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Welcome - UxNetwork in Monterrey, México

Hi everyone,

This is my first post, recently I was accepted as a UxNet Local Ambassador for Monterrey, Mexico. The main goal is to gather the Ux Community from the region since we are a group of only a few professionals. I hope this space could help us organize and share experiences and knowledge.

A little about me, I ‘been working in the industry for some years, today I´m an Interaction Designer, I work in RIA design, but I have a lot of experience also in web design, graphic design, IT Architecture, Information Architecture, UxD, prototyping, etc.

Please let me know any event or gathering, also what do  you want to start doing in our community (ie. Labs, Courses, etc.)

Arturo 

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IxDA LA: Designing Social Interfaces - 5 principles, 5 practices, 5 antipatterns

The Los Angeles-area Interaction Design Association invite you to this event sponsored by MySpace and Microsoft.
This event is now full - post a message at the IxDA website to get on the waiting list.

Designing sites that foster user interaction and community-building is an invaluable skill for designers and developers in the post-web 2.0 era. On Dec 2, IxDA Los Angeles and MySpace present an evening with Erin Malone. Erin will be speaking about the book she recently completed with Christian Crumlish; “Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns and Practices for Improving the User Experience” Erin will share hard-won insights into what works, what doesn’t, and why.

The event is free with a festive spread of food and drinks thanks to sponsorship by Microsoft who will be on hand showing their Expression Blend suite.

If you are a designer, developer, or information architect for social media applications, this event cannot be missed!

Come out and mingle with your peers while enjoying tasty food, a fantastic talk about emerging social interfaces, and thought provoking ideas about how to design for the social landscape.
When:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:00pm

Where:
MySpace
407 North Maple Drive
1st Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Park in the garage (lot is south side of the building).

RSVP:
This event is now full - post a message at the IxDA website to get on the waiting list.

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welcome to Hamedan local ambassador blog

resume.pdf 

Hello Dear Sir/Madam

I am “Amin Daneshmand Malayeri”, local ambassador of UXnet in Hamedan, Iran. I am now member of some scientific associations in Iran and all over the world.

my main target for being a local ambassador of UXnet is publishig new methodologies in modern IT and software Engineering approaches. nowadays, using from experiences in Computer Science is more important than strict science. I want to establish the first expertise group of User Experiences methodologies and research in Iran.

now, I am connector member  and especially member of Project Management and ERP group of Iranian Informatics Society.

I hope that I can publish all of UX goals in Iran soon. my CV has been attached to this blog for more information about me. you can contact with me by my E-mail : amin.daneshmand@gmail.com

Regards

Amin Daneshmand Malayeri

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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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Spark the Innovation in You (New Brunswick, NJ)

Spark the Innovation in You
Featured speaker Andrew Pek, author of the award winning book, “Stimulated, Habits to Spark Your Creative Genius at Work” will share the five observed behaviors of successful organizations, large & small and then sign your included copy of his book!Feeling stuck? Stale? Under-stimulated? Do you need a little infusion of freshness to become more passionate about what you do everyday bringing you to the next level at your job and in your life?With the pace of competition, innovation, and change in today’s world, creativity isn’t a luxury–it’s a survival skill. But even the most creative people can end up stuck, stale, and stressed out, worn down by the daily grind, striving to cross the chasm between vision and success.  This event is an energetic exploration of five habits that can help you release your creativity and expand your innovative thinking. The method is playful, fun, enriching, and mind-expanding, but most importantly, it’s a step-by-step process for getting unstuck and becoming truly stimulated!

 Speaker Profile Andrew Pek is an author and life/business coach in the field of creativity, innovation and human potential.  Andrew helps individuals and organizations turn adversity into adventure, and stimulate growth.  With over 25  years of experience in organizational behavior, innovation, and communication, marketing and strategy, Andrew works  with thousands of individuals throughout the world and has inspired growth in many organizations such as Accenture, Alpharma, Bayer, British Petroleum, JP Morgan Chase, Kraft Foods, The Limited, Pfizer Inc, Wyeth and Zale Corporation, among others.Andrew has been featured on ABC, NBC, Fox and Friends, over 50 radio shows throughout the United States as well as print media such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Redbook Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily and Business Week. 

Register: http://www.pdma.org/events_register.cfm?pk_event=328 

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To Answer or Not to Answer: That is the Question for Cell Phone Users (Morristown, NJ)

May Usability NJ Meeting 

The abundance of technology-mediated communication tools such as the now ubiquitous cell phone has not only increased our ability to communicate but also the possibility of being interrupted. As a result, we need to understand how to design communication tools so that productivity gains can be realized from desired interruptions while the losses from unwanted communication can be minimized. Prior research exploring interpersonal technology-mediated interruptions has focused on identifying the costs of cognitive and social intrusions, partly in the hope that sensor technology can be utilized to improve the timing of interruption requests. However, this approach has had limited real world success because it fails to take into account either who the interruption is from or what the interruption is about with respect to the value it may bring along. This talk will address this short coming and present a theoretical framework and associated research program. Findings from two user studies on cell phone call handling practices that validate key constructs will be presented. They highlight how people desire and use information about the interrupter’s context, interruption content and historic interrupter-interruptee interaction history in their decisions to answer or ignore a call. The talk will also demonstrate CellPhone IMT - an interruption management tool for cell phones, whose design and instantiation is inspired by the findings of these studies. 

Biography:Sukeshini A. Grandhi is a member of the SmartCampus Group and a final year doctoral student at the Department of Information Systems, NJIT. Her research interests are at the confluence of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), ubiquitous/pervasive and social computing. Her work revolves around understanding the social and organizational work processes using technology and how this understanding can inform the design of innovative applications and user interfaces. She has published and presented in many conferences including CHI, Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) and Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Her other publications include IEEE Internet Computing and a book chapter on Supporting Proximate Communities with P3-Systems: Technology for Connecting People-To-People-To-Geographical-Places.She is an active member of the HCI community and has reviewed several peer publications and worked at many ACM conferences as a volunteer. Ms. Grandhi holds a masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Western Australia Perth, Australia. She also has a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Madras Christian College, University of Madras, India.

When:         Wednesday, May 20, 2009          
              6:00 PM – social hour – hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks
7:00 PM – presentation
8:00 PM – question period followed by more socializing 

Where:        Logical Design Solutions
131 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973-971-0100 
RSVP: http://usabilitynjmay2009.eventbrite.com/ 

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ASIS&T event: Introduction to Content Management Systems (CMS)

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Documentation Training West (Palm Springs, CA)

Held in beautiful Palm Springs, CA, the theme of the Documentation and Training West 2009 Conference is Moving From Unstructured to Structured Content. The event includes a special focus on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture.
Learn more.

Paid registration includes two days of conference presentations, case studies, and panel discussions, as well as, access to 2 days of hands-on training workshops at no additional cost!

Event Dates:
March 17-20, 2009

Location:
Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa
71333 Dinah Shore Drive
Rancho Mirage, California 92270

Cost:
$1299

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Workshop recap: ?Reboot Your Work? by Matthew Cornell

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Arizona UPA chapter forming

The Arizona chapter of the UPA (www.upassoc.org) is almost ready to start regular meetings. Go to the official chapter website for more info (http://www.arizonaupa.blogspot.com/). Don’t forget to sign up for the the email list to get regular updates. See you at a chapter meeting soon!!!

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