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September 20, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Mobile Panel
Please join the CWSA as we welcome Brad Colbow, Jonathan Penn and Randy Beiter for our first mobile panel. We will touch on such topics as designing mobile interfaces, developing for mobile devices and navigating the waters of getting your app to users.
The first half will be a moderated session, answering previously submitted questions, the second half will consist of a live Q & A session.
Submit questions for the panel to cwsainfo@gmail.com.
Who
Brad Colbow http://bradcolbow.com
Brad Colbow is a web designer in Cleveland area best known for his comic strip The Brads that can be found in .Net magazine and his blog. Brad has most recently worked on numerous mobile apps and websites for the publishing industry
Jonathan Penn http://navel-labs.com
Jonathan Penn is a mobile and web app developer with a long history of quality work sprinkled with mischief. Aside from working hard-to-solve client problems, he is the mad scientist behind the apps at Navel Labs, and scribbler-in-chief at Cocoa Manifest, a technical blog for exceptional iOS resources and commentary.
Randy Beiter http://twitter.com/rb_qssp
Randy Beiter, owner at Plugh Studios, Ltd. has been an iPhone developer for 3 years and a professional software developer for 18 years. Randy’s current focus is in mobile development on the iOS and Android platforms, specializing in bridging the gap between mobile and enterprise systems.
John-Paul Walton http://dokobots.com/
John-Paul is a founder of Dokogeo, a startup with a mission to build location-based games that engage and challenge players. Dokogeo built the award-winning Seek ’n Spell, the first real-time location-based game for iPhone and Android. Dokogeo recently completed Dokobots — a Geo Game played in the real world where players pick up traveling robot friends and help them in their journeys as they explore our planet.
Where
Progressive Insurance
6300 Wilson Mills Road, Cleveland, OH 44143
August 3, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Empowering Teens through Design Education
Since 2008, Larissa Itomlenskis has been teaching user-centered design classes to teens in the Cleveland public schools, through the local nonprofit Progressive Arts Alliance. Larissa’s goal is to transform the classroom into a design studio – to create an environment that encourages creativity, minimizes judgment, and provides structure for getting things done. She has found teens are really excited about design. By creating their own website or architecture project, design offers an outlet for students to build something relevant and unique.
Larisa will speak about her teaching process, and show projects from two architecture workshops. Student's projects tackle problems important to them, including violence, drugs, access to health care, and the bad economy. They include concepts for local businesses, clinics, day care centers, sports and fitness centers, and learning centers. Though young, the students present innovative solutions meant to affect real change.
Where
Lean Dog
1151 North Marginal Road, Cleveland, OH 44114
