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Archive for September, 2009

That was a great Idea!

I had a great time at Idea09 (and from what I’m hearing, so did everybody else). Thanks to the organizers and all the fabulous people – new and old friends – that I got to meet. I tweeted and took pictures and notes and drew sketches during the conference, and I’m working on putting together [...]


Too much Twitter?

Toronto was truly embraced by different conferences and events this week. There was the Information Architecture Institute’s Idea09 for information architects, social media and interaction designers, and Mobile Innovation Week for several events including Mobile Media World. There was also CaseCamp for everyone interested in social media and “the nuances of Internet culture”, as the [...]


User Experience Designer vs. Creative Director

I was happy to find this article by Andrew Maier at UX Booth last week. Happy because it touches on a topic that I’ve struggled with once I began working in Canada two years ago. In my past in Europe, I was a Concept Designer, and my role was very close to a UXD-oriented ACD/CD. [...]


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Conceptology is the personal blog of Karri Ojanen, an interaction design leader, usability consultant, creative director and digital marketing strategist. The posts cover a wide area from advertising to corporate culture, mobile technology to social media, and product design to design techniques. . Subscribe via RSS »