Items tagged "Bloomington"

Bloomington Startup Weekend - Feb. 8-10

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 by Kevin Makice

Startup Weekend is proud to announce that the Bloomington Startup Weekend will be held February 8-10 2008. This will be the 15th Startup Weekend to take place across the globe since the idea originated last July.

Startup Weekend recruits a few dozen highly motivated people to build a community and company in a weekend. Tickets for Bloomington Startup Weekend will be sold for $20 online. Some scholarship opportunities and childcare may be available, as well.

There are 7 main areas of expertise that participants can sign up for:

  • Design
  • Developer
  • PR/ Marketing
  • Business Development
  • User Experience
  • Legal
  • Project Management

Other skill sets are welcome. The most important attribute is a willingness to contribute all three days of the weekend. Make sure to get tickets early, it will most likely sell out fast. For more information, visit our local event blog and pre-event Ning community.

This is a community event organized by local students and technology professionals. Participants from past weekends have raved about the quality of professional friendships made and the opportunity to evaluate people in the context of project work.

Bloomington is in the Design House

Friday, November 16th, 2007 by Kevin Makice

Bloomington, Indiana is a unique mix of small-town community and big-city perks. The city of Bloomington is surprisingly tech-savvy, sporting an extensive local wiki and a growing awareness of its own technical expertise. At the Indiana University School of Informatics, our human-computer interaction program has a decidedly design focus and an active academic community, both online and off. Currently, projects—like the Design Studies Initiative and organizing a local Startup Weekend—are underway to connect our local human resources.

I am pleased to introduce you to several local bloggers of potential interest to the UX community. Current students and faculty in the HCI program at the School of Informatics include:

Marty Siegel, faculty
Erik Stolterman, faculty
Christian Briggs, Ph.D. student
Heekyoung Jung, Ph.D. student
Justin Donaldson, Ph.D. student
Kevin Makice, Ph.D. student
Marty McCrory, Ph.D. student
Richie Hazlewood, Ph.D. student
Will Ryan, Ph.D. student
Aaron Houssian
Amber Kim
Ankit Khare
Balakrishna Chennupati
David Roedl
Jamie McAtee
Jason de Runa
Kenton Hankins
Kshitiz Anand
Mike Madison
Mingxian Chang
Shruti Bhandari
Tyler Pace
Vignesh Ramesh
HCI/d Course Blogs: Orange, Blue, Purple, Red, and Green
Virtual Worlds for Serious Use
HCI Design Evaluation Methods
Interaction Culture

Other local technology blogs include:

First: Principles and Bloomington Geek Dinners (Ben Fulton)
geek-guides (Elijah Wright)
Storygeek (Mark Bell)
UberNoggin and Second Life Education Research (Sarah Robbins)