This is a touch dated, but I thought I'd share in case you had not seen this. It's still quite good. IDEO’s David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Meeting information
I got responses from my last post about locations and it appears that most of you would not have to travel great distances if we used the meeting space at my company's offices:
Choice Hotels International (See map below)
Western Headquarters
4225 East Windrose Dr.
Phoenix, AZ, US 85032
Again, if any of you would have extreme hardship in attending a meeting at this location, let me know.
I'll be setting up an introduction meeting in the coming weeks to give us all an opportunity to meet face to face and take a look at our initial charter and next steps.
Talk to you soon.
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Choice Hotels International (See map below)
Western Headquarters
4225 East Windrose Dr.
Phoenix, AZ, US 85032
Again, if any of you would have extreme hardship in attending a meeting at this location, let me know.
I'll be setting up an introduction meeting in the coming weeks to give us all an opportunity to meet face to face and take a look at our initial charter and next steps.
Talk to you soon.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Address & Locations
Hey everyone,
I wanted to get a gauge for where everyone is located in the Phoenix area or Arizona as a whole. When you get a chance, please email me at chris_brya AT choicehotels dot com and let me know what area in the valley you would be coming from for potential meeting location selection.
I have my company's corporate office and conference room in mind for initial meetings, but I don't want to use that if it's too far from most people.
Thanks.
PS: Can you believe it's already July?
I wanted to get a gauge for where everyone is located in the Phoenix area or Arizona as a whole. When you get a chance, please email me at chris_brya AT choicehotels dot com and let me know what area in the valley you would be coming from for potential meeting location selection.
I have my company's corporate office and conference room in mind for initial meetings, but I don't want to use that if it's too far from most people.
Thanks.
PS: Can you believe it's already July?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
UPA Conference & AZ Chapter Update
Hey everyone,
Long time no see. I just got back from the UPA International Conference in Baltimore last week and wanted to update you all on the progress we're making for setting up the Arizona Chapter of UPA.
Good news is that I met with some key management at UPA to finalize details and it looks as though we're about ready to setup a first meeting and chapter leadership roles.
Finally.
For those of you that have expressed interest in the leadership committee, I have your names and interest, but since it's been a few months since we last spoke, I wanted to ask that you reaffirm that you still have an interest and I will update the leadership roles and distribute that accordingly.
Also, if you have usability or related fieled colleagues that would be interested in joining the group, advise of them of this blog and have them enter their email address to subscribe to regular updates.
I look forward to seeing/meeting/hearing from you all soon to finalize our charter. We'll be in touch.
Talk to you soon!
Long time no see. I just got back from the UPA International Conference in Baltimore last week and wanted to update you all on the progress we're making for setting up the Arizona Chapter of UPA.
Good news is that I met with some key management at UPA to finalize details and it looks as though we're about ready to setup a first meeting and chapter leadership roles.
Finally.
For those of you that have expressed interest in the leadership committee, I have your names and interest, but since it's been a few months since we last spoke, I wanted to ask that you reaffirm that you still have an interest and I will update the leadership roles and distribute that accordingly.
Also, if you have usability or related fieled colleagues that would be interested in joining the group, advise of them of this blog and have them enter their email address to subscribe to regular updates.
I look forward to seeing/meeting/hearing from you all soon to finalize our charter. We'll be in touch.
Talk to you soon!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Next steps for Arizona UPA
Hey everyone,
I wanted to touch base with you all on our progress. We will be announcing officer selections for our board here this month and will be finalizing our documentation with the national UPA in January.
My hope is to have our first meeting by the end of January once we can coordinate all of the paperwork with the UPA.
I'll keep you up to speed on our progress and will have more communications for you as we near our meeting date over the next 4-6 weeks.
Thanks. Talk to you soon.
I wanted to touch base with you all on our progress. We will be announcing officer selections for our board here this month and will be finalizing our documentation with the national UPA in January.
My hope is to have our first meeting by the end of January once we can coordinate all of the paperwork with the UPA.
I'll keep you up to speed on our progress and will have more communications for you as we near our meeting date over the next 4-6 weeks.
Thanks. Talk to you soon.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
World Usability Day Phoenix
**Request to Post**
6:00 p.m. – Food and refreshments
6:30 p.m. – Speaker presentations and raffle
(software, books and World Usability Day materials)
You must be present to win!
World Usability Day Phoenix – Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, 6-9 p.m.
ASU Polytechnic Campus
Annex Building – Ballroom
Power Road & Williams Field Road
Mesa, AZ
**Admission is FREE**
Schedule
6:00 p.m. – Food and refreshments
6:30 p.m. – Speaker presentations and raffle
(software, books and World Usability Day materials)
You must be present to win!
New and improved Event Flyer! (Attached)
Link to our event on the World Usability Day website.
You can share the event (e-mails) from the website page:
You can share the event (e-mails) from the website page:
If you have any great promotional ideas, please let us know!
Theo Mandel, Ph.D.
Healthcare Chairman, World Usability Day 2007
480.664.1202
Monday, October 22, 2007
Arizona UPA Update
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that our chapter setup is poking along. UPA has most of the requisite materials but I still need a couple of pieces of information from them.
I also need to reach out to a couple of people that wanted leadership roles that have not yet responded. But I will get our group on board soon.
I think we could probably make a November or December impromptu meet/greet in Phoenix, but more on that as we get the chapter setup at UPA.
I'll continue to be in touch. Thanks!
Just wanted to let you know that our chapter setup is poking along. UPA has most of the requisite materials but I still need a couple of pieces of information from them.
I also need to reach out to a couple of people that wanted leadership roles that have not yet responded. But I will get our group on board soon.
I think we could probably make a November or December impromptu meet/greet in Phoenix, but more on that as we get the chapter setup at UPA.
I'll continue to be in touch. Thanks!
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