Liz Danzico Liz Danzico is equal parts information architect, usability analyst, and editor. Today, Liz spends her days in Brooklyn where she organizes information of all shapes and sizes. She is forthcoming Chair of the new MFA in Interaction Design Program, starting in Fall 2009 at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is an independent consultant in New York and experience director for Happy Cog, editor for Rosenfeld Media, a publisher of user experience books, editor-in-chief for A Brief Message, 200 words or less about design, board member of AIGA/New York, and an advisory board member of the Information Architecture Institute.
Ze Frank Ze (pronounced "Zay") is a brilliant performance artist, humorist, designer and consultant. Ze Frank explores the ways that technology shapes the human experience. He has become a staple at such annual technology events as Pop!Tech and the TED Conference. He¹s had unparalleled success creating online community spaces and innovative content that get the audience to "act" and then "interact". Over 50 million people have visited his web site, www.zefrank.com, which has won a Webby, was in Time magazine¹s Top 50 Websites of 2005, and has been covered extensively in the media.
John Fiorelli Founder and Executive Director of Cut&Paste, John has led several lives since the late 90's including involvement in high-tech startups, feature filmmaking, community development, and public speaking.
John's primary passion is now running Cut&Paste, a unique graphic arts competition that supports and promotes the creative abilities of designers worldwide.
Bob Giraldi From writing and directing classic music videos "Beat It," "Love is a Battlefield," "Hello," and "Say, Say, Say," to helming landmark advertising campaigns for Pepsi-Cola and Miller Lite, and the Broadway show spots for "A Chorus Line," "Evita," and "Phantom of the Opera," Bob Giraldi clearly has had a hand in shaping popular culture.
Jamie Lendino Jamie Lendino is a contributing editor of PC Magazine. He's also the editor of Smart Device Central, PC Magazine's smartphone and mobile technology site. In addition, he's a contributing editor for mediabistro.com's Mobile Content Today blog, and he writes about car technology for TechnoRide.com . His realms of expertise include PCs, cell phones, and other consumer electronics.
Jamie is also a composer and sound designer for video games. He has created sound effects and music for over 30 titles, including Spongebob's Atlantis SquarePantis (THQ, mobile) and Monopoly (EA Games, Apple iPod). He was a huge Atari fan back in the day and can be easily lured into any room that contains vintage arcade machines.
Joshua Klein
Joshua Klein will hack anything that moves -- his list includes social systems, computer networks, institutions, consumer hardware and animalbehavior.
His current projects include a vending machine to train crows to fetch spare change for peanuts, a book about GenY’s emergence intothe workplace, and the creation of an eco-friendly Airstream trailerfor green roofs.
Right now, Klein is working at Frog Design as a Principle Technologist,where he developes mobile/social applications, health care-related systems and other tools that improve people’s lives. He's the author of the novel Roo'd, which was the first book (after Tarzan) to be ported to the iPhone.
