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Chris Bernard

Chicago
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www.designthinkingdigest...
About:

For 15 years Chris has worked in motion graphics, interactive, application and Web design. Currently a User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft, Chris previously was a Creative Director for the Centers for e-business Innovation at IBM. Clients have included CNBC, Hilton, Gatorade, The NCAA, Cranbrook and Target. Chris received a masters in marketing from the Illinois Institute of Technology and in design from the Institute of Design.

A passionate advocate for the practice and discipline of design Chris has been published in International Design Magazine and serves as an Adjunct lecturer and expert on cross-disciplinary teaming at The Institute of Design.

Organization Microsoft
What type of IxD do primarily you do? (Web, desktop, mobile web, mobile app, devices/hardware, services, etc.) Mostly RIA type of stuff
Who is your favorite author or speaker about IxD? Currently it's the dudes from an outfit called Zues Jones (http://www.zeusjones.com/) Check out there ideas on Marketing as a Service. Smart dudes.
What do you hope to gain most by attending Interaction08? Meeting all the IxDA people I've seen on the IxDA mailing list. Connecting with old and new friends
What topics are you most interested in? Well, I've yet to hear Bill Buxton talk so I'm really looking forward to that and Cooper too. From a topic perspective I'm interested in agile methods that don't futz design. Hitting a workshop on that.

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Expression Studio 2 Ships

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One short year after Expression Studio was introduced at MIX 08 was announced we're seeing a major update to the suite with Expression 2, whic...

Expression Studio 2 Ships

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One short year after Expression Studio was introduced at MIX 08 was announced we're seeing a major update to the suite with Expression 2, whic...

The five tools of the professional software designer

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Any designer worth their salt knows that borrowing shamelessly or outright stealing are often touted as key skills. In the spirit of that concept (...

The five tools of the professional software designer

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Any designer worth their salt knows that borrowing shamelessly or outright stealing are often touted as key skills. In the spirit of that concept (...

Taking a break from blogging at Design Thinking Digest

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I'll be taking a break from blogging for a bit to dial back into the real world after some extensive travel and time away from the family. I&a...

Taking a break from blogging at Design Thinking Digest

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I'll be taking a break from blogging for a bit to dial back into the real world after some extensive travel and time away from the family. I&a...

Expression Blend and Silverlight 2: Preview with Scott Guthrie

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Scott picks up from last week's post on Silverlight 2 with a preview of how to build applications using Expression Blend. See it here. Massive...

Expression Blend and Silverlight 2: Preview with Scott Guthrie

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Scott picks up from last week's post on Silverlight 2 with a preview of how to build applications using Expression Blend. See it here. Massive...

Expression Blend and Silverlight 2: Preview with Scott Guthrie

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Scott picks up from last week's post on Silverlight 2 with a preview of how to build applications using Expression Blend. See it here. Massive...

Expression Blend and Silverlight 2: Preview with Scott Guthrie

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Scott picks up from last week's post on Silverlight 2 with a preview of how to build applications using Expression Blend. See it here. Massive...

Expression Blend and Silverlight 2: Preview with Scott Guthrie

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Scott picks up from last week's post on Silverlight 2 with a preview of how to build applications using Expression Blend. See it here. Massive...

My Panels At MIX

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Going to MIX? Want to see my panels? Here they are. They will also be taped and posted at the www.visitmix.com site. Real World Design: Working wit...

My Panels At MIX

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Going to MIX? Want to see my panels? Here they are. They will also be taped and posted at the www.visitmix.com site. Real World Design: Working wit...

Get inside the design mind at Microsoft

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Colleague Will Tschumy created Design For Innovation months ago as a blog aggregator for a few of us. Those of you that would like to see more unfi...

Get inside the design mind at Microsoft

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Colleague Will Tschumy created Design For Innovation months ago as a blog aggregator for a few of us. Those of you that would like to see more unfi...

Follow MIX2008 from home

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Sadly, MIX2008 is sold out. But don't let that stop you from following all the announcements and sessions that are happening at MIX. We'l...

Follow MIX2008 from home

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Sadly, MIX2008 is sold out. But don't let that stop you from following all the announcements and sessions that are happening at MIX. We'l...

Beautiful Applications

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Technorati Tags: Thirteen23,MixMe,Continuum There's a great deal of talk about how Vista (when compared to Windows XP) doesn't provide va...

Beautiful Applications

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Technorati Tags: Thirteen23,MixMe,Continuum There's a great deal of talk about how Vista (when compared to Windows XP) doesn't provide va...

Silverlight 2.0: What you need to know

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I try not to cross-post content that is available in abundance elsewhere but Scott Guthrie has put some detailed posts up on Silverlight 2.0. It&ap...

Silverlight 2.0: What you need to know

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I try not to cross-post content that is available in abundance elsewhere but Scott Guthrie has put some detailed posts up on Silverlight 2.0. It&ap...

New content on brainstorming, interaction design and user observation

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Technorati Tags: Innovation,interaction design,IxD,IxDA,brainstorming,user observation,Institute of Design I've been dusting off some of my pr...

New content on brainstorming, interaction design and user observation

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Technorati Tags: Innovation,interaction design,IxD,IxDA,brainstorming,user observation,Institute of Design I've been dusting off some of my pr...

Do we need branded utilities

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Technorati Tags: MIX,My Vegas,Branded Utility,Las Vegas,Silverlight A big part of my shtick when I talk about Rich Platforms is that we'll all...

Do we need branded utilities

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Technorati Tags: MIX,My Vegas,Branded Utility,Las Vegas,Silverlight A big part of my shtick when I talk about Rich Platforms is that we'll all...

IxDA Interaction08 Revisited

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Technorati Tags: Chris Bernard,IxDA,Dan Saffer,David Armano,David Malouf,Jared Spool,Bill Buxton,SCAD IxDA's first conference in Savannah was ...

IxDA Interaction08 Revisited

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Technorati Tags: Chris Bernard,IxDA,Dan Saffer,David Armano,David Malouf,Jared Spool,Bill Buxton,SCAD IxDA's first conference in Savannah was ...

The Ultimate Mash-Up: Stephen P. Anderson and Design

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Technorati Tags: Stephen P. Anderson,Design,Star Wars,The Force Behind Star Wars,George Lucas Any one that is active in local communities such as R...


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Josh Seiden:

Looking forward to meeting you too!