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Welcome new TriUPA officers

January 5, 2007

A new year ushers in a new crop of TriUPA officers:
• Abe Crystal, SILS, President • Jackson Fox, Lulu, VP of Programs • Peter Warren, Insight PD, VP of Membership • Mir Haynes, Anabo Studios, VP of Communications • Noel Fiser, Motricity, Secretary/Treasurer
We’re eager to hear your ideas for improving TriUPA.  Do you have thoughts on events we should [...]

IA Summit talk: Facets are Fundamental

March 30, 2006

I gave a talk at the recent IA Summit in Vancouver entitled “Facets are fundamental: rethinking information architecture frameworks.”

My talk notes and slides are now available for anyone interested.
Update: A review of my talk has been posted at Boxes and Arrows.

-Abe

Workshop: How to Build a Product People Will Buy

March 20, 2006

Entrepreneurs Only Workshop: How to Build a Product People Will Buy
Have lunch with Barry Beith of HumanCentric Technologies and Shimon Shmueli of Touch360, the founders of two design firms that are based in the Research Triangle. They’ll share their perspectives on building products that sell and how entrepreneurs with a limited budget can utilize good [...]

Is Target’s Pill Bottle Good User-centered Design?

March 20, 2006

“Do you really want to know what I think?” We assured her we did and were met with an outpouring of frustration related to the new design. While she immediately agreed it was better for consumers, she complained that the bottle was designed in a way that made her job significantly harder, even claiming it [...]

Triangle UPA Planning Meeting and Elections

February 23, 2006

We met Wednesday, 2/22 at 6pm in the offices of Motricity. Rick Cecil, interim vice-president of the Triangle UPA chapter convened the meeting and introduced the elections.

Four officers ran unopposed and were elected without dissent:

Rick Cecil (Motricity): President
Responsibilities: overall direction; project management; events.
Abe Crystal (SILS): Vice President
Responsibilities: Website and blog.
Janey Barnes (user-view): Treasurer
Responsibilities: membership [...]