27:05

Ep. 05 Oct 4, 2014

205 - Margot Bloomstein

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 strategy consultancy based in Boston. She crafts brand-appropriate user experiences to help retailers, universities, and other organizations engage their target audiences and project key messages with consistency and clarity through both traditional and social media. Advertising and interactive agencies as well as large corporations turn to Margot to help grow their content strategy practices. Over the past decade, she's had a hand in shaping corporate social responsibility efforts at Timberland, content for alumni relations at Tufts University, and strategy for cultural tourism in the state of Nevada. The rogues' gallery also includes BT, ECCO Shoes, Fidelity, Liberty Mutual, Philips, Lindt and Sprüngli, Harvard University, and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. A participant in the inaugural Content Strategy Consortium and featured speaker at SXSW, Margot speaks internationally about enriching interactive engagements with content strategy. Recent engagements include UX London, CS Forum Helsinki, Content Marketing World, Content Strategy Applied, Confab, and Web 2.0. She also helps organise the Content Strategy New England meetup. Find her blogging infrequently at Appropriate, Inc. and tweeting prolifically at @mbloomstein. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "In the Basteal" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

19:05

Ep. 04 Oct 1, 2014

204 - Dana Chisnell

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 applied research so much that just for fun, she sometimes organizes clients, friends, and other nerds to do flash research on the weekends! Dana believes in ending the opinion wars. And she has helped dozens of teams at organizations large and small find peaceful cooperation as they gather and analyze user research data to inform designs from software, to websites, to apps, to voting systems. She’s what you might call a "seasoned professional" who, with Jeff Rubin, wrote Handbook of Usability Testing, Second Edition. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "In the Basteal" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

40:16

Ep. 03 Sep 29, 2014

203 - Boon Sheridan

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 lessons. He’s a Product Designer at NASDAQ OMX, a Rosenfeld Media expert, a lover of new cocktails and old records. He’d love to swap stories over a beverage. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "In the Basteal" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

20:05

Ep. 02 Sep 21, 2014

202 - Kyle Soucy

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 the last 14 years helping create intuitive interfaces for a variety of different products, ranging from websites to touch screen devices. Kyle founded the New Hampshire Chapter of the User Experience Professionals’ Association (NH UXPA) and served as its inaugural President. She has also served as Chair for the Philadelphia Chapter of ACM’s SIG on Computer-Human Interaction (PhillyCHI). Kyle is very passionate about the continued growth of the usability and user experience design community. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "In the Basteal" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

18:53

Ep. 01 Sep 21, 2014

201 - Jenn Downs

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 for remote mobile testing. Outside of being a web nerd, Jenn owns and runs a carpentry business with her husband, dotes on her dog Dickie, is a songwriter, and plays bass and guitar in a few bands around Atlanta. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "In the Basteal" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

14:32

Ep. 15 Sep 9, 2014

115 - Jason Kunesh

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 DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a bouncer at the Green Mill. He finds simple solutions for gnarly problems wherever people meet technology. Find him on the internet @jdkunesh or jdkunesh.com, biking around Chicago, or eating something terrible yet tasty. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

5:27

Ep. 14 Aug 28, 2014

114 - Brittanie Crain

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&T, Bloomberg, and the San Francisco Giants. She is obsessed with solving process road bumps due to her experience navigating the chaos of fast-paced and small staffed projects. Follow Brittanie on Twitter at @brittanielynn About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

7:29

Ep. 13 Aug 28, 2014

113 - Adam Tramposh

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 Twitter as @formal_gs About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC (chicagocamps.org) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

5:42

Ep. 12 Aug 27, 2014

112 - Nicole Maynard

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 performing user research well before realizing it was an actual thing. Her work has been published nationally and has won various design awards. Nicole has recently taken the helm as the president of the Chicago chapter of UXPA (User Experience Professionals Association) and is a purveyor of health and nutrition. She has a possibly unhealthy love of birds, but don't ever tell her that. Follow Nicole on Twitter as @punkynixter About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

6:53

Ep. 11 Aug 24, 2014

111 - Jonathan Ozeran

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, Product at Zest Health, a Chicago-based start-up that is reinventing the healthcare experience for its members via mHealth innovation. Backed by Lightbank and 7wire Ventures, Zest’s dual focus on healthcare innovation and consumerism is deeply engrained in the company’s DNA. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Lecturer at Northwestern University where he teaches mobile application design and prototyping and also serves as Technical Director and Co-Founder at WÜF (formerly Ridogulous Labs). About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

4:20

Ep. 10 Aug 23, 2014

110 - Kamaria Campbell

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 made the shift to Information Architecture and Design in 2013. For the past year, she has worked on projects requiring prototyping websites, mobile phone, and tablet applications using tools like Balsamiq and Axure. While the design varies each time, Kamaria has found that the steps leading up to prototyping are often similar. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

9:55

Ep. 09 Aug 22, 2014

109 - Ross Belmont

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 plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

5:08

Ep. 08 Aug 15, 2014

108 - Brett Schilke

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, including a decade in US-Russian citizen diplomacy and educational development and three years leading community impact initiatives for a private university in Siberia. Brett is now the co-founder and "Chief Instigator" of IDEAco, a Chicago-based nonprofit working to empower communities of Changemakers around the world. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

8:52

Ep. 07 Aug 11, 2014

107 - Ben Lister

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 building products used by thousands of brands and agencies daily. Ben is also an avid White Sox, Sports Car, Running and Craft Beer enthusiast who lives in Chicago with his wife Erin and a rambunctious three year old Whippet named Devo. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

8:23

Ep. 06 Aug 6, 2014

106 - Brandon Satrom

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 whatever new shiny tool or technology has distracted him from that other thing he was working on. Brandon has spoken at national, international and online events, and he loves hanging out with and learning from passionate designers and developers. He is the author of two books, the latest being "Building Polyfills" from O'Reilly. Brandon lives in Austin, TX with his wife, Sarah, and three sons, Benjamin, Jack and Matthew. Follow Brandon on Twitter as @BrandonSatrom. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

6:14

Ep. 05 Jul 31, 2014

105 - Marina Lin

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 and iOS apps. She holds a Master’s in Information Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has recently contributed a chapter to the textbook "Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication." Her work has also appeared in Boxes and Arrows, Smashing Magazine, User Experience Magazine, and Business Communication Quarterly. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

11:50

Ep. 04 Jul 28, 2014

104 - Will Hacker

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 a half years working exclusively on mobile design, prototyping, and usability testing at Cars.com. He also has written about mobile experience design and prototyping for Boxes and Arrows, Smashing Magazine, and UX Booth, and is a frequent speaker at design events in Chicago. Will is a Lead Interaction Designer at GE Capital, where he works on multi-device designs for commercial lending software. Follow Will on Twitter at @willhacker or visit his website at willhacker.net. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

11:22

Ep. 03 Jul 25, 2014

103 - Jon Hadden

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 years of designing, coding, speaking, and writing, Jon has produced usable products and services for millions across the globe. He’s a volunteer with Boxes and Arrows, guest speaker with the University of Minnesota Design program, and has been lucky enough to have worked with Happy Cog, Yahoo!, and space150. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

16:07

Ep. 02 Jul 17, 2014

102 - Fred Beecher

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.prototypecamp.com/ ========== About Fred Beecher Fred Beecher has been working in User Experience since 1998. In that time he’s seen UX mature from a field struggling to prove its value to one driving an explosion of innovation and economic growth. To help feed the ever-increasing demand this explosion has sparked, Fred designed and implemented the UX apprenticeship program he currently manages at The Nerdery in Minneapolis, MN. Fred is an established contributor in the UX world. In 2007, he authored the first official Axure training program, which he ran until 2012. He has written numerous articles and blog posts on prototyping, iterative design, and UX career development, and he has spoken on these topics at design conferences worldwide. His face is also covered with pie. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX. 

15:38

Ep. 01 Jul 12, 2014

101 - Doc Waller

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 Waller is an award-winning stage performer turned creative entrepreneur with inspiration to spare! Every ounce of his work is about inspiring people and creating moments that provide people with the ambition to explore their possibility. Alongside being a veteran of the United States Air Force, his rewarding, professional experiences span from performing with NYC & regional theatres, national television, independently produced performances, work with professional dance companies, TEDx stages, national Emcee work for prominent brands & organizations, teaching artist projects, production-side work at respected talent agencies & NY theatres, founding his own Alabama nonprofit Arts organization, curriculum/workshop development for k-12 schools & universities across the southeast, and a long list of other creative endeavors. About Chicago Camps Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago.. ========== "Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01 *Troy Luccketta on drums Simplecast - Publish your podcasts the easy way at Simplecast.fm. About Tent TalksChicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The ThreadThe Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It's brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what's happening across UX.