2009_04_14 baychi welcome slides

Welcomes YouApril 14, 2008

Tonight’s program…

Designing Your Product as a Platform Micah Laaker, Yahoo!

20 Conversations About Creativity Dan Brodnitz, about-creativity.com

Tonight’s speakers…

Micah Laaker leads User Experience for the Yahoo! Open Strategy (YOS)

Dan Brodnitz is interviewer-in-chief at About-Creativity.com

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Most Urgent Volunteer Needs: Dinner Coordinator (bi-monthly) BayCHI Podcast Team Needs:

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For all the updated information you need about BayCHI, visit…

www.baychi.org

Tonight’s program…

Designing Your Product as a Platform Micah Laaker, Yahoo!

20 Conversations About Creativity Dan Brodnitz, about-creativity.com

Tonight’s speakers…

Micah Laaker leads User Experience for the Yahoo! Open Strategy (YOS)

Dan Brodnitz is interviewer-in-chief at About-Creativity.com

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BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF Event

Out of the lab and into the field: a lab rat’s guide to getting started with ethnographic research

Speakers: Emily Hebard, consultantKeren Solomon, Intuit

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:00-9:00pmLocation: Intuit, Mountain View

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May BayCHI Meeting

Tuesday, May 12th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC

The Unexpected Joys and Sorrows of Translating In-person Experiences to Online ToolsLuke Hohmann, founder and CEO, Enthiosys

How to fire your boss and start your own consulting businessJohn Carter, Consultant

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