Columbus AI Week

I’ll be at Columbus AI Week next week (September 17-19). On Day 2 (Wednesday), I am moderating a panel on AI for Customer Experience. We will be framing the discussion around 3 categories of AI system use cases: On Day 3 (Thursday), I will be doing an updated version of my breakout session/interactive discussion on …

HCAI in Cincinnati

In my continuing journey across the state to listen to what leaders are saying about AI and Ohio’s opportunities (economic, workforce, educational, social, and more), I spent Tuesday, June 11th at Cincy AI Week. Day 1 was themed Responsible AI, so I wanted to see first-hand what human-centered discussions were happening in Cincinnati, after seeing …

UX Frontiers at TWP

I am excited to add a presentation about user experience to the emerging resurgence of the Toledo region tech ecosystem. On Wednesday, April 10, I will be presenting “The Next Frontiers in User Experience” at this month’s Toledo Web Professionals / Google Developer Group Toledo meetup. Information technology is increasingly changing how we work, live, …

Activate Innovate conference at TIC

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 …

UX Day, Advances in UX panel

Advances in UX Panel

I will be facilitating a panel at the 67th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society annual meeting on Wednesday, in Washington, DC. The panel will be one of the featured sessions for User Experience Day, a dedicated track of programming specifically geared for UX professionals. The panel topic is “Advances in UX Research & Practice” and …

UX Game Night

I am excited to host another “UX Game Night”: playing games that embody UX concepts while also socializing with your UX peers. I am going to bring two kinds of games: traditional games and specially-made games. Useful UX Concepts Taught by Traditional Games Specific UX Games Should be fun!

Next Frontiers in UX

I presented Four ways to think about the “Next Frontier of UX” at the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s All in for Tech Day on October 10th. I used the 4 categories that evolved from my UX Spins roadshow to frame a discussion around emerging tech areas (with a focus on AI). UX as Impressions UX as …

October UX Calendar

September was a great month for UX across Ohio, with World Interaction Design Day events in Cincinnati and Columbus being the most prominent: Ohio was the only state in the USA with 2 events! October has a lot going on for UXers, more than changing leaves! The new Ohio UX Calendar lists the upcoming events by UX groups that …

Ohio AI Forum, Cleveland, August 19, 2023

Human-Centered AI in Ohio

I attended two InnovateOhio “AI Forums” the past month in order to listen to the conversations and start thinking about how UXers can foster a more humane artificial intelligence-driven economy/society in Ohio. If you are not familiar with InnovateOhio, its main goal is to build a platform that enables better interactions with state services for …