Save the date! TEDxDetroit returns to the Motor City with a day of inspiration, ideas, and innovation on October 8, 2015. For its seventh year, the event moves to a new venue: the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit.
The one-day conference brings together entrepreneurs, creators, designers, makers, doers, artists, and geeks talking about and sharing positive ideas for the world from Detroit.Continue reading TEDxDetroit 2015 Call for Speakers, Early Bird Tickets Available
When Mike Rohde came to Ann Arbor a couple weeks ago to teach sketchnote workshops, he graciously offered to meet up and chat with people in our design community.
Local designers, an engineer, user experience folks, and a librarian joined us for a great evening at The Songbird Cafe.
We chatted about design, books, our favorite pens, and sketchnoting. Continue reading Sketchnoting Fun with Mike Rohde
When I was in grade school, I was fascinated with words. We had a Webster’s New American Illustrated Dictionary in our house, and it was common to see me sitting on the floor, reading the dictionary to learn new words.
My parents couldn’t understand my fascination. Why would a nine-year old girl sit inside on a beautiful summer day to read a dictionary? Continue reading TED Talk: Go Ahead, Make Up New Words