TechTalk in Mountain View, CA

Tomorrow night, I and a few others from the LDS Church’s IT department will be delivering tech talks in Mountain View, California. Here’s the info:

Speakers

• Joel Dehlin, CIO keynote
• Pete Whiting, LDS Technology Community
• Tadd Giles, Interaction Design
• Dave Prestwich, LDS IT Infrastructure
• Rich Farr, Program Management
• Bryan Hansen, Software Development at the Church

Date & Time

Wednesday, April 25th, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location

Microsoft Campus, 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA 94043

Map

Topic

I’ll be discussing the role of Interaction Design in the Church’s IT department. I’ll discuss who we are, how we work, what we’re doing and some of the challenges we’re dealing with.

If you’re in the area and have an interest in what’s happening with design at the LDS Church, my talk is for you. Hope you can make it!

Have fun!

posted by tadd on Tuesday, Apr 24, 2007

LDS TechTalk in Provo, Tuesday Night

We’re holding another LDS TechTalk this week, this time in Provo, UT. Here’s the info:

• Tuesday, Jan 23rd, 6:30 PM
• Stake Center at 1021 S 500 W in Provo
• Topics include: CIO Keynote, Interaction Design, LDS Tech Community, Development & QA, and more.
• You can attend up to 3 different 30 minute presentations of your choosing.

I had a great time presenting last week in Salt Lake and I’m honestly really looking forward to doing it again. If you’re into Design and the LDS Church and would like to learn more about how our team works, my talk is for you.

Have fun!

Map to the Stake Center

posted by tadd on Monday, Jan 22, 2007

LDS TechTalk in Salt Lake, Thursday Night

This Thursday night our department is putting on a TechTalk.

Date: Thursday, Jan 18th
Time: 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Place: Joseph Smith Memorial Building
50 South Temple, Salt Lake City

The goal of the TechTalk is two-fold: to share information about what’s going on in our department and to get to know the LDS Tech community better. If you’re into tech and the Church, you are the target audience for this. Our CIO, Joel Dehlin, will be presenting as will several of the Directors.

I’ll be presenting on Interaction Design. I plan to cover the following topics:

• Our Interaction Design team, its purpose, its role
• Our use of rapid, iterative, high-fidelity prototyping
• Our use of web standard HTML and CSS
• How we work with dev and qa teams
• and lots of Q&A

If you’re into design and how it gets done in a large organization, my talk is for you. If you’re in the Salt Lake area Thursday night, drop on by and say hi. I’ll be one of the big chubby white guys up front. I hope you can make it.

Also, we’re holding a repeat of the event next Tuesday evening in Utah Valley for the southerners who’d like to avoid the drive. I’ll post more details on that soon. We’re also planning to do more of these outside of Utah. I’ll announce those plans when they settle.

posted by tadd on Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007