1.
COMMUNITY
How are we staying connected?
Who’s doing what?
Where and when can you find us?
June 25, 2010 - IA Institute, UW iSchool
Michael Adcock - @PimpIA

2.
WHO AM I?
• IA/UX Designer
• 2008 MLIS Grad, UW Information School
• 10years of software development
experience in Seattle area
• Freelancing and looking for a job. :-)
• michaeladcock.info

3.
WHO AM I, REALLY?

4.
PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORK
• People as information sources
• Curate your collection of contacts and let
them feed you information
• Periodically 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

5.
MAIN SOURCE?
(Pointers to articles, blog posts, book releases, samples,
current practices and trends, fascinating conversations, jobs,
amusing banter, and psychological support!)

6.
WHO’S WHO
• Rather
than list a bunch of books or links, I
wanted to introduce you to people.
• I’mtrying not to play favorites or pimp out
friends, but obviously this list is biased.
• These folks are “thought leaders” and love to
share and collaborate.
• Please don’t think of them as rockstars! :-)

7.
STEPHEN ANDERSON
Focus: Design Psychology
Location: Dallas, TX
Twitter: @getmentalnotes
Blog: blog.getmentalnotes.com
Books & Presentations:

8.
FRED BEECHER
Focus: Axure Prototyping
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Twitter: @fred_beecher
Blog: evantageconsulting.com
Books & Presentations:

9.
DAN BROWN
Focus: Documents and Artifacts
Location: Bethesda, MD
Twitter: @brownorama
Blog: blog.greenonions.com
Books & Presentations:

10.
LEAH BULEY
Focus: Working Solo, Sketching
Location: San Francisco, CA
Twitter: @ugleah
Blog: ugleah.tumblr.com
Books & Presentations:

11.
CHRISTIAN CRUMLISH
Focus: Social Interfaces, Play, Banjos
Location: Oakland, CA
Twitter: @mediajunkie
Blog: mediajunkie.com
Books & Presentations:

12.
WILL EVANS
Focus: Gaga, Expletives, Leadership
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @semanticwill
Blog: blog.semanticfoundry.com
Books & Presentations:

13.
JOHN FERRARA
Focus: Leveraging Game Design
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @ferrarajc
Blog: playfuldesign.ning.com
Books & Presentations:

14.
NICK FINCK
Focus: Mobile UX, Community
Location: Seattle, WA
Twitter: @nickf
Blog: www.nickfinck.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

15.
THOM HALLER
Focus: Content, Clear Communication
Location: Washington, D.C.
Twitter: @thomhaller
Blog: thomhaller.posterous.com
Books & Presentations:

16.
WHITNEY HESS
Focus: Evangelism, Inspiration
Location: New York, NY
Twitter: @whitneyhess
Blog: whitneyhess.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

17.
ANDREW HINTON
Focus: Contexts and Connections
Location: Charlotte, NC
Twitter: @inkblurt
Blog: www.inkblurt.com
Books & Presentations:

18.
DAN KLYN
Focus: Teaching, Architecture
Location: Hudsonville, MI
Twitter: @danklyn
Blog: wildlyappropriate.com
Books & Presentations:
IA course

19.
LIVIA LABATE
Focus: Planning IA Summit 2011
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @livlab
Blog: livlab.com/thinkia
Books & Presentations:

20.
PETER MORVILLE
Focus: Search
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Twitter: @morville
Blog: findability.org
Books & Presentations:

21.
JEFF PARKS
Focus: Interviews and Podcasts
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Twitter: @jeffparks
Blog: jeffparks.ca/index.php/blog/
Books & Presentations:

22.
ERIC REISS
Focus: Customer Service, Business
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Twitter: @elreiss
Blog: www.fatdux.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

23.
LOU ROSENFELD
Focus: Publishing, Search Analytics
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Twitter: @louisrosenfeld
Blog: louisrosenfeld.com
Books & Presentations:

24.
DONNA SPENCER
Focus: Design Games, IA Patterns
Location: Canberra, Australia
Twitter: @maadonna
Blog: maadmob.com.au
Books & Presentations:

25.
JARED SPOOL
Focus: User Research, Usability
Location: North Andover, MA
Twitter: @jmspool
Blog: www.uie.com/brainsparks
Books & Presentations:

26.
DON TURNBULL
Focus: Quantitative IA
Location: Austin, TX
Twitter: @donturn
Blog: donturn.com
Books & Presentations:

27.
RUSS UNGER
Focus: UX Process, Career Mentoring
Location: Chicago, IL
Twitter: @russu
Blog: www.userglue.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

28.
TODD ZAKI WARFEL
Focus: Prototyping
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @zakiwarfel
Blog: zakiwarfel.com
Books & Presentations:

29.
DAN WILLIS
Focus: Anything Shiny, Taking Risks
Location: Washington D.C.
Twitter: @uxcrank
Blog: dswillis.com/uxcrank
Books & Presentations:

30.
CHRISTINA WODTKE
Focus: Strategy, Leadership
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Twitter: @cwodtke
Blog: www.eleganthack.com
Books & Presentations:

31.
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
Focus: Web Form Design
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Twitter: @lukew
Blog: www.lukew.com/ff
Books & Presentations:

32.
INDI YOUNG
Focus: Mental Models
Location: San Rafael, CA
Twitter: @indiyoung
Blog: none
Books & Presentations:

33.
CONFERENCES
Winter
Spring
Fall

34.
LOCAL FOLKS
• Dave Ballantine • Noah Iliinsky
• Kris Bell • Aaron Louie
• Rachel Elkington • Samantha Starmer
• Nick Finck • Andrew Szydlowski

35.
LOCAL ACTIVITES
IA Meetup 2nd Tuesday
Refresh Seattle Periodically
InfoCamp Fall

36.
UW PROFESSORS
Bob Boiko : XML
Terry Brooks : Web Design, Creativity
Mike Crandall : OMGWTFBBQ
Trent Hill : Thesaurus Construction
Sam Oh : Ontologies, Metadata
Judy Ramey : Usability Testing
Jacob Wobbrock : HCI, Interaction Design

37.
FREEBIES
• Whitney Hess’ UX Designer Resources
• Nick Finck’s book list
• Andrew Hinton‘s amazing Linkosophy
• Dan Klyn’s IA course materials
• Dan Willis’ UX Deathmatch Video
• Russ Unger’s Career Workshop

38.
THANKS!
Michael Adcock - @PimpIA