Peter Mayer plays key role in UX for Good Conference

Peter Mayer will play a key role in the UX for Good Conference, May 2 – 4 in New Orleans.

User experience designers (UX designers) from across the U.S. are convening in New Orleans to construct models to address two big problems facing the New Orleans music community: adapting its unique artistic mix to the digital economy and ensuring support for musicians who fall on hard times.

The UX for Good team is comprised of: Rob Chappell, VP, Interactive Director at Peter Mayer, Carolyn Chandler – Director of UX at Manifest Digital, Bill DeRouchey – UX Consultant, Brynn Evans – UX Designer for Google+, Ryan Freitas – Co-Founder of about.me, Lee-Sean Huang – Design Strategist at Purpose, John Kenny –
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Notes from PSFK Conference: Innovation and Sharing

We sent a couple folks to a PSFK Conference in New York a few weeks ago, and asked them to report back. Here’s what George Morse, Senior Interactive Designer, and Summer Fiedler, Interactive Art Director,
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Media department announces another new research resource

Peter Mayer recently added Hall’s Reports to its portfolio of in-house secondary research resources. The company, founded in 1938, provides in-depth editorial content analysis for over 100 well-known publications in 22 major classifications and 230 subcategories including apparel, business, health and travel. Among the titles monitored are Bon Appetit, Fortune, Inc., National Geographic, The New Yorker, People and Smithsonian.

Hall’s Reports provides print media planners with valuable insights into the publications they are reviewing and considering for purchase. For example, advertising clutter can be assessed through current and historically trended Advertising/Editorial Ratio runs. Or, it can be used as an additional way of determining a book’s editorial
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How do you raise money for the LA/SPCA? Mix Mardi Gras beads and a snowball

Meet Snowball: it is a sculpture made to resemble the dogs that kids in New Orleans make out of Mardi Gras beads. Snowball will ultimately be auctioned off as part of the Louisiana SPCA’s (LA/SPCA) Paws on Parade public art fundraiser
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