IA Community (InfoCamp Seattle 2012)

COMMUNITY

@PimpIA Michael Adcock October 14, 2012 – InfoCamp

COMMUNITY

“Hey, that looks familiar!”

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WHO AM I?

Helping Your Library Be The Best Partner For Research

Thank You

Michael Adcock

Technical Support Analyst,

Global Client Support Services

Serials Solutions | 501 North 34th Street, Suite 200 | Seattle, WA, 98103, USA | 1-866-737-4257 x1081 | Michael.Adcock@serialssolutions.com

http://www.slideshare.net/AbbyCovert/what-is-this-ux-thing

http://iamania.com/

Personal Learning Network

manage your resources

Personal Learning Network

People as information resourcesCurate your collection of contacts and let them feed you informationPeriodically share your own findings (links, blog posts, etc.)Engage and connect people to each other and to helpful information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Learning_Networks

Twitter

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Twitter

Links to…articlesblog postsbook releasessamples

Discussion on…current practices and trendsjobspsychological supportamusing banter

Archive My Tweets

“I wanted a way to browse and search my old tweets, archive them in case Twitter ever dies, and do this all on my own web server. Douglas Bowman of Stopdesign created something similar, but I felt there were too many steps involved for something so simple, so I created Archive My Tweets. Now I have a browsable and searchable archive of all my tweets.”

Get it at: amwhalen.com/projects/archive-my-tweets

Who’s Who

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Who’s Who

I want to introduce you to people.

I’m not trying to play favorites or pimp out friends, but obviously this list is biased.

These are “thought leaders” who love to share and collaborate.

Please don’t think of them as rockstars!

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Stephen Anderson

Design Psychology, Seduction

Dallas, TX

@stephenanderson, @getmentalnotes

blog.getmentalnotes.com

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Fred Beecher

Axure Prototyping

Minneapolis, MN

@fred_beecher

userexperience.evantageconsulting.com

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Margot Bloomstein

Content Strategy

Boston, MA

@mbloomstein

appropriateinc.com

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Dan Brown

Documents/Artifacts, Conflict

Bethesda, MD

@brownorama

communicatingdesign.com

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Leah Buley

Working Solo, Sketching

San Francisco, CA

@ugleah

ugleah.tumblr.com

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Dana Chisnell

Usability, Voting

Boston, MA

@danachis

www.usabilityworks.net

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Adam Connor & Aaron Irizarry

Design Critique

Western MA & Southern CA

@adamconnor, @aaroni268

adamconnor.com

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Catriona Cornett

Inspiration

Philly, PA

@inspireUX

www.inspireux.com

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Abby Covert

IA Practice, teaching, sketching

New York, NY

@Abby_the_IA

abbytheia.wordpress.com/

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Christian Crumlish & Erin Malone

Social Interfaces, Play

Oakland, CA & San Francisco, CA

@mediajunkie, @emalone

mediajunkie.com, www.emdezine.com

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Katey Deeny

Value Sensitive Design

Portland, OR

@followsprocess

followsprocess.wordpress.com

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Veronica Erb

Sketchnoting, Research, HTML Prototyping

Washington, DC

@verbistheword

veronicaerb.com

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Karl Fast

Education, Information Overload

Kent, OH

@karlfast

karlfast.org

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John Ferrara

Game Design, Play

Philly, PA

@ferrarajc

rosenfeldmedia.com/books/game-design/blog/

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Nick Finck

Mobile UX, Community

Seattle, WA

@nickf

www.nickfinck.com/blog

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Deb Gelman

Designing for Children, Fun

Philly, PA

@dgelman

chaoticcurrents.com

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Thom Haller

Content, Clear Communication

Washington, DC

@thomhaller

thomhaller.posterous.com

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Kristina Halvorson

Content Strategy

Minneapolis, MN

@halvorson

blog.braintraffic.com/author/kristina-halvorson

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Whitney Hess

Evangelism, Inspiration

New York, NY

@whitneyhess

whitneyhess.com/blog

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Andrew Hinton

Context, Connections

Atlanta, GA

@inkblurt

www.inkblurt.com

Coming eventually!

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Dan Klyn

Understanding, Teaching, Architecture

Grand Rapids, MI

@danklyn

understandinggroup.com/makingthingsbegd

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Livia Labate

Management of Experience Design

Bethesda, MD

@livlab

livlab.com/thinkia

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Karen McGrane

Content Strategy

New York

@karenmcgrane

karenmcgrane.com

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Jess McMullin

IA in the Public Sector

Edmonton, AB

@jessmcmullin

www.citizenexperience.com

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Peter Morville

Search, Findability

Ann Arbor, MI

@morville

findability.org

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Soren Muus

Modeling systems

Copenhagen, Denmark

@sorenmuus

sorenmuus.tumblr.com

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Jeff Parks

Interviews & Podcasts

Ottawa, CA

@jeffparks

www.followtheuxleader.com

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Anders Ramsay

Agile UX

Brooklyn, NY

@andersramsay

www.andersramsay.com

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Eric Reiss

Customer Service, Business

Copenhagen, Denmark

@elreiss

www.fatdux.com/blog

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Andrea Resmini

Pervasive IA, Place-making, Education

Jönköping, Sweden

@resmini

andrearesmini.com/blog

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Lou Rosenfeld

Publishing, Search Analytics

Brooklyn, NY

@louisrosenfeld

louisrosenfeld.com

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Donna Spencer

Organizing Content, Intranets

Canberra, Australia

@maadonna

donnaspencer.com.au

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Jared Spool

User Research, Usability, Conferences

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@jmspool

www.uie.com/brainsparks

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Samantha Starmer

Holistic Customer Experience

Chicago, IL

@samanthastarmer

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Don Turnbull

Quantitative IA

Austin, TX

@donturn

donturn.com

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Russ Unger

UX Process, Career Mentoring

Chicago, IL

@russu

www.userglue.com/blog

Coming soon!

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Todd Zaki Warfel

Prototyping, Guerrilla Research

San Francisco, CA

@zakiwarfel

zakiwarfel.com

Coming soon!

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Dan Willis

Solving Problems, Taking Risks

Washington, DC

@uxcrank

www.dswillis.com

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Christina Wodtke

Strategy, Leadership

Palo Alto, CA

@cwodtke

www.eleganthack.com

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Luke Wroblewski

Web Form Design, Mobile

Silicon Valley, CA

@lukew

www.lukew.com

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Indi Young

Mental Models

San Rafael, CA

@indiyoung

rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models

Conferences

meet your resources

Conferences

Interaction

IA Summit

Midwest UX

Local Activities

play with your resources

Local Activities

Seattle IA/UX

Content Strategy Seattle

SEATTLE

Find more local activities at: www.seattleuxevents.com

Free Stuff

lol moar resources

Free Stuff

Andrew Hinton’s amazing Linkosophy (and updated)

Russ Unger’s Career Workshop ’12 (2011), (2010)

Whitney Hess’ UX Designer ResourcesNick Finck’s Book ListJorge Arango, Andrea Resmini, Andrew Hinton, and Dan Klyn discuss Placemaking in IADan Willis’ UX Deathmatch VideoA brief digression on Information Architecture from Richard Saul Wurman

Jobs

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