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Erik Hersman

Erik Hersman
Co-Founder, Ushahidi

Website

Erik grew up the son of linguistic missionaries in Africa, bouncing back and forth between Sudan and Kenya until he left to the US for college. He is now an independent strategy consultant who writes about high- and low-tech change in Africa at AfriGadget and White African.

Recent mapping projects include eppraisal.com (US real estate) and Ushahidi (post-election violence in Kenya).

Sessions

2:40pm Wednesday, 04/23/2008
Global Design Trends
Design and User Experience
 Location: 2006
Aaron Marcus (Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A)), Jimmy Kim (Nexon), Erik Hersman (Ushahidi), Kelly Goto (gotomedia, LLC), Surya Vanka (Microsoft)
How do you make it easy to look bigger and more global than you are? How do you create a maintainable yet personal experience for users around the world? Hear about practices and the trade-offs multinational companies make to incorporate cultural diversity in user interface design. Read more.