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The sCoop: February 17

February 16, 2012 | Comments (0)

Everyone's finalizing their plans for SxSW, especially Alan as he gets ready for his talk with Richard Scoble. Be sure to make the moment if you're in Austin Friday, March 9 at 5PM.

Nick spied a few new favorites for many in the office, including Clear and a huge list of style guides.

Not to be outdone finding jewels among dross, Raphael pointed out jetBlue's nice new site, and an interesting behind-the-scenes peek at security in modern operating systems.

We're getting our design mise en place for our new design partnership with Chefs Feed.

Susan and the team continue to lead RockHealth's early stage and pre-VC startups with her inimitable design insights and skills, this week in cahoots with Jim on personas.

Cooper U Interaction Design session March 6-9 is almost full so get your seat now and follow it up with the Design Communication & Collaboration session March 12-13.

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Visit Cooper’s Open Studio June 14

June 9, 2011 | Comments (2)

Come on over Tuesday, June 14 at 6PM as part of SF Design Week to check out our view, talk design, and hear an informal vignette from Chris Noessel and Nathan Shedroff's upcoming book "Make It So," about the lessons interface designers can learn from scifi. If we're in luck, we'll see at least one explosion and a clip featuring Patrick Stewart.

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The crew at CMU

March 24, 2011 | Comments (0)

Karen, Nick and Renna are making friends and having a fine time at Carnegie Mellon's Confluence. Team CMU.JPG

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by Chris Noessel

Technology is getting better at doing things on behalf of its users. "Don't worry about that," it says, "Tell me what you want, and I'll do the rest." (Read more about how tech is shifting users from task-doers to flow-managers at Treating users (Like a Boss.)) This trend is great because it saves users tedious work that computers are better at [...]
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by The Editors

Cooper is excited to announce a partnership with WEA, the Women's Earth Alliance, for our upcoming UX Bootcamp in late July. WEA is a Berkeley-based non-profit who partners internationally with grassroots organizations to provide financial resources, training, advocacy and peer support for women leaders who are addressing acute environmental and climate challenges in their communities. "Women — caretakers, mothers, community leaders, [...]
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