Keith Instone on User Experience
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I am part of a team organizing the Activate Innovate conference, in Toledo, on June 13th, to (hopefully) kick-start the next era of innovation-based economic development in the region. For me, this is iteration 4 or 5, depending on how you count, of being involved in the IT / tech / startup ecosystem in the …
I am excited to be back on the SIGCHI Executive Committee along with several other new people to the team. Time to give back to the HCI discipline, connect it with UX professionals in industry, and help the next generation. See April 18: New to the SIGCHI EC by Neha Kumar (Medium) for details. My …
A few years in the making, we are kicking off the OhioX User Experience Roundtable on August 12 at noon (on Zoom). Join us to help make Ohio a humane tech hub. It started in 2019, when I learned about the plans for OhioX, a new organization representing and connecting those committed to growing Ohio’s …
Today (September 24, 2021) is the first-ever Ohio Tech Day. When I heard about the plans earlier this year, I was hoping we as a community could contribute something about user experience. With the help of colleagues at IxDA Cincinnati, UXPA Cleveland, we got a session started. UX Akron and IxDA Columbus quickly jumped on …
When I heard about 24 Hours of UX, local events strung together in the middle of June for a virtual conference, I signed up to help out. It was in the same “crazy idea” spirit of the UXnet local ambassadors network (focusing on local groups that span disciplines) and the first World Usability Day (which …