Fluxible 2014 Program

Baristas on duty! Breakfast not provided, but we’ll feed you for the rest of the day.

Kelly Goto of Goto Media presents underlying emotional indicators that reveal surprising attachments to brands, products, services and devices.

Danielle Malik of Facebook takes us on a tour of some complicated relationships between design and data, some where data ruled the day and others where it was asked politely to step aside.

Bill DeRouchey of GE makes a convincing case that you should not have a UX career. Please set aside your torches and pitchforks and hear him out!

David Jensenius explores our relationship and experience with sound and music. (15-minute talk)

Kendra Shimmell of Cooper warns about the perils of narcissism, which can have unintended effects on your end product — as beautiful as it may be.

Amrita Chandra of Shape+Sound describes the forces creating tighter connections between UX, Product, and Marketing in modern organizations.

Kurt Cobain’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” refrain spoke directly to early 1990’s youth ennui, yet the phrase has evolved to live on today: those same discontented youths – now grown – settle back into …

Jill Tomasson Goodwin of the University of Waterloo shares success stories about UX in a different kind of learning environment. (15-minute talk)

Brent Bisaillion of Thalmic Labs explores new interaction possibilities inherent in the company’s Myo gestural controller. (15-minute talk)

Jared Spool of UIE explores, enlightens, and educates us on the ironically unintuitive nature of creating intuitive designs.

A short and sweet, yet rich and rowdy celebration of all the goodness we’ve experienced together this weekend. Don’t miss this uniquely Fluxibilian send-off.

Festival of Interstitial Music