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Did you go to IxD09??
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Willis Apr 17, 2009.

UX Book Club, Washington DC
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Reggie Murphy Dec 1, 2008.

UX Book Club
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Understanding Social Media, Accelerating Social Participation at Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Service Center

June 10, 2009 from 6pm to 7:45pm
Billions of people participate in online social activities. Some users participate as readers of discussion boards, searchers of blog posts, or viewers of photos. A fraction of users become contributors of user-generated content by writing consumer product reviews, uploading travel photos, or expressing political opinions. Some users move beyond their individual efforts to become collaborators, forming tightly connected groups with lively discussions whose outcome might be a Wikipedia article…See More
May 23, 2011
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Will Evans replied to Kim Bieler's discussion What should we do about Ning?
"Folks, Time for the old man to weigh in. When I chose the Ning platform, certainly the price was right, and it did afford a number of features that I considered important at the time - and we have, over the past 2 years made good use of it, not…"
May 27, 2010
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Understanding Social Media, Accelerating Social Participation at Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Service Center

June 10, 2009 from 6pm to 7:45pm
Billions of people participate in online social activities. Some users participate as readers of discussion boards, searchers of blog posts, or viewers of photos. A fraction of users become contributors of user-generated content by writing consumer product reviews, uploading travel photos, or expressing political opinions. Some users move beyond their individual efforts to become collaborators, forming tightly connected groups with lively discussions whose outcome might be a Wikipedia article…See More
Apr 21, 2010
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Will Evans updated an event
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UX Intensive: Adaptive Path: Discount Available! at L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington DC

November 2, 2009 at 8am to November 5, 2009 at 7pm
This four-day workshop series is for experienced professionals wanting to take their practice to the next level. We examine the key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Each workshop is led by Adaptive Path's team of experts. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work.User Discount Code: IXDA to get 15% Off!User Discount Code: DCIA to get 15% Off!…See More
Oct 14, 2009
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Sep 22, 2009
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UX Intensive: Adaptive Path at L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington DC

November 2, 2009 at 8am to November 5, 2009 at 7pm
This four-day workshop series is for experienced professionals wanting to take their practice to the next level. We examine the key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Each workshop is led by Adaptive Path's team of experts. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work.User Discount Code: IXDA to get 15% Off!User Discount Code: DCIA to get 15% Off!…See More
Sep 20, 2009
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Will Evans commented on Will Evans's event UX Book Club, Washington DC
"Okay - glad you guys didn't like it - I will send out a blast."
Jul 15, 2009

Profile Information

Where do you currently work?
Semantic Foundry
What is your title?
Director, Experience Design
What do you want most out of the IxDA DC local chapter?
Networking, throwing parties, "ideating," workshops, IxD Slams, lectures, special events, lunches, Redux's, lectures, presentations, book clubs and just about anything else I intend to do with this group.
Tell us about yourself
Will Evans is Director, User Experience Practice Lead for Twin Technologies with 14 years industry experience in presentation layer and user experience design. His experiences includes directing UX for AIR Worldwide, UX Architect for social media site gather.com, and UX Architect responsible for the interaction design of Kayak.com. He worked at Lotus/IBM where he was the senior information architect, and for Curl - a DARPA-funded MIT project when he was at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. Prior to Curl, Will was an interaction designer for Dataware designing various search and Knowledge Management related product suites including KM Suite II, Northern Light, QueryServer and BRS.

Will holds masters degrees in business administration, human-computer interaction and cognitive psychology. His interests and studies have focused on design, information architecture, human factors and information visualization. He earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and philosophy.

Will's current activities include:
• Director, User Experience Practice at Twin Technologies
• Director, Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org/)
• Design Chair, IxDA's Interaction 10 Conference (http://interaction.ixda.org/)
• Founder, IxDA DC Local Group (ixdadc.ning.com)
• Contributing Editor, Johnny Holland (www.johnnyholland.org)

• Member: ACM SIGCHI, UPA, IAI, IxDA

Less Formal Summary:

Will Evans weighs more than 80.3 kg in the morning. He's American with thick dark brown wind swept hair (except when its held in place by various salon products). He nearly became an investment banker when he left school (Occidental College). For three reasons, he didn't.

* He found excitement in computers, art, and ideas;
* Investment Banking is just a fancy name for accounting;
* He hates accounting.

His favorite wine would be a bottle of Penfolds Grange Hermitage. Ideally a 1976, but let's not get too picky. The Grange Hermitage is red of course. His favorite other colour is black. He doesn't know why.
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OK, OK. For a creative that's a bit of a cliché. To say he is passionate about ideas is to say that Warren Buffett has a mild, fleeting interest in money. His first love may be for creative ideas but this preoccupation extends to ideas from and for every area of human and non-human activity that involves complex information systems. In other words, all-inclusive. Ideas are what make life worth living for him.
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Will Evans's Blog

Design Advice from Stephen Colbert

@Armano tweeted this today, from kip/bot/blog

From a NY Times article about Jon Stewart’s status as one of the most trusted journalists in America, a nice quote from Stephen Colbert about the craft of satire. It can apply to so many things where you are looking at the difference between amusing and brilliant, mockery and satire, good and great:



“We often discuss satire — the sort of thing he does and to a certain extent I do — as… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2008 at 9:25pm

The bad usability calendar

"It´s here; a new edition of the (in)famous Bad Usability Calendar. The past three calendars have all been successful in distributing examples of bad design around the world. Check out fresh examples of exaggerated use of fancy Web 2.0 design, cover flow, personalization, pull-down menus and more..."

I love the Web 2.0 design.

Posted on August 17, 2008 at 9:46am — 1 Comment

Coffee Patterns.

[Note: I wrote this about writing, and influences, but it could just as easily be read in the context of our craft, which is interaction design. Replace books with designs, and authors with designers, and the sentiment and argument remain the same. I hope someone finds it interesting.]





Coffee Patterns.



I rub my finger along the half dissolved sugar clinging to the lip of my coffee cup. I look you in the eye; I give you the "I'm completely earnest" look… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2008 at 4:42am

Comment Wall (17 comments)

At 11:30pm on August 21, 2008, Peter Corbett said…
Thank you, Sir. It's good to be here!
At 2:06pm on August 22, 2008, lynneberg said…
I'm going to take that as a compliment! Thanks!
At 1:15pm on September 30, 2008, Courtney Clark said…
Yep! In good ole Alexandria.
At 4:59pm on October 8, 2008, Matt Humphrey said…
He did indeed. In fact, he's standing right here talking (good things) about you. :)
At 10:03am on October 22, 2008, Lauren M. Longo said…
Thanks, Will. Glad to be here!
At 11:01am on October 22, 2008, Neal B. Johnson said…
Hi Will,

Happy to host you at the NGA for coffee or lunch and hear about your work and show you ours.

Cheers,

Neal
At 1:35pm on March 26, 2009, Matt Winters said…
Thanks, Will!
At 10:14am on April 1, 2009, Tracy Besser said…
I plan to make it to the HH on April 8th! I haven't been able to get to one... yet ;) Looking forward to it.
At 12:29pm on April 7, 2009, Michael Leis said…
Hoping your rash is cleared up by the time RedUX rolls around.
At 12:35pm on April 7, 2009, Michael Leis said…
And please, wash that perfume off. It smells of coriander, gin, and desperation. May also be related to rash getting weepy

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