BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "chi" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060915 SUMMARY:Joint PHICHI & AIGA Meeting - the Visual vs. the Usable - How do th ey cross paths? LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Refreshments & Networking: 6-6:30pm – Food and beverages will be provided. \n \nPresentation: 6:30pm – 8ish \n \nWhere: \nGSI Comme rce Headquarters \n935 First Avenue \nKing of Prussia, PA 19406 \nDirec tions: http://gsicommerce.com/contactus/directions.jsp \n \nMeeting Summary : \nThis is the first ever joint PHICHI & AIGA meeting! As user experience professionals, we always need to interface and collaborate with graphic art ists and designers. At times, we all know that this can be difficult. There is a lot that both professions can learn from each other in order to work better together. This is why PHICHI has decided to hold a joint meeting wit h the local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). \n \ nWe’ll take a closer look at Avenue A | Razorfish and GSI Commerce. For t his first joint meeting, we decided to give members of both organizations a closer look at the User-Centered Design process of two local agencies, Ave nue A | Razorfish and GSI Commerce. Each company will explain their design process from start to finish and show sample deliverables of their work. Yo u will get to see how their design and user experience teams work together. \n \nRegistration is free! Please register for this meeting at: http://ph iladelphia.aiga.org/event_registration-reg.html \n \n--------------------- ------- \n \nAbout AIGA: http://philadelphia.aiga.org/about.html \n \n----- ----------------------- \n \nAbout PHICHI: http://www.cis.drexel.edu/PhiCHI /index.html \n \n---------------------------- \n \nWould you like to be no tified of all upcoming PHICHI events? Please join our yahoo group: http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/join \n \nPHICHI meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the ACM is NOT requ ired. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061019 SUMMARY:NordiCHI 2006 in Oslo LOCATION:Oslo, Norway DESCRIPTION:NordiCHI is the main Nordic forum for human-computer interactio n research. NordiCHI is the meeting place for researchers from academia and industry, designers, practitioners, educators and others from a broad rang e of traditions and communities. \n \n \nNordiCHI is a biannual conference which has earlier been held in Stockholm (2000), Ã…rhus (2002) and Tampere (2004). END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061018 SUMMARY:PHICHI Meeting: Product Design Case Studies! LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:When: \nRefreshments & Networking: 6-6:30pm \nPresentation: 6: 30pm – 8ish \n \nWhere: UPenn Campus - exact room TBD \n \nSummary: \n Come and get a behind the scenes look into the actual process used to solve design problems behind the creation of... \n \n~QVC Active - Mike Madaio, Chief Internet Architect, QVC.com \nThe first US real-time two-way interac tive TV shopping service. Viewers use their remote control to make purchase s in a real-time environment, just as the product is being showcased on TV. \n \n~Russound UNO-TSV Smart Color Touchscreen - Kyle Pero, Founding Princ ipal, Usable Interface \nA touchscreen device that controls a multiroom ent ertainment system, lighting and climate control. Users can easily decide wh at music they’d like to play and what mood they want to set in different rooms in their home. \n \n~In-Stadium seat-based ECommerce Platform - Bill Bulman, Partner, MessageFirst \nA kiosk-based Rich Internet Application tha t allows sports fans to purchase concessions and merchandise from their sea ts. Fans feel closer to their team, while the team learns important consume r data from their fans. \n \nEach of these products are very different, but some of the same user-centered design methods were used in their creation (i.e. contextual inquiries, paper prototyping, user testing, etc). Attendee s will learn which methods were used, as well as, why and how they were imp lemented. Research findings, insights, and lessons learned will all be shar ed. \n \n---------------------------- \nAbout PHICHI: \n \nPHICHI is the Ph iladelphia region's chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery's Spe cial Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI - http://sigc hi.org/). \n \nWould you like to be notified of all upcoming PHICHI events? Please join our yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/join \n \nPHICHI meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attend ing. Membership to the ACM is NOT required. \n \nHope to see you all there! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126 SUMMARY:2007 PhillyCHI Design Slam LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Location: Levine 307, UPenn Campus 3301 Walnut, Philadelphia PA \nDIRECTIONS: Here is a map of the building: http://www.facilities.upenn.e du/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=407 \n \nSign up now! \nIf you would like to participate, please RSVP now to phillychi@gmail.com. Why now? We may need t o cap attendance. \n \nWhat's a "design slam"? \nDuring the meeting, partic ipants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project , including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an oppo rtunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will con clude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled audience. \n \nThen the "clients" team will choose a winn er. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award. \n \nWhat's in it for me? \nThis is a chance for inter ested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing pro fessionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environme nt. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes th is session stand out from the garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" prese ntation. \n \nThose that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6 :15pm at the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challen ge promptly at 6:25. \n \nIf you do not want to participate due to not bein g able to get to the meeting on-time or a severe case of social phobia, fea r not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the ro le of users, and help choose the winning team. \n \nThis idea is shamelessl y stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more informati on about the IA Slam, visit http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070222 SUMMARY:Tagging: It's the Interface Stupid! LOCATION:King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm \nLocation: GSI Commerce, Inc., 935 First Avenue , King of Prussia, PA \nRSVP: Please let us know if you are coming at phill yCHI@gmail.com \n \nInterest in content user-assigned tags is one of the bi g new stories on the Web. But content tagging is not a new story. What's ne w about Web 2.0 is that end users are doing the tagging instead of libraria ns, and the results are being shown almost instantly on websites like flick r, del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and Technorati.Librarians have long contended th at end users cannot usefully tag content because they are not trained in ho w to do indexing. More correctly, end users cannot tag content the way libr arians tag content. But this begs the question about what kind of tagging i s useful. \n \nJoseph will discuss the usefulness to be found in tagging as it relates to librarians and usability professionals, the Semantic Web, an d document and content management practices. \n \nJoseph Busch is the Found er and a Principal of Taxonomy Strategies. Joseph is an authority in the fi eld of information science, a past President of the American Society for In formation Science and Technology, and an appointee to the Board of Director s of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. He is a frequent speaker on metad ata, taxonomy, indexing, classification research, information retrieval, an d content management. Read more about Joseph at Taxonomy Strategies. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070410 SUMMARY:Puget Sound SIGCHI meeting LOCATION:Bellevue, Washington, USA DESCRIPTION:Hayley Nichols, Program Manager at Filter Studios, is the featu red speaker at this free meeting of UX professionals. Registration is NOT r equired. \n \nNetworking starts at 6 pm, followed by the presentation at 7 pm \n \nLocation: Filter/Talent offices in Bellevue, 505 106th Ave. NE, Su ite 200. \nFilter/Talent will validate parking in their lot. \nFor directi ons, see: http://www.filtertalent.com/contactus/bellevue.asp \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070414 SUMMARY:Web 2.0: The Human Web LOCATION:Ottawa, Canada DESCRIPTION:This workshop is geared towards a broad audience including gove rnment employees, product managers, business strategists, CTOs, CIOs, marke ting specialists, communication experts, technology experts and human-compu ter interaction specialists, but especially those who are web designers. \n \nIn the first half of the day Peter Merholz and Maggie Fox address the to pic of Web 2.0 as a social media. They will cover the business rational for Web 2.0 development and provide motivation for development in this area. M any case studies will be reviewed. \n \nIn the second half of the day Mike Atyeo addresses more detailed issues such as designing and testing Web 2.0 applications, particularly highly interactive AJAX applications. The import ant issue of accessibility will be addressed by Derek Featherstone, an expe rt in this particular field. \n \nThe more structured part of the workshop will finish with a panel of our presenters. This will be an opportunity for participants to ask any final questions and for presenters to deliver key take-home messages. \n \nFollowing the panel session, attendees who are int erested will then participate in an informal "unconference". This will be a n opportunity for attendees to talk some more with the presenters and with each other and unwind. The aim is for all attendees to leave the day with a clearer idea of how social media can benefit their organizations and to kn ow how to make their great ideas become a reality. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070823 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070824 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI August Meeting - Taxonomy LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm \n* Meet & greet from 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm * \nLocation: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvan ia \n210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 \nMap: http://www.facili ties.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=140 \nRSVP (not necessary, but ni ce): phillychi@gmail.com \n \nMost folks know that taxonomy has something t o do with organizing things. \n \nFewer folks know, however, that taxonomy is the practice of classification, which originally began as a science devo ted to the classification of living organisms. And that over time, taxonomy has become known as the classification of just about anything and everythi ng. \n \nEven fewer get down into the weeds and do the work that goes beyon d simple classification that makes today’s information systems work: meta d ata, facets, controlled vocabulary, thesauri, synonym maps, ontologies, tag ging… \n \nWhat’s troubling about this divide between those that know about taxonomy and those that don’t is the very importance of taxonomy. For lots of designers & developers, the applications, websites, and interactive pro ducts they spend their waking hours creating could not function without wel l-structured, carefully crafted information structures. \n \nThis month’s P hillyCHI meeting will explore in practical and tangible terms the specific ways taxonomy is important to the work we do. We will discuss the design, i mplementation, and governance of taxonomies by examining four real-world ca se studies: \n \n * a user-centric catalog for a large e-commerce site a nd its impact on the user experience \n * a content-heavy non-profit inf ormation site \n * a system processing data through controlled vocabular ies and thesauri \n * a consumer-driven search engine \n \nPlenty of tim e will be reserved at the end of the meeting for discussion, so bring your tough questions! \n \n \nPanel Participants \nDave Cooksey, GSI Commerce, I nc \nEmily Culbertson, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \nJohn Ferrara, Vangu ard \nJulia Remick, Yellow Book USA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm \nLocation: Kildare's Pub \nAddress: 4417 Main S treet, Manayunk, PA 19127 \nPhone: 215-482-7242 \nDirections: http://www.ki ldarespub.com/ma_directions.htm \nRSVP (not necessary, but nice): phillychi @gmail.com \n \nAbout Our Sponsor \n \nAquent is the world's largest market ing and creative staffing company, with 70 offices in 18 countries. We've s pent the past 20 years championing the cause of freelance marketing and cre ative professionals. Like you, we're marketing and creative experts, so we understand the challenges you face. Inflexible schedules. Inconsistent work flow. Impossible clients. Billing hassles. As part of the Aquent Talent Net work you not only gain access to assignments at the world's best companies, you now have access to our comprehensive support system to help you manage all your business challenges on your terms. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071031 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Meeting with Dennis Schleicher LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM \n* Refreshments & socializing from 6:00P M – 6:30PM * \nLocation: Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, University of P ennsylvania \nAddress: 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 \nMap: ht tp://tinyurl.com/34g86c \nPlease RSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com \n \n \nABOUT TH E PRESENTATION \n \nIn this presentation, Dennis will share some of his adv entures using anthropological tools to inform Information Architecture incl uding some fascinating insights uncovered from raiding people's glove boxes , which directly drove the experience design of the Ford vehicles owners' w ebsite. The presentation will help attendees begin to look at Web Design th rough an anthropological lens, shedding new light on old design problems. \ n \nDennis will also discuss some of the cutting edge ideas and methodologi es recently presented at the EPIC2007, the premier international event for practitioners of ethnographic work in industry (not academic). In addition, he will speculate as to what might be some near-term trends we all should take note of. \n \n \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \n \nMr. Schleicher is a Senior I nformation Architect at E.magination.com in Baltimore Maryland. He has a ba ckground in business and industrial anthropology and has been working awhil e in the field of information technology and culture. He later moved into I nformation Architecture and found, to his surprise, that many anthropologic al tools and skills were very useful to IA and Web design. \n \nhttp://www. dennisschleicher.com \n \n \nABOUT OUR SPONSOR \n \nMessagefirst, Inc. \nMe ssagefirst is Philadelphia-based design research consulting firm. We work w ith companies to help them increase revenues, decrease costs, and ultimatel y improve the user experience of their products or services. Our goal-orien ted data-driven design process improves performance and creates compelling experiences that solve business problems in a beautiful way. \n \nhttp://ww w.messagefirst.com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071115 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:* Note: this PhillyCHI social event is one day earlier than the standing third Thursday of the month. * \n \nEvent: PhillyCHI | CreativeC onnects Joint Happy Hour \nTime: 5:30PM - 8PM \nPlace: Alfa Bar \n1709 Waln ut Street, Philadelphia 19103 \nMap: http://tinyurl.com/29dtv5 \nNo RSVP Re quired. \n \nFor our November social event, PhillyCHI will join the Creativ eConnects Happy Hour at Alfa Bar from 5:30PM to 8PM. \n \nCreativeConnect s is a free monthly social event, hosted by The BOSS Group for creative, ma rketing, communications, advertising and web professionals. Come network w ith colleagues, meet new people, keep up with industry news and get leads o n jobs and business opportunities. Light appetizers and one free drink wil l be provided courtesy of The BOSS Group. \n \nAbout the BOSS Group \nThe B OSS Group is, literally, where talent and opportunity meet. It's where crea tive, marketing and web professionals come to find jobs and assignments, re sources and industry connections, and where clients find the talent that wi ll help them succeed. \n \nWe're committed to meeting the employment needs of employers and individuals with equal success. Our unparalleled creative staffing expertise and close partnerships with our talent and clients alike offer a true competitive advantage. \n \nThe BOSS Group is a certified Wom en's Business Enterprise and a 2007 and 2006 Best Place To Work. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071129 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI/iSchool Panel: Role of Failure in Design LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:* Refreshments will be served from 6 – 6:30PM * \n \nLocation: Bossone Center, Drexel University \n31st & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103 \nMap: http://www.drexel.edu/em/directions/map_uc.pdf \nRSVP: phillyC HI@gmail.com \n \n \nPlease join PhillyCHI and the iSchool at Drexel Univer sity for a panel discussion on the different perspectives of how failure ca n inform design. The iSchool has gathered a panel of researchers and \nprac titioners to discuss in theoretical and practical terms what and how we can learn from failure in the design process. The panel will begin with a brie f introduction of the topic by the moderator, Dr. \nMichael Atwood. Panelis ts will then present brief statements relating their background and experie nce on the topic. The remainder of the session will be a moderated discussi on among the panelists and the audience. \n \n \nTHE MODERATOR \n \nMichael Atwood, PhD \nAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs/Research, The iSchool at Drexel University \n \n \nTHE PANELISTS \n \nLiza Potts, PhD \nDirector of Human Factors, Electronic Ink \n \nTom Hewett, PhD \nProfessor of Psycholo gy and Professor of Computer Science, Drexel University \n \nMathieu Turpau lt \nSenior Designer, Bresslergroup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071214 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Holiday Party LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the annual PhillyCHI holiday party as we cele brate this past year and toast the new. We have reserved a private room at 707, a bright new restaurant and lounge in Center City. There will be passe d hors d’oeuvre, open bar, and door prizes. \n \nThe newly elected officer s for 2008 will be announced. So come by and meet next year’s leadership te am. \n \nTime: 6 - 8PM \nLocation: 707 \nAddress: 707 Chestnut Street, Phil adelphia, PA 19106 \nWebsite: http://www.707restaurant.com/ \nMap: http://t inyurl.com/37nkze \nRSVP: phillychi@gmail.com \n \nThis year’s sponsors: \n \nAvenue A | Razorfish - www.avenuea-razorfish.com \n \nDigitas Health - http://www.digitashealth.com/ \n \nElectronic Ink - http://electronicink.co m/ \n \nEmpathy Lab - http://empathylab.com/ \n \nGSI Commerce - http://gsi commerce.com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081023 SUMMARY:Content Strategy: From Losing to Winning Content LOCATION:Atlanta, Georgia, USA DESCRIPTION:Tired of watching your designs become filled with bad content? Ever run into confusion over who "owns" content? Feel like no one is aroun d to make content as well-crafted as your designs? Or do you create great c ontent but feel it isn't appreciated or supported? Then join us for this ex citing panel event including HowStuffWorks, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Brain T raffic. \n \nBad content is a losing situation for users / customers and bu sinesses alike. But creating good content is hard. This panel will explore the growing discipline of content strategy, including its business and user experience value. \n \nConal Byrne, Editor-in-Chief, HowStuffWorks \n \n David Forbes, Senior Director of IT Strategy, AT&T Mobility \n \nRichard Sh effield, Managing Editor, UPS and author of The Web Content Strategist's Bi ble \n \nKristina Halvorson, President, Brain Traffic \n \nColleen Jones (M oderator), UX Consultant END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081023 SUMMARY:User-Centered Design Panel (DesignPhiladelphia) LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm \n* Please be aware that in order to enter Huntsman Hall, you MUST arrive by 6:30pm. * \n \nLocation: Huntsman Hall, Room 255, \nUniversity of Pennsylvania \n3730 Walnut Street \nPhiladelphia , PA 19104 \n \nMap: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/campus/philadelphia/visit ing.cfm \n \nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com (please RSVP by Monday, October 20, 2008) \n \n----- \n \nTHE DISCUSSION \nAs design professionals, we strive t o create great products and great experiences, both physical and virtual, f or the general public or niche markets. But many times -- the cynic would s ay most of the time -- we miss the mark. The world is full of things that a re difficult and frustrating to use. And that's because designers make assu mptions about how users think and do things. \n \nGreat design is user-cent ric design. \n \nUser-centered design (UCD) is an approach that places the user at the center of the design process from the beginning. By understandi ng real people's needs and behaviors during the conception and refinement o f a design, we can ensure that a new product succeeds. \n \nThis discussion will include perspectives on user-centered design from professionals who c reate experiences in the fields of architecture, interactive design, and pr oduct design. Each panelist will present examples and strategies relevant t o practitioners of user-centric design in any discipline. \n \nThose intere sted in architecture, graphic design, human factors, information architectu re, interaction design, product design, usability, and user experience will find the discussion highly informative and challenging. \n \n \nTHE PANELI STS \nSteve Cleff, Account Planner, Avenue A | Razorfish Philadelphia \n \n Zoey Juhng, Design Director, Bressler Group \n \nMichael Summers, Senior Di rector, Usability, gsi interactive \n \nMaria Keares Wyant, RA, Wyant Archi tecture \n \nTHE MODERATOR \nDave Cooksey, PhillyCHI Chair \n \n \n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR