David Malouf

Dave Malouf is a man who comes from many different career paths, but the one course he has stayed on through and through is the almighty Internet. He originally graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology, but he soon discovered he loved something else: web design. As Dave created new site after new site, he began to realize that he could help other users and other web designers come up with entire new strategies to this up and coming business. Thus was born The Interaction Design Association. AKA IxDA, an organization that is working to build a community of practice for the advancement and advocacy of the discipline of interaction design. Over Beak & Skiff Hard Cider at Fool's Gold in Manhattan, Dave takes us on his journey as a pioneer in the Internet design world and how much has changed over time. What You'll Learn: The major you graduated with in college might be more relevant than you think. (9:50) Learning about technology as you go (25:19) The evolution of interaction design (42:00) Why interaction design is important (1:00:33)