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Design Related Events in the Midwest? Yes please!
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Ever find yourself thinking, “I wonder if there are any design events happening in Columbus?” If you have, here are a few upcoming events occurring in our area.
Tuesday, April 20th
IDSA Central Ohio Chapter Facebook Group:
As the IDSA Central Ohio Chapter Chair I am initiating Facebook as the first attempt to create a Virtual Collaboration Space for Central Ohio Members and like minded individuals in the Columbus Area. Please help me out by contributing, sharing and updating. I will do my best to keep things as current as possible but please, don’t be shy (especially if you’re an informed individual - I know you’re out there). Check it out for updates, news, events, etc.
Please join the group and send invites to those in our community who may be interested.
Friday, April 23
Wonderland Columbus Grand Opening:
Wonderland Columbus is having a Grand Opening (of sorts) to introduce the space, the people behind the project and reveal future plans/opportunities.
For more information please visit: Wonderland Columbus or visit their Facebook Group page.
April 23rd at 6pm
at the former Wonder Bread factory
697 N 4th St, Italian Village, rear entry
Cedarville University Networking Event:
Cedarville University and the International Center for Creativity are co-hosting this special event for industry experts and representatives. For more information, please call 937-766-4990 or email advancement@cedarville.eduApril 23rd-25th
Startup Weekend Columbus 2010:
Startup Weekend returns to Columbus, Friday April 23rd for an intense 54 hour create your own startup business fest. Over 70 people will come together over one weekend with one goal- launch a brand new business and do it one weekend! Geek fest? You bet, but if you’re an early adopter, designer, entrepreneur, marketer, MBA or just plain curious this one event you don’t want to miss. Our own Dan Rockwell will be present participating in the event and giving a talk on Saturday the 24th on Protobaking. Event info and signup details.
Thursday, April 29
ISDA/IXDA Blender:
IDSA and IXDA have decided it is officially patio weather and therefore have moved this month’s Blender to MoJoe Lounge in the Short North.
IDSA’s Central Ohio chapter and Young Professionals section are once again teaming up with the Columbus chapter of IxDA (Interaction Design Association) for this month’s Blender - a monthly get-together and happy hour to mingle with other designers and see what’s going on in the community. Please invite your friends and coworkers. We’ll see you there!
Please join us:
When: Thursday, April 29th at 6-9pm
Where: MoJoe Lounge (Short North - 600 N High St)
Friday, April 30 – May 2
IDSA Mideast Conference Western Michigan University—Grand Rapids, MI | Faces of Design
It’s like the heat permeating off the pavement, a blurring of the lines on the road and the horizon ahead of converging design practices as a way of thinking that marries smart ideas with creative solutions. Enter a better tomorrow. Bound together by passion and design of various specialty areas, the profession is evolving and a new face of design is emerging. With innovation leaders such as Darrel Rhea taking the stage and Nathan Young bringing his global influences to the podium, attendees are faced with extraordinary topics and engaging dialogues. Be a part.
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10,000 minds served.
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A few days ago, Lextant’s “People Can’t Tell You What They Want and Nine Other Design Research Myths,” crossed the 10,000 views mark on Slideshare, a popular presentation sharing website.
The data is compelling really.
We put this presentation on Slideshare after presenting it at IDSA’s Polar Opposite conference in 2008. We wanted a better way host it on our own blog, to make it available to folks at the conference, and to those following the conference. We didn’t do a massive PR push really, we just made it available, told clients and friends, and the web took it from there.
The majority of these 10,000 views have happened via word of mouth on the web. The impressions of the presentation are far reaching - from Ohio to Silicon Valley to Beijing to London and back.
Seeing that it has 10079 views, 20 blog embeds, and 124 users favorite-ing it tells us that the core message resonates with people. What I like most is that, unlike a lot of presentations out there, this one actually enables you. In 57 slides it teaches you 9 myths, and how and why to use design research.
I say pile on, let’s get this presentation to 15,000 views and then party some more!
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So… this iPad thing…
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Ok so let’s get it over with shall we? The Big iPad review.. and the verdict?
Potential.
That’s it, its all about potential. It’s not a laptop, it could be a netbook killer for some, and its not a big iPod Touch- its potential to fit between all of that. I really just wanted casual computing wherever on my terms- and the iPad delivers that and more.
Reactions around the office today were mixed, with everything from “I want one! Does it come in purple?” to “I already carry an iPhone and a laptop… I don’t need that.” I think its hard for folks to figure out instantly where the iPad fits in. There’s something about this technology that fits in between the hard-core tech god and the busy body do-do-do-er. More and more, I think maybe this device is for kids and seniors.
This Easter weekend it got a tour-de-force test with adults and kids. My 70-year-old step-mother said “Amazing, I need this!” as she played Bejeweled on the couch this weekend. Kids of all ages seemed to gravitate toward the device, playing games, constantly asking Uncle Dan for permission to play. My mother, a natural artist, drew something totally amazing with the touch of her finger in 12 seconds. ”It isn’t the same as doodling on the newspaper,” she later reflected, but she really liked the movie playback and book reader.
Myself, I see just tons of potential. It is really less about today, its more about tomorrow and where it will go next. Take notice, computing has shifted, whether you like Apple or not. They’ve crossed over into yet another new market segment of computing – it isn’t a laptop, it isn’t a phone, and isn’t a desktop - it has abilities like all those things but fits somewhere in between. I would like to make calls on it. I love the built in photo frame capabilities. Of course, I see lots of research ideas inside it too!
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