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2010 Conference Redux Wrap Up

August 28, 2010

The conference redux worked out well at Microsoft.  A big thanks to Taylor Cowen for working to schedule the room for us.  The faculty was professional and hospitable (there were 2 other user groups meeting that night). Lorie Whitaker gave us insight on UPA International in Munich where she explored the question of doing professional [...]

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Aug 24 – Conference Redux @ Microsoft

August 19, 2010

For those of you who were too busy to break away for the conferences that were held this year, DFW-UPA is hosting its annual conference redux session at Microsoft in Las Colinas.  The session will be an informal meeting to go over the big take aways from everyone’s experiences at IA Summit, UPA International, and [...]

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Ice Cream Social 2010 at Aquent Wrap Up

July 31, 2010

Despite the sudden downpour, a crowd of roughly 20 turned out for the July monthly meeting, hosted by Aquent at their facility. Members discussed usability trends in the marketplace today, such as employer needs versus budget, blended roles, for example, designer plus architect, and the reaction of companies to trends like mobile apps and social [...]

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ActionScript Workshop 3.0 Wrap Up

July 31, 2010

The Intro to ActionScript 3.0 was a success.  20 some people registered for the event, and things move nicely throughout the day.  Dave Gillem gave us a tutorial on programming 101 with a helpful amount of hands on applied exercises.  Lunch was catered by iFratelli Restorante & Wine Bar.   For those of you who [...]

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July 27 Monthly Meeting – Aquent Hosts Ice Cream Social 2010

July 8, 2010

DFW UPA is proud to partner with Aquent in order to bring you Ice Cream Social 2010! Do you have a need to brush up on your resume, interview skills, or have questions about what companies are looking for?  After a talk on positioning yourself in the marketplace, Aquent will have resources available on hand [...]

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Intro to ActionScript 3.0 Workshop

June 23, 2010

That’s right folks, Dave Gillem is back. Earlier in the year, Dave introduced Flash as a platform as well as basic animation techniques.  For his next act, Dave will continue the Flash series by introducing ActionScript 3.0.  ActionScript is a powerful programming environment within Flash which adds interaction to your projects.  As a disclaimer, some [...]

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Crawfish Boil Wrap Up

May 21, 2010

In lieu of a monthly meeting, DFW UPA members joined Cohabitat for their second annual crawfish boil, where we mingled with other Dallas area creative thinkers, designers, and entrepreneurs, and enjoyed the tasty critters, washing them down with beer. If you didn’t make it this year, we hope to see you next time. Reminder!! We [...]

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May 15th: Monthly Meeting – Crawfish Boil at Cohabitat

April 28, 2010

Where has the time gone this year?  In just four weeks, Big (D)esign Conference will be kicking off with all of your favorite speakers in strategy, social media, user experience, and code development.  Purchase your ticket(s) before Saturday, May 8th when two -day ticket prices go up to $150.00.  By the way, the winners of [...]

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Design Like da Vinci Wrap Up

April 22, 2010

Brian Sullivan, president of DFW UPA and usability principal at Sabre Holdings’ Human Factors Center, treated this month’s meeting participants to Leonardo da Vinci’s basic principles on how to think. These principles are divided into the following categories: Curiosity – The focus should be on questions, not answers. Some of the many practices you can [...]

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April 20th: Monthly Meeting – Design Like da Vinci

April 2, 2010

Can you believe it?  Big Design Conference 2010 will be here next month!  In order to help promote the event, they’ve decided to give away Apple iPads to 4 lucky people.  The catch is that you need to be within the first 200 to register for the Big Design event.  Of course, this is for [...]

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