Okay, so if you don’t know who Bill is, he’s the guy that wrote this:
It’s more or less a bible for what user experience needs to be in the enterprise and was called the best innovation book of the year by the guys over at strategy-business.com
Bill is also a guy that has a strong design influence throughout Microsoft. He’s far from the only guy providing leadership and vision but if you think folks like Scott Guthrie are gurus of grace and technology (and he is of course) but wonder, “Where is the ‘designer’ Scott Guthrie in Microsoft Bill Buxton is THAT guy. It’s fantastic having him at MIX and I promise that you’ll have tangible facts and see visible efforts that his work is having an impact at Microsoft.
How are ‘we’ talking about Bill at MIX?
Bill Buxton to Keynote @ MIX09
The MIX09 Keynote team is thrilled to announce that Bill Buxton will keynote at MIX this year! For those of you who aren’t in-the-know, Bill joined Microsoft Research in 2005 as a Principal Researcher, but his ground-breaking contributions to the fields of human-computer interaction, computer graphics and the application of technology to design, filmmaking and music began early in his career.
Read more about his fascinating work and life on his web site: http://www.billbuxton.com.
Bill’s resume is only a part of why we’re so thrilled that he accepted our offer to keynote at MIX09. The other part is his philosophy on designing software, and for that matter, designing anything. To quote Bill’s personal mantra:
Ultimately, we are deluding ourselves if we think that the products that we design are the ‘things’ that we sell, rather than the individual, social and cultural experience that they engender, and the value and impact that they have. Design that ignores this is not worthy of the name. –Bill Buxton
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