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Design for Sign-up

Joshua Porter (Bokardo and Chi.mp)
11:10am Wednesday, 09/17/2008
Topic: Design & UX
Location: 1A21 & 22

If there is one problem that plagues all web applications, it’s the problem of getting people to sign-up. No matter what you’re building, you need people to identify themselves in some way so that you can provide them with a personalized, valuable web experience.

Don’t let sign-up be your Achilles heel. In this presentation, Porter will share successful strategies that get you over the hurdle of sign-up, from clever sign-up hacks to techniques that increase motivation to even removing sign-up completely. By using one or more of these strategies, you too can get people started off on the right foot using your software.

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Joshua Porter

Bokardo and Chi.mp

Joshua Porter is the founder of Bokardo Design, an interface design and strategy company focusing exclusively on social web applications. There he works with clients to create world-class user interfaces that are easy-to-use while still fulfilling their strategic role. He is currently working on chi.mp, a next-generation online identity platform. Joshua is the author of Designing for the Social Web, released in May 2008.