A collection of miscellaneous academic and industry papers and presentations that I've done for various projects and conferences.
Papers / Presentations:
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February, 2007
IA for Rich Interaction: Tools and Techniques from the Trenches
This presentation looks at some of the changes working in rich interactions have brought about to the standard wireframe document, as well as the changing roles and relationships between IA, designers, developers and clients. Features case studies from rich-interaction projects created by Blast Radius for clients such as DirecTV, Canadian Tourism Commission and Electronic Arts. (Zip archive, 6.7 Mb)
Powerpoint Presentation Slides (Zip archive, 6.7 Mb)
Agnes Misiurny's Visio Tutorial (PDF, 4 Mb)
March, 2006
Taming the 800 pound gorilla: Some insights on managing a multiple-IA project
Our project required over 2000 person-hours of IA time divided between three IAs and over 400 pages of wireframe documentation. (PDF doc, 54 kb)
Poster (PDF doc, 54 kb)
April, 2004
Orkut at Eleven Weeks: An Exploration of a New Online Social Network Community
An exploration and analysis of the user experience and community design issues involved in the launch of Orkut, Google's social networking service.
December, 2003
Redesigning the TTC web site
Results of a group project involving a user-centered review and redesign of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) public web site.
April, 2003
A Window on the Global Mind:
An Exploration of the World Wide Web Browser
A history of the WWW browser, explored as a hybrid medium.
March, 1996
The Resonating Interval: Exploring the Process of the Tetrad
An exploration of Marshall McLuhan's concept of the tetrad as a theoretical model for assessing, analysing and predicting the social effects of technology on society.
September, 1993
Interview with Rob Wright from Nomeansno
Interview with the singer, lyricist and bassist for Victoria punk rock legends Nomeansno.
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UX Conferences :
I try to make it out to at least one UX-themed conference per year. In 2009 I was lucky that IxDA Interactions '09 was held in Vancouver.
Previous conferences attended:
Interactions '09, Vancouver, BC
CANUX '08, Banff, AB
Information Architecture Summit 2007, Las Vegas, NV
Information Architecture Summit 2006, Vancouver, BC
Toronto Usability Summit 2003, Toronto, ON
SIG-CHI 2001, Seattle, WA (April 2001)
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