James Burke

Current

• Co-founder/CEO at Narb
• Interaction design and strategic consultancy at Lifesized

Past

• Co-Founder at Roomware Project
• Editor at P2P Foundation
• Information architect/ UX designer at Independent IP

• freelance interaction design work at Media Catalyst
• Designer at Deep Syntax
• Chef at SupperClub

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Education

• Boston University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• Lifesized
• Peer to Peer Foundation

James Burke’s Summary

James currently works as a freelancer for Lifesized offering interaction design, information architecture and user experience pathways. He is also frequently asked for strategic consulting and speaking engagements for both government and organisations.

James Burke’s Specialties:

Interaction Design, Information architecture, Participatory Platforms, Experience Design, Service Design, Social Software, Workshops, Events, Government2.0,

James Burke’s Experience

• Co-founder/CEO

  Narb

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

  www.narb.me
  NARB helps people find where the most interesting art is showing. It lets museum and gallery visitors interact directly with art objects while in front of them, using mobile technology. Members of the service can keep track of the art they have seen by favoriting pieces. We help people start a discussion around any art-piece, give an opinion and share it with others.

• Interaction design and strategic consultancy

  Lifesized

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years)

  I have experience in writing specifications, user-flow design, user testing, persona development. I have designed and lead software application development, from branded online experiences to social-networking sites, including front-end coding, flowcharts, wire-frames to online participation. I’m a designer of interactions both online and off.

• Co-Founder

  Roomware Project

  (Telecommunications industry)

  September 2006 — 2008 (2 years)

  www.roomwareproject.org
  The RoomWare Project is aimed at providing developers with a general open-source server platform to deploy room based applications on, without needing to reinvent the wheel. For instance: a SMS music voting system, a RFID dating service or a bluetooth communication app. Download the server software, install your own applications, arrange the hardware, and go!

• Editor

  P2P Foundation

  (Research industry)

  November 2005 — 2008 (3 years)

  blog.p2pfoundation.net
  I work together with Michel Bauwens and many collaborators running and growing this global institute whose mission is to research, document and explore peer to peer practises. We currently consist of an online platform (wiki and 4 blogs in different languages) and events with michel giving lectures on the topic. I am the unofficial CTO.

• Information architect/ UX designer

  Independent IP

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — November 2007 (8 months)

  www.independentip.com
  I helped IIP on its web application called Fuga. My tasks involved, laying out the current core functionalities on screens as well as taking the design process ahead, so wireframes and screen design could feed back into functionality development too. Mostly i created flowcharts/wireframes/screen-design with some css-ing.

• freelance interaction design work

  Media Catalyst

  (Internet industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

• Designer

  Deep Syntax

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years)

  Interaction Design, advertising planner.

• Chef

  SupperClub

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Restaurants industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

  commis - chef

James Burke’s Education

• Boston University

  Undergradutate , Archaeology , 1989 — 1992

  Excavations:
  Ashkelon, Israel with Harvard University, Summer 1989
  Mapping and Exploration:
  Las Milpas, Belize, 3 months in jungle, Boston University, 1992

Additional Information

James Burke’s Websites:

• Lifesized
• Peer to Peer Foundation

James Burke’s Interests:

technology, food, media

James Burke’s Groups:

Founding Member - Peer to Peer Foundation

•    Interaction Design Association
•    The Roomware Project
•    Peer to Peer Foundation
•    Overheid 2.0
•    Erfgoed 2.0
•    Museum Design

James Burke’s Honors:

Time Magazine Top 50 Websites of 2006
Spin Award Gold - Best Mobile Concept 2007
Picnic Hot 100 - Up-and-coming creative media talent in the Netherlands - 2008

James Burke’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch