Mobile Cloud Summit video
A couple of weeks ago I ran a panel at the Mobile Cloud Summit on Evolution of the Mobile Cloud, which looked at the impact of Mobile Cloud on User Experience. I really enjoyed the panel and its participants, which included Windahl Finnigan from Cap Gemini, James Clarke of Thin Martian, and Jules Ehrhardt of ustwo.
Apart from the fact I quite obviously need to go on a diet and get to the gym, the panel was engaging and the participants engaged and quite obviously experienced.
And now I see what people mean about my accent. Doesn’t sound quite American… oh well.
I hope you enjoy watching the panel: http://vimeopro.com/quadriga/mobile-cloud-summit-in-tech-city/video/30120511
UserZoom UX Seminar Series: The Evolution of Mobile from a User Perspective
On Tuesday, 4 October I’ll be on a Mobile Surgery panel at the UserZoom UX Seminar Series: The Evolution of Mobile from a User Perspective. Other speakers at the event include: Carina Hoogeveen, Account Director, UserZoom, Arthur Moan, Country Manager UK Ireland, UserZoom, Anders Rosenquist, the ZAAZ Head of Mobile, David Murphy, Editor, Mobile Marketing Magazine.
The event takes place at one of my favourite haunts, The Hospital Club, located at 24 Endell Steet, London WC2H 9HQ, from 2pm to 6pm.
To book the event go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2139617654
Mobile Cloud Summit
On 21 September, 2011 the Mobile Cloud Summit will take place in Hoxton.
It is a one-day event that will focus on how cloud-based applications delivered via smart mobile devices are transforming business and society. It will also focus on the Mobile Cloud investment opportunity and will be an opportunity for leading IT companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and the tech media to get together and discuss.
I will be moderating a brand new session at Mobile Cloud Summit called The Evolution of the Mobile Cloud.
For more information on the event, visit the Mobile Cloud Summit website.
You can also track the event on Lanyrd.
UK Government
It was during my time as Founder and Managing Director of phunQube, a digital product design company, that I began my relationship with Directgov. We conducted research around authentication methods, providing wireframes, prototyping and user research. I continued my relationship with Directgov, post-phunQube, as a consultant.
I held two roles with Directgov, Head of Product Design and Head of Innovation, and later provided consultancy to the Cabinet Office, via the COI, to the Cabinet Office’s data.gov.uk project, which was being spearheaded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
While at Directgov I managed a team of Product Designers working on a variety of projects, to include developing a new semantic prototype of a future Directgov site. We conducted research, requirements capture, wireframe design, functional specifications, prototypes and user research. It was a true UCD project which underwent iterative design and testing.
I also set up the first Directgov innovate team, a skunkworks focussed on rapid design and prototyping, working with open source technologies, and developing relationships between Directgov and the open source developer community. We also defined and developed widgets which could be deployed and used by other Government departments, and mobile apps for transport and job search.
As part of this role I was also the Directgov Board member and one of the founding members of Dotgovlabs, a joint innovation initiative between Directgov, BusinessLink and NHS Choices.
I was also quite involved in Barcamps and Hackdays during this period of time.
