Panama City, Panama

UX Panama - World Usability Day 2009

UXPanama will be holding its monthly meeting on Thursday, November 21 to celebrate World Usability Day. There will be two presentations: Alberto Attia will talk about applications of UX in copaair.com, and I will be talking about context.

When: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 6:00pm
Where: Soft Net, San Francisco, between Vía Porras and Calle Andrés Mojica (in front of Heladería Gelatieri)
Cost: Free, and there will be refreshments

Hope to see you there!

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UX Panama - October 2009 meeting

UX Panama will be hosting its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 21. Carlos Gordón will be talking about maps for data visualization, and Sandra Guerra will be discussing intellectual property rights. The Mac Store will be sponsoring a happy hour during the event.

When: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:00pm
Where: Mac Store San Francisco (Panama City)
Cost: Free, the Mac Store will provide refreshments

For more information, visit uxpanama.net (In Spanish)

Hope to see you there!

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UX Panama - September meeting

UX Panama will be hosting its monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Tito Herrera will be presenting on “The web as a photographer’s tool”, followed by Raúl Altamar’s “Copywriting for the web”. Our hosts (the Mac Store) will also be presenting the new features in Snow Leopard.

When: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Where: Mac Store, San Francisco (Panama City)
Cost: Free.

More information: uxpanama.net. (In Spanish)

Hope to see you there!

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UX Panama - August meeting

UX Panama will be hosting its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 27, 2009.  Frank Kardonski, Subdirector of Electronic Commerce at Copa Airlines, will be giving a presentation titled “Building the Best Online Store”.

When: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 6:30pm
Where: Copa Airlines auditorium — 1st floor, East Tower of the Costa del Este Business Park
Cost: Free. Copa Airlines will be sponsoring a coffee break

More information: uxpanama.net. (In Spanish)

Hope to see you there!

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UX Panama - July meeting

UX Panama will be hosting its monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. There will be presentations on website usage analysis with Google Analytics, and typography for the web. As always, there will also be informal conversations about user experience design and web development.

When: Wednesday July 15, 2009 at 6:30pm
Where: Universidad de la Comunicación Visual, Via España, Panama City (see map)
Cost: Free. The University will be sponsoring a coffee break

More information at uxpanama.net. (In Spanish)

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IA Summit 2009 Redux (Panama City, Panama)

 Did you miss the 2009 IA Summit in Memphis? If you’re going to be in Panama City on April 22, 2009, Harold Maduro and I will be talking about what we learned and experienced at the Summit. This will be an informal gathering for local user experience designers and other folks interested in design for interactive media.

When: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 6:00pm
Where: Diablo Rosso (Calle Uruguay, Panama City, Panama)
Cost: no entry fee, but Diablo Rosso expects that we’ll be ordering food and drinks.

The redux is sponsored by BootStudio. Please email me if you have any questions (jarango at jarango dot com).

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Welcome to Panama

¡Bienvenidos a Panamá!

Panama is a small locale; UX is still not a well-known concept in Central America, although we’re trying to change that. We organized what is probably the first UX gathering in the region in January, 2007, and are planning another event like it early next year.

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Where in the world…UXCamp in Panama

Thirty-five web designers, developers and even some executive-level folks gathered on January 25 to talk about user experience. Discussions included a case study of work in redesigning the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s website, a talk on designing for kids and how to improve the usability of blogs.It all sounds like another interesting local gathering, but this one was a bit different: it was in Panama. Jorge Arango, the UXnet Local Ambassador for Central America organized what may be the first UX-oriented gathering in Central America.

The UXcamp even caught the attention of Global Voices, a site that aggregates the global conversation online, reaching beyond the UX community. Jorge, Stephan Schwab, Leon Kadoch, and Miguel Rodriguez (in Spanish) also blogged the event.

There is already talk of doing more events like it, and building the UX community in Central America. Anyone interested in helping organize things locally should contact Jorge.

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