Recent News

IA Summit 2008 Podcasts

April
28th
2008

Streaming audio is available from the recent IA Summit in Miami on the IA Summit Podcast page from Boxes and Arrows.  There were some wonderful, informative, and dare I say, even inspirational, presentations given that weekend. If you have any interest in Information Architecture, you should check it out.  Several sessions are already posted with more to follow.  Links to the presentation slide are also available. 

iEdge 2008 Wrap up and Feedback

April
16th
2008

iEdge 2008 was held April 2nd, and attended by students and faculty from across UW, and a wide range of practitioners. Recordings of sessions are now available.  Please let us know what you thought of the conference.


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Media now available for asis&t UW website redesign and TiddlyThesaurus

March
3rd
2008

PowerPoint, audio and video are now available for a recent set of presentations in which two iSchool students explain and demo projects that they have been working on.

Michael Adcock explains how he developed TiddlyWiki into a thesaurus management tool.

W Max Eichbaum explains how the asis&t webmasters went about redesigning the asis&t UW student chapter website, i.e. this website. 

Upcoming Events

What:

Usability Workshop

When:

May 17th 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where:

UW Campus

Register for Free - Limited Space

The Seattle Chapter of the Usability Professionals Association (UPA), in association with ASIS&T UW and STC UW are organizing a student/practitioner workshop on Saturday, May 17th, from 10am - 3pm.

The workshop is designed to gather active practitioners, University of Washington Alumni, and current UW students together for discussion and activities related to usability and the user experience.

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What:

InfoCamp Seattle 2008

When:

September 27th 2008
to September 28th 2008

Where:

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

Start gettin' ready for next years InfoCamp Seattle...

stay tuned to the official InfoCamp website for details as they happen.

Mission

“To advance the information sciences and related applications of information technology by providing focus, opportunity, and support to information professionals and organizations.”

Find out more at asis&t national or asis&t PNW.

Come Speak

Do you have an interesting topic that you would like to present at the University of Washington's iSchool? Contact us.

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iEdge

iEdge events are presented by asis&t with a specific focus on current and future trends in information science, management and technology.

Podcasts

Make sure to check out our growing collection of podcasts and other media in our media archives.