on design, devices and distractions…

While we were in Hong Kong back in November we received the absolutely fantastic news that our submission to SXSW has been accepted.

If you’re a web or interactive designer, chances are sometime very soon you will be asked to design something for a mobile phone. This presentation will introduce rapid and flexible design and prototyping techniques to help you test early, test often and create great mobile experiences.

Sketching the Mobile User Experience
Presented by Bryan Rieger, Yiibu

We’re both really excited not only to be participating in this years event, but also to be contributing to what’s shaping up to be a really interesting mobile and wireless track. Hope to see you there!

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