Events

Keynote Kung-Fu coming to the Big Design Conference

I’ll speaking at this year’s Big(D) conference about how iWork’s Keynote is an indispensable design tool in my process: Keynote Kung-Fu: How Ninjas Wireframe Keynote is a cheap, friction-free tool to create elegant wireframes in a  format that’s perfect for presentations, pitches, and hand-offs. Visio, Omnigraffle, and Balsamiq will be jealous I’ve been using Keynote as my primary sketching/wireframing/low-fi […]

See what I mean? Catch me at Refresh, July 10th

It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for clear, concise information design. My passion for this discipline is a perfect fit at Viewzi because I get to re-imagine the presentation of data (specifically, search-related data) on a daily basis for a wide range of subjects. Please join Stephen P. Anderson and I as we cover the basics of effective information design as well as dive into more complex examples.

Speaking @ Refresh November 8th, 2007

Design Thinking 2007

I had an amazing experience at Design Thinking last night. I really want to thank Stephen and Paula Thornton for inviting me to present.

As usual, Stephen’s presentation on ‘Hidden Entrance” was amazing, provocative, and eye opening. I’m hoping he’ll post the slides. It was also great to catch up with all of the familiar faces, it’s amazing how small the DFW Design community is after only a few years of living in the area.

Presentations that stick

The ability to craft (and deliver) a good presentation should be in the quiver of every designer, right along side their Moleskine and Micron pens (Garrett prefers Sharpies and a Dot Grid Book). I use presentations to unravel a vague idea or requirement to be sure I completely understand all of the facets and details. If […]

An introduction to Microformats

Rather than take the common approach and show slide after slide of source code (boring), I spent more time up front identifying the problem that Microformats solve. Microformats generally speaking are really simple, so I thought it was more important to understand the problem.

MultiVisions Panelist Information

I just received my panelist information for MultiVisions. New Media: Interactive Design for a Digital Era Travis Isaacs- Tel ’02, Senior. Web Designer, Sabre Holdings, Grapevine, TX Brian Bird- Tel/Span ’04, Freelance Interactive Producer/New Media Developer, New York City Christina Anderson- Tel MS’05, Director of Web Strategy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington DC Kortni Lee- Tel ’99, Account Executive/Consumer […]

Catch me at MultiVisions 17

I’ll be heading to ol’ IU next Thursday to once again speak at MultiVisions. I vividly remember the panic that I felt my senior year of college. Where will I go? Who is hiring? Is my portfolio good? Do I need to freelance more? Somehow talking to the recent grads at MultiVisions made it all feel better. There are so many […]

Back from SXSWi: My favorite panels

Stephen, Jeremy, Jarek, and myself are back from SXSWi after 4 intense days of eating, drinking, and paneling. My favorites: Field guide to design inspiration with Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert Kath Sierra keynote Stop Designing Products with Peter Merholz Mobile Design with Brian Fling Ajax Kung Fu Meets Accessibility Feng Shui with Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone Bullet Tooth Web […]

My SXSWi Schedule

Saturday, March 10th 10:00am Emerging Social and Technology Trends 11:30am Getting to Consistency: Don’t Make Your Users Think 2:00pm Kathy Sierra Opening Remarks 3:30pm Stop Designing Products 4:05pm Ruining the User Experience: When JavaScript and Ajax Go Bad 5:00pm High Class and Low Class Web Design Sunday, March 11th 10:00am Designing for Convergent Devices 11:30am […]

MultiVisions Panelist Information

I just received my panelist information for MultiVisions. New Media: Interactive Design for a Digital Era Travis Isaacs- Tel ’02, Senior. Web Designer, Sabre Holdings, Grapevine, TX Brian Bird- Tel/Span ’04, Freelance Interactive Producer/New Media Developer, New York City Christina Anderson- Tel MS’05, Director of Web Strategy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington DC Kortni Lee- Tel ’99, Account Executive/Consumer […]