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RIApalooza 2: RIAs Beyond the Mouse and Keyboard Recap

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, May 20th 2009 under: Labs, Technology Tags: augmented reality, chicago, flash, flex, headtracking, Labs, nui, ria, riapalooza, wii

On May 8th I as at RIApalooza Two, an unconference event for Rich Internet Application enthusiasts. Adam Flater and I gave a talk titled ‘RIA Beyond the Mouse and Keyboard’. Adam and I talked about how computing user interfaces are evolving and moving away from the current status quo of mouse and keyboard.
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Pek Pongpaet is an internet entrepreneur. Pongpaet’s expertise ranges from product design and development, user experience, and martial arts. Pongpaet worked at Accenture Technology Labs in the research department coming up with next generation user interfaces. At Roundarch, a technology and strategy consulting firm, Pongpaet’s work included envisioning and designing the dashboard of the future for the Tesla Model S electric car. He has given talks at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and University of Chicago on topics such as Design, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.

Pongpaet is a (retired) world class martial artist and performed motion capture work for 6 Mortal Kombat video games. He also is a medalist in international wushu competition in Beijing and currently teaches at two martial arts schools.

Who is Pek

mygif My name is Pek Pongpaet and I'm an entrepreneur, developer, designer, tech geek, martial artist, mac enthusiast, tinkerer, foodie, and blogger.

My interests include rich internet applications (RIA), social media, social networks, blogs, wikis, human computer interaction (HCI), data visualization, user experience, user interfaces, interaction design, and marketing. Read more about me.