Pemaquid Communications

We’ve been looking for ways to make use of our coworking space at 28 Maple that will advance the cause of digital creatives in our fair city, and tonight, from 6 – 8pm, we’ll host our first-ever evening mixer.

The event will feature a presentation by Kevin Silver on interaction design and agile development. Silver is a UX Designer at Tyler Technologies in Falmouth, Maine and he’s on the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) board of directors.

The gathering was organized by Benjamin Ho and Susan Doran, who have reorganized the local MaineUX interaction design group as the Portland, Maine chapter of IxDA (@maineixda).

Vittles will be provided free of charge by Portland Pie – and you’ll be able to wet your whistle with beer or wine. So slowly… slowly back away from the Facebook and the Twitter and come do some real life social networking with other like-minded creative types.

About Kevin Silver

Kevin is an empathetic champion of the end user and has been involved in designing the behavior of digital products since 1995. He has worked on a diverse range of projects for the government, software companies and many nationally recognized brands providing strategic direction and interaction design goodness. As a passionate advocate for Interaction Design, Kevin led the charge in forming an IxDA local group in New Mexico and is currently on the IxDA Global Board of Directors. In his role on the IxDA Board, Kevin oversees more than 80 IxDA local groups from around the world. Currently he is UX Designer at Tyler Technologies working to deliver the next generation of financial software for local governments and municipalities.

About IxDA

The IxDA Manifesto: We believe that the human condition is increasingly challenged by poor experiences. IxDA intends to improve the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design. To do this, we foster a community of people that choose to come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, contribution, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals.

Sheila Reiser is Pemaquid’s Creative Services Coordinator.

Her primary duty is to make sure all “air traffic” at Pemaquid is cruising along at a comfortable altitude and that no Client is experiencing any, um, “turbulence”.

Sheila works with Pemaquid’s Chief Bottle Washer (that’s me) in tracking receipt of content, making sure the project is on schedule and on budget and that your project fits within the overall scheme of things at Pemaquid.

Before coming to Pemaquid, Sheila was in the United States Coast Guard, where she graduated from the Academy. During her tour it was her responsibility to know every moving part and system on her ship. She’s doing the same for us.

She has managerial experience: while at sea a crew of six reported to her. If she can handle a half-dozen burly sailors and help maintain our homeland security, that’s good enough for us – and should be good enough for you on your project.

Our Jelly last week was so much fun we’ve decided to do it again.

Come down to 28 Maple Street and hang w/us from 10a-4p, next Tuesday, August 25.

Coffee, wi-fi and camaraderie will be plentiful. We should have a wireless printer and other clerical sundries by then as well.

(photo courtesy Dave Weinberg/cellphoneSketchpad: http://daveweinberg.com/daveBlog/)