Up.front 53 09.12.2014 19:30 up.front.ug/#events Save the date: The 53rd edition of Up.front is coming up on December 9th! Join us for the final meetup of the year with talks by David Owens, Tania Abanina and Behrad Mirafshar. You can follow up.front on twitter and RSVP at meetup. David Owens:The Virtues of Cities and How to Rebuild Them The earliest human settlements were founded, and grew, thanks to the benefits of shared resources and communal ways of working. After the industrial revolution city growth exploded to produce the global megacities we are familiar with today. These megacities are often missing the personal relationships that were the reasons for their original founding. Cities have grown to serve the global economy before their citizens. Connected cities and the sharing economy point to ways that we can recover some of those lost benefits of city living. How can we as designers and developers contribute to sustainable, livable and social cities? David Owens works as Principal Web Developer at AKQA. He’s fascinated by cities, networks and the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. davidowens.net @fineartdavid Tania Abanina: Touchable Reminder for Our Dear Community In her lightning talk Tania will remind us of a part of our bodies that we strain a lot in our everyday work: wrists. After a short explanation of the anatomy, she’ll share a few exercises and releasing techniques that can be helpful to keep our wrists healthy. Tania is a web/UX designer and front-end developer, photographer, body researcher, tree hugger. Also Siberian. taniaabanina @tataata Behrad Mirafshar: Tracing Design Principles Through Different Mediums more details soon Behrad Mirafshar is a user experience designer at heart. In his free time, he tries to boost his skills in DJing and cooking. b-afsh @B_AFSH Up.front is a free event, and you do not have to register anywhere. However it gets packed sometimes. Doors open half an hour before the event, talks do not start before 7:30pm. Come early to make sure you get a seat! As usual, after the talks there’s time for conversations and tasty, discounted drinks at Lugosi, a cosy bar in walking distance from our venue. Accessibility: If you would like to use the elevator, please tweet @upfront_ug when you arrive. You are required to follow our code of conduct.
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