.
As circumstances allow, I hope to work more with organizations working for good, as well as re-designing of cultural and social practices.
Currently an officer of MOCHI, our local SIGCHI chapter.
Local ambassador for Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Website: http://infolantern.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
| May 21, 2008 |
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
May’s Refresh Detroit meeting will be on the 21st, from 6:30 to 8:30 at the downtown Ann Arbor District library in Ann Arbor. Map to the location.
SPONSORED BY YAHOO SEARCH MONKEY DEVELOPER PREVIEW
TOPIC: There will be a few quick presentations by members of our great group, and general discussion on the latest news, challenges, projects, and ideas that the group members have encountered in their web related occupations/hobbies/activities.
The event like always is free to anyone who is interested.
The current speakers will be:
Nick DeNardis
Designer of the Wayne State University Library and Information Science website. He will discuss the latest release of the website, their goals, process and challenges.
Brian Kerr
Information architecture, user experience, and django development guru. Exact topic details to come…
Paul Tarjan - Yahoo! SearchMonkey
The fine folks at Yahoo! are sponsoring this event and promise to bring lots of swag as well as give a short presentation on their new open source semantic web search in your own applications and websites. This new product they are releasing is called “Search Monkey” and you can read more at:
http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000523.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/24/yahoo-open-search-platform-launches-into-private-beta/
http://searchengineland.com/080424-113600.php
Posted in Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Calendar | Local meeting | Refresh
Tags: refresh detroit
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
| May 15, 2008 |
| 3:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
Michigan Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (MI-ASIS&T)
Spring Meeting at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Second Life - Presented by Allison Brueckner, Technology Librarian, Dexter District Library
Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 3-5 p.m.
Matthaei Botanical Gardens http://www.mbgna.umich.edu/ – Small Meeting Room – Room 139
1800 North Dixboro Road - Ann Arbor, MI
Please join us for an interesting presentation, refreshments and a walk in the gardens.
The gardens are open until dusk. The Conservatory will be open prior to our meeting (closes at 4:30 p.m.). Conservatory admission is FREE for meeting participants. If you wish to visit the Conservatory, please stop at the front desk and let the receptionist know you are attending the ASIS&T meeting.
Be sure to return the Reservation Form below by May 9, 2008.
Registration is limited to the first 20 registrants.
Questions?: Please contact Robin Sabo, “sabo1r” at “cmich.edu”
Reservation Form:
Name: ___________________________________
E-mail Address: ____________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
I am a member of (circle all that apply):
ASIS&T,
Special Libraries Association (SLA),
Medical Library Association (MLA)
_____ $8 for Members of ASIS&T, SLA or Medical Library Association
_____ $5 for Students
_____ $10 for all others
Please enclose a check made out to Michigan ASIS&T and mail to:
Allison Brueckner
7249 York Street
Dexter, MI 48130 “Allison.brueckner” at “comcast.net”
Reservations must be received by Friday, May 9, 2008
Posted in ASIS&T | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Calendar | Local meeting
Tags: second life
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
| March 19, 2008 |
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Refresh Detroit is hosting Barb Hernandez from TechSmith to talk about how they evolved their Snagit product to focus on the experience of the user that leads to the conversion from interested person to customer.
Where: Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 (map). Parking is available in the library parking lot. We’re meeting in the conference room on the third floor. At the third floor stairs lobby, go through the double doors, turn right, and look for the first door on the right to enter the conference room.
Abstract
What can you do when conversion rate is flat? TechSmith is a trialware company by nature, so measuring how many people download, try and actually purchase our software is the best measure of conversion and success.
We know that the thousands – dare I say millions of users who own SnagIt can’t live without it and tell us how it has changed the way they communicate with people. So what were we missing, why were we not getting the conversion rate we wanted? Learn about how we focused on the user experience, what we did, and how the changes impacted the conversion rate.
Speaker: Barb Hernandez, User Experience Manager at TechSmith, Lansing, Michigan
Posted in Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Calendar | Detroit, MI, USA | Local meeting
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
| November 27, 2007 |
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Bradley Horowitz, VP for Advanced Development at Yahoo! will be a Guest Speaker on campus next week Tuesday, November 27 from 4-5pm in the 1670 Computer Science Building on North Campus. He is being co-sponsored by SI and CSE and the topic is of clear SI interest “Innovation and Evolution - How Search, Social Media, and New Ideas can Shape the Next Web”.
Posted in Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Calendar
Tags: Social Media
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
The event includes workshops and presentations on usability in software, products, and health care services. Take a usability lab tour in the morning, and end the day with networking reception for professionals in the field of user experience design.
See WUD site for more information.
Posted in Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Calendar | Detroit, MI, USA
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Ann Arbor has a loosely knit community of UX professionals who gather at events sponsored by MOCHI, Southeast Michigan STC, or our award winning MI-UPA.
If you are new in town, start getting to know the community by going to the next event and introduce yourself to people there!
In Ann Arbor, we are working to raise the profile of the UX community and educate local industry about the expertise in their midst.
Posted in Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Tags: LocaleWelcome
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