Corazon Design UX Events/ Conference notes

Industry Talks

• Creating Viral apps - The story of World Lens  2011, Feb 15 Otavio Good talks about how he came up with World Lens, and some interesting lessons learned for how to invent this wackily amazing (and best use case for augmented reality i've seen yet)
• Developer Secrets - Increasing App Store Sales 2010, Feb Mobile Monday  
• Mobile Monday SV Location Aware Mobile Apps  2009, Jun 1 Showcase of Location Aware Apps 

Technical/ Conference Talks

• Dorkbot at Noisebridge  2009, Nov 11, Wed A bunch of talks but some interesting resources about Augmented Reality, Android and IPhone AR SDK's info and some technical limitations

Entrepreneurship Talks

• Entrepreneurship Lessons Learned Summary of quotes from Chris's interview with mentors and smart peeps about entrepreneurship

UX/Interaction Design Talks

• IxDA SF Presents Social Design Patterns with Erin Malone and Christian Crumlish 2009, Oct 29, Thur. IxDA talk about general design patterns for encouraging social activity on the web

General Design

• Maira Kalman 2009, Nov 3, Tues at 6:00pm. Illustrator of NY Times fame talk about inspiration and design
• Hayao Miyazaki talk 2009, Aug 8. Well known anime director/writer/artist talks about his influence and gives advice on how to create good stories and make good films
• Designer's Dilemma - Design and Morality in the 21st Century 2010, May 10 Round table at Stanford of mostly industrial designers talk about the role of the designer in the "modern world" - a lot of posturing and subtext of exceptionalism... but there are some good nuggets

Book Summaries

• Designing Interfaces Book Notes A really really great and concise book that I wish I could have permanently stamped on my brain 

Startup Pitch Decks: 

• Calutions - Mint Software.pdf