SXSW: Recommended UX / Interaction Design talks
handpicked by @uxrave
Not at SXSW? Follow the Twitter chat on the hashtags below during the event.

Friday, March 9

3:30PM - 4:30PM
Teaching Touch: Tapworthy Touchscreen Design
Josh Clark (@globalmoxie)
#sxsw #tapworthy
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

3:30PM - 4:30PM
Design from the Gut: Dangerous or Differentiator?
Panel: Jane Leibrock, Laurel Hechanova, Naz Hamid, Phil Coffman, William Couch
#sxsw #fromthegut     
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC    


5:00PM - 6:00PM 
Applying Behavior Design
Chris Risdon, Adaptive Path (Lead Experience Designer)
#sxsw #behavior 
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Software Alchemy and the Arc of Technology
Panel: Alan Cooper, Christie Dames, Robert Scoble
#sxsw #AlchemyArc
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

Saturday, March 10

9:30AM -10:30AM 
Designing Experiences for Women
Brad Nunnally (Perficient), Jessica Ivins (Happy Cog)
#sxsw #designwmn
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

11:00AM -12:00PM
The Complexity Curve: How to Design for Simplicity
David Hogue, Fluid Inc - VP of Experience Design
#sxsw #simplerUX
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

12:30PM - 1:30PM
HTML5 and CSS3: Does Now Really Mean Now?
Chris Mills, Web Evangelist, Opera
#sxsw #dnrmn
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

3:30PM - 4:30PM
The Secret Lives of Links
Jared Spool, UIE
#sxsw #LinkLives
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D

3:30PM - 4:30PM
Making the Real World Easier to Use
Dennis Crowley (Foursquare), MG Siegler (Techcrunch)
#sxsw #EasyWorld
Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5

3:30PM - 4:30PM
CSS for Grown Ups: Maturing Best Practices
Andy Hume, Clearleft
#sxsw #growncss
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

5:00PM - 6:00PM
Physical Architecture Meets Interaction Design
Leonard Souza (UniversalMind/SpatialKey), Sean Coulter (Pugsley Simpson Coulter Architects)
#sxsw #archIXD
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

Sunday, March 11

9:30AM -10:30AM
The Mind & Consciousness As an Interface
Julian Bleecker, Nicolas Nova (Near Future Laboratory)
#sxsw #BrainUI
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG

9:30AM -10:30AM
Make a Kinection: The Future of Interactive Design
Amish Patel, Design Producer, Xbox/Microsoft
#sxsw #kinect
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon J

11:00AM -12:00PM
Designing Tomorrow’s Digital/Physical Interfaces
David Merrill, Fabian Hemmert, Leah Buechley
#sxsw #Interfaces
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG

12:30PM - 1:30PM
High On Line: Applying Psychology to Web Design
Jason Hreha (Behavior Designer+UX Advisor)
#sxsw #brain
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Creating Responsive HTML5 Touch Interfaces
Stephen Woods, Flickr - Frontend engineer
#sxsw #htmltouch
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Mixel: Art, Tablets and the Creator Economy
Khoi Vinh (formerly NY Times, Mixel)
#sxsw #mixelsxsw
Hyatt Regency Austin, Texas Ballroom 1-3

2:00PM - 3:00PM
Ambient Location and the Future of the Interface
Amber Case, Co-Founder, Geoloqi.com
#sxsw #AmberCase
Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5

3:30PM - 4:30PM
White Space: Shaping Nothing for Clean Design
David Kadavy (Kadavy Inc)
#sxsw #white
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

5:00PM - 6:00PM
Go Forth & Make Awesomeness: Core Values & Action
Jeffrey Zeldman (Happy Cog Founder, A List Apart Co-Founder), Leslie Jensen-Inman (The University of Tennessee)
#sxsw #GoForth
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

Monday, March 12

9:30AM - 10:30AM
Bootcamp for a UX Team of None
Brynn Evans, Fred Beecher, Krista Sanders, Russ Unger, Todd Zaki Warfel
#sxsw #nouxteam
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Avoiding Bullshit Personas: A Case Study
Jill Christ, Stephanie Carter (UX designers / researchers)
#sxsw #BSpersonas
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

12:30PM - 1:30PM
The Psychology and Interfaces of Social Design
Eric Fisher, Social Design Evangelist
#sxsw #socialux
Omni Downtown, Longhorn

3:30PM - 4:30PM
Prototype vs. Sim: Validating Software & UX Design
Gregg Wygonik, Jared Ficklin, Robert Tuttle (Frog Design)
#sxsw #frogsxswi
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

5:00PM - 6:00PM
Don’t Shoot the Player While They’re Learning
Katie Salen, Institute Of Play/Depaul University
#sxsw #gdtruisms
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D

5:00PM - 6:00PM
Don’t Build a Power Glove: Talk to Your Users
RJ Owen, Sr Developer, EffectiveUI
#sxsw #NoPwrGlv
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC

Tuesday, March 13

9:30AM -10:30AM
The Right Tool for the Job: Native or Mobile Web?
Buzz Andersen and Jacob Bijani (Tumblr), Majd Taby (Facebook), Matthew Delaney (Webkit), Tom Dale (Ember.js)
#sxsw #righttool
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

9:30AM -10:30AM
Busting the Myth: Natural Input Requires Learning
Daniel Wigdor, University of Toronto
#sxsw #learnnui
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

11:00AM -12:00PM
Using Psychology to Increase e-Commerce Conversion
Joe Rawlinson, National Instruments
#sxsw #BrainConv
Hilton Garden Inn, Sabine

3:30PM - 4:30PM
DIY Mobile Usability Testing
Belen Barros Pena, Bernard Tyers
#sxsw #diymut
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



SXSW: Recommended UX / Interaction Design talks

handpicked by @uxrave

Not at SXSW? Follow the Twitter chat on the hashtags below during the event.



Friday, March 9



3:30PM - 4:30PM

Teaching Touch: Tapworthy Touchscreen Design

Josh Clark (@globalmoxie)

#sxsw #tapworthy

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



3:30PM - 4:30PM

Design from the Gut: Dangerous or Differentiator?

Panel: Jane Leibrock, Laurel Hechanova, Naz Hamid, Phil Coffman, William Couch

#sxsw #fromthegut     

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC    



5:00PM - 6:00PM 

Applying Behavior Design

Chris Risdon, Adaptive Path (Lead Experience Designer)

#sxsw #behavior 

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Software Alchemy and the Arc of Technology

Panel: Alan Cooper, Christie Dames, Robert Scoble

#sxsw #AlchemyArc

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



Saturday, March 10



9:30AM -10:30AM 

Designing Experiences for Women

Brad Nunnally (Perficient), Jessica Ivins (Happy Cog)

#sxsw #designwmn

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



11:00AM -12:00PM

The Complexity Curve: How to Design for Simplicity

David Hogue, Fluid Inc - VP of Experience Design

#sxsw #simplerUX

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



12:30PM - 1:30PM

HTML5 and CSS3: Does Now Really Mean Now?

Chris Mills, Web Evangelist, Opera

#sxsw #dnrmn

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



3:30PM - 4:30PM

The Secret Lives of Links

Jared Spool, UIE

#sxsw #LinkLives

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D



3:30PM - 4:30PM

Making the Real World Easier to Use

Dennis Crowley (Foursquare), MG Siegler (Techcrunch)

#sxsw #EasyWorld

Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5



3:30PM - 4:30PM

CSS for Grown Ups: Maturing Best Practices

Andy Hume, Clearleft

#sxsw #growncss

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



5:00PM - 6:00PM

Physical Architecture Meets Interaction Design

Leonard Souza (UniversalMind/SpatialKey), Sean Coulter (Pugsley Simpson Coulter Architects)

#sxsw #archIXD

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



Sunday, March 11



9:30AM -10:30AM

The Mind & Consciousness As an Interface

Julian Bleecker, Nicolas Nova (Near Future Laboratory)

#sxsw #BrainUI

Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG



9:30AM -10:30AM

Make a Kinection: The Future of Interactive Design

Amish Patel, Design Producer, Xbox/Microsoft

#sxsw #kinect

Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon J



11:00AM -12:00PM

Designing Tomorrow’s Digital/Physical Interfaces

David Merrill, Fabian Hemmert, Leah Buechley

#sxsw #Interfaces

Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG



12:30PM - 1:30PM

High On Line: Applying Psychology to Web Design

Jason Hreha (Behavior Designer+UX Advisor)

#sxsw #brain

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



12:30PM - 1:30PM

Creating Responsive HTML5 Touch Interfaces

Stephen Woods, Flickr - Frontend engineer

#sxsw #htmltouch

Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon FG



12:30PM - 1:30PM

Mixel: Art, Tablets and the Creator Economy

Khoi Vinh (formerly NY Times, Mixel)

#sxsw #mixelsxsw

Hyatt Regency Austin, Texas Ballroom 1-3



2:00PM - 3:00PM

Ambient Location and the Future of the Interface

Amber Case, Co-Founder, Geoloqi.com

#sxsw #AmberCase

Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5



3:30PM - 4:30PM

White Space: Shaping Nothing for Clean Design

David Kadavy (Kadavy Inc)

#sxsw #white

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



5:00PM - 6:00PM

Go Forth & Make Awesomeness: Core Values & Action

Jeffrey Zeldman (Happy Cog Founder, A List Apart Co-Founder), Leslie Jensen-Inman (The University of Tennessee)

#sxsw #GoForth

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



Monday, March 12



9:30AM - 10:30AM

Bootcamp for a UX Team of None

Brynn Evans, Fred Beecher, Krista Sanders, Russ Unger, Todd Zaki Warfel

#sxsw #nouxteam

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



12:30PM - 1:30PM

Avoiding Bullshit Personas: A Case Study

Jill Christ, Stephanie Carter (UX designers / researchers)

#sxsw #BSpersonas

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



12:30PM - 1:30PM

The Psychology and Interfaces of Social Design

Eric Fisher, Social Design Evangelist

#sxsw #socialux

Omni Downtown, Longhorn



3:30PM - 4:30PM

Prototype vs. Sim: Validating Software & UX Design

Gregg Wygonik, Jared Ficklin, Robert Tuttle (Frog Design)

#sxsw #frogsxswi

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



5:00PM - 6:00PM

Don’t Shoot the Player While They’re Learning

Katie Salen, Institute Of Play/Depaul University

#sxsw #gdtruisms

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D



5:00PM - 6:00PM

Don’t Build a Power Glove: Talk to Your Users

RJ Owen, Sr Developer, EffectiveUI

#sxsw #NoPwrGlv

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom BC



Tuesday, March 13



9:30AM -10:30AM

The Right Tool for the Job: Native or Mobile Web?

Buzz Andersen and Jacob Bijani (Tumblr), Majd Taby (Facebook), Matthew Delaney (Webkit), Tom Dale (Ember.js)

#sxsw #righttool

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



9:30AM -10:30AM

Busting the Myth: Natural Input Requires Learning

Daniel Wigdor, University of Toronto

#sxsw #learnnui

Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H



11:00AM -12:00PM

Using Psychology to Increase e-Commerce Conversion

Joe Rawlinson, National Instruments

#sxsw #BrainConv

Hilton Garden Inn, Sabine



3:30PM - 4:30PM

DIY Mobile Usability Testing

Belen Barros Pena, Bernard Tyers

#sxsw #diymut

Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A



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