Columbus, OH, USA

Pecha Kucha Night (Columbus, OH, USA)

Sponsoring Organization: Columbus chapter of Pecha Kucha

Date & Time: May 22, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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Location: Drexel Theater-Grandview
Suggested donation of $2 at the door for price of venue

What is Pecha Kucha Night?
Pecha Kucha Night is a place for young artists, architects and interactive designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor.

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Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud in Conversation (Columbus, OH, USA)

Sponsoring Organization: Wexner Center for the Arts, Contact ticket office

Date & Time: Saturday, May 10, 2008 | 2:00PM

(Book signing follows)

Location: Mershon Auditorium, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio

Join Bone-creator Jeff Smith and comic book artist and theorist Scott McCloud for a lively conversation about Smith’s career and each artist’s view of the practice and future of comic book art. McCloud is the author of Understanding Comics, Making Comics, and Reinventing Comics and the creator of the comic Zot!

The exhibition Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond, on view May 10 through August 3, features original comic book drawings by the Columbus-based artist and some of the comics artists who have inspired him.

Bone and Beyond and related events are presented in collaboration with Ohio State’s Cartoon Research Library.

Saturday, May 10, the Bone and Beyond exhibition is open from 11 AM until 8 PM. Jeff Smith: Before Bone, a related exhibition on view nearby at the Cartoon Research Library, is open from 1 to 5 PM. (The Cartoon Research Library is not typically open on Saturdays.)

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4th Annual Digital Union Showcase (Columbus, OH, USA)

Sponsoring Organization: The Ohio State University Digital Union 

What:  4th Annual Digital Union Showcase & Launch of Learning Collaboration Studio  

Where:  LC Studio (060 SEL) & Digital Union (370 SEL), 370 Science & Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave. 

When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 

Events:
10-10:30 - Launch of the Learning Collaboration Studio by President Gee
10:30-12 - Digital Union Fourth Anniversary Showcase 

Please join us as we celebrate the Digital Union’s 4th Anniversary with a showcase of projects from this dynamic facility’s fourth year. We are also delighted to announce the grand opening of the Digital Union’s Learning Collaboration Studio, a new joint venture between University Libraries and the Digital Union.  

The Learning Collaboration Studio is a unique space designed with radical flexibility in mind. The goal of the room is to provide a highly interactive learning space and to familiarize librarians with the opportunities and challenges faculty face. President Gordon Gee will preside over the ribbon cutting. 

The Digital Union Fourth Anniversary Showcase includes samplings of faculty and student work carried out in consultation with Digital Union staff as well as demonstrations of the latest emerging technologies including: 

* tours of TELRport Island in Second Life
* blueprints and drawings of the Digital Union 2009 expansion
* multimedia journalism on charitable giving
* collaboratively authored student wikis
* Biology rock opera by Dr. Susan Fisher
* HD documentary about Columbus’ topiary garden
* Microsoft Roundtable conferencing device
* Microsoft Zunes Mp3 players
* SMART Board interactive displays
* Apple Air laptop, iPhone and iPod Touch
* Kindle, Bookeen and Sony eReaders 

For more information, contact: digitalunion@osu.edu

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Vivian Rosenthal of Tronic Studio (Columbus, OH, USA)

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Social Hour: 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design

Members: $5.00 (Professional + Faculty)
Non-Members: $15.00
Student Members: FREE
Student Non-Members: $5.00
 

Due to a last-minute client need, Vivian Rosenthal is speaking in place of her Tronic partner Jesse Seppi. (We all know how that goes). We’re thrilled she’s able to join us. As a cofounder of NYC multimedia design house Tronic Studio, Rosenthal has reshaped the contours of the possible by fusing video, digital animation, sculpture and physical space in new ways. From installations for Wired’s Nextfest, to surreal TV spots for Target, to 230 feet of high-definition video at JFK International for Windows Vista, Tronic thinks big and builds brand while delivering their visions on an engagingly human scale.

Join CSCA as we welcome Vivian Rosenthal to CCAD’s Canzani Center for a very special visit. In a visual presentation and discussion, she’ll show how it’s just not enough for creative professionals to push the boundaries— we have to blur them. For more info on the event, please visit www.cscarts.org.

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Sports & Technology - How Technology is Improving the Fan Experience (Columbus, OH, USA)

Date & Time:
April 18, 2008
11:00 AM to 1:30 PM EDT

Location:
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus OH 43215  

Sponsored by:
TechColumbus 

Registration and map info:
www.techcolumbus.org/en/cev/?163 

Summary:
College and professional sports is big business and technology is making the game more accurate and competitive for the athletes, while simultaneously improving the fan’s experience with more lifelike broadcasts in high-definition and up-to-the minute play-by-play action and information delivered to computers and PDAs. TechColumbus will explore the impact of technology in improving the fan’s sports experience with a panel of representatives from the favorite sports teams of central Ohio: The Crew, The Clippers, The Blue Jackets, and The OSU Buckeyes. The panel discussion will focus on how the speed and presentation of stats and game action has transformed sports ‘spectating’ through the use of websites, more advanced broadcasting, and wireless devices.   www.techcolumbus.org/en/cev/?163 

Speakers:  Representatives of OSU, The Blue Jackets, The Crew, The Clippers

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IDSA Mideast District Conference: “Art + Science” (Columbus, OH, USA)

In anticipation of IDSA’s 2008 National Conference, “Polar Opposites,” the Mideast District Conference (April 11-13, 2008 - Columbus, OH) will explore two influencing and seemingly opposing factors of design, art and science. “Art + Science” will look at the dichotomy of art and science, the similarities between the two, and the way we as designers pull them together to create new and better products and experiences.

There’s a great line-up of guest speakers. Check it out!

Registration information: http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/districts/mideast/index.html

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September COUPA Meeting (Columbus, OH, USA)

Columbus Ohio UPA (COUPA) Chapter Meeting
Date: September 17, 2008
Featured Speaker: Carol Smith, Principal at Midwest Research 

Agenda:
6:00 pm Networking
6:30 pm Chapter Meeting
7:00 pm Presentation by Carol Smith

Carol Smith is the Principal Consultant at Midwest Research (www.mw-research.com), a research and usability testing consultancy. Ms. Smith has seven years of experience working with government, non-profit, and private sector clients in industries such as: automotive; education (classroom and e-learning); financial; fine art; health care/medical; human resources; insurance; manufacturing; real-estate; and retail. 

Ms. Smith is the Director of Global Outreach on the Board of Directors of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) and has presented at local and international usability conferences. Ms. Smith earned her Masters of Computer Science in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.

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Jesse James Garrett at CCAD (Columbus, OH, USA)

Date: March 20, 2008
Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)

Jesse James Garrett, an information architect and founder of Adaptive Path will be delivering a public lecture on Thursday 20 March 2008. Garrett is the co-founded of the Information Architecture Institute, and author of The Elements of User Experience. Garrett also coined the term Ajax in February 2005.

Jesse James Garrett
Adaptive Path
Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Social Hour: 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.
Location: Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design

Cost: $15.00 at the door

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Liz Sanders (Columbus, OH, USA)

Columbus Ohio UPA (COUPA) Chapter Meeting
Date: May 7, 2008
Location: NBBJ, 1555 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH
RSVP by May 5, 2008 to Bob Hale at rhale@resource.com

Agenda:
6:00 pm Networking
6:30 pm Chapter Meeting
7:00 pm Presentation by Liz Sanders. Ph.D.

Map - Meeting at NBBJ

About Dr. Sanders:
Liz Sanders is President of MakeTools, a design research firm. She is a pioneer in the use of participatory research methods for the design of products, systems, services and spaces. Liz speaks about and teaches human-centered design to students, clients and colleagues around the world. At OSU Liz teaches the graduate and undergraduate design research courses and advises graduate student theses.

Liz’s numerous design awards, patents, publications, presentations, and her proven track record in the marketplace have established her as a leader in the field of design research. Liz’s client relationships have included 3M, AT&T, Apple, Baxter, Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corporation, Coca Cola, Compaq, Hasbro, IBM, Intel, Iomega, Johnson Controls, Kodak, Microsoft, Motorola, NBBJ, Procter & Gamble, Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Steelcase, Texas Instruments, Thermos, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Toro, and Xerox.

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Practical Usability Testing (Columbus, OH)

Progressive testing of Web sites and software applications is a critical component of creating a user-centered design. This seminar provides practical techniques to help move the web and application design into compliance with the user’s needs, limitations, mental models and cognitive styles. Rich functionality is worth little if the user can’t access it. This seminar provides usability practitioners with quick and practical tools to accurately predict how users will experience their applications.

Cost: $1195 per person; $1075 if three or more attend from same company

To register:
https://www.humanfactors.com/training/registration/registration.asp?id=255

Location information:  http://www.mclabs.com/facilities/Columbus/

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