[Event] First IxDA Belo Horizonte meeting - aug. 28, 2008
We are happy to announce the first IxDA Belo Horizonte (Brazil) meeting. It'll be an open, informal event where we'll talk about the practice of interaction design in our region and try to define next actions for the local chapter. Everyone is invited! Date: august 28, 2008 Time: 19h30 Venue: Villa Rizza, Av. do Contorno, 4383, Serra – Belo Horizonte Map: http://tinyurl.com/ 5vhzmp - -

[Event] NYC: Wed. Sept. 17 “Tap is the New Click” by Dan Saffer of Adaptive Path, hosted by R/GA
IxDA NYC is pleased to announce our September event, " Tap is the New Click " by visiting speaker Dan Saffer. The event is sponsored by R/ GA New York and refreshments will be served. RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/ 67ukh6 (Only those on the RSVP list will be admitted; please bring photo ID) DETAILS " Tap is the New Click " Even though the...

EVENT: IXDA Pittsburgh Happy Hour - Aug. 13, 2008
Please join IXDA Pittsburgh for a summer Happy Hour (half price appetizers and 1$ off drafts, wine and well liquor) and discussion about submitting to the IXDA conference. Date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 Time: 5:30 - 7 pm Place: Walnut Grill 5500 Walnut Street Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Michele Marut and Jack Moffett IXDA Pittsburgh Local Ambassadors

[EVENT UPDATE] IxDA Brisbane Face to Face, Tuesday, 26 August, 6:30pm, Ciccio's Pasta Bar
The first IxDA Brisbane Face to Face will be at Ciccio's Pasta Bar ( http://my247.com.au/ brisbane/ Ciccios- Pasta- Bar.10484). WHO: Local Interaction Design and User Experience professionals who design interactive systems and products of all types: web, desktop, mobile, consumer electronics, digitally- enhanced environments and more. WHAT: Monthly get- together to share ideas and learn in a social environment. Short presentations and entertaining discussions on trends,...

[EVENT] IxDA Brisbane Face to Face, Tuesday, 26 August, 6:30pm
Help us kick off the new local IxDA Brisbane chapter by joining us for our first Face to Face event. WHO: Local Interaction Design and User Experience professionals who design interactive systems and products of all types: web, desktop, mobile, consumer electronics, digitally- enhanced environments and more. WHAT: Monthly get- together to share ideas and learn in a social environment. Short presentations and entertaining discussions on...

[EVENT] Podcast & Recap of the June 25th IxDA Los Angeles Salon
Hello Everyone, 2 weeks ago HUGE sponsored the second IxDA Los Angeles Salon. The topic was " Methodology Madness 2: Usability testing " which featured 4 terrific speakers: - designer at a creative agency, Todd Lefelt - UX Lead at HUGE (joining from HUGE's NY office) - director from research...

[EVENT] [REMINDER] **TONIGHT** IxDA LA & HUGE present "Methodology Madness Part 2: Usability Testing", Wednesday June 25th, 7-9pm
Tonight's IxDA LA event is going to be hot! By popular demand, we've extended the capacity again. Tonight will be a great discussion about usability testing lead by IxD practitioners and specialized testers alike and a fantastic spread of food and wine from our hosts at HUGE. Check out the Evite for more details and RSVP while space lasts! *http://www.evite.com/ app/ publicUrl/ UGTAXBYWVJYTYMZDEZFR/ usability...

[Event] Waterloo IxDA: Design Garage, June 19/08
http://uxgroup.wordpress.com/ June 19, 2008 5:00 to 6:30 pm Accelerator Centre Waterloo, Ontario, Canada DESIGN GARAGE In this, the Waterloo IxDA's last get- together of the 2007- 2008 season, we ¹ re wrapping up with an interactive, entertaining, and (gasp!) even educational event. Working together in small groups, we ¹ ll tackle two design challenges: one at a strategic level, designing the concept for a product or business idea; ...

[Announcement] Information Design Association ­ A talk on Dopplr - London July 2008
Hi all The next evening meeting organised by the Information Design Association in the UK: A presentation by Matt Biddulph and Matt Jones, two of the founders of Dopplr, an exciting new travel + social networking website (http://www.dopplr.com). They ¹ ll introduce the concept, and focus on issues of interface design and data visualisation. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Design Council 34 Bow Street London, England WC2E 7DL £ 5 ...

[EVENT] IxDA LA & HUGE present "Methodology Madness Part 2: Usability Testing", Wednesday June 25, 7-9pm
*RSVP: http://www.evite.com/ app/ publicUrl/ UGTAXBYWVJYTYMZDEZFR/ usability * What can interaction designers learn from usability testing? Quite a bit! Usability testing is a great tool for improving and validating designs. Not every project requires usability testing and timeline and budget constraints often make it hard to accomplish. Nevertheless, most projects would benefit from at least some usability testing. This IxDA Los Angeles Salon will...