Crystal Ehrlich
Crystal Ehrlich :: UX :: Santa Monica, California

Come see the next class of great LA tech companies demo their startups to the LA community of entrepreneurs, investors and techies as well as a number of esteemed guests.  Over 1000 people will be attending this special event.   LA Startup Demo Day, will kick off with keynote speaker Bill Gross, founder of IdeaLab.  We will then showcase...

Businesses are working hard to acquire and retain an audience by gamification these days.  In this Social Media Club discussion we hope to answer a wide range of questions and to hear what social gamers think about "freemium" games and what to expect of them.   If you're managing a brand and have thought about using a social game...

We know we're ahead of the game, but we wanted to get this event on your radar. On the heels of Women's History month (March) and in honor of their impending rebranding, The Association for Women in Architecture is hosting a special event in April that celebrates the intersection of design disciplines. Interdisciplinary is the latest buzz...

The FMM Innovation Summit is a bi-annual event held in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. The FMM Innovation Summit brings together well-recognized industry professionals and makes them accessible to conference participants. The hashtag for the event is #FMMIS. Summit speakers are chosen for the innovative, progressive thinking that they...

The Emergence of Silicon Beach in Venice and Westside Communities

Venice, CA, April 2, 2012 - The Venice Neighborhood Council and the Venice Chamber of Commerce will hold a town hall meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2012 to discuss the emergence of "Silicon Beach" in Venice and Westside communities.

Venice, long known as a bastion for...

Companies allowing employees to use their own mobile devices at work have created the bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon. This MeetUp group discusses the challenges of BYOD and options for solving this with cloud based technology.

Featuring Babson Strategy Professor - Sam Hariharan who will speak about the business implications of going...

Location and location data is big business: from product development to distribution, marketing, and sales, location technologies help companies identify, understand, and reach their markets with increased granularity, in real time.

The O'Reilly Where Conference is where the people working on and using location technologies come together to...

The UX Speakeasy Conference is a one-day User Experience conference held on Sat. March 31st, 2012 at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, CA. This event pairs the best speakers in the UX field with the best information about our Southern California and San Diego UX communities. The UX Speakeasy program will touch on many aspects of the design process,...

G.A.M.E. is three days in downtown Los Angeles playing video games, competing in video game tournaments, listening to bands, watching amazing animated films, and seeing how all three of them can come together to bridge a global gap. Video games have been bringing people from different cultures and lands together a long time via LAN parties and...

ALMOST SOLD OUT! JOIN 200 FOR NETWORKING AND DEMOS. NO TICKETS ARE SOLD ONSITE. YOU MUST PURCHASE BY 4PM ONLINE ON WED The focus will be on Advertising, Mobile,and Social Media Ventures.(No alchol allowed at this location.)WHO SHOULD COME:Social Media/Mobile Demo PopUP-This area is for tech demos such as mobile, social media, web apps, developers,...

In short, BIL is an open, self-organizing, emergent, arts, science, society and technology unconference held near the famous TED Conference during the trailing weekend of.

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You know that great design is critical to the success of your business. It differentiates your product, defines the experience, and creates passionate users and loyal customers. Yet, many teams today struggle with design. Designers are hard to hire, working with an agency is expensive and doesn't transfer knowledge to the team. If you do have...

Presents You are invited to attend a special viewing of TED 2012. This event is a live simulcast of the event held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Check the details and the schedule of speakers for February 29th. The whole programs runs from 8:30 am to 6:45 pm. You can stay the whole day or join us as your schedule permits. Conference Theme: Full...

Presented by: Steven Hoober
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.
Cost: Free
The biggest barrier to good experiences (as well as the largest problem for most UX designers) is in getting well-intended, well-designed systems executed as the business owners and design teams intend. I present the problem, and a series of philosophical changes and...

Good news! We will be having a LA Service Jam on Saturday, 2/25! It is part of the Global Service Jam that will be happening on the same weekend all over the world. Learn more about Global Service Jam. The Challenge: You and your fellow participants will come up with a brand new service in 1 day. Why You Should Participate: You’ll meet creative...

Good news! We will be having a LA Service Jam on Saturday, 2/25! It is part of the Global Service Jam that will be happening on the same weekend all over the world. Learn more about Global Service Jam here: http://www.globalservicejam.org/

The Challenge:
You and your fellow participants will come up with a brand new service in 1 day.

Why You...

Join us to honor the winners of our 2011 Awards Gala and kick off the “Call For Entries” for this year’s awards! This mixer will entertain and inspire all to vie for a prize at the 2012 Interactive Awards Gala on June 7, 2012.

2011 Winners:
Best Digital Campaign of the Year
Saatchi & Saatchi LA – Toyota Sienna Family

Best Use of Video...

  ~~~~FIRST 50 AFTER PARTY TIX FREE~~~~ Then it's $10.00 JOIN US! 4th Annual Gravity Summit After Party at On The Rox 5:30 - 8:30 PM Featuring Janiva Magness Gravity Summit is pleased to announce that award-winning Alligator recording artist Janiva Magness will perform at the 4th Annual Gravity Summit after party, which starts immediately...

Presented by: Joshua Marinacci
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.
Cost: Free
Working on the next Angry Birds? Then step right up to GWT and Box2D. This powerful pair of technologies can build games with realistic physics and effects entirely in Java, even for non-Java platforms. The session will briefly cover GWT on mobile, then dive into the...

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2 part event - Boot Camp Followed By a Salon / Party..


For more information call 619.837.TEDx (8339) or email info@tedxamericasfinestcity.com

The fun begins at 6:00 PM on Saturday at Tofuya BBQ!

The restaurant is strict about the time so be sure you arrive a few minutes before 6PM. This is a Korean BBQ place offering an all-you-can eat option for about $20 per person or individual dishes at a variety of prices. They also give you lots of small dishes that come with every meal....

Belt Line@Montfort
"Seductive Interaction Design" by Stephen Anderson

Find yourself needing to explain what you do, but unable to clearly articulate what IA/UX/IxD are?

A lack of clarity surrounding our professions has led to a trust gap. Are we selling snake oil? Or solving problems? Who do we work for? Where do we come into the process? In order to find jobs, fill jobs, and do our jobs well, we must know what we...

IxDA Presents Geek Contraxioms: 7 Ways to Work Better with Developers.
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Bring your favorite developer, programmer or engineer to this special evening of fun and useful revelation. You will learn how to get more done together by adjusting to each other’s innate ways of thinking and communicating....