Stop Cyberbullying Day - March 30
By now, almost everyone in the web professional world has heard about the disturbing and violent threats to Kathy Sierra, author of the well-known Creating Passionate Users blog. The escalating vicious attacks and death threats culminated this past week in … Continue reading →
Google designer to give talk at MSU (Mon, April 2)
Sasha Verhage, MSU alum and Design Lead for Google, will share observations of working in a fast-paced industry priding itself on “disruptive technologies.” His presentation will talk about his experiences at Google, Yahoo, and e-consultancies, introduce and clarify emerging trends … Continue reading →
Refresh Detroit ICON
Show your support and your smarts! Download this Refresh Detroit icon and it on your web site with a link to Refresh Detroit. Sample code for Refresh Detroit icon
Usability vs. user experience
At User Interface Engineering, Jared Spool has posted an interesting article discussing the difference between usability and user experience. Jared’s article describes a customer buying a camera online, and subsequent issues with getting the camera from the brick and morter … Continue reading →
More jobs!
Digitas in Detroit has several positions open in interactive marketing and design, usability, account management and strategy. If interested, contact/email your resume to Lannhi Tran.
Interview with Mike Cherim from Beast-Blog
Web Axe, a podcast and blog on web accessibility, has posted an interview with Mike Cherim, the author of the highly respected blog Beast-Blog. Mike is an accessibility, PHP, and WordPress guru, and founder of Accessites.org.
Jobs!
Anyone know OSCommerce pretty well? Discount Vials is looking for someone to work on their shopping cart. Call Rhett at (608)442-8061. Full-time web application developer position open CUVillage. Call VP Todd Mason at (800)262-6285. Usability Engineer work also available. Tell … Continue reading →
March Meetup
Mark your calendars! The next meetup for Refresh Detroit will be 6:30pm Wednesday, March 28. We’ll be returning to the jolly Stout Pub in Brighton! Andrew and Anjanette from JSTOR will be reporting on the SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas. … Continue reading →
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