Joel Grossman
Joel Grossman is Founder and Managing Principal of Pivotal Click, a user experience research, design and innovation firm. Pivotal Click helps clients identify the ‘moment of truth’ for their digital products and services, and provides strategic, creative, and technical solutions for ensuring successful value creation.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
| January 9, 2008 |
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
IxDA’s first event of the new year!
Even if you don’t design currently for mobile devices, it won’t be long before you’re asked to. Join in! The success of our events relies on all of us sharing what we know and asking about what we don’t know. (Note: We have 80 people on our Chicago event reminder list! A vibrant community, indeed! If you are interested in planning, hosting, or leading an event, please let us know.
When: Wednesday, January 9th
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Critical Mass, 225 N. Michigan Ave. (Lake & Michigan), Suite 2050 (20th floor). Enter the building via the Lake Street entrance (east of the CVS).
Full Details at Ixda.org
Posted in Calendar | Chicago, IL, USA | IxDA
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
| June 11, 2008 | to | June 13, 2008 |
The goals of the 7th Conference on Interaction Design for Children, IDC ‘08, are to better understand children’s needs, and how to design for them, by presenting and discussing the most innovative research in the field of interaction design for children, by exhibiting the most recent developments in design and design methodologies, and by gathering the leading minds in the field of interaction design for children - all in one place.
Each day, we interact with hundreds of technological devices that help us organize our lives, achieve our goals, and indulge in our passions. For children today, technology is especially pervasive in all aspects of life. They learn and play using computers and other technological devices; as they grow, they build and maintain friendships using computers and mobile phones; they interact with one another virtually; and even find critical interpersonal support and therapy using computers, the internet and other technology-enhanced products.
Given the ubiquity of technology in children’s lives, it is surprising that so few venues bring together those who are concerned with designing the technologies and the interactions with technology that are so important to children’s lives. For this reason, IDC 2008 will bring together, in the diverse city of Chicago, an international community of researchers, educators, and industry professionals concerned with interaction design for children, in order to think outside the toybox.
Posted in Calendar | Chicago, IL, USA | Conference
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
| December 5, 2007 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Welcome to the PhizzPop Design Challenge!
36 teams enter. 1 team leaves.
The PhizzPop Design Challenge pits top interactive, Web, and design
agencies against one another to push the limits of technology and
creativity in a battle royale. Think Mad Max for design.
The regional teams have been selected and will duke it out in New York,
Boston, Chicago, Austin, and Los Angeles, with the regional winners
competing against one another, and San Francisco winner AKQA, at the
South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, TX.
We invite you to register and watch the creativity unfold as you enjoy
cocktails.
Date: December 5, 2007
Location:
The Underground
http://www.theundergroundchicago.com/
56 West Illinois St.
Chicago, IL 60610
312-644-7600
Doors Open: 6pm
End Time: 10pm
Directions
See http://designchallenge.phizzpop.com/ for more details.
Posted in Calendar | Chicago, IL, USA
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Chicago is a healthy mix of corporate and agency ecosystem UX people, as well as a good mix of publishing and media types. We enjoy the vibes and influence of the Insitute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
There are a number of vibrant organizations in Chicago, notably CHI2, the local ACM SIGCHI group, and the Chicago Usability Professionals Association , the local branch of the UPA. In addition to these, there are strong IAI, AIGA, STC and IDSA groups, and our unique local group, the Association for Multimedia Communications.
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