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Category: On Tour

What virtual seminar do you want me to do?

Posted on January 23, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The folks at User Interface Engineering UIE have been great partners and I’ve done work for them at a…

Upcoming travel: SF, NYC, Toronto, Chicago

Posted on January 22, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ve got a nearly full calendar of speaking engagements this year – so far I’m recession resilient. We’ll see…

Do you manage design projects? An event for you (Feb 5, SF)

Posted on January 5, 2009 in design, Management, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Design and project management have a secret love affair that explains why good things happen. It’s only when the…

Toronto Wed Dec 3rd: Anyone want me to speak?

Posted on November 15, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be in town for a private speaking gig, but if there’s a community group or someone else who…

Milwaukee and Chicago CANCELED

Posted on September 15, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

My upcoming trips to Milwaukee (Sept 19th) and Chicago (Sept 22) are CANCELED. Had a fun little stay at…

Questions on Innovation from Microsoft

Posted on September 9, 2008 in Management, Microsoft, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Had a nice crowd of about 150, plus another 300 online at Microsoft today. The talk will be posted…

Speaking in Chicago, Sept 22nd, Free & Public

Posted on September 9, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be doing a lunch talk at DePaul University on Monday Sept 22nd, 11:45am. Thanks to my host, Professor…

Speaking at Microsoft next Tuesday

Posted on September 2, 2008 in Microsoft, On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be swinging by Microsoft next week to speak at the Microsoft Research lecture series. I’ll be talking about…

Going to SXSW? Vote for my panel

Posted on August 28, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Never been to SXSW but was asked by Susan Price to be on a panel about Attention and Design…

Speaking in Milwaukee, WI, Fri Sept 19th

Posted on August 14, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’m a travel whore, I admit. If I can go somewhere i haven’t been, and on someone else’s dime,…

Speaking at User interface 13, October ’08, Cambridge, MA

Posted on August 13, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I spoke last year at User interface 12, and I must have done something right. They’ve invited me back…

What I learned at FOO Camp 08

Posted on July 14, 2008 in On Tour, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

Background: Foo Camp is the legendary annual social/tech event O’Reilly Media runs for Friends of O‘reilly. Two things make…

On MSNBC, Sunday July 13th

Posted on July 10, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

This morning I taped a short segment for the MSNBC show “Your Business”, hosted by JJ Ramberg. The segment…

Backstage at CNBC: a day on the set

Posted on June 10, 2008 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Beyond collecting my ten minutes of fame, the real thrill for me of being on TV was learning about…

Big news: on CNBC next Monday (updated)

Posted on May 29, 2008October 12, 2012 in On Tour, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Last year CNBC put together a 5 hour series on the business of innovation. They’re doing it again this…

Report from Web 2.0 expo

Posted on April 24, 2008 in On Tour, Software/Web development, Web 2.0 / social softwareby Scott Berkun

Thanks to Brady Forrest and Jen Pahilka for giving me not one but two slots this week in a…

Speaking at Web 2.0 expo April 21-25th

Posted on April 8, 2008 in Microsoft, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Later this month I’ll be down in SF talking at Web 2.0 Expo. I’m doing a half-day tutorial on…

CMU Lecture now on YouTube

Posted on April 2, 2008 in Myths of Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Thanks to John Przyborski and Carrie Chisholm at CMU, last week’s lecture was videotaped and is now online at…

A magic day in Pittsburgh: MAYA Design & CMU

Posted on March 31, 2008 in On Tour, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

I had a secret. Back as an undergraduate at CMU, I’d see authors visit and lecture in the Adamson…

The worst keyboard in the world

Posted on March 31, 2008 in design, On Tour, usabilityby Scott Berkun

Ok, I confess, I have seen worse keyboards in the world. But this is definitely the worst space bar…

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