While the speed of technological change can be overwhelming and tempt us to find shortcuts to answers, what prevails is that truly meaningful product experiences are rooted in the fundamentals of rigorous coherence and simplicity.
| 11:45am - 12:15pm: | Bring your own lunch and community socializing. |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm: | Presentation with Q&A. Available hybrid via Zoom. |
| 1:30pm - 2:15pm: | Student meeting with speaker, held in CSE2/Gates 371. Students will walk to this from the seminar. |
Steve Kaneko, with 28 years of experience at Microsoft leading product design in hardware, software and horizontal cross-functional teams, will share key concepts that have proven effective in anchoring and orchestrating experience design amidst an industry of constant, disruptive change. Focusing on the human factor helps us both understand “why” we design and build things, but also “how” we get products realized. Steve will share how these concepts helped him and others navigate fulfilling careers that combined the comforts of “flow” with the constant learning curve required in a constantly changing technology landscape.