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UX Certification?

So I've been asked at work to research UX Certification programs. While I'm
glad that an interest is being taken, I feel to a certain extent that the
whole certification thing is outdated. I'd rather just go to one of
Adaptive Path's UX Intensives (http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2009/uxi/),
but because no 'certification' is involved, it's not even being considered.
Does anybody know of any programs out there? Anything worthwhile? Cooper
offers certification but they are very vague about what it entails...

-MIKE D

Songza

Aza Raskin (invited speaker to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah), just
posted a new application which show cases many of the interface
theories that he and his company, Humanized, have been talking about
and he will talk about at the conference
(http://interaction08.ixda.org/).

The new application is called "Songza" and is search, play, and share
for music. It seems to search for content in the public domain like on
YouTube and grab the audio stream from it.

UX Design freelance hourly rates? Also iPad usability help

Hi there,

A film about interaction design: what it says about us

Hello. May I vent? {smile}

I just watched Basset & Partners' nicely-produced short film about interaction design, called "Connecting." You can watch it here on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/52861634.  It's well done, it's full of people I like and admire, and I'm glad it exists. *Thank you* to the people who made it and the people who paid for it.

But it pushes a button, so, this post....