A chat with Nathan Curtis

Posted in Uncategorized by Matt Nish-Lapidus on Oct 28th, 2009

Our very own Jess McMullin caught up with Nathan Curtis, principal at EightShapes and author of the recently published book Modular Web Design: Creating Reusable Components for User Experience Design and Documentation.

In the interview, Nathan talks a little about what modular web design is, how it can help you design, and how it applies to organizations of different sizes.

Listen to the full interview with Nathan Curtis (~10 minutes)

Sign up for CanUX to learn more about modular web design from Nathan Curtis, plus lots more!

Registration Deadlines Extended!

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on Sep 21st, 2009

Folks,

We’ve heard a lot of interest in Canux, but some people needed more time to get approvals from work, etc. so we’ve extended our early registration deadline to Sept. 30. We’ve also extended our regular registration deadline to October 31st.

We hope we see you in November!

The Fly Me to Canux Contest-Deadline Extended!

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on Aug 18th, 2009

Updated: new deadline Sept. 4th

We’re going to bring one lucky attendee to Canux with some help from nForm. We’ll give you a free conference registration, including two nights accommodation and meals during the conference, plus $500 CDN to help with your travel expenses getting to Banff.

How do you get to be that lucky attendee?

  1. Tell us why you want to come to Canux in a blog post or online video. Entries must be in English.
  2. Link from your post to the main Canux site at http://canux.nform.ca
  3. Tell us about your post by twittering a link to it with the hashtag #flymetocanux. This tweet should not be to anyone – we’ll use the hashtag to find it, not our Twitter handles, thanks. If you don’t have a Twitter account, now is the time to get one :)

The nForm crew will choose our favorites from eligible entries, and Jess McMullin and Gene Smith will make the final selection. If the selected winner has already registered for Canux, we will fully refund registration costs (so you can register now, and still enter the contest).

The contest is open until 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, September 4th, 2009. Winner will be notified on Monday, September 7th, via Twitter. One entry per person, please. Multiple entries will be disqualified.

The contest is open worldwide to anyone above the age of majority, unless prohibited by law. However, the winner is responsible for all travel costs incurred. nForm will award one (1) cheque for five hundred dollars ($500.00) Canadian on site in Banff. nForm will also register the attendee for one (1) single accommodation event registration, a $999.00 value. nForm has no responsibility for booking travel or making other arrangements. The winner’s photo, copy, or video may be used by nForm for promotional purposes with no further compensation. Depending on legal requirements in the winner’s jurisdiction, a skill-testing question may be required to claim the prize.

Tips for impressing us:

Do tell us who you are, why you care, what’s important to you, what coming to Canux will mean.

Don’t write more than a page of copy, don’t take more than 3 minutes in video, don’t send multiple entries, don’t badger us on Twitter, spam us by email or otherwise be annoying.

What people had to say about Canux 2008

Posted in Uncategorized by adamp on Nov 28th, 2008

Luke W:
CanUX: Leadership Insights
CanUX: Why so much Sketching?
CanUX: Visual Thinking in Practice
CanUX: Sketchboards- Good Design Faster
CanUX: 5 Sketches or Else
CanUX: Creative Leadership
CanUX: UX Swimlanes

David Gillis, teehan + lax
CanUX Day 2, Part 1: Sketchboards
CanUX Day 1, Part 2: Swimlanes
CanUX Day 1, Part 3: Five Sketches (Or Else)
CanUX day 1, part 1: Web Forms

Sketches from CanUX 2008 – http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2008/11/18/sketches-from-canux-2008/

CanUX in video and pictures courtesy JESS3 – http://www.jess3.com/blog/2008/11/canux-2008.html

Tech Vibes’ list of CanUX links and resources – http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canux-2008-links-resources

Directions to Banff and Ride Sharing

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on Sep 18th, 2008

If you’re flying into Calgary (YYC) you have a few options – taking the Banff Airporter Shuttle, renting a car, or hitching a ride with a local. The Banff Centre has details about directions and transportation on their site.

If you are looking for a ride or can offer one, please leave a comment here on this post.

Look forward to seeing you in Banff.