http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4074/ Events feed for the The Werks Group on Upcoming. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:00:55 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us ]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1179073/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1179073/ Curtis James http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1179073/#comments 50.8304 -0.130722 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:00:55 -0700 2008-10-05T12:00:55-07:00 likemind bri 20081017T080000 20081017T100000 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/75632/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/75632/ Red Roaster 1d St James Street Brighton England BN1 United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/75632/ Social You should be able to explain the project and target audience and goals so that comments can be relevant to the project.
Once that's done other people in the group will give constructive feedback.
Each person gets 20 minutes focused on them.
Even if you don't have something to talk about you can still come and crit other peoples work.

The crit isn't restricted to UX design. All designers are welcome if you just want to bring along a current project that's unrelated to the web that's fine.

Here are a few dos and don'ts
Do know what you want out of the crit and tell people early on, it could be opinions on the design or opinions on function or UX.
Do be succinct with your description of the project.
Don't bring work that is finished or can't be changed criting this is pointless.
Don't bring something that isn't your own work, that's not fair on the person who did it.
Do make sure what you are saying is relevant.
Do play nicely.

If going to a crit is new to you have a look at this. http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/23-how-to-run-a-design-critique/
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942861/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942861/ gavinwye http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942861/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:59:07 -0700 2008-07-29T02:59:07-07:00 UX Brighton Crit Group 20081031T213000 20081031T223000 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ The Werks 45 Church Road Hove England BN3 2BE United Kingdom http://www.werkshop.org.uk Education
This September is the first of our Freelance Meetups designed for creative freelancers and micro-businesses. It's a non-pressured environment that will give you great opportunity to meet with other professionals, discuss freelancers issues, have a rant, make friends and perhaps get some business out of it somewhere down the line.

The idea is that:

* you can come at any point in the day
* you'll probably have some good conversations and as a result new ideas and opportunities.
* it will be great for moral and professional support
* if you'd like to work from The Werks you might want to bring a laptop (free wifi) or other forms of work.
* it's not a mad rush to meet people. It goes on for hours. Take your time.
* you'll probably feel left out if you come in a suit.
* business cards are good, but put good conversation before them.
* don't expect magic results on the first day. Relationships take time to build.

On the same day from 5:30pm is After Werk (a Halloween Special), our monthly social. We would love it if you could join us then too.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162503/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162503/ rosiesherry http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162503/#comments 50.837 -0.164758 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:35:41 -0700 2008-10-01T13:35:41-07:00 Freelance Meetup 20081031T110000 20081031T173000 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ The Werks 45 Church Road Hove England BN3 2BE United Kingdom http://www.werkshop.org.uk Social
This month we are "blessed" to have the last Friday of October fall on Halloween. Please come along in the spirit of Halloween, dress up, bring some treats and if you have kids they are very welcome!
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162488/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162488/ rosiesherry http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162488/#comments 50.837 -0.164758 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:22:08 -0700 2008-10-01T13:22:08-07:00 After Werk - Halloween Special 20081031T173000 20081031 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ The Werks 45 Church Road Hove England BN3 2BE United Kingdom http://www.werkshop.org.uk Social You should be able to explain the project and target audience and goals so that comments can be relevant to the project.
Once that's done other people in the group will give constructive feedback.
Each person gets 20 minutes focused on them.
Even if you don't have something to talk about you can still come and crit other peoples work.

The crit isn't restricted to UX design. All designers are welcome if you just want to bring along a current project that's unrelated to the web that's fine.

Here are a few dos and don'ts
Do know what you want out of the crit and tell people early on, it could be opinions on the design or opinions on function or UX.
Do be succinct with your description of the project.
Don't bring work that is finished or can't be changed criting this is pointless.
Don't bring something that isn't your own work, that's not fair on the person who did it.
Do make sure what you are saying is relevant.
Do play nicely.

If going to a crit is new to you have a look at this. http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/23-how-to-run-a-design-critique/
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942860/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942860/ gavinwye http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/942860/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:57:52 -0700 2008-07-29T02:57:52-07:00 UX Brighton Crit Group 20081017T213000 20081017T223000 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ The Werks 45 Church Road Hove England BN3 2BE United Kingdom http://www.werkshop.org.uk Education
The talk is on "a year of scrum" which is practical experience of how to make scrum work for software project management. This will be of interest to anybody who has an interest in software development and struggles with deadlines / scope creep / motivation / specking projects / managing developers, keeping the customer engaged / getting project deliverables signed off.

This will be of interest to people who interested in agile software development or who are just curious of how other people make software projects successful.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162329/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162329/ rosiesherry http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162329/#comments 50.837 -0.164758 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:45:42 -0700 2008-10-01T12:45:42-07:00 A year of scrum 20081015T190000 20081015 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/99520/ The Werks 45 Church Road Hove England BN3 2BE United Kingdom http://www.werkshop.org.uk Social ]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151219/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151219/ Curtis James http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151219/#comments 50.8317 -0.141758 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:17:50 -0700 2008-09-29T07:17:50-07:00 Speakeasy Club October 20081016T193000 20081016T210000 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/34867/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/34867/ Friends' Meeting House Ship Street Brighton England United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/34867/ Education