This podcast features Nicole Maynard , Head of User Experience at Hyatt, and her Lightning Talk, “Cultivating Happiness” from the design leadership conference Prototypes, Process & Play on August 10th, 2017. Prototypes, Process & Play presentation podcasts are sponsored by Balsamiq - with Balsamiq Mockups, anyone can design great software. Nicole Maynard- Lightning Talk Head of User Experience at Hyatt Nicole Maynard is the Head of User Experience at Hyatt leading a team of researchers, ...
Sep 19, 2017•13 min•Ep. 5
This podcast features Julia Keren-Detar , UX Designer at Untame, and her Lightning Talk, “Usability Testing & Development on a Shoestring Budget” from the design leadership conference Prototypes, Process & Play on August 10th, 2017. Prototypes, Process & Play presentation podcasts are sponsored by Balsamiq - with Balsamiq Mockups, anyone can design great software. Julia Keren-Detar - Lightning Talk UX Designer at Untame Julia Keren-Detar is a game designer and developer based out of ...
Sep 19, 2017•12 min•Ep. 4
This podcast features Carmen Medina , CEO of Normative, and her presentation, “Lead Above Mediocre Thinking” from the design leadership conference Prototypes, Process & Play on August 10th, 2017. Prototypes, Process & Play presentation podcasts are sponsored by Balsamiq - with Balsamiq Mockups, anyone can design great software. Carmen Medina - Presentation Heretic, Rebels at Work Carmen, a retired Senior Federal Executive with 32 years’ experience in the Intelligence Community, is a reco...
Sep 19, 2017•40 min•Ep. 3
This podcast features Matthew Milan , CEO of Normative, and his presentation, “Making Moonshots” from the design leadership conference Prototypes, Process & Play on August 10th, 2017. Prototypes, Process & Play presentation podcasts are sponsored by Balsamiq - with Balsamiq Mockups, anyone can design great software. Matthew Milan - Presentation CEO of Normative Matthew is a complex systems specialist with a focus on software innovation. He has degrees in Ski Area Management, Geographic I...
Sep 19, 2017•41 min•Ep. 2
Prototypes, Process & Play presentation podcasts are sponsored by Balsamiq - with Balsamiq Mockups, anyone can design great software. This podcast features Scott Berkun , author and speaker, and his keynote, “The Dance of the Possible” from the design leadership conference Prototypes, Process & Play on August 10th, 2017. Scott Berkun - Keynote Author & Speaker Scott Berkun is a bestselling author and popular speaker on creativity, philosophy, culture, business and many other subjects...
Sep 18, 2017•48 min•Ep. 1
Chicago Camps interviews Christian Manzella, a Speaker Mentor for Speaker Camp Seattle on February 28th. Christian is the VP of UX at Moz, an SEO software company in Seattle, and also the founder of GIANT, which holds multiple events each year. ========== About Christian Manzella Christian Manzella has been working in the internet for nearly 20 years, across multiple industries. Christian jokes that he’s had every role, both as a contributor and as a manager, that you can have in an internet-bas...
Feb 18, 2015•16 min•Ep. 3
Chicago Camps interviews Nishant Kothary, Cofounder at Minky, author, and speaker. Nishant is also a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Seattle on February 28th, 2015. His dog, Yoshi, is an internet celebrity. Well, sort of. ========== About Nishant Kothary After cutting his teeth as a Program Manager at Amazon.com on projects like Instant Video & the original Kindle, Nishant aka @rainypixels honed his multidisciplinary skills at Microsoft as a Web Strategist. His writings, and design and develo...
Feb 08, 2015•22 min•Ep. 2
Chicago Camps interviews Marianne Sweeny, Principal at Daedalus Information Systems. Marianne is also a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Seattle on February 28th, 2015. ========== About Marianne Sweeny Marianne Sweeny considers herself most fortunate to be able to combine her passions for search and the user experience. Through Daedalus Information Systems, Marianne works with companies of all sizes to help them make search technology work more effectively in achieving business goals and objective...
Feb 07, 2015•13 min•Ep. 1
Chicago Camps interviews Margot Bloomstein, Principal at Appropriate, Inc. and author of Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Engagement. Margot is also a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Boston on October 11th, 2014. ========== About Margot Bloomstein Margot is the author of Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Engagement (Morgan Kaufmann, 2012) and principal of Appropriate, Inc., an independent brand and content stra...
Oct 04, 2014•27 min•Ep. 5
Chicago Camps interviews Dana Chisnell, Principal Consultant at UsabilityWorks, Visiting Scientist at MIT, and Co-Founder at Center for Civic Design. As if that's all not enough, Dana is a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Boston on October 11th, 2014. ========== About Dana Chisnell Dana strives to counter bad data every day. She's a research nerd (her words) who just loves methodology, collaborating, and data - especially data she can help teams use to make design decisions. In fact, Dana loves ap...
Oct 01, 2014•19 min•Ep. 4
Chicago Camps interviews Boon Sheridan, Product Designer at NASDAQ OMX. Boon is a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Boston on October 11th, 2014. ========== About Boon Sheridan Over the last twenty years Boon has had job titles like site producer, content specialist, information architect, interaction designer, user researcher, stage manager and voice-over actor. Between bouts of title whiplash he’s helped build some very big things, and lots of very small things – each with their own powerful less...
Sep 29, 2014•40 min•Ep. 3
Chicago Camps interviews Kyle Soucy, Founding Principal at Usable Interface. Kyle is a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Boston on October 11th, 2014. ========== About Kyle Soucy Kyle Soucy (@kylesoucy) is the Founding Principal of Usable Interface ( www.usableinterface.com ), an independent UX consulting company specializing in user research and usability testing. Her industry diverse client list includes Comcast, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit Inc., McGraw-Hill, and Pfizer to name a few. She has spent t...
Sep 21, 2014•20 min•Ep. 2
Chicago Camps interviews Jenn Downs, UX Researcher at ShootProof. Jenn is a Speaker Mentor at Speaker Camp Boston on October 11th, 2014. ========== About Jenn Downs Jenn Downs is a UX Researcher and adores the web and what it can do for the world. She got her start in tech as MailChimp's first hire and has recently joined up with the Atlanta photography/tech company ShootProof. Jenn is also a mentor for Code for America and invented the slightly awkward, yet truly helpful, Laptop Hugging Method ...
Sep 21, 2014•19 min•Ep. 1
Chicago Camps interviews Jason Kunesh, CEO of Public Good Software. Jason is presenting a keynote at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014. ========== About Jason Kunesh Jason Kunesh is the CEO of Public Good Software, a social enterprise software startup in Chicago. Previously, he was Director of User Experience & Product at Obama for America, a founder of Fuzzy Math, on the founding team of ThePoint (which grew up to be Groupon), an early designer at Orbitz, an adjunct faculty member at D...
Sep 09, 2014•15 min•Ep. 15
Chicago Camps interviews Brittanie Crain, Manager of Interaction Design at Manifest Digital in Chicago. Brittanie is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how she uses Axure in all phases of the prototyping process with a variety of different partners. ========== About Brittanie Crain Brittanie is an Axure-pro and part of the User Experience team at Manifest Digital. She has predominantly worked with small inter-disciplinary teams on rapid projects for companies such as AT&a...
Aug 28, 2014•5 min•Ep. 14
Chicago Camps interviews Adam Tramposh, Senior Manager of UX at Manifest Digital in Chicago. Adam is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about his process for creating an application for Google Glass. ========== About Adam Tramposh Adam Tramposh is an Interaction Designer at Manifest Digital specializing in mobile product innovation, design and consulting. He is an advocate for visual communication, a self-described “Fandroid” and Google product enthusiast. Follow Adam on Twitte...
Aug 28, 2014•8 min•Ep. 13
Chicago Camps interviews Nicole Maynard, Lead Interaction Designer at GE Capital Americas in Chicago. Nicole is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about the remaining flexible while testing prototypes. ========== About Nicole Maynard Nicole Maynard is a Lead Interaction Designer at GE Capital creating solutions that improve the way commercial lending teams work and use data to manage their growth. She got her start in graphic, information and interaction design and had been per...
Aug 27, 2014•6 min•Ep. 12
Chicago Camps interviews Jonathan Ozeran, VP of Product at Zest Health in Chicago. Jonathan is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how he's managed prototyping hardware and software for dog collars with a globally dispersed team. ========== Jonathan Ozeran Jonathan is a product designer, software engineer, team builder and startup evangelist who enjoys contributing to the growth of the Chicago and Detroit startup communities. In his current role, Jonathan serves as VP, Pro...
Aug 24, 2014•7 min•Ep. 11
Chicago Camps interviews Kamaria Campbell, Information Architect & User Experience Design consultant at IBM in Chicago. Kamaria is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how to manage all the many requests that can be made of a prototype and the prototyper. ========== About Kamaria Campbell Kamaria is a Chicago-based User Experience Professional, currently working at IBM as an Information Architect. Kamaria began her career in UX as a Usability Analyst for 3 years and mad...
Aug 23, 2014•4 min•Ep. 10
Chicago Camps interviews Ross Belmont, Chief Experience Officer of Chicago-based Appiphony. Ross is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about the pitfalls his team has run into as they made the move to interactive prototypes. ========== About Ross Belmont Ross Belmont gave up a life of code to build the design practice at Appiphony, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on Salesforce.com apps. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They...
Aug 22, 2014•10 min•Ep. 9
Chicago Camps interviews Brett Schilke, the Chief Instigator for Chicago non-profit. Brett is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how kids can use 3D printing and the design process to prototype change for the future. ========== About Brett Schilke Brett Schilke is an education designer, storyteller, and self-proclaimed man-of-making-things-happen. His work as an educator, researcher, and community organizer has taken him to eight countries across three continents, includi...
Aug 15, 2014•5 min•Ep. 8
Chicago Camps interviews Ben Lister of the design and front end development teams at Sprout Social. Brandon is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how Sprout Social uses prototyping as part of their business. ========== About Ben Lister Ben Lister is part Designer, part Developer and all about User Experience. He built his first website at age 13 (yes, on GeoCities) and hasn’t looked back since. Ben works at Sprout Social on the design and front-end teams prototyping and b...
Aug 11, 2014•9 min•Ep. 7
Chicago Camps interviews Brandon Satrom, Director of Product Management for Telerik in Austin, TX. Brandon is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how proper prototyping can be used to eliminate design specs. ========== About Brandon Satrom Brandon Satrom ( @BrandonSatrom ) is the Director of Product Management for Telerik, the world's greatest developer tools company. An unabashed lover of the open web, Brandon loves to talk about HTML, JavaScript, CSS, open source and wha...
Aug 06, 2014•8 min•Ep. 6
Chicago Camps interviews Marina Lin, Senior Interaction Designer for Mobile Apps at Cars.com in Chicago, IL. Marina is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how multiple techniques and stages of prototyping can be used in the design process. Don't wait another moment! Register for Prototype Camp here: http://2014.prototypecamp.com/ ========== About Marina Lin Marina Lin is a Senior Interaction Designer for Mobile Apps at Cars.com where she uses Axure for prototyping Android ...
Jul 31, 2014•6 min•Ep. 5
Chicago Camps interviews Will Hacker, Lead Interaction Designer at GE Capital Americas in Chicago, IL. Will is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about the pitfalls that can happen when you take your prototype out of the office and into the real world. Don't wait another moment! Register for Prototype Camp here: http://2014.prototypecamp.com/ ========== About Will Hacker Will Hacker is a senior UX professional and the author of Mobile Prototyping With Axure 7. He spent two and ...
Jul 28, 2014•12 min•Ep. 4
Chicago Camps interviews Jon Hadden, the founder of NiceUX, a user experience design and development consultancy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jon will be presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about Communicating with Flexible Documentation. Don't wait another moment! Register for Prototype Camp here: http://2014.prototypecamp.com/ ========== About Jon Hadden Jon Hadden is the founder of NiceUX, a user experience design and development consultancy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his 12...
Jul 25, 2014•11 min•Ep. 3
Chicago Camps interviews Fred Beecher, an Axure fanatic (and perhaps a bit of a legend), a grower of UX Designers through his UX apprenticeship program at The Nerdery in Minneapolis, and a regular contributor to the UX Design community through a variety of articles and presentations. Fred was the closing keynote for Prototype Camp 2013 and is talking to us about a whole bunch of things around prototyping and Prototype Camp. Don't wait another moment! Register for Prototype Camp here: http://2014...
Jul 17, 2014•16 min•Ep. 2
Chicago Camps interviews Doc Waller, an award-winning stage performer turned creative entrepreneur--he's performed with New York City--and regional theatres, national television, TEDx stages, and so much more! He also frequently helps others get on stage, as performers or presenters, and he's talking to Chicago Camps about speaking at conferences. Don't wait another moment! Submit your presentation idea to Prototype Camp here: http://2014.prototypecamp.com/talk-proposal.html About Doc Waller Doc...
Jul 12, 2014•16 min•Ep. 1
