Shane Morris: UXB
A User eXperience Blog, by a User eXperience Bloke
My last Microsoft blog post
Well, after three and a bit very enjoyable years it’s time to sign off from Microsoft. Back in 2006...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/12/2010
UXpod Interview: Microsoft Surface and multi-touch interfaces
Late last year my good friend Gerry Gaffney interviewed me for his UXpod podcast. We chatted about...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/11/2010
OZCHI Next Week in Melbourne
OZCHI is Australia’s annual Human-Computer Interaction Conference, where academics and practitioners...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/19/2009
Surface SDK now available to all
If you’re dying to try your hands (get it?) at developing for Surface, then you’ll be please to know...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/19/2009
What does Microsoft have to offer Digital Agencies? Microsoft Innovation Days
In December DPE (where I work at Microsoft) and the Partner Team are getting together to run a...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/08/2009
My two talks at Tech-Ed Australia and New Zealand
I will be doing two presentations at Tech-Ed on the Gold Coast (8-11 Sep) and Auckland (14-16 Sep)....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/01/2009
UX Australia – Canberra 26-28 August
The first ever UX Australia Conference is coming up in August in Canberra. Donna, Steve, Andrew and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/02/2009
Remix Australia Lonely Planet Surface Demo
The Lonely Planet Surface application that Amnesia Razorfish showed at Remix has been generating...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/02/2009
Surface SDK now available to Microsoft Partners
While Surface units are still not available in Australia, Aussie companies who are champing at the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/30/2009
Wacom offers for Remix Australia attendees
Remix Australia is on tomorrow, and Wacom are offering some great deals on Intuos3 tablets. Check...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/10/2009
Remix registration is live – Register now and Save! Save! Save!
It was weeks in the making, but the Remix Australia website is finally live and taking...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/05/2009
First Meeting of Silverlight Designer and Developer Network in Sydney May 5th.
Miguel Madero and pals have organised the first Silverlight Designer and Developer Network in Sydney...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/29/2009
My slides from AIMIA Customer Experience Session
Here are my slides from my talk at the AIMIA Customer Experience and Usability seminar in Sydney...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/25/2009
3 Upcoming Gigs: AIMIA; Advertising, Marketing & Media Summit; and CEBIT WebForward
April and May are busy months for public speaking. On April 24th I’m speaking at Customer Experience...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/11/2009
SEAT and the Super Real
I was sent a link today to this site from the UK which is for the launch of the SEAT Exeo (it’s a...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/05/2009
Remix09 is go – June 11 Sydney
The news is up on Kordesy’s blog: Remix is on again! Remix09 is in Sydney on June 11. More details...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/31/2009
UI Design for Developers
Arturo Toledo and Total Training have created an excellent series of short tutorials covering “UI...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/25/2009
‘Art and Science of UX’ Deepzoom Resurrected
I’ve finally resurrected my ‘Art and Science of UX’ Deepzoom from my TechEd 08 talk. (Click the link...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/08/2009
Free Silverlight training in Melbourne, February 21st.
The Silverlight Designer and Developer Network are holding a free Silverlight training day on...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/06/2009
Walk like a man, talk like a user
A new version of Adobe Flash was just installed on one of my computers. That’s cool, but I was a bit...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/01/2009
I’m presenting “Website to Webapp” at Web DU, Sydney, 21-22 May
The WebDU gods have smiled on me, and I am presenting “Website to WebApp: Designing for Workflow” at...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/30/2009
Artists in Residence rocked so much it hurt
Well we had our first Silverlight Artists in Residence last week in Melbourne and it totally rocked....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/13/2008
Announcing Silverlight 'Artists in Residence' - Melbourne 1-5 December
Back in February, Kordesy and I attended a program called "Artists in Residence" in Redmond. We had...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/31/2008
I'm speaking at IDEF08, November 12 in Melbourne.
I'll be speaking on Wednesday November 12 at the "Develop - Industry Symposium and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/30/2008
Design principles for Windows 7
Long Zheng has put up some photos from the "Design principles for Windows 7" session at...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/29/2008
You can be a usability specialist like Olly
Nice to see "Technology Usability Specialist" highlighted on the ABC's "Ace Day...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/29/2008
Gekko Expression Media Workshops
Gekko Images in Sydney has introduced three new Expression Media courses: Expression Media as...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/23/2008
Silverlight Designer and Developer Network launches in Melbourne
Jordan Knight has sent out the announcement - and the (temporary) website is up, so the rumours must...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/20/2008
The Delicate Genius and Shane discuss Silverlight
Check out the podcast Kordesy and I did with Jeremy Kelaher at Tech.Ed. The Delicate Genius and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/20/2008
Usability and User-Centred Design in the Software Development LifeCycle
Here are the slides from a talk I gave to first year Software Engineering students at Monash...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/08/2008
A Website Named Desire
Nishant Kothary launched this site today: http://www.awebsitenameddesire.com/ The site lets...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/06/2008
Jonas Follesoe and the miracle of Kuler for Blend
Is there no end to the genius of Jonas Follesoe? Now he's gone and made an Adobe Kuler plug-in for...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/30/2008
Teaching 'Principles of Interaction Design' at OzCHI in Cairns in December
I'll be teaching "Principles of Interaction Design" at OzCHI in Cairns on the 8th of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/28/2008
"The Art and Science of UX" at CHISIG Adelaide on Tuesday
I'll be reprising my Tech.Ed talk - "The Art and Science of UX" at CHISIG tomorrow night (30th) in...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/28/2008
From Website to WebApp - Designing for Workflow - my Oz-IA Presentation
Thanks to everyone who showed up for my Oz-IA presentation at 8am Sunday! Here are the slides: From...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/21/2008
Speaking at PANPA on the Gold Coast this week
I am speaking (twice!) at the PANPA Conference (Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association) this...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/06/2008
More RFID wrap-up
Here's a further article re the RFID at Tech.ED from "RFID Journal": Microsoft Australia...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/06/2008
My slides from Tech.Ed Oz - WEB311Designing Compelling Silverlight User Experiences With Expression Studio
Here are the slides from my second talk at Tech.Ed Australia: Web311 Designing Compelling...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/03/2008
Tatham Oddie and the Miracle of the Surface App
Tatham Oddie has done it again, this time creating an awesome little Surface demo application in...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/02/2008
Art and Science of UX Deepzoom
For those who want to follow along in my Tech.Ed Australia "Art and Science of Great User...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/02/2008
August de los Reyes speaking in Melbourne 23 Sept on Microsoft Surface
August de los Reyes, User Experience Director for Microsoft Surface, will be in Melbourne on...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/31/2008
When every action has an unequally large reaction
I love this Live Messenger Campaign highlighted by fellow User Experience Evangelist from the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/29/2008
Designing for Workflow, and Interaction Design Studio at Oz-IA
I'll be teaching a half-day workshop, plus delivering an Advanced Session at Oz-IA in September. If...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/25/2008
Expression, Silverlight, User Experience and Web Futures - my 2.5 sessions at Tech.Ed Oz
Here are the details for my sessions at Tech.Ed Australia: My Breakout Sessions The art and science...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/22/2008
More about the Tech.Ed Australia RFID visualisations
More info has surfaced about the RFID work underway for Tech.Ed Australia, including the Silverlight...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/21/2008
Silverlight/Expression trainer wanted for Sydney
Pandy from Alpha Computer Consultants tells me they are looking for a contract trainer in Expression...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/17/2008
Billy Hollis on Getting Smart with WPF
Thanks to Jonas for sending me a link to this video of Billy Hollis presenting a great WPF business...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/10/2008
I'm a Motion Design Newbie - TechEd attendee RFID visualiser thingy
Coming from a background in old-school application design, designing for motion is something I...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/05/2008
Gamer-influenced Design
Last year I blogged a little about how we can learn to design for Feedback and Problem Solving by...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/21/2008
Pimp My App - SA Code Camp Version
Thanks to Peter Griffiths and everyone at Code Camp SA for letting me present. Here is the new...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/13/2008