On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Fred Abaroa <f
...@gofarpodcast.com> wrote:
> I told the NHUPA and Boston IxDA about this conference when I spoke at
> those events in the last couple months. BTW if you ever see the Boston IxDA
> have an event at AutoDesk, the food was amazing and it was provided by their
> own cafeteria. Well worth the drive. Brought some home for the wife and she
> said I had to get a job there.
> Fred M Abaroa
> The Marketing Imagineer
> @TMIFred
> http://www.TheMarketingImagineer.com
> On Jun 8, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Susan Doran <susando...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi ho all!
> Don't know whether anyone's still here...
> It's tricky to stay in touch from San Francisco -- Maine IxDA seems to have
> gotten somewhat quiet, aside from the great book club meetings and I believe
> a collaborative project with Portland Trails (I've missed the reportbacks,
> videos, photos, whatevs on those events).
> Anyway -- in case you hadn't heard it's happening this Friday June 10 at
> USM, this Maine AIGA event seems pretty cool
> "ABSTRACT <http://abstractconference.com/> is a day of in-depth, highly
> visual and interactive sessions led by some of the most accomplished design
> and media talents currently working in the United States. From a
> business-focused discussion of design as a driver of innovation—and
> revenue—to an in-depth practicum on launching an iPad publication, ABSTRACT
> promises to enlighten, challenge, and inspire."
> Seems to focus mostly on design in context of *periodicals*---newspapers
> and magazines---digital and print. I don't know the backstory on how this
> conference came into being---but has the feel of a conference that
> originated with the AIGA mothership, and which happens to be in Maine,
> rather than being about design in Maine or Maine designers.
> A solid substantive interesting conference,particularly if you're
> interested in the nexus of design and the media formerly known as "print" :)
> Which is totally cool. Portland as a design conference destination point!
> maybe in the future Maine AIGA and Maine IxDA will collaborate on such a
> conference -- I would totally come back for something like that.
> best
> Susan
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