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USAbility with Scott Thomas (New York, NY)

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 by Michele Marut

September 16, 2009
6:00 pm	to	8:00 pm

SimpleScott the former design director at Obama for America will discuss how interaction design made a huge difference in the past election. All too often, discussions of analytics, click through rates, and search engine optimization cloud the important truth that online campaigns and communities are for human beings. Come discover how superior design, technological collaboration, and authentic messaging, can truly change the world.
For more information and to RSVP see http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/lectures

Posted in Calendar | New York City, NY, USA
Tags: interaction design
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UX Irregulars September 2008 meetup

Monday, September 8th, 2008 by Kaleem

September 9, 2008
12:00 am	to	9:30 pm

The UX Irregulars are back for our regular monthly meetup — on the 2nd Tuesday every month — after a busy summer schedule that included visits from Steve Portigal, Adaptive Path and Don Turnbull.

You’re invited to join us for a couple of hours at The Bottom Line to socialize, network and discuss all things user experience and interaction design, including Google Chrome, the upcoming IDEA and CanUX conferences, the year ahead in UX and much more.

Newcomers are always welcome whether you’re a novice, a veteran or just interested in great experiences, so bring a friend. See you there!

Please RSVP on Upcoming so we have accurate numbers

The Bottom Line Restaurant & Bar
22 Front Street West
416.362.7585
http://www.bottomlinerestaurant.com

Upcoming
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1086945/
http://rurl.org/zho

UXIrregulars August 2008 bonus meetup with Don Turnbull

Monday, August 11th, 2008 by Kaleem

August 13, 2008
6:30 pm	to	9:00 pm

UXIrregulars have a bonus meetup for you this month! Don Turnbull is in town from Austin. Welcome him back to Toronto in style!

So don’t fret if you missed last week’s meetup with your local colleagues (and visiting friends from Adaptive Path). You’re invited to join us for a couple of hours at The Bottom Line to socialize, network and maybe even talk about user experience & interaction design.

Newcomers are always welcome so bring a friend. See you there!
Upcoming
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1003165
http://rurl.org/xa2

Bottom Line
22 Front Street West
416.362.7585
http://www.bottomlinerestaurant.com

Don Turnbull is an assistant professor in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Don’s teaching and research focuses on designing Web information architectures, information systems analysis, Information Retrieval the Semantic Web and Knowledge Management Systems.

UX Irregulars are a rag-tag, fugitive fleet of user experience designers, researchers and strategists who design mostly Web interactions, but also software, and sometimes crazy things like ski hills.
http://groups.google.com/group/UXIrregulars

UXIrregulars August 2008 meetup with Adaptive Path

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 by Kaleem

August 7, 2008
6:30 pm	to	8:30 pm

In honour of our Adaptive Path friends who are visiting from San Francisco, we’re holding our August meetup a few days earlier than the usual second Tuesday.

You’re invited to join us for a couple of hours downstairs at C’est What to talk about Aurora, design, interaction, user experience or something completely different (while Adaptive Path HQ celebrates at the Aurora Launch Party in SF).

Newcomers are always welcome so bring a friend. See you there!

Upcoming
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/984983/
http://rurl.org/wxx

C’est What
67 Front St. E
http://www.cestwhat.com/contact.asp

Adaptive Path’s mission is to deliver great experiences that improve people’s lives, while sharing advances in the field with clients, partners, and peers.

UXIrregulars June (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Monday, June 9th, 2008 by Kaleem

June 10, 2008
6:30 pm

We’re meeting at our usual place (Duke of Devon patio) and time (second Tuesday of every month).

Current forecast is 26 C & mostly sunny - perfect for an evening on the patio for discussions about all things UX and beyond with friends & colleagues. Newcomers are always welcome so bring a friend.

The Duke is accessible underground via the PATH network from King, Union & St. Andrew TTC subway stations so on the off-chance it rains (Weather Network predicts a 30% chance) you don’t even have to step
outside!

If you’re on Upcoming, please indicate if you plan to attend so we have numbers for what will surely be a busy patio

Where
Duke of Devon (patio)
Toronto Dominion Centre, TD Tower
66 Wellington Street West (just West of Bay & Wellington)
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1H1
Google Maps
http://tinyurl.com/3ba24u
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=66+Wellington+Street+West,+Toronto,+ON

Upcoming.org
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/778494/

IXDA Pittsburgh : Current Interaction Design and IA topics (Pittsburgh, PA)

Friday, April 18th, 2008 by Michele Marut

April 24, 2008
6:30 pm	to	8:00 pm

Date: April 24 2008

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

About This Event

Date: Thursday, April 24 2008

Time: 6:30 PM Refreshments & Networking

7:00 PM Presentations

8:00 PM Optional trip to the Walnut Grill in Shadyside for drinks

Place: Daedalus Excel’s Offices, 4914 Baum Blvd, 15213

Map: http://www.daed.com/contact_maps.tt2

RSVP: An RSVP is not required, but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please send RSVPs to mmarut15 at gmail.com

Local IXDA members will be giving brief presentations on a timely IXD topic for the purpose of engaging the group in a discussion.

Sofia Mirza, MDes ‘07, Communication & Information Design, will present her Visualization Toolkit: Tools for Visualizing Qualitative Information for Understanding

Peter Bird, MDes ‘08, Communication & Information Design, will present his ongoing thesis work on Designing for Travel: An Analysis of Public Transportation System Information Aids

Don Charlton from Wall-to-Wall Studios will present his Lessons for Interface Designers
:A series of quick, easily-digestable ideas

William Bernstein from Daedalus Excel will present a case study on the Development of an Interface for Home Dialysis

NH UPA April Meeting

Monday, April 7th, 2008 by Kyle Soucy

April 17, 2008
6:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

Please join us for our April meeting to take part in an interesting article discussion…

When:
Thursday, April 17th
Refreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM
Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish

Where:
Fat Belly’s Grill & Bar (http://www.fatbellysgrillandbar.com)
2 Bow Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Street Map: http://tinyurl.com/448pk3
Parking Map: http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking is also available)

RSVP:
An RSVP is not required, but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org.

Topic:
~ Article Discussion ~

For this meeting, we’d ask that you read the selected articles ahead of time (don’t worry, they’re short articles, not books), jot down at least one discussion point about each article, then come prepared to discuss. Your discussion point can be a question, an example from your experience, or simply your perspective. We only ask that you keep your points constructive and not overly critical of the article or the authors. We will have two moderators that will help facilitate the discussion.

Thank you for your votes on the articles to read. The three “winners” are:

“Cultures of Prototyping”, Michael Schrage
http://hci.stanford.edu/bds/10-Schrage.pdf

“Getting the Right Design and the Design Right: Testing Many Is Better Than One”, Maryam Tohidi, William Buxton, Ronald Baecker, Abigail Sellen.
http://www.billbuxton.com/rightDesign.pdf

“Feature Richness and User Engagement”, Jakob Nielsen
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/features.html

NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.

Hope to see you there!

UXIrregulars February (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Monday, February 11th, 2008 by Kaleem

February 12, 2008
7:00 pm	to	11:00 pm

With most UXers back in town from vacations, CES, Macworld, VizThink, Web Directions North and other events, the UXIrregulars “second Tuesday” monthly meetups are back, too.

Spend a relaxed evening with your friends and colleagues as we return to our winter headquarters at C’est What. Bring a friend and meet your peers.

http://groups.google.com/group/UXIrregulars

Where
C’est What (downstairs) - 67 Front St. E., Toronto, Canada

Google Maps:
http://rurl.org/hc7
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=67+Front+St.+E.,+Toronto,+Ontario

Upcoming.org:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/422881/

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

Monday, November 19th, 2007 by Whitney Quesenbery

December 1, 2007

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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Tags: interaction design | semantic web
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