Think about the best manager you ever had. What were the traits that made him or her so effective? Chances are, it had to do with a match up of skills, aptitudes, and the right context. So how can managers of creative teams be more effective in their roles and bring out the best in their teams? Margaret Stewart has nearly 15 years experience managing creative teams in various types of settings, varying from high tech start-ups, to major financial…

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Even though touchscreen and gestural technology has been around for decades, it is only now being widely adopted for public use. Jeff Han’s influential 2006 TED demonstration of his multi-touch system, followed by the launches of Nintendo’s Wii, Apple’s iPhone, and Microsoft Surface, have heralded a new era of interaction design where gestures in space and touches on a screen will be as prominent as pointing and clicking. But how do you create products…

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UX Week 2008 kicks off with an on-stage conversation between Peter Merholz, president and founder of Adaptive Path, and Don Norman, industry legend. Don wrote the founding text on user-centered design, entitled The Design of Everyday Things, and also coined the term "user experience" while at Apple in the early 1990s. Don and Peter will discuss the evolution of user experience – from its early beginnings to its developing future.

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