[Sigia-l] REMINDER: IxDA NYC meets next Thursday, January 29

[MJ Broadbent]

“Doing More With Less: Sharing Tales of Guerilla IxD”

We’re seeing an enthusiastic response to this open, community-based  
discussion focused on the art of doing good interaction design during  
challenging times, to be moderated by IxDA Board President Joshua  
Seiden.

Have you registered to attend? http://tinyurl.com/IxDAJan09

The event is free of charge and open to all interested parties.  
However, for security reasons, only those on the guest list will be  
admitted. Please bring photo ID.

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NEW PARTNER: AQUENT
We’re delighted to announce that Aquent is partnering with IxDA and  
will be providing refreshments for the evening, so our community won't  
have to “do more with less” (at least in terms of sustenance) in these  
lean economic times. IxDA local events are very much about connecting  
the interaction design community face-to-face; we're pleased to  
welcome Aquent to the conversation.

Aquent is the world’s leading design and marketing staffing agency. We  
match professionals with freelance, contract, try-before-you-hire, and  
full-time job opportunities at top organizations. Aquent has 72  
offices in 17 countries with over 13,500 professionals working at more  
than 3,000 companies. We work with some of the top advertising and  
interactive agencies as well as two-thirds of the Fortune 500 and 90  
of the Fortune 100. Throughout our history we’ve made over half a  
million matches between our clients and talent. Aquent is privately  
held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and our New York  
office is located on 5th Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets.

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YES! LIVE STREAMING
We’re planning to stream the event so if you live outside of NYC or  
cannot make it in person, watch www.ixda.org for viewing details just  
before our start time. We’d like to incorporate comments and questions  
from the remote community as well. We look forward to your  
participation!

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WHEN
Thursday, January 29, 2009
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Networking and refreshments by Aquent
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Discussion
Please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m. as the security desk will close at  
that time

WHERE
Liquidnet
498 Seventh Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets)
8th Floor
New York, NY 10012

Map: http://tinyurl.com/9ryhe4
Subway: 1/2/3, A/C/E, NJ Transit to Penn Station; N/R/W, B/D/F/V, and  
PATH to Herald Square

ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Joshua Seiden manages the user experience design group at Liquidnet,  
an electronic brokerage firm serving institutional equity traders.  
Previously, he was the founder and President of 36 Partners, a NYC  
interaction design and user experience consulting firm. In the 1990's,  
Josh served on the leadership team at Cooper Interaction Design. While  
at Cooper, Josh worked on projects for clients such as IBM and 3M, and  
managed Cooper's SAP account. He has led training seminars in Cooper's  
goal-directed design methodology, organized speaker series for IxDA  
NYC, and presented case studies and papers at numerous conferences.

ABOUT IxDA
The Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org) is a member- 
supported organization committed to serving the needs of the  
international interaction design community. With the help of more than  
10,000 members worldwide, we provide a network for advancing the  
discipline of interaction design. IxDA was founded in 2003 as an  
online discussion list and in just five years the organization has  
grown to include over 60 local groups worldwide and an annual global  
conference on interaction design for interaction designers.

As one of the largest local groups, IxDA NYC produces monthly face-to- 
face events for Interaction Design and User Experience professionals  
who create systems and products of all types: web, desktop, mobile,  
consumer electronics, digitally-enhanced environments, etc.

Registration: http://tinyurl.com/IxDAJan09

See you there!
The IxDA NYC Local Leaders

Also, don't miss...
Interaction 09 | vancouver
February 5-8, 2009
http://interaction09.ixda.org
The best interaction design talent and practitioners from around the  
world!
Keynote speakers include Robert Fabricant, Kim Goodwin, Fiona Raby,  
Marc Rettig, Dan Saffer, and John Thackara.