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2008 Sessions
- Semantic, Accessible HTML is Good for Business presented by Zach Johnson, University of Minnesota
- User Experience Strategy and Touchpoints presented by Jason Sack, space150
- Blogs, RSS, and Podcasting presented by Shane Nackerud, Dan Kunitz, Sara Hurley; University of Minnesota
- Best Practices for Accessible Forms & Data Tables presented by Phil Kragnes, University of Minnesota
- Social Networking: Meeting the Expectations of the MySpace Generation presented by Mark Heiman, Carleton College
- Microformats: A More Personable Online Experience presented by Laurie McGinley, University of Minnesota
- Enhancing Your Sites with JavaScript presented by Sam Buchanan, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MnSCU)
- Google Tools: Using Analytics To Understand Your User base presented by Michael Cizmar, MC+A (Google Enterprise Partner)
- Google Tools: Mash Ups Mania presented by Michael Cizmar, MC+A (Google Enterprise Partner)
- Online Video Tools: MediaMill and VideoAnt presented by Brad Hosack and Pete McCauley; College of Education + Human Development
- Adobe Dreamweaver presented by James Lockman, Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Adobe Contribute presented by James Lockman, Adobe Systems, Inc.
2009 Sessions
- Social Web Unconference facilitated by Meg Canada and Mylk Roventine
- Usability + User Experience Unconference facilitated by Santiago Fernandez-Gimenez and Julia Schrenkler
- Web Tools Unconference facilitated by Kim Doberstein and Garrick Van Buren
- It’s the Little Things presnted by Paul Armstrong
- Security Sidebars and Hacker Tricks presented by Mike Benkovich
- Don’t Mock These Mock-Ups! Creating Dynamic Wireframes presented by Kim Doberstein
- Why Ruby on Rails? presented by Joe Goggins and Max Vermaak
- jQuery Essentials presented by Marc Grabanski
- Hybrid App Development for the iPhone presented by Bill Heyman
- Standardizing Web User Interfaces presented by Zach Johnson
- Social Connections in Scientific Research presented by Timothy Kunau
- Achieving Stakeholder Buy-In for User Research presented by Samantha LeVan
- UX for Community Building presented by Jason Sack
- The DMCA & Me: Copyright in a Digital World presented by Amy Sanders
- Fact or Fancy? How to Make Fact-Driven Decisions for Your Website presented by Laurie Southerton, Jane Bungum, and Riva Kupritz
2010 Sessions
2011 Sessions
- Choose Trust over Control: Build an Awesome Web Team presented by Jeff Abuzzahab and Amanda Brown, University of Minnesota (Slides for “Choose Trust…” at Slideshare)
- Community-Building 101 presented by Amy Kristin Sanders, University of Minnesota
- Fighting Social Media Fatigue presented by Meg Knodl, Hennepin County Library (Slides for “Fighting Social Media Fatigue” at Slideshare)
- HTML5 Design presented by Christopher Schmitt, Heatvision
- Intention over Time: Handling Touch Events in Mobile Safari presented by Terry Schubring, Independent consultant
- jQuery UI: The Under-Hyped JavaScript and CSS Framework presented by Marc Grabanski, President, MJG International
- Just Your Type: Web Typography & You presented by Mykl Roventine, Designer of Things
- Making a CSS Framework that Works for You presented by Dan Sagisser, University of Minnesota (Slides for “Making a CSS Framework…” ast Slideshare)
- More than 1000 Words: Scripts and Techniques for Interactive Graphics presented by Timothy Kunau, Independent consultant (Slides for “More than 1000 Words” at Slideshare)
- Narrative Tools in the Service Design Process presented by James Senior, Mayo Clinic
- Online at a Live Event presented by Julia Schrenkler, American Public Media | Minnesota Public Radio
- Progressive Personalization: A Case Study presented by Mark Heiman, Carleton College
- Project Tools in Web Development: A Case Study presented by Ken Loomis, Ethan Poole, and Tony Thomas, University of Minnesota (Slides for “Project Tools…” at Slideshare)
- UX Techniques and Tools of the Trade presented by Kevin Farner, Gomoll Research + Design
- WordPress Geekout! presented by Toby Cryns and Peter Fleck
2012
Sessions
- An Introduction to CSS3 Transitions and Transforms presented by Tiffany Brown, Opera Software Developer Relations
- Your CMS is the Elephant in the Room presented by Jeff Abuzzahab, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
- Language and User-Interface Design presented by Ethan Poole
- Responsive Design: One Site, Many Devices presented by Matt Ryan and Nathan Dirks, Carleton College
- Communicated Change presented by Scott Kubie, Wolfram Research
- Practical User Research: Debunking the Myths & Empowering the Masses presented by Matthew Doty, Life Time Fitness
- Mobile Web Development: The Challenges and How To Meet Them presented by Tony Thomas, Student Unions & Activities, University of Minnesota
- Embracing Chaos: An Interactive Project Management Survival Guide presented by Nancy Lyons and Meghan Wilker
- The Joneses: Communication Networks to Do Your Dirty Work presented by Tonya Oaks Smith, UALR Bowen School of Law
- Building HTML5 Apps for iPad and Android Tablets presented by Mike Bollinger and Sam Kirchmeier, Livefront
- Standing Out and Moving Up in Web Design presented Abbey Tosic
- Social Media: The ‘Hostess with the Mostest’ for Your Digital Strategy presented by Jennifer Kane and Kary Delaria, Kane Consulting
- Intro to PHP Security presented by Michael Stowe, Caring Bridge
- Discovering the E-World of People Who Live with Disabilities panel featuring WeCo’s Lynn Wehrman, Ken Rodgers, Bill Libberton, and Nina Phouthasack
- Ending the Web vs. Native Debate presented by Kevin Whinnery, Appcelerator Inc.
Workshops
- Web Accessibility: Issues and Techniques workshop by Phil Kragnes, Computer Accommodations Program, University of Minnesota
- Defining User Research Methodologies: A Pragmatic Approach workshop by Dave Jones and Zack Naylor, The Nerdery
- Hello jQuery! workshop by Kim Doberstein, University of Minnesota
- Future-Focused Web: Standards Based Design and Development workshop by Kevin O’Brien, John Standish, Drew Covi, Eric Hanson, and Michael Spieler, Clockwork Active Media Systems
2013 Sessions
- The Process & Practice of Mobile UI Design presented by Mike Bollinger
- Witness the Power of This Fully Armed & Operational Website: The Emerging Power of WebSockets presented by Tony Thomas
- Clarity, Copy & Content Strategy: De-fuzzing Fuzzy Concepts presented by Scott Kubie
- Design with Accessibility in Mind: How IA & Visual Design Decisions Impact Persons with Disabilities presented by November Samnee
- What It Takes to Build Great Mobile Web Applications presented by Zach Lendon and Zach Legein
- UX & Content Strategy: Two Great Things That Go Great Together presented by Meghan Casey and Zack Naylor
- Just Say No presented by Dan Sagisser
- Conditional Front-End Development Techniques presented by Tiffany Brown
- How One Large Company Integrated UX into an Agile Methodology presented by Lori Baker and Sara Asche Anderson
- Becoming a Unicorn: Getting Into UX from Visual Design presented by Fred Beecher
- Fixing the UX of Infinite Scroll presented by Zachary Johnson
- Social Media Law Update: The Legal Landscape in Cyberspace presented by Amy Sanders
- Digital Kids on Branding, Privacy, and Technology Bias presented by Andrew Smyk
- Content Publishing with EPUB presented by David Skarjune
- In-House Content Strategy presented by Meghan Seawell
2014 Sessions
- Breaking down component-based web design presented by Emma Jane Westby
- Writing content that works everywhere (including smartphones) presented by David Poteet
- It’s too fancy! Back to basics user experience presented by Kristi McKinney
- Front end development for back end developers presented by Bertine Buchan and Amy Berg
- The ADA and Websites: What does it mean? presented by Amy Kristin Sanders
- Your user is a hero: Applying Joseph Campbell’s “Monomyth” to user experience design presented by Matt Edwards
- AngularJS presented by Daniel Holth
- Mentoring the next generation of UX designers presented by Claire Bailey, Fred Beecher, and Heather Wydeven
- Flexible field studies: Observing users in context presented by Kate Gomoll and Kevin Farner
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to SASS presented by Tony Thomas
- Beautifully functional: Activities that inform features and aesthetic presented by Brant Day
- Take the pledge to talk more with users presented by Beth McKeever
- HTML5: All your games are belong to us presented by Erik Onarheim
- From hack to app presented by Jason Kadrmas
- Programmers can UX too presented by Eryn O’Neil
2015 Sessions
- One Second or Bust: The Quest for Quick Page Loads presented by Marc Drummond
- The Death of Lorem Ipsum and Pixel-Perfect Content presented by David Olsen
- Behavioral Insights for a Better Web presented by Steven Bayer, Trystan Hansen, and Emily McAuliffe
- Code Reviews: That’s a Great Idea! presented by Amy Hammond
- Getting Past “Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen”—Learning to Design Collaboratively presented by Mahtab Rezai
- Proactively Managing Your Career presented by Paul DeBettignies
- Are You Over-Testing? presented by Todd Gardner
- Teach Them Well: Applying Key Principles of Learning to Design presented by Victor Yocco
- Google Analytics 101 presented by Ruth Rosengren
- How to Evaluate Web Pages for Accessibility presented by Tonu Mikk
- You Can’t Ship from Your Ivory Tower: Including Developers in the Design Process presented by Matt Edwards
- Visual Storytelling: The State of “Show Me” Social Sharing presented by Mykl Roventine
- Drowning in Data: Living Through a Content Inventory with an Information Hoarder presented by Gianna Pfister-LaPin
- Making the Web Fireproof: A Building Code for Websites presented by Dylan Willbanks
- All I Ever Needed to Know About Social Media I Learned from the Muppets presented by Tonya Oaks Smith
2016 Sessions
- Enjoy Working with People by Controlling the Only Thing You Can presented by Kelsey Lundberg and Erik Gruber
- Thinking About Sustainability During a Website Redesign presented by Natalie Semczuk
- ARIA: What, Why, and When presented by Phil Kragnes
- Lessons Learned Teaching at a Development Bootcamp presented by Scott Bromander
- Beyond Lorem Ipsum: The User Experience of Content presented by Sharon Bautista
- Shall I Compare Thee to a Line of Code? presented by Lauren Scott
- Let’s Be Honest: Creating Content People Actually Want presented by Sara Rhea Werner
- Practical Color Theory for People Who Code presented by Natalya Shelburne
- Serverless Architecture Concepts presented by Kelly Andrews
- IA in Agile: You’ll See the Forest Eventually presented by Hannah Grossman
- Signs of the Times: What Road Signs Taught Me About Web Design presented by Duncan Jimbo
- Oh, Behave: BDD Implementation in Cucumber presented by Dana Scheider
- Dear User, Let’s Be Friends presented by Scott Kubie
- Beyond Whitespace: Designing for Complex Content presented by Michelle Schulp
- Sizing up Responsive Images: Make a Plan With the Help of These Kittens presented by Marc Drummond
2017
Sessions
- Search-First Writing presented by Heidi Waterhouse
- Selfish Accessibility presented by Adrian Roselli
- Cheat Code, Combo, or Power-Up? Why We Use Someone Else’s Code presented by Michelle Schulp
- Don’t Shut Me Out! Language is Content, Usability, and Accessibility presented by Abby Bajuniemi
- You Can Do This. Web Accessibility Testing for Everyone presented by Kimberly Doberstein
- So Long and Thanks for All the Requests: Front-end Performance in the Age of HTTP/2 presented by Marc Drummond
- Web Components: The Future of Web Development is Here presented by John Riviello and Chris Lorenzo
- Making Things Real: Taking Content Strategy from Abstract to Functional presented by Corey Vilhauer
- Stop Playin’: Your Team Is Not an Improv Group, It’s a Bunch of Stand Up Comics presented by Brandi Brown
- It’s Not Magic: It’s SEO presented by Amy Dalrymple
- Project Triage: What To Do When It All Hits The Fan presented by Eryn O’Neil
- 100% Observability presented by Jason Yee
- How to Make Your Website Not Ugly: 10 Simple UX Tenets for Non-Designers presented by Hilary Stohs-Krause
- More Than Words: The Power of Type presented by Mykl Roventine
- Salary Negotiation for Women in Tech presented by Ashley Quinto Powell
Workshops
- Separating the Users from the Brand: Editorial Brand Experience Without Strategy workshop presented by Amy Grace Wells
- Silo-Busting Innovation workshop presented by Justin Lee and Bryan Kujawski
- Getting Started with SASS workshop presented by Jen Kramer
- Show Me What You Want: Using Card Sorts to Clarify a Vision workshop presented by Jen Sharber
- Automated Browser Testing in JavaScript workshop presented by Kevin Lamping
- Paper Prototyping for Mixed Reality Experiences workshop presented by Hilary Dixon
2018
Sessions
- 3D Experiences in Your Browser presented by Michael Schlotfeldt and David Schlotfeldt
- AI and Improving the Experience of Users Living With Disabilities presented by Sue Ann Rodriquez
- Best Practices: Getting Up & Running In AR presented by Brandon Johnson and Max Thorson
- Bots: the Unspoken Challenge of Conversations presented by Marcus Finley
- Building Advanced Experiences with Simple Accessibility Solutions presented by Ryan Strunk and Sana Baig
- Capturing Reality: An Introduction presented by Colin McFadden and Samantha Porter
- Caring for New Users: Adoption, Onboarding, Permissions, Empty States, Feedback Herding, Friction, Hooks and More presented by Scott Showalter
- Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up: Tackling Vertigo in VR presented by Martha Megarry and Henry Megarry
- How is Artificial Intelligence Affecting Our Experience With Social Media? presented by Brianna McCullough
- Introduction to VR/AR/AI – Terms, Technology, and History presented by Terrance Schubring
- Machines + Humans: Marketing AI’s Real-World Impacts presented by Andrew Eklund and Kristen Findley
- Practical Frameworks For A Voice-Enabled Future presented by James Squires
- Researching Emerging Technologies: Is Your Product a Novelty or Does It Solve a User’s Need? presented by Erin Arnesen
- Rethinking UX for AI-driven tools presented by Stephen Boak
- Time travelling chatbots – Adding AI to 1980’s robots with Node.js presented by David Washington
Workshops
- Capturing 3D Objects with the Camera You’ve Already Got workshop presented by Colin McFadden and Samantha Porter
- Designing User-focused Conversations for Web Applications workshop presented by Amy Grace Wells
- GIS, Data Science & Python workshop presented by Keita Broadwater
- Give Your AI a 3D Home on the Web workshop presented by Terrance Schubring and Lori L. Lorenz
- Marketing AI: How to Build a Keyword Ontology workshop presented by James Mathewson, Michael Priestley, and Dan Segal
- Welcome Bot Overlords! Build an Interactive Bot Using JavaScript, Node and the Cloud workshop presented by Kamran Ayub
