Washington, DC, USA

Health 2.0 Meetup (Silver Spring, MD, USA)

Monday, February 15th, 2010 by Jim Jarrett
March 24, 2010
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

The next Health 2.0 Meetup will be held at Jackie’s Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD.  It will again be a STAT format, with multiple 5-minute presentations.  Registration opens March 3.

Health 2.0 Meetup (Silver Spring, MD, USA)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 by Jim Jarrett
January 26, 2010
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Our local (and very active) Health 2.0 group is having their next meeting at Jackie’s Restaurant in Silver Spring.

Health 2.0 STAT - featuring rapid fire presentations from Health 2.0 leaders.

Sustaining Government with Usability + Plain Language (Washington, DC, USA)

Monday, November 9th, 2009 by Jim Jarrett
November 12, 2009
9:00 amto11:30 am

In celebration of World Usability Day 2009, Nicole Burton has organized an event at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sustaining Government with Usability + Plain Language.

AIGA Baltimore’s 12th Annual Paper, Ink & Hops (Linthicum, MD, USA)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by Jim Jarrett
October 22, 2009
5:30 pmto9:00 pm

Join a bunch of creative professionals at the National Electronics Museum for AIGA Baltimore’s 12th annual Paper, Ink & Hops gathering.  Discounts for members and for advance tickets.

Health 2.0 Meet-up - Web 2.0 at the FDA (Silver Spring, MD, USA)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 by Jim Jarrett
September 29, 2009
6:00 pmto7:00 pm

Tonight is the Health 2.0 meet-up, with presenters from the FDA on their use of Web 2.0 techniques.

HFES Potomac/DC-Metro UPA: George Mason Arch Lab (Fairfax, VA, USA)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 by Jim Jarrett
October 5, 2009
6:30 pmto9:00 pm

HFES Potomac Chapter and DC-Metro UPA Chapter are co-hosting their monthly dinner meeting at the George Mason University Arch Lab.  Check out this link for all the details.

Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD, USA)

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 by Jim Jarrett
October 10, 2009toOctober 11, 2009

Join us at the 10th annual Baltimore Comic-Con, one of the largest comic conventions in the country.  Meet comic artists, participate in panel discussions, buy comic collections and other swag, and mingle with visual storytellers and their fans.

Comics play an emerging and exciting role in User Experience.  A key moment in their influence was the publishing of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics in 1994, and there has been a recent explosion of using comics to explain complex technical concepts.

Come see what this art, craft, and community is all about.

UX Intensive (Washington, DC, USA)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Conference Editor
November 2, 2009toNovember 5, 2009

UX Intensive is Adaptive Path’s four-day series for experienced professionals wanting to take their practice to the next level. They examine the key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience:

  • Design Strategy
  • Design Research
  • Interaction Design
  • Information Architecture

Each day is led by Adaptive Path’s team of experts.

See adaptivepath.com for more information.

Understanding Social Media, Accelerating Social Participation

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 by Olga Howard
June 10, 2009
6:00 pmto7:45 pm

Billions of people participate in online social activities. Some users participate as readers of discussion boards, searchers of blog posts, or viewers of photos. A fraction of users become contributors of user-generated content by writing consumer product reviews, uploading travel photos, or expressing political opinions. Some users move beyond their individual efforts to become collaborators, forming tightly connected groups with lively discussions whose outcome might be a Wikipedia article or a carefully edited YouTube video. A small fraction of users become leaders who participate in governance by setting and upholding policies, repairing vandalized materials, or mentoring novices.

It’s FREE!

See IxDA DC site for more information.

Modeling Concepts (Bethesda, MD, USA)

Friday, April 17th, 2009 by Training Editor
May 22, 2009
1:00 pmto5:00 pm

EightShapes presents “Modeling Concepts”, a seminar that will help participants adopt concept modeling into their own processes. Besides introducing the deliverable and providing advice on how to create them, this half-day training session will help participants understand where and when concept models are appropriate to use. We will discuss the range of problems concept models can address and how to translate a model from an abstract representation of a site’s structure to concrete wireframes.

Outline:

  • How Concept Models Help Designers
  • Anatomy of a Concept Model
  • Planning Them
  • Drawing Them
  • Incorporating Concept Modeling into your Process
  • Variations and Elaborations

See EightShapes for more information. This will be part of a monthly series.