The Wilson Project

New Blog Entry for CDG: The Nose

Finally got time last week to write another blog entry for CDG. After some editing from the lovely Jennifer Hoppe, it came out today. Entitled What One UI Developer Learned at the Opera, it a short but important lesson about learning from other sources can be an aid in design work.

As well as a nice trip to NYC…

Related Links

• Met Opera (The Nose/Production) – http://www.metoperafamily.org/
  metopera/season/production.aspx?id=10378
• Met Opera (The Nose/Synopsis) – http://www.metoperafamily.org/
  metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=332
• MOMA (William Kentridge) – http://moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/964
  The installation used in the opera is called “I am not me, the horse is not mine”
  Exhibition (Flash) site -http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/williamkentridge/
• Dmitri Shostakovich (Wikipedia entry) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich
• Nikolai Gogol (Wikipedia entry) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogol
• Constructivism (Wikipedia entry) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art)

Tagged as CDG, Design, Met, music, NYC, opera.

Back from Interaction 10…into Snowmageddon

More photos, posted at my Flickr account – Interaction 10 (IxDA)

Flew into Savannah before Snowmegeddon Round #1 came around and it was goregeous. Rainy but in the 50′s and I could wear a light jacket for a few days. Great time, only to fly back home the day before Snowmegeddon Round #2 came in. It took 2 1/2 weeks before I could see the sidewalk again.

As for Interaction 10, it was a blast and a real big work motivator for the remainder of the year. Some of the lectures presented some real interesting ideas and I will find some way to introduce or talk about them in my work. It also helps meeting interesting designers and other professionals that really want to make the profession better.

As for Savannah (beyond the really nice weather) was a good host and just darn friendly (Southern hospitality does exist…). I would definitely love to come back ASAP but the conference has to move to a new site. Unfortunately, it will not go back to Vancouver next year.

However, it will go to…Boulder, Colorado. It was announced on the last day, with a special low rate for about one week (sorry already gone, darn…) But, the excitement as already started. Especially with a really funny and interesting video promo – see http://www.vimeo.com/9395674.

Anyways, as soon as I can break open my piggy bank, I am registering for next year.

Interaction 11 @ Boulder, Colorado – http://www.ixda.org/i11/

Related Links

• For brief reprise of Interaction 10 conference, go to Johnny Holland magazine (http://johnnyholland.org/).
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
• School of Visual Arts blog – http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/blog

Tagged as Design, IA, information architecture, IxDA, Savannah, Snowmegeddon, ui, user experience, user interface, UX.