2009 Review.

Conferences.

• Presented at ERIC.
• Presented bettie at eComm.
• Hosted and Organised IxDA Session at iHCI.

After hours activity.

• Organised and ran an Arudino Workshop.
• Organised DEFUSE: Design for Use. IxDA Dublin event with over 200 people.
• Winning Team of 24hr Design Challenge.
• 3rd in UCD Campus Company Development Program.

Skills Acquired.

• A better understanding of grounded theory, and learnt a lot from our ethnography partners.
• Expanded use of video as data gathering and communication tool.
• More advanced hardware and software prototyping.
• AS3 knowledge has expanded 500%. Even writing classes, and visuals in code.
• Better understanding and visualization of users usage of systems.

New Tools in 2010.

• Arduino.
• Twitter. Follow me for more news.
• Business Development as part of CCDP.

Best Books of 2010.

• Designing for the digital age.
• Programming Interactivity.
• AS3 Cookbook
• Thoughts on Interaction Design.

Published in.

• Design Revolution: 100 Products That Are Changing People’s Lives
• Glimmer
• Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices

Best Talks & Presentations.

• Defuse
• Paola Antonelli at Science Gallery.
• Innovation Interface.

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