In part two of my series on Generations and Technology I had the privilege of talking with Mr. Jason Kirby and his class at Hillcrest High School in Ottawa, Canada.

We talked at length about Facebook; online bullying; favorite websites; and how much of the communication being done by kids in high school are through applications and cellular technologies. All of these experiences will forever change the way our future leaders in business and government will expect to be able to communicate.

Working with others in our community, I’m helping to create The UX Workshop. In an effort to extend the conversation beyond mailing lists, the UX Workshop is looking for feedback from everyone in our community, regardless of years experience, published or not, etc.

If you’re passionate about Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Uxer Experience, or Human Factors please provide feedback on wht you’d like a truly global community to be all about. We’re listening…

It looks like I’ll be heading back to the IA Summit this year taking place in Memphis TN to record and publish all of the presentations as I did last year for Boxes and Arrows.

Many thanks to ASIS&T as well as Boxes and Arrows for another opportunity to share ideas and insights with the global community; very kind!

Congratulations to Christina Wodtke and Austin Govella on the recent publication of their new book Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (2nd Edition). I look forward to the opportunity to interview Christina and Austin on a future podcast about this great publication.

Other conferences that are happening this year that I would highly recommend from my experiences in attending last year, include:

VizThink
MX – Managing eXperience
UX Week

If you’d like to experience these events, you can listen to conversations I had with presenters and attendees. You can also subscribe to the Boxes and Arrows podcast through iTunes for all past and future shows I’ll be producing.

Best wishes to organizers for Interactions ‘09 in Vancouver this year, as well as Web Directions North, taking place in Denver Colorado.