Interaction08 blog http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog Interaction08 blog, in support of the upcoming Interaction08 conference Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Snippets about Interaction08 from Core77 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=65 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=65#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:59:07 +0000 Bruce Esrig http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=65 Core77.com, the industrial design magazine, posted a series of blog entries about Interaction08 that pull out valuable lessons from a few key talks.

Here are the headlines of the entries, with links to each. If you read them from newest to oldest, they run in one continuous sweep on the site.

Interaction ‘08…and we’re here

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08and_were_here_8914.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Jared Spool : What Makes Design Seem Intuitive?

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_jared_spool_what_makes_design_seem_intuitive_8913.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Bill DeRouchey : Conversations with Everyday Objects

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_bill_derouchey_conversations_with_everyday_objects_8915.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Gabriel White : Ethics of Everyday Design

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_gabriel_white_ethics_of_everyday_design_8916.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Bill Buxton : Keynote

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_bill_buxton_keynote_8918.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Michele Tepper : Design Across Disciplines

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_michele_tepper_design_across_disciplines_8919.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Chris Bernard : Classic Design Movements and IxD

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_chris_bernard_classic_design_movements_and_ixd_8920.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Coroflot Job Board

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_coroflot_job_board_8921.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Parties, Pictures, People

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_parties_pictures_people_8923.asp

Interaction ‘08 : Signing off…

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/interaction_08_signing_off_8922.asp

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=65 0 Ground Transportation http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=64 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=64#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:21:26 +0000 dave.malouf http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=64 Get all the scoop on getting from the airport to your hotel or to the conference using public transportation.

 

Our hosts at SCAD gave a strong recommendation to the following:

Taxi and Low Country Grayline (reservation only) are the best method of transport. http://www.lowcountryadventures.com/airport_transportation.asp

 

The following was taken from the Savannah Airport site.

Public Transportation

Chatham Area Transit (CAT)
CAT buses run to and from the airport on a daily basis, servicing many locations in the Savannah Area. Please visit CAT’s web site or call (912) 233-5767 for details and schedules. The CAT Teleride transportation system is a door-to-door transportation service available to eligible disabled persons in Chatham County. For details and information on eligibility, call (912) 354-6900. Yellow Cab has a handicap accessible taxi available. Call 236-1133 and request cab #14. Advance notification requested.

Taxi Cab Services

The following taxi cab companies are permitted to pick up passengers at the Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport Terminal. Click here to view rates for cab fare to various destinations in the area.
View Taxi Cab Rate System
Full Service Taxi

* Adam Cab Company (912) 927-7466
* Bay City Cab Company (912) 232-7668
* Beta Cab Company (912) 323-7478
* Dependable Taxi (912) 596-9127
* Executive Taxi (912) 272-2257
* Historic City Cab (912) 631-7765
* Island Taxi Service (912) 447-6935
* Just Whistle, LLC | Send e-Mail – (912) 313-1166
* Moon River Taxi (912) 224-2022
* Mrs. B’s Taxi Service (912) 220-1908
* Professional Taxi (912) 695-2288
* Scott’s Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 659-1719
* Shamrock Cab | Send e-Mail – (912) 507-2680
* Sunshine Cab (912) 667-0778
* Taxi Service of Savannah (912) 656-1005
* Taxi World (912) 655-5407
* Yellow Cab Company (912) 236-1133

Pre-Arranged Taxi

* A Magikal Taxi & Shuttle | Send e-Mail – (912) 897-TAXI
* A-Taxicab Company (843) 524-4940
* A2Z Express (843) 342-7778
* Adam Cab Company (912) 927-7466
* Advantage Transportation | Send e-Mail – (843)683-7348
* American Eagle Taxi Service | Send e-Mail – (912) 844-2626
* Big Mike’s Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 604-8644
* Bryant Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 966-2777
* Clyde Taxi Service (912) 826-6211
* Concierge Taxi Service | Send e-Mail – (912) 604-8466
* Dreamcatcher Taxi (912) 897-8294
* Eagle Tours (912) 764-5601
* Easy Ride Taxi (912) 964-9578
* Empress Taxi & Shuttle | Send e-Mail – (912) 308-5372
* Figgie’s Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 844-0123
* G & J Taxi 912 631-0234
* Ike’s Taxi (912) 231-8150
* J & S Taxi Service (912) 826-6211
* MC Transportation | Send e-Mail – (912) 844-7798
* Palmetto Taxi (843) 683-4279
* Romeo’s Taxi Service (912) 351-3098
* Scott’s Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 659-1719
* Serenity Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 492-2810
* Southern Charm Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 772-7509
* Superior Taxi | Send e-Mail – (912) 631-2323
* Yellow Cab Company (866)319-9646
* Yellow Cab of Chatham County (912) 236-1133
* Yellow Cab/McAllister (912) 398-4950

Limos/Sedans

* Camelot Limo Service (843) 842-7777
* Carolina Limousine & Sedan (843) 763-6300
* Coastal Limousine and Transport | Send e-Mail – (912) 354-0858
* G.R.A.C.E. Limousine (912) 657-4155
* Get You There Limos | Send e-Mail – (912) 826-1347
* Luxury Limousine (912) 354-2982
* Private Cars | Send e-Mail – (912) 238-0101
* Southern Comfort Limousine (912) 728-8641

Shuttles/Buses/Motorcoaches

* Bryant Transport (912) 966-2777
* Chatham Area Transit (912) 233-5767
* Coastline Travel (912) 234-8128
* Gray Line of Savannah (912) 239-1715
* Island Premier Transport, Inc. 912-266-7450
* Kelly Tours (912) 964-2010
* Kirk Floyd Tours & Transportation | Send e-Mail – (912) 691-0629
* Old Savannah Tours (912) 234-8128
* Old Town Trolley Tours (912) 233-0083
* Sea Island Company (912) 638-5126
* The Point Tours (843) 522-3576

Courtesy Vehicles

Contact the hotel for information on schedules.

* Baymont Inn & Suites (912) 964-8669
* Best Western Inn (912) 330-0330
* Comfort Inn & Suites (912) 748-6464
* Days Inn – Airport (912) 966-5000
* Econo Lodge – Pooler (912) 748-4124
* Fairfield Inn – Airport (912) 965-9777
* Hampton Inn Savannah North (912) 966-2000
* Hawthorne Suites (912) 966-0020
* Hilton Garden Inn (912) 964-5550
* Holiday Inn – Pooler (912) 330-5100
* Holiday Inn Express (912) 964-8900
* Red Roof Inn (912) 748-0370
* Springhill Suites (912) 330-5555
* Westin Savannah Harbor (912) 201-7011

Rental Cars

The following rental car companies are located at the Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport. For phone numbers to these companies, see the Airport Directory.

* Avis
* Budget
* Dollar
* Enterprise
* Hertz
* National/ Alamo
* Thrifty

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=64 1 Tours of Savannah and SCAD http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=63 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=63#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:49:21 +0000 Bruce Esrig http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=63 We’re offering two local tours during the conference. Because of limited space, registration is required. You can do so by going to RegOnline using the link provided in your confirmation email. Alternatively you can register on-site at the registration desk if space is still available.

#1: Tour of Historic Savannah (Friday, 4:15-6 pm)
This combination bus and walking tour of the Historic District of Savannah will be given by the Architectural History department of SCAD. It will highlight the history of Savannah with a special emphasis on the historic preservation work that SCAD is doing. The tour will visit locations such as the Savannah waterfront, City Hall, Johnson Square and City Market, Monumental Savannah, and the Bull Street corridor.

Led by SCAD faculty members Robin Williams, Ph.D.; E.G. Daves Rossell, Ph.D.; David Gobel, Ph.D.; Karl Schuler, Ph.D.; and Jeff Eley. Please meet at the registration desk at the River Club.

 

#2: Lunch tour of Savannah College of Art & Design. (Saturday Sat. 12:10-1:20 pm)
Instead of sitting around, take a guided tour of this special urban campus. A lunchtime tour of several SCAD buildings will include the Gulfstream Center for Furniture and Industrial Design, a former warehouse with industry-standard studio and production facilities; Hamilton Hall, which houses the film and television and sound design departments; and Montgomery Hall, a former carriage factory repurposed as high-tech studios and classrooms for animation, visual effects, interactive design and game development, and broadcast design and motion graphics departments.

 You will have time to pick up a box lunch and beverage at the River Club before departing.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=63 0 Workshops still open http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=62 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=62#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:01:31 +0000 Bruce Esrig http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=62 If you have been considering signing up for a workshop or two on Friday, February 8th, you still can, provided that you are already registered for the conference.

The morning workshops are:

The afternoon workshops are:

You can get to your current registration record from your confirmation e-mail message.

Once there, if you click on Update Registration, confirm your e-mail address and enter your password, you’ll be offered a link to Make Changes. Under Edit Agenda & Fees, you can change which workshops you are signed up for.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=62 0 Three venues, three tracks http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=61 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=61#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:51:56 +0000 Bruce Esrig http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=61 To accommodate the sell-out crowd at Interaction08 | Savannah, a third venue has been added: Adler Hall, which is near the River Club at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

The River Club remains the main venue. It is the site for registration, the keynote talks, and one track throughout the day. The Sheraton hosts a second track, which is used for certain featured and lightning round presentations. Adler Hall is used for a third track of lightning round presentations.

There are now 15 minutes between sessions, which allows attendees more time to exchange ideas and get to the next talk. The new times are reflected in the Program section of the web site, and will soon be updated in the Connect section as well.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=61 0 Special Sponsor Found!!!! – Thank you Autodesk http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=59 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=59#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:00:55 +0000 dave.malouf http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=59 Thank you Autodesk!
We had a tremendous response. 4 vendors were vying to become our special multi-media sponsor and well, Autodesk won the race. Their generous Platinum Level contribution is just a tremendous help for us to create the kind of total experience for attendees and non-attendees in the global IxDA community. All of our corporate sponsors allow this organization to create this type of event.

How else can you show your support?
On a different note, due to the fact that the conference is sold out and well we are out of room in the exhibition area, we will no longer be accepting applications for sponsorship. Such a shame as many more organizations want to show their support for IxDA and gain exposure to our attendees and global community.

I recommend to these organizations that many of our local communities need your support and IxDA itself being member supported and not member-based relies heavily on corporate sponsorships. Talk to our Treasurer at contribute (at) ixda (dot) org for other opportunities to show your support for IxDA.

C0-chairs

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=59 0 Wait-listed? Connect instead! http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=58 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=58#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:46:46 +0000 dave.malouf http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=58 We’ve reached our limit for registered attendees at Interaction08, and the waitlist is growing.If you’re on the waitlist, please consider establishing a presence on the Connect area of the conference site. After the conference, we’re planning to post recordings of the talks. Even if you are not able to attend, you will be able to replay the talks and discuss them.

We’d love to expand the conference, but we’re only able to take 400 people this year. That means that if you’re on the waitlist, you should assume that we won’t be able to open up a slot for you. But we mean it when we invite you to stay connected.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=58 1 Thank you, sponsors! http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=57 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=57#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:44:17 +0000 Bruce Esrig http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=57 The sponsors of the Interaction08 | Savannah conference design some of the world’s most ubiquitous and influential products, services and campaigns. They have shown their commitment and support to interaction design and to IxDA and we’d like to let you know who they are.

Our Platinum sponsors:

Microsoft designs the world’s most ubiquitous operating system, as well as a host of business and consumer tools, and mobile and entertainment environments. They are our host for the Saturday evening reception. It is going to be quite the fest with gaming and Karaoke (XBox Style).

SAP provides enterprise software applications and collaborative business solutions for organizations of all sizes. Their hospitality at the opening reception on Friday night at 7pm will include a Jazz Band and fine Southern food and drinks.

Cooper is a renowned design consultancy that also offers courses and certification in its methods. Cooper is sponsoring the Saturday morning breakfast.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky is a full-service advertising agency with more than 650 employees. CP+B’s interactive department continues to push boundaries with interactive development for leading brands, including Volkswagen, Nike, Sprite, Coke Zero, Burger King, and Domino’s. Past projects of note include simpsonizeme.com, subservientchicken.com, comeclean.com, MINI’s roofstudio.com, sublymonal.com, and vw.com. CP+B is sponsoring the Sunday morning breakfast, and will give a short presentation there.

Autodesk provides industrial design and 3D modeling tools that enable their customers to see and experience their designs before executing them. They are the multi-media sponsor for the conference.

Our Gold Sponsor is Intuit, where the user experience design community is at the heart of the company’s work on new solutions.

Our Silver sponsors are:

  • Avenue A | Razorfish
  • Axure
  • Coroflot 
  • frog design
  • Mad*Pow
  • Motorola Enterprise Mobility: Innovation & Design
  • TandemSeven

Our Bronze sponsors are Apogee, Blackbaud, Blink Interactive, FatDUX, Rosenfeld Media, and Writers Workshop/UA.

Our Media partners are Boxes and Arrows and Core77.

Thank you to all our sponsors, to our partners and to our host, the Savannah College of Art & Design.

 Revised 1/12/08: Added Autodesk, Blackbaud, and Writers Workshop/UA.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=57 0 We are looking for a special sponsor http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=56 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=56#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:56:33 +0000 dave.malouf http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=56 One of the sponsors we were holding out for, to sponsor our video capture and publishing endeavor fell through. We feel strongly that it is part of the IxDA mandate to make sure that our conference is available to the entire IxDA community whether they attended the conference or not. We will do these videos, but it will cost us.

To that end we are looking for a sponsor at the Gold or Platinum level ($7500-$12,000) that would want to support this endeavor. Instead of a booth or an event for their exposure, I believe this exposure is worth a lot more. We would put a motion graphic piece that the sponsor provides as part of the intro to every session that is played. These sessions will be up on our website long after the conference is over providing a much broader and more influential presence than a booth or simple logo on the web site.

If you are interested please contact David Malouf at david (at) ixda (dot) org soon, as time is running out.

]]> http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=56 0 Hotel discounts expire TODAY http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=55 http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=55#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:40:32 +0000 niklas.wolkert http://interaction08.ixda.org/blog/?p=55 Hello Interaction08 Attendees! We’re only one month away from the conference!

As most of you know, we are Sold Out, with about 400 people coming from all over the world to attend.

If you haven’t yet gotten a room, today is the day, since our discounts expire TODAY.

The last rooms available with a discount are at The Inn at Ellis Square, which is located two small blocks from the River Club. We have 20 double rooms (two beds) at $129/night and 25 suites at $149/night. Use the code IXDA to get this discount. Ask for the IxDA conference to reserve.Inn at Ellis Square:
http://www.innatellissquare.com
201 West Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Toll Free Direct: (877) 542-7666
info@innatellissquare.com

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