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  • July 6 Design+Tech: What the Hell is User Experience

    June 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    If you could put into a bottle what is going on in the Des Moines tech/creative community, this is it. Defintely check this out (and if you do go, take some pix and give us a summary so we can post after the event):

    Ready for the next dose of Design+Tech? It's happening Wednesday, July 6 at 7 p.m. This month's topic: "What the Hell is User Experience?"

    User Experience is all about focusing on your users and how they interact with something you've created.

    We are going to introduce and break down what User Experience (UX) means and how it affects us all in our everyday lives. You'll walk away feeling more confident about attacking your next project and able to pinpoint problems during the process. I guarantee once you start realizing the importance of UX, you'll never forget it.

    This will be a great meeting for everyone: designers, writers, managers, programmers, project managers, marketing coordinators, developers and anyone else involved in building and designing things. UX goes way beyond websites and apps.

    Spread the word.

    THE DETAILS
    What: Design+Tech Presents "What the Hell is User Experience?"

    When: Wednesday, July 6 at 7 p.m.

    Where: BitMethod HQ - 418 6th Ave, Suite 1210, Des Moines IA 50309

    What To Bring: Yourself and anyone you know who creates stuff.

    No RSVP required, but if you want, you can let everyone know you are attending on theMeetup page or Facebook.

    Questions? Send me an email to me at amanda@bitmethod.com.

  • The Infographic of You

    June 28th, 2011 / Comments (2)

    The smart people at Vizualize.me have built a cool Infographic generator - just for you. Click and convert your lame resume into a cool infographic. You'll look like a superhero. Guaranteed.

  • Sigler, Parent of Innova Ideas and Services, Lays Off 28

    June 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Sigler Companies announce the layoff of 28 employees this morning, the result of market conditions, according to this article in The Des Moines Register.

    No news on how many, if any, of the layoffs were of Innova employees - or others from their printing and apparel operations. Either way, layoffs in the creative world always suck.

  • Advertising's History Timeline

    June 28th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    See the larger version here.

  • Knock. Knock. Knock. Opportunity Here.

    June 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Did you know you can actually advertise your business on The Des Moines Egotist? And, you can start for as little as $75 per week. That means if you're a printer, photographer, freelancer, agency, video production house, media source or whatever, you can reach a highly engaged audience of creatives and agencies from across Iowa. Hell, you can even advertise booze if you want ... cuz you know creatives like booze!

    See that column on the right side of the site? That could be yours. Really. How cool would that be?

    Check it our here for more info.

  • Check Out These Cool Designer Resumes

    June 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    If you're a designer and you're not doing something cool like this, you're probably in "the big stack". Of course, if you're a copywriter or account dude or dudette, your MS Word template resume probably sucks to look at, but what can you do?

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  • New Editorial: If All You Make Is Advertising, You're Doing It Wrong

    June 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Check out a great new editorial piece about how the advertising strategies from the Mad Men era ain't gonna cut it anymore.

  • Hack the New York Times Paywall

    June 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    When they said online publishing paywalls were not going to work, we don't think they meant this.

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