{"id":6865,"date":"2011-06-16T02:49:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T09:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5.1580"},"modified":"2011-06-16T02:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T09:49:02","slug":"design-jam-iasi-1-intense-fun-a-rip-roaring-success-say-over-50-jammers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2011\/06\/design-jam-iasi-1-intense-fun-a-rip-roaring-success-say-over-50-jammers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Jam Iasi #1: Intense, Fun &amp; A Rip-Roaring Success, Say Over 50 Jammers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Iasi#1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Design Jam Iasi Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/mediawiki\/images\/3\/31\/Logo_design_jam_iasi.png\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"301\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A guest post by local champion, Dr. <a href=\"http:\/\/thor.info.uaic.ro\/~busaco\/\">Sabin Buraga<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The dust has finally settled on <a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/\">Summer Web 2011<\/a> and \u2014 myself and other local champions <a href=\"http:\/\/blankdots.com\/\">Stefan Negru<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"http:\/\/thor.info.uaic.ro\/~adria\/about-me.html\">Lenuta Alboaie<\/a> &amp; Andrei Panu \u2014 have just about recovered. Phewwww!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/designjamiasi\/5796554768\/\" title=\"269 by designjamiasi, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3097\/5796554768_5ef63d953e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"269\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>The event,  which included the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Iasi#1\">Design Jam in Romania<\/a>, saw over 50 keen UX &amp; Technology people participate over 2 days. A few hundred more from across the globe remotely watched via the live stream.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 1 \u2014 Presentations<\/h2>\n<p>Day 1 comprised of a number on engaging presentations. These included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/05\/summer-web-2011-presentation-design-principles\/\">\u201cDesign Principles\u201d<\/a> by Alecsandru Grigoriu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/06\/presentation-summer-web-2011-web3d-semantic-standards-webgl-hci\/\">\u201cWeb3D \u2014 Semantic standards, WebGL, HCI\u201d<\/a> by Victor Porof<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/07\/presentation-prototyping-ux-by-cristi-barladeanu\/\">\u201cPrototyping UX\u201d<\/a> by Cristi B\u00e2rl\u0103deanu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/07\/presentation-summer-web-2011-creating-things-for-the-internet-of-things\/\">\u201cCreating Things for the Internet of Things\u201d<\/a> by Stefan Negru<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/09\/video-summer-web-2011-mozilla-add-ons-sdk-jetpack\/\">\u201cMozilla Add-ons SDK (Jetpack)\u201d<\/a> by Laurian Gridinoc<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/09\/presentation-summer-web-2011-design-phases-the-birth-of-a-star\/\">\u201cDesign Phases: The Birth of a Star\u201d<\/a> by Andreea Buraga<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swapps.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/10\/presentation-summer-web-2011-cityquest-developing-games-for-mobile-devices\/\">\u201cCityquest \u2014 Developing Games for the Mobile Devices\u201d<\/a> by Victor Porof &amp; Alecsandru Grigoriu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 2 \u2014 Design Jam <\/h2>\n<p>Day 2, was the actual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Iasi#1\">Design Jam<\/a> itself with the topic focused around designing a <strong>&#8216;Mall Guiding Assistant&#8217;<\/strong>. After 6 or so hours of intense fun the following team outputs were produced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Team_1_-_MallMasters\">MallMasters<\/a> \u2013 Bogdan Dumitriu, Mircea Serediuc, Sergiu Filip<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Team_2_-_Concentrico\">Concentrico<\/a> \u2013 Alexandru Andronic, Emanuel Martonca, George Teiosanu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Team_3_-_Keep_it_Simple\">Keep It Simple<\/a> \u2013 Dumitru Emciuc and Mihai Sterpu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Team_4_-_Bird_Mall\">Bird Mall<\/a> \u2013 Alexandru Chelariu, Adrian Trefas, Nicu Spinu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Team_5_-_Oomba\">Oomba<\/a> \u2013 Vlad Manea, Stefan Enache, Bogdan G\u00e2za, Andreea-Diana Stanciu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/designjamiasi\/5795993971\/\" title=\"234 by designjamiasi, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5117\/5795993971_dd75100290_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"234\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Feedback<\/h2>\n<p>Just some of the quotes from participants:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cristi B\u00e2rl\u0103deanu<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe word of the day for Design Jam Iasi was for sure \u201cinspiration\u201d. The mix\u2019n&#8217;match of ideas coming from people with different background and complimentary perspectives on what design and UX should be modeled like laid a rock-solid foundation for creativity and innovation. That\u2019s how we got a robot, augmented reality and paper tablets as solutions for the same challenge &#8211; ) A big thumbs up for the local champions and congratulations for all the attendees, looking forward to see the same enthusiasm and passion brought together to Design Jam Iasi #2!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Marius Ursache<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cGreat fun and great ideas at Mozilla DesignJam Iasi #djiasi. Looking forward for the next edition!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silviu Savin<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI was honored to mentor @designjamiasi \/If you missed #1, you should come to #2. #djiasi was inspiring, fun, a great experience. Congrats!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andreea Buraga<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cDesign Jam supported by Mozilla Labs was a cool initiative and I encourage all the design enthusiasts to sign up in the future because it is a great learning and idea-generating experience in a relaxed and fun manner. I was impressed with the creative and innovative solutions offered by the participants. I was hoping to see actual designers participating to this event (I mean as \u201cjammers\u201d), but on the other hand it is great seeing people from diverse backgrounds giving a real interest and dedication to this field. I hope this is a first step in starting a community of designers and attracting more people in this field and this type of events \u2013 maybe try making Iasi a leading creative center of Romania, for example?! I am very happy and honored I was invited to Design Jam and looking forward to the next editions!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bogdan G\u00e2za<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHad loads of fun at #djiasi. Looking forward for the next iteration of the event. Many thanks to the organizers!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Thanks<\/h2>\n<p>We are really grateful for the <strong>support<\/strong> provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/\">Mozilla Labs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trp.ro\/lang\/en\/index.html\">The Red Point<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.info.uaic.ro\/\">Faculty of Computer Science<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaic.ro\/\">UAIC Romania<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asii.ro\/\">ASII<\/a> (The Association of The Informatics\u2019 Students from Iasi). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Iasi#Mentors\"><strong>Mentors<\/strong><\/a> included <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/salboaie\">S\u00eenic\u0103 Alboaie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/klangwelt\">Andreea Buraga<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alecsandru\">Alecsandru Grigoriu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/evalica\">Alecsandru Grigoriu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/silvius\">Silviu Savin<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mariusursache\">Marius Ursache<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also a huge thanks to student <strong>volunteers<\/strong>: Sabina Bolboceanu, Victor Panaite, and Adriana Schiopu. Live streaming services were kindly offered by MEDIAEC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Till next year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/designjamiasi\/5796560524\/\" title=\"IMG_0054 by designjamiasi, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3626\/5796560524_028c4758af_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0054\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>What Are Design Jams<\/h2>\n<p>They are one-or-two-day design sessions, during which people will team up to tackle an engaging User Experience challenge. Similar to developer \u2018hackdays\u2019 the aim is to get enthusiastic local UX professionals, designers, and developers from both local technology and university sectors together to learn and collaborate with each other while working on a design problem. <\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming &amp; Past Design Jams<\/h2>\n<p>Other scheduled Design Jams going forward include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Roma_1\">Rome (Italy)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Bristol#1\">Bristol (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Past Design Jams since the inaugural event back in November 2010 include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/conceptseries\/2011\/06\/02\/design-jam-oxford-1-time-to-wrap-up-a-fast-furious-jam-session\/\">Oxford (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/conceptseries\/2011\/04\/28\/design-jam-milan-1-just-how-do-the-italians-jam-with-nutella-of-course\/\">Milan (Italy)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/conceptseries\/2011\/04\/01\/design-jam-chapel-hill-1-creating-a-virtual-experience-for-visiting-historic-north-carolina-sites\/\">Chapel Hill (USA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/conceptseries\/2011\/03\/02\/design-jam-london-2-yet-another-50-uxers-same-9-hours-1-brand-new-challenge\/\">London #2 (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/conceptseries\/2010\/11\/22\/50-design-enthusiasts-9-hours-1-challenge\/\">London #1 (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Want To Bring Design Jam To Your Town?<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>We\u2019re actively on the lookout for more local champions around the globe!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to keep an eye on the global <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/\">Design Jam Wiki<\/a> for news of upcoming jam near you.  If there isn&#8217;t one listed &amp; you&#8217;d like to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Run_a_design_jam\">champion and run your own Design Jam<\/a> please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Run_a_design_jam\">register your interest<\/a> or email cyberdees[at]mozilla[dot]com.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 399px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/designjamiasi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156\" src=\"http:\/\/swapps.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/designjam-iasi-romania-04june2011.jpg?w=389&#038;h=304\" alt=\"Design Jam Iasi #1 \u2014 Romania\" width=\"389\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design Jam Iasi #1 \u2014 Romania<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designjams.org\/wiki\/Design_Jam_Iasi#1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Summer Web 2011 poster\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5026\/5757179737_e49e39da2d_z.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"453\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A guest post by local champion, Dr. Sabin Buraga. The dust has finally settled on Summer Web 2011 and \u2014 myself and other local champions Stefan Negru, Dr. Lenuta Alboaie &amp; Andrei Panu \u2014 have just about recovered. Phewwww! Background &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2011\/06\/design-jam-iasi-1-intense-fun-a-rip-roaring-success-say-over-50-jammers-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9141,19262],"tags":[19442,16577,22916,19533,22918,19577,5,19580,19595,19624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}