Registrations are now open for the Oz-IA conference, in Sydney the weekend before Web Directions . Oz-IA is a conference around information architecture,and attracts all sorts of user experience folks. I was at the first Oz-IA last year - great company...

For anyone interested, here are the slides from my AIMIA talk on Wednesday: - Design-led Innovation slides Thanks to Sarah Bloomer and Monty Hammontree (MS) for input and inspiration into this talk.

Christian Longstaff is touting a "Microsoft Web Experience DVD". It's got a bunch of web development resources but it also includes a copy of Expression Studio (on a time-bombed virtual PC) and Expression training materials. Check it out if you're interested...

Builderau took me aside at TechEd last week and asked me about designer-developer collaboration, and the role of the 'deviner'. I spell it devigner though... Am I showing my bias? http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Diviner-A-new-role-between-the-developer...

It's not a good user experience when you feel you've been chastised by a computer program. All I did was click on the fishy for heck's sake! It's a bad idea to make users feel stupid. There are a bunch of things these guys might have been able to do to...

Coincidental to my post on High and Low Fidelity prototyping , I only just found (thanks to Will Tschumy ) this interview with Bill Buxton (of Sketching User Interfaces fame) on Microsoft's "Channel 9" about design thinking. Bill is passionate about really...

At MIX the guys from Screenedit asked me what I like about interaction design. I think I need to work on my short answers! Shane Morris Interview Uploaded! I blame the caffeinated American drinks. Technorati Tags: MIX , Interaction design

Gosh I love the serendipity that is Radio National . Today on Artworks they interviewed a 'Concept Designer'. This guy (Iain) did conceptual mockups for movies like Ratatouille and the Star Wars prequels. The idea is to give the director a vision of how...