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Book Launch: “Money Jungle” by Ben Chesluk (New York, NY, USA)

Interested in Times Square, architecture, urban ethnography, or just want a few nibbles? Drop by Le Madeleine, 403 W. 43rd St. on Monday 3 December from noon to 1:30 pm for the launch of anthrodesigner Ben Chesluk’s “Money Jungle: Imagining the New Times Square.”

The jacket blurb says “Chesluk weaves together surprising stories of everyday life in and around the Times Square redevelopment, tracing the connections between people from every level of this grand project in social and spatial engineering.”

One review says, “The strength of this book lies in Chesluk’s ability to ground his ethnographic inquiries with a historically informed sensibility of the cultural career of redevelopment efforts in Times Square. Unique and innovative, Money Jungle represents an important contribution to urban anthropology and to the studies of cities generally.”

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Using the Semantic Web: Interaction Design Clinic with Duane Degler (West Trenton, NJ)

UsabilityNJ, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company, and PhillyCHI will host a one-day clinic looking at new interaction concepts and capabilities arising from Semantic Web research, including a “guided tour” demonstrating existing sites that illustrate the opportunities, issues, and implications for people who actually use the Semantic Web. What makes this clinic most valuable is that the afternoon is dedicated to discussing your projects and sites, to identify where simple design/implementation opportunities may exist now.

We will take a task-based approach to exploring the subject. We will cover:

• Navigating information sites and distributed collections
• Creating and sharing information
• Interacting using natural language
• Identifying terminology to optimize search and navigation
• Managing/creating vocabulary and relationships
• Personal and social issues: provenance, transparency, shared data and privacy

Registration for the seminar is limited to 25 participants on a first come first served basis. This seminar is provided free, in return for feedback on how the clinic series can be refined and improved.The clinic will be held at New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company in West Trenton, NJ.

Details, directions and registration: http://www.usabilitynj.org/meeting_details/dec2007_details.html

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7-Minute IxD Soapbox (New York, NY, USA)

IxDA New York is pleased to invite you to The 7-Minute IxD Soapbox (a.k.a. Pecha Kucha). At this fast-paced event, we’re giving seven people a chance to share their ideas — for just seven minutes each. The only rule is that topic must relate to interaction design. Of course, if you simply prefer to take it all in, you’re welcome to participate as an audience member.

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Welcome to the New York City metro area

It’s a big locale, covering Connecticut, New York and New Jersey and there’s a lot going on here. Industries in the area include financial, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, advertising and publishing.

There are active chapters of UPA (New York, Connecticut and New Jersey), SIGCHI, IxDA, and the headquarters for AIGA, and regular meetings, meet-ups and training on all aspects of user experience.

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WAP Design Course with Scott Weiss (New York, NY, USA)

Scott Weiss will be teaching a full-day course on “WAP Design,”

This course is for designers who want to know how to design for today’s phones, using today’s mobile browsers. It is filled with examples and exercises geared to ready designers for immediate success.

WAP Design includes XHTML, CSS, and .mobi issues in a designer-focused
course covering the full process, including Successful and Unsuccessful WAP Sites, Requirements Gathering for Design, Competitive Analysis of Desktop and Mobile Web Sites, Mobile Design Patterns, Expert Design Guidelines, WAP Design Toolbox and more

To register or for more information: http://usableproducts.com/training

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Reputation Economies in Cyberspace (New Haven, CT, USA)

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to present Reputation Economies in Cyberspace. The symposium will be held on December 8, 2007 at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT.

This event will bring together representatives from industry, government, and academia to explore themes in online reputation, community-mediated information production, and their implications for democracy and innovation. The symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Microsoft Corporation.

A distinguished group of experts will map out the terrain of reputation economies in four panels: (1) Making Your Name Online; (2) Privacy and Reputation Protection; (3) Reputation and Information Quality; and (4) Ownership of Cyber-Reputation. See below for more detail on each panel; a current list of confirmed speakers is available at the conference website.

Online registration is available now at: https://wems.worldtek.com/RepEcon. There is a $95 registration fee, which includes lunch. Yale students and faculty and members of the press may attend for free. For more information, see: http://isp.law.yale.edu/reputation.

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HFES 52nd Annual Meeting (New York, NY, USA)

HFES annual meetings are important events for the Society’s members and others who are interested in the latest developments in the field. The HFES 52nd Annual Meeting will be New York, NY, from September 22-26, 2008.

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Gel 2008 (New York, NY, USA)

Gel 2008, Thursday-Friday, April 24-25, 2008, New York City.

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World Usability Day NJ: Innovations in Healthcare (Princeton, NJ, USA)

• Health Care Demonstrations
• Invited Speakers
  • Laura Keller & Mark McCognahy - “Designs from Experience”
  • Dr. Judy Deutsch - Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation
• Panel discussion

See UPA New Jersey for more information.

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World Usability Day New York

This year’s NYC event will focus on promoting the importance of the user centered design process for businesspeople in the NYC metro area. It will also provide an opportunity for usability professionals to learn about best practices in user experience, especially at the strategic level. Healthcare will be a sub-theme of the event. Panels and presentations include: Delivering Stellar Customer Experiences — Three Principles for Success - Bruce Temkin, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research. Web Experience Innovations: Triumphs & Tragedies - Tammy Sachs, CEO, Sachs Insights and Mark Safire, VP, Customer Experience Lead, JPMorgan Chase The day ends with a cocktail reception. Tickets are $10 for NYC-UPA members, $20 for non-members and $5 students.

See NYC-UPA for more information.

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