Content governance has leapt into the business world - seemingly in a single bound, spurred by our desperate need for content strategy. Anyone who notices that the content in your organization is completely disorganized, lacks any clear voice and consistently confuses customers should be interested in content governance.Content governance is the day-to-day detailed management of content delivery and style, as well as the long-term execution of content strategy tactics. The tools involved in…See More

The IA Summit is the premiere, community-curated, and volunteer-run gathering on the ever-evolving disciplines of information architecture and experience design. It provides students, practitioners, and anyone interested with great tactical skills, amazing inspiring ideas, and an opportunity to collaborate and celebrate the great things happening in our communities of practice. And that's just the beginning.See More

Let's get together for a happy hour! Meet local UX/IA/IxD/[insert acronym here] types over some libations, make new connections, see old friends, or celebrate day 30 of your New Year's resolution.See More

Are you creating websites that provide a good experience, no matter what device they’re viewed on? Learn how to think beyond the desktop and create websites that anticipate and respond to your users’ needs.Joe Giuffrida from Systems Alliance will share how to develop responsive websites with media queries.John Mohr from Mercy Medical Center will discuss how to adapt your content for responsive websites.Brian Harder from Johns Hopkins Medicine will share highlights from launching a responsive…See More

Jim Jarrett discusses his hands on experience of preparing and publishing an iBook on the iTunes bookstore. Tools, trials, and tribulations. Share your ideas and experiences with self-publishing. See More

Neal McDonald presents:"Gamification" is jargon being thrown about; what are the real discoveries behind the hype? I've been teaching a "Game Studies" class for 5 years, and I'll present content from this new field relevant to UX designers. For instance: games and play are very different things. One of them is intrusive, and the other, you do continuously-- if you're lucky.Neal McDonald is Assistant Professor of Animation & Interactive Media, Dept Visual Arts at UMBC.See More

Note on location: Liam's is at#22 W North; Wind up Space is at #12. "The Ale House is in the Historic North Avenue Market Building on the North side of the street. It’s the weird Moorish castle looking building."Time to socialize, connect/re-connect, and compare notes on all the great UX events and webinars so far this fall. And check out Liam Flynn's Ale House (if you haven't already done so!) while we're at it.See More

We have our next meetup! Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6pm at the offices of G1440 in Baltimore. G1440 is sponsoring this meeting, which will feature Mike Lee, AARP's Sr. Digital Strategy Advisor - see details below. We'll be hosting this meeting jointly with Baltimore's new IxDA chapter. One App per Older American: Building AARP's Distributed Digital PresenceLike many traditional organizations, AARP is beginning to shift itscommunications and member engagement to a "mobile first" world wherecontent…See More

Join us at the Windup Space for an informal gathering of colleagues, catching up, and convivial conversation. Help us continue to develop a great schedule of events for 2011!This event is rescheduled from Thurs., 1-27.See More