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  1. RSA - How to learn anything… fast

    How to learn anything… fast 4th Jun 2013;

    Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill.

    Today, when so many of us find ourselves with less and less time and energy to spare, it is all too easy to procrastinate on new learning projects. And to make matters worse, the early hours of practising something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why we may start each New Year resolving to learn how to speak a new language or play an instrument, but our best intentions soon fall by the wayside, when the going gets tough and we find it so much easier to watch TV or surf the web.

    But author and business adviser Josh Kaufman argues that it is possible to go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing well with just 20 hours of deliberate, focused practice.

    By showing how to deconstruct complex skills, maximise productivity, and remove common learning barriers, Kaufman offers a realistic and achievable approach to skill acquisition - and shows that it is possible to learn just about anything, fast - and have fun along the way.

    Speaker: Josh Kaufman, business adviser, learning expert and author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast. (Penguin Portfolio, 2013)

    Chair:Julian Thompson is the director of enterprise at the RSA.

    http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2013/how-to-learn-anything-fast

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  2. RSA - How Cooking Can Change Your Life

    How Cooking Can Change Your Life 30th May 2013;

    Cooking involves us in a dense web of social and ecological relationships: with plants and animals, the soil, farmers, our history and culture, and, of course, the people our cooking nourishes and delights. Cooking, above all, connects us.

    And yet many people now spend a lot more time watching other people cook on TV than doing it themselves. And the outsourcing of this work to corporations has had disastrous effects on our health, our family life, and even on our agriculture.

    Renowned journalist, activist and author Michael Pollan presents a compelling case that cooking is one of the simplest and most important steps people can take to improve their family’s health and well-being, build communities, help fix our broken food system, and break our growing dependence on corporations. Approached in the proper spirit, Pollan suggests, cooking becomes a political act.

    Speaker: Michael Pollan is a food activist, and the author of Second Nature, A Place of My Own, The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defence of Food and Food Rules.

    Chair: Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University London.

    http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2013/how-cooking-can-change-your-life

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  3. The Heidegger Way - The Philosopher’s Zone - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Why let the Cartesian mind-body split stand in the way of a successful business pitch? For better results, use Heidegger.

    Being and Time is a difficult read. But for one business consultant Heidegger’s classic holds plentiful clues to understanding the ‘deeper’ reality of marketplace behaviour, which many modern firms have failed to grasp. Today, how to break out of that Cartesian rut, and learn to love Heidegger for fun and a little more profit.

    Guests:
    Professor Taylor Carman, Barnard College, Columbia University
    Christian Madsbjerg, Partner, ReD Associates 

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/the-heidegger-way/4665882

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  4. Friedrich Kittler - The Philosopher’s Zone - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Some understand him as a Teutonic version of Marshall McLuhan. They both peered into the black box of modern, mediated life but Friedrich Kittler’€™s understandings of the machine were altogether different.

    Friedrich Kittler’s theories pressed mathematics, music, technology, media, and ancient Greece into fierce engagement. Who was this enigmatic media philosopher-cum-intellectual star who inspired a generation of students, artists, researchers, computer programmers, and the odd scientist? And what does Pink Floyd have to do with it? He would have been 70 this month; a chance to reflect.

    Guests:
    Axel Fliethmann, Monash University
    Joulia Strauss, Artist
    Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, University of British Columbia

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/friedrich-kittler/4724990

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  5. Imagining the future - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    You could argue that imagining the future involves one part research, one part speculation and one part fanciful thinking.

    In this show:
    Alex McDowell, the film designer behind the cult sci-fi hit Minority Report, worries that sometimes we’re too practical in our conjecturing about what lies before us. He argues that an embrace of narrative storytelling can help us understand the possibilities ahead.

    Dr Maurie Cohen makes a contentious argument that the United States—the world’s great innovator—has lost its ability to look forward.

    Professor Jerry Lockenour at the University of Southern California explains why he uses an old LA Times article to help his students understand the concept of the future.

    And Professor Naomi Oreskes talks about blending sci-fi and history to craft an academic journal paper that deals with future worries about climate change.

    Guests:
    Jerry Lockenour, Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering.

    Dr Maurie Cohen, Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Associate Fellow of the Tellus Institute.

    Alex McDowell, Joint Associate Professor in the Interactive Media, Production, and Media Arts and Practice (iMAP) divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California. Creative Director of the World Building Media Lab and the 5D Institute.

    Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of Southern California, San Diego and Adjunct Professor of Geo-Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

    Further Information:
    Maurie Cohen’s profile (http://chemistry.njit.edu/people/cohen.php)
    Jerry Lockenour’s profile (http://ame-www.usc.edu/personnel/adjfac/lockenour/)
    LA Times article on Jerry Lockenour’s project (http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/14/local/la-me-future-city-20130314)
    1988 LA Times article on life in 2013 (http://documents.latimes.com/la-2013/)
    Alex McDowell’s Profile (http://5dinstitute.org/people/alex-mcdowell)
    5D Institute (http://5dinstitute.org/)
    New Yorker article on 5D Institute’s Science of Fiction conference (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/5d-science-of-fiction-conference-futurist-ideas.html)
    Naomi Oreskes Profile (http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/oreskes-naomi.html)
    Chronicle of Higher Education article on Naomi Oreskes paper (http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/historians-dabbling-in-science-fiction-evoke-a-climate-collapse/32517)

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/imagining-the-future/4731712

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  6. Memento mori: Remember your mortality « UX Australia 2012

    Memento Mori – a Latin phrase meaning “Remember your mortality”. Memento Mori art is that which is designed to remind us of our mortality and the fragility of human life.

    Life brings with it many uncertainties. That we all die, however, is not negotiable. As technology creeps into more aspects of our personal lives, we must begin to consider what death means for the interactive technologies that we design and build. For example, have you ever considered what should happen to all your saved emails after you die? Whether you are designing banking systems, attempting to grow an online community, or building an online store for a retailer, there is no escaping human mortality. In this talk, I ask the audience to consider death and its impact on such interactive technologies.

    Case studies from recent research relating to death, bereavement and memorialisation with respect to interactive technologies will be presented. The take-home message is that designers must consider the mortality of their users. Privacy issues can rear their ugly head upon death so it is better to be proactive rather than reactive. Additionally, digital content of the deceased can take on special meaning by the bereaved, so there are opportunities to contribute positively for those affected by the loss of a loved one when you are responsible for storing personal digital content.

    The following will be discussed:
    Why is considering death important?
    What is happening in this space, particularly online?
    How should design account for this?
    What can interaction designers do?

    The audience will also be asked to contribute examples and perspectives from their own experiences:

    Have you any case studies relating to the mortality of your users? What happened?
    Do you have policies surrounding what should happen when a user passes on?
    What about privacy? What if you were approached by a family member to get access to some personal content that the deceased created in life? Should family members have access to such content?

    This project is funded by the The Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).

    Presented by Joji Mori

    http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2012/memento-mori

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  7. Mindful designs: Practical tips for designing for cognitive & learning difficulties « UX Australia 2012

    Did you know that about 16% of Australians have dyslexia? That’s about 3.6 million people…and that’s just dyslexia!

    As UX designers, do we really know our audiences, and do we fully appreciate how some might experience things differently to others? What are we doing to design for the broad range of experiences and abilities of our users?

    Designing for people with cognitive and learning disabilities is one of the most overlooked areas within the design and accessibility fields. Part of the reason is that there is a huge range of abilities and conditions, and they are often difficult to understand.

    While there is some information out there, the furiously changing pace of technology and our hectic schedules as UX designers often do not give us the time to delve into the research, or we may not be aware of how general inclusive design principles can be applied in this context.

    This presentation will:

    Bust some cognitive and learning difficulties myths Explore some of the user experience challenges with using the web that people with these difficulties may have Arm you with as many inclusive design principles and real life examples that we can fit into the 20 minute slot Many of the design principles will be well known and common sense, but reframing it in context of cognitive and learning disabilities will hopefully help you to realise that inclusive design is achievable, in many cases quite simple, and not too scary.

    Presented by Ruth Ellison

    http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2012/mindful-designs

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  8. Creating a global experience language for the BBC « UX Australia 2012

    After printing out key sections of bbc.co.uk onto what has now become known as the ‘Wall of Shame’, the BBC decided to embark on an ambitious project. The goal was to create a global experience language to drive consistency and coherence across the diverse, cross-platform portfolio of BBC products and services, all of which had different brands, audiences, contexts of use, and most problematically, design teams. The design teams operated independently of each other with very little sharing of best practice, patterns or templates. The result was a disjointed and broken user experience across the 45 million web pages and 470 sites that made up bbc.co.uk, as well as the mobile, tablet and interactive TV services.

    At the time, my role was Head of UX&D: Pan-BBC Experiences, and I led the task of unifying the visual and interaction design of the BBC’s digital products and services along with developing a ‘signature experience’ – something that could be recognised with or without the BBC logo in place.

    We partnered with three fantastic agencies; Research Studios, R/GA and Massive Interactive and together we created GEL; a design philosophy, styleguide, design patterns library and signature experience which is being rolled out across the BBC. These guidelines form the design foundations for all new products and services, for both internal teams and external suppliers, and create a unified and engaging brand experience to see the BBC into the future.

    For this presentation I will chart the course of the project, share insights and outcomes, and discuss the importance of designing a compelling and coherent brand experience in the connected digital world.

    Presented by Bronwyn van der Merwe

    http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2012/bbc-global-experience-language

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  9. A case study on designing the Australia Post iPhone and iPad app (10-minute talk) « UX Australia 2012

    I’ll explain the process of designing a 4 and a 1/2 star app. I’ll share our successes and our lessons learnt from the project.

    Presented by Kathryn Ross

    http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2012/aust-post-app

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  10. 5 things everyone should know about mobile UX (10-minute talk) « UX Australia 2012

    Designing for mobile is challenging. I’ll discuss 5 things which everyone should be considering when they create their mobile strategy, such as “having an app isn’t everything” and “context is everything”. I’ll include some examples of mobile strategies that have been successful and some that have been failures.

    Presented by Frankie Madden

    http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2012/mobile-ux

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