Presented as part of the University of Washington Information Architecture Institute (INFX 598) on June 25, 2010.

1. COMMUNITY
How are we staying connected?
Who’s doing what?
Where and when can you find us?
June 25, 2010 - IA Institute, UW iSchool
Michael Adcock - @PimpIA

2. WHO AM I?
• IA/UX Designer
• 2008 MLIS Grad, UW Information School
• 10years of software development
experience in Seattle area
• Freelancing and looking for a job. :-)
• michaeladcock.info

3. WHO AM I, REALLY?

4. PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORK
• People as information sources
• Curate your collection of contacts and let
them feed you information
• Periodically share your own findings (links,
blog posts, etc.)
• Engage and connect people to each other
and to helpful information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Learning_Networks

5. MAIN SOURCE?
(Pointers to articles, blog posts, book releases, samples,
current practices and trends, fascinating conversations, jobs,
amusing banter, and psychological support!)

6. WHO’S WHO
• Rather
than list a bunch of books or links, I
wanted to introduce you to people.
• I’mtrying not to play favorites or pimp out
friends, but obviously this list is biased.
• These folks are “thought leaders” and love to
share and collaborate.
• Please don’t think of them as rockstars! :-)

7. STEPHEN ANDERSON
Focus: Design Psychology
Location: Dallas, TX
Twitter: @getmentalnotes
Blog: blog.getmentalnotes.com
Books & Presentations:

8. FRED BEECHER
Focus: Axure Prototyping
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Twitter: @fred_beecher
Blog: evantageconsulting.com
Books & Presentations:

9. DAN BROWN
Focus: Documents and Artifacts
Location: Bethesda, MD
Twitter: @brownorama
Blog: blog.greenonions.com
Books & Presentations:

10. LEAH BULEY
Focus: Working Solo, Sketching
Location: San Francisco, CA
Twitter: @ugleah
Blog: ugleah.tumblr.com
Books & Presentations:

11. CHRISTIAN CRUMLISH
Focus: Social Interfaces, Play, Banjos
Location: Oakland, CA
Twitter: @mediajunkie
Blog: mediajunkie.com
Books & Presentations:

12. WILL EVANS
Focus: Gaga, Expletives, Leadership
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @semanticwill
Blog: blog.semanticfoundry.com
Books & Presentations:

13. JOHN FERRARA
Focus: Leveraging Game Design
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @ferrarajc
Blog: playfuldesign.ning.com
Books & Presentations:

14. NICK FINCK
Focus: Mobile UX, Community
Location: Seattle, WA
Twitter: @nickf
Blog: www.nickfinck.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

15. THOM HALLER
Focus: Content, Clear Communication
Location: Washington, D.C.
Twitter: @thomhaller
Blog: thomhaller.posterous.com
Books & Presentations:

16. WHITNEY HESS
Focus: Evangelism, Inspiration
Location: New York, NY
Twitter: @whitneyhess
Blog: whitneyhess.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

17. ANDREW HINTON
Focus: Contexts and Connections
Location: Charlotte, NC
Twitter: @inkblurt
Blog: www.inkblurt.com
Books & Presentations:

18. DAN KLYN
Focus: Teaching, Architecture
Location: Hudsonville, MI
Twitter: @danklyn
Blog: wildlyappropriate.com
Books & Presentations:
IA course

19. LIVIA LABATE
Focus: Planning IA Summit 2011
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @livlab
Blog: livlab.com/thinkia
Books & Presentations:

20. PETER MORVILLE
Focus: Search
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Twitter: @morville
Blog: findability.org
Books & Presentations:

21. JEFF PARKS
Focus: Interviews and Podcasts
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Twitter: @jeffparks
Blog: jeffparks.ca/index.php/blog/
Books & Presentations:

22. ERIC REISS
Focus: Customer Service, Business
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Twitter: @elreiss
Blog: www.fatdux.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

23. LOU ROSENFELD
Focus: Publishing, Search Analytics
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Twitter: @louisrosenfeld
Blog: louisrosenfeld.com
Books & Presentations:

24. DONNA SPENCER
Focus: Design Games, IA Patterns
Location: Canberra, Australia
Twitter: @maadonna
Blog: maadmob.com.au
Books & Presentations:

25. JARED SPOOL
Focus: User Research, Usability
Location: North Andover, MA
Twitter: @jmspool
Blog: www.uie.com/brainsparks
Books & Presentations:

26. DON TURNBULL
Focus: Quantitative IA
Location: Austin, TX
Twitter: @donturn
Blog: donturn.com
Books & Presentations:

27. RUSS UNGER
Focus: UX Process, Career Mentoring
Location: Chicago, IL
Twitter: @russu
Blog: www.userglue.com/blog
Books & Presentations:

28. TODD ZAKI WARFEL
Focus: Prototyping
Location: Philly, PA
Twitter: @zakiwarfel
Blog: zakiwarfel.com
Books & Presentations:

29. DAN WILLIS
Focus: Anything Shiny, Taking Risks
Location: Washington D.C.
Twitter: @uxcrank
Blog: dswillis.com/uxcrank
Books & Presentations:

30. CHRISTINA WODTKE
Focus: Strategy, Leadership
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Twitter: @cwodtke
Blog: www.eleganthack.com
Books & Presentations:

31. LUKE WROBLEWSKI
Focus: Web Form Design
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Twitter: @lukew
Blog: www.lukew.com/ff
Books & Presentations:

32. INDI YOUNG
Focus: Mental Models
Location: San Rafael, CA
Twitter: @indiyoung
Blog: none
Books & Presentations:

33. CONFERENCES
Winter
Spring
Fall

34. LOCAL FOLKS
• Dave Ballantine • Noah Iliinsky
• Kris Bell • Aaron Louie
• Rachel Elkington • Samantha Starmer
• Nick Finck • Andrew Szydlowski

35. LOCAL ACTIVITES
IA Meetup 2nd Tuesday
Refresh Seattle Periodically
InfoCamp Fall

36. UW PROFESSORS
Bob Boiko : XML
Terry Brooks : Web Design, Creativity
Mike Crandall : OMGWTFBBQ
Trent Hill : Thesaurus Construction
Sam Oh : Ontologies, Metadata
Judy Ramey : Usability Testing
Jacob Wobbrock : HCI, Interaction Design

37. FREEBIES
• Whitney Hess’ UX Designer Resources
• Nick Finck’s book list
• Andrew Hinton‘s amazing Linkosophy
• Dan Klyn’s IA course materials
• Dan Willis’ UX Deathmatch Video
• Russ Unger’s Career Workshop

38. THANKS!
Michael Adcock - @PimpIA