edUI Conference http://eduiconf.org Just another Eduiconf.org weblog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Nick DeNardis http://eduiconf.org/blog/denardis-nick/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/denardis-nick/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:06:30 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=195 Nick DeNardis, associate director of Web communications at Wayne State University, hosts the video blog EDU Checkup, where  he reviews higher education websites from the point of view of a first-time visitor, while critiquing the design, information architecture, and code of the sites.

He is a staff writer at .eduGuru, a higher education marketing and Web development blog and an officer for Refresh Detroit, a group of Web professionals whose goal is to promote Web standards, usability, accessibility and to spread the knowledge of Web design.

Nick will be leading a half day workshop at EdUI on how to use advanced web site analytics to optimize your designs.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/denardis-nick/feed/ 0 Alistair MacDonald http://eduiconf.org/blog/macdonald-alistair/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/macdonald-alistair/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:05:41 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=193 As a web applications consultant and co-owner of Bocoup.com, Alistair MacDonald is dedicated to creating next-gen web-site interfaces and innovative visual-audio software.

Alistair is the technical lead on the Processing.js project, and has developed a JavaScript library called Burst Engine for animating SVGs on the HTML5 Canvas, and hacks with the Processing.js development team on future browser technology like direct audio stream access and WebGL (3D hardware support).

Alistair will lead a half day workshop on how to build rich user interfaces with a little HTML5 and Javascript that rival those currently being built in Flash.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/macdonald-alistair/feed/ 0 Greg Rewis http://eduiconf.org/blog/rewis-greg/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/rewis-greg/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:04:35 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=191 Greg Rewis is the Principal Evangelist for Creative Suite Web Premium at Adobe Systems. With over 20 years of computer industry experience, Greg spends in excess of 200 days of the year on the road, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at trade shows and seminars, and speaking at industry conferences.

Greg has been passionate about the web since putting his first “home page” online in 1994. His career has taken him around the world, from the early days of desktop publishing, to a start-up in Hamburg, Germany, the glory days of the web at Macromedia and finally his current role at Adobe.

Greg will be leading a half day workshop on advanced Adobe Photoshop tips and tricks for web designers at EdUI 2010.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/rewis-greg/feed/ 0 Stephanie Sullivan http://eduiconf.org/blog/sullivan-stephanie/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/sullivan-stephanie/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:03:50 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=189 Stephanie Sullivan, founder and principal of W3Conversions, has been a web professional since 1999. A sought-after speaker, author, and coding guru, she’s called on to solve especially perplexing problems for high-profile websites. Her true passion is creating impeccable markup and code behind the design, and teaching others how to do the same.

Stephanie is a leader in the web industry who inspires others to strive for higher standards in their work. She serves as co-lead of the influential Web Standards Project (WaSP) Adobe Task Force, sits on the International Advisory Board for the Web Developer’s and Designer’s Journal, and is an Adobe Community Expert.

Stephanie will lead a half day workshop at EdUI on CSS for web developers seeking to increase their skills.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/sullivan-stephanie/feed/ 0 David B. Berman http://eduiconf.org/blog/berman-david-b/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/berman-david-b/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:02:59 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=187 David B. Berman is a strategic consultant with over 25 years experience in graphic, interface, and accessibility design.  He has traveled to 20 countries as an expert speaker, serves as the Ethics Chair for graphic design in Canada, and as a vice president of Icograda, the world body for graphic design.

David is the author of Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World.  He will deliver the plenary talk at EdUI 2010 and asks all designers to take the Do Good Pledge.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/berman-david-b/feed/ 0 Paul Boag http://eduiconf.org/blog/boag-paul/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/boag-paul/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:55 +0000 cgrymala http://eduiconf.org/2010/?p=183 Paul Boag has been working on the web since 1993. He is a user experience consultant for Headscape Ltd, a web design agency that he founded back in 2002.

Paul also produces and hosts the longest running and extremely popular web design podcast at boagworld. He is a regular speaker at conferences and author of the Website Owners Manual.

Paul will deliver the keynote presentation at EdUI 2010.

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/boag-paul/feed/ 0 Complete Beginner’s Guide to I… http://eduiconf.org/blog/complete-beginners-guide-to-i/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/complete-beginners-guide-to-i/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:38:16 +0000 admin http://eduiconf.org/2010/2009/12/07/complete-beginners-guide-to-i/ Complete Beginner’s Guide to Interaction Design http://bit.ly/8psHnn

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/complete-beginners-guide-to-i/feed/ 0 Nice post “Misconceptions Abou… http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-post-misconceptions-abou/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-post-misconceptions-abou/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:43:19 +0000 admin http://eduiconf.org/2010/2009/11/10/nice-post-misconceptions-abou/ Nice post “Misconceptions About Social Media” including a perspective from Paul Boag of the Boagworld podcast http://bit.ly/2kjlvm

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-post-misconceptions-abou/feed/ 0 Nice List Apart article: Can Y… http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-list-apart-article-can-y/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-list-apart-article-can-y/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:12 +0000 admin http://eduiconf.org/2010/2009/11/04/nice-list-apart-article-can-y/ Nice List Apart article: Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients http://bit.ly/1I0S6U

]]> http://eduiconf.org/blog/nice-list-apart-article-can-y/feed/ 0 RT @JimBain1: First Wednesdays… http://eduiconf.org/blog/rt-jimbain1-first-wednesdays/ http://eduiconf.org/blog/rt-jimbain1-first-wednesdays/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:54 +0000 admin http://eduiconf.org/2010/2009/11/04/rt-jimbain1-first-wednesdays/ RT @JimBain1: First Wednesdays TONIGHT. 7pm. X Lounge. http://FirstWednesdays.org Please RT! (via @cloudbrain) #cbic

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