SXSW

Tons of good panels and people coming to Austin this year. There is an almost mind bending amount of content, but here are some of the great stuff I’m looking forward to:

- Chris Bishop n’ co – Designing Stuff Kids Will Use and Love

- Jess Hemerly n’ crew – Music & Metadata: Do Songs Remain The Same?

- Branden Hall, Rick Barraza and Thomas Lewis – HTML5? The Web’s Dead, Baby

- Chris Bernard and esteemed panelists – Bootstrap Underdog? Mainstream Overlord? Or Both?

- From Art of the Title Sequence – Title Design Screening

MIX11

Always great content and a kind of ‘rock show’ feel that I’ve not experienced at other conferences.
More on this soon, the content should start rolling out next week.

Stir Trek

There new lineup should hit the site in a few days, and from what I’ve heard, it sounds exciting.

DevSum11

I’ll be talking about UX, Erik Klimczak will dive into the design thinking for WP7, and Kevin Marshall will be discussing the nuts and bolts of building an awesome Windows Phone app. I can’t wait to hear all the fresh ideas from the folk’s local to Stockholm, as well.

For months, I’ve buried myself in books, articles and miles of sketches, to create the content for this fall. I am very excited to see what you think. Here is a peek of the presentations and conversations that are on tap:

Stack Unconference, Omaha – I will have a few fun, collaborative ideas to toss on the wall. In true unconference form, attendees choose and direct topic content ‘on the fly’.

HDC, Omaha – I will be giving a 3 hour workshop on capturing innovation and developing great ideas. There are only 25 seats available, so if you’ll be around, grab your spot now.

On Thursday, I am giving a session on becoming a user experience designer in 45 minutes. Here we’ll focus on the key practices of experience design that will win you fans of your product or application.

AIGA Minnesota Design Camp – One of my favorite conferences of last year! I will be giving a workshop (scroll down to workshop #8) on bettering your design chops with creative play; not to be missed.

For SXSW 2011, I submitted a discussion entitled; Innovation Hunting in the Age of Prosthetic Apathy.
Check it out, leave me a comment and vote if you like it!