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• 11.17.08
  Meet the Chicago PhizzPop Design Challenge Judges Community, PhizzPop, PhizzPopChicago | (0)

  Those of us that went to design school or have worked at a traditional or digital agency have all learned to respect the design review. All design challenge contestants for the Chicago PhizzPop Design Challenge have to present to a panel of industry experts and peers that will pick a winner. Our Chicago judges represent a collection of some of Chicaogo’s best design talent and includes folks that work closely with Chicago 2016. The judges (subject to change) are:   David Armano, VP and Creative Director of Critical Mass, creating of blog Logic + Emotion ...
• 11.06.08
  The Chicago PhizzPop Tour, November 20th Community, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Microsoft, PhizzPop, PhizzPopChicago, Technology | (0)

  Note, this post has been edited on November 15th, 2008. We’ll be hosting another PhizzPop Tour in Chicago this year. You can sign up here. This year’s tour has a twist in that we’re doing it with the partnership with a few important groups. Which are: Ogilvy Interactive, which is currently contributing services to the Chicago 2016 committee, the group that supports Chicago 2016 Olympic bid (Learn more at chicago2016.org). Ogilvy has helped define the design challenge this year and it will be focused on developing strategies to help Chicago land the ...
• 11.05.08
  Something new: BizSpark Business, Community, Current Affairs, Design Tools, Innovations, Microsoft, Technology | (0)

  Design Thinking Digest has been a bit of a ghost town lately and that’s largely due to two big efforts I’ve been focused on. One is the return of the PhizzPop Design Challenge Tour in the US (which I’ll talk about later) and a new program we announced today called BizSpark. Some background. It’s sometimes easy to forget the roots and heritage of a company like Microsoft. Like many great businesses of yore it wasn’t sketched on the back of napkin but formulated in a dorm room. It was started by folks with a sense of ...
• 10.09.08
  Looking Closer: The future of the startup Business, Community, Innovations, Web/Tech | (0)

  Starting with a post by Jason Calacanis we see that the hangover of our overinflated economy is starting to impact the lifeblood of innovation in our culture, the startup. I suspect things will get a bit worse until they get better but some of the best innovations of our time in business models and products have been borne of grim economic realities. Regardless if you’re in a start-up or not there are some important things to consider. If you’re a startup it’s time to give up the bread and circuses approach to running the business. Provable ...
• 08.09.08
  The Olympics Tipping Point: Why Television will never be the same. Business, Community, Current Affairs, Games, Innovations, Silverlight, Technology, Television | (0)

  I think the 2008 will be looked at as the year that television and how we think about broadcasting begin to alter into something that would be unrecognizable only a few years ago. The catalyst for this? NBC's broadcasting strategy for the 2008 Olympics. It's easy to look at what's disappointing about this effort (The lack of access to this great tool outside of the US and the somewhat challenging process of identifying your local NBC broadcaster but the benefits of NBC's actions and consumer demand will, I suspect, make these constraints go away in the future too. NBC ...
• 05.06.08
  Expression Studio 2 Ships Community, Design Tools, Expression Studio, Microsoft | (0)

  One short year after Expression Studio was introduced at MIX 08 was announced we're seeing a major update to the suite with Expression 2, which shipped last Friday. See here for information on some of the great new features such as PHP support in Web and Silverlight support in Blend as well as things that make Expression easier to install and update and even own via new subscription based pricing. Expression Studio also has great support via the Expression Community with active forums and great articles, links and training about how to integrate Expression Studio into your design ...
• 02.28.08
  Follow MIX2008 from home Community, MIX, Microsoft | (0)

  Sadly, MIX2008 is sold out. But don't let that stop you from following all the announcements and sessions that are happening at MIX. We'll be live streaming all keynotes and sessions will be hosted online within 24 hours. Starting the day of the event (March 5th) you'll be able to see content at: http://sessions.visitmix.com Also be sure to check out the MIX Flickr feed. You'll be able to see presentations from Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie, Scott Guthrie, Guy Kawasaki and Dean Hachamovitch unveiling the latest web-oriented products and technologies. To see what sessions are coming you can ...
• 02.06.08
  The Ultimate Mash-Up: Stephen P. Anderson and Design Community, Design Thinking, Design Tools, Education, Innovations, Speaking | (0)

  Technorati Tags: Stephen P. Anderson,Design,Star Wars,The Force Behind Star Wars,George Lucas Any one that is active in local communities such as Refresh or IxDA or has attended an Adaptive Path conference has some passing experience with Stephen P. Anderson. Stephen just went out to start his own thing recently after a tenure at Sabre and I think he's one of our most cogent thinkers in the design space. But he also knows how to have fun in going about that inspiration. See the presentation below for example. Back in December I had a chance to see George Lucas speak in ...

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