Refresh Dallas Meetings

Big Design Conference 2012

Jeff Whitfield — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:40:00 -0600

The Big Design Conference is four intense days of learning within the scope of Strategy, Mobile, User Experience, Gaming, Code Development, Usability, and Film Design.Experts from across the country will gather to present theories, research, experiences, and best practices to students, professionals, and executives looking to stay on the bleeding edge.

Circles Creative Conference

Jeff Whitfield — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:00:00 -0600

Circles is a creative conference where designers can learn from world-changing thinkers and innovators for the creative community.

An Introduction to SilverStripe

Jeff Whitfield — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0600

Jeff Whitfield will be introducing SilverStripe and will walk you through the basics of the system. He'll highlight the robust nature of the framework and show you some tricks along the way.

Results Oriented Web Summit 2013

Jeff Whitfield — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:00:00 -0600

The Results Oriented Web Summit focuses on the core disciplines for online success - content, design & user experience (UX), marketing and project management. The conference is organized by community leaders bringing together top experts in their field.

Coming Trends in User Experience

Jeff Whitfield — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0600

What are the coming trends in UX? At the March Refresh Dallas meeting we will discuss some of them and how they will impact UX professionals and businesses.

Integrating Usability Testing Into The Agile Process

Jeff Whitfield — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0600

Elisa K. Miller will be talking about integrating usability testing into the Agile process... and presenting a case study of a trial that she conducted at GE Healthcare. If you have similar experiences, we'll be opening up the discussion to the whole group to determine possible best practices.

Dallas UX Book Club: Error Messages

Jeff Whitfield — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0600

The goal of the group will be to get together and read a book every (other) month. Books will be chosen to enhance learning and discussion for professionals and interested folks in the areas of user experience, usability, information architecture, design, and related fields. Any interesting or relevant book in this area is fair game.

Re-learning UX: What An Experienced Web Pro Should Know About Mobile UX

Jeff Whitfield — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:00:00 -0600

Every day we hear that any company that isn't on the train to Mobiletown will suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. If you are a UX pro and you aren't working on mobile apps or optimized web sites, you will be asked sooner or later.

The Truth About Metadata and Schemas

Jeff Whitfield — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:30:00 -0600

Ever heard of metadata and schemas? Have you used Schema.org? If not, then this presentation is for you. Whether you're a designer, developer, SEO expert, content writer, or contributing to the web in some other way, learning about what schemas are will enhance your understanding of the semantic web. In this presentation, we'll start by revisiting the history of HTML, talk about some of the roadblocks with HTML5, learn a bit about accessibility standards, and then dive into schemas. We'll talk about the history of schemas, how they're different from metaformats, and why Bing, Google, and Yahoo! are backing this standard.

DalMob Conclave: Panel Discussion on Mobile Development

Jeff Whitfield — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0600

DalMob has assembled a panel of local developers, experts and enthusiasts to participate in a conversation about several topics of interest in the mobile business.

Chris Howay, Valiant Media
Ean Schuessler, Brainfood
Miguel Razo, UT Dallas
Todd Marshall, Sungard

Food and refreshments are being generously provided by SunGard Global Services. Venue is graciously hosted by TechWildcatters in the Tech Church. Please feel…