BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "user experience desig n" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061026 SUMMARY:Designing for Interaction Workshop LOCATION:New York City, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path's senior interaction designer and aut hor of "Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications & Clever Dev ices", will cover the four approaches to interaction design; the elements, principles, and attributes of good interaction design; design research tech niques; documentation; designing for multitasking, adaptation, and hacking; and service design. \n \nDesigning for Interaction is for new designers an d anyone interested in interaction design, as well as more experienced desi gners who want a deeper view of and new methods for practicing interaction design. \n \nParticipants will walk away with not only a firm grasp of the underlying principles of interaction design, but also the tools needed to p ut those into practice. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071108 SUMMARY:DUX07 LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA DESCRIPTION:The conference will address User Experience Design and our shif ting role as creator, contributor, observer and collaborator. \n \nThese i deas will be brought to life at the conference as: \n* guest speakers push our understanding of "experience" in the context of current design framewor ks \n* tutorials extend our skill sets beyond the confines of the monitor, and \n* presentations of carefully selected papers bring together the wor lds of industry & academia to form new narratives \n \nConference Program \ nhttp://dux2007.com/attend/program.php \n \nTutorials \nhttp://dux2007.com/ attend/tutorials.php \n \nInvited Speakers \nhttp://dux2007.com/attend/spea kers.php?list \n \n \nSponsoring Societies: \nAIGA + ACM SIGCHI & SIGGRAPH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109 SUMMARY:Pathfinder Sponsors World Usability Day - Chicago LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA DESCRIPTION:Pathfinder will provide a real world example of user centered d esign being used in developing healthcare software. We will be presenting a case study featuring, IDM, A HAEMONETICS® Company and leader in medical s oftware and support. The presentation will outline some of the unique chal lenges encountered during the project, as well as, opportunities for improv ement that were identified while developing IDM’s next generation of produc t offerings. \n \nPathfinder will also be leading an interactive session, designed to address one of the biggest technology issues in healthcare tod ay. Entitled “Interacting with Software and People – At the Same Time”, th e session will examine ways for healthcare practitioners to communicate wit h people and technology, simultaneously conveying critical information elec tronically without sacrificing compassionate and attentive patient care. A ttendees will have an opportunity to brainstorm with us and uncover new app roaches to this difficult dilemma that has the potential to impact us all. \n \nPlease join us in support of World Usability Day. Registration is FREE! There is no better time or opportunity to learn more about usabilit y and to make a difference in the future of technology. \n \nNovember 8, 20 07 \n7:30 am - 5:30 pm \nIntercontinental Hotel \nChicago, IL \n \nClick h ere to register: http://www.chicagoupa.org/WUD2007/2007.html \n \nPathfind er designs and develops people-friendly, commercial grade software and web applications for enterprises and software vendors. Pathfinder’s approach i ntegrates user experience design with agile development to improve software quality and accelerate development. Pathfinder has development centers in Chicago, New York, India and the Philippines. For more information, call 31 2-372-1058, email info@pathf.com or visit http://www.pathf.com. \n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080117 SUMMARY:Beyond Agile: Delivering Better Software, Faster LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:So often in the race to develop better software and get product s to market quickly, we miss the point. Often product managers are caught in the middle of a continual tug of war between design and development trad e offs with competing priorities and artificial time lines. Finding the ri ght balance can be tricky but the benefits are huge. This presentation wil l help you avoid some of the most common mistakes in software development b y highlighting proven strategies you can use to drive product enhancements , lower development costs and accelerate your time to market. You will le arn tips and tricks for leveraging user experience design together with Agi le development best practices to break projects into small steps, create re alistic time frames, meet deadlines, and deliver new features and releases every few weeks while incorporating constant feedback and improvements. Th ese techniques are based on real world experiences and are applicable at an y stage in the development cycle. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080725 SUMMARY:NYC IxDA: The Naked Interface LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - \nThroughout the electronic age, people have become accustom ed to interacting with digital media indirectly, mediated through screens a nd peripheral devices. But now, as digital technology becomes invisibly emb edded in everyday things, the “feeling” of everyday things is also increasi ngly becoming embedded in digital technology. \n \nIn many senses, physical objects are becoming more important. In an immediate way, they can help us define new systems of relationships with digital information. Luke William s, Creative Director at frog design, examines how perceptions and gestures formed through our experiences with physical products can effectively bring liberty to the relationship between brain, body, and digital media interfa ce. \n \nWHEN \nThursday, July 24th \n6:15 – 7:00 networking (refreshments served) \n7:00 – 8:00 presentation \n8:00 – 8:30 Q&A and discussion \n \nWH ERE \nLocation details provided on RSVP \n \n- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: n yc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - \n \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER \nLu ke Williams is Creative Director for frog design, and heads the Industrial Design practice for the New York and Austin studios. Prior to that, he work ed in frog’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco studios as a creative lead fo r projects spanning a wide variety of enterprises such as Daimler Chrysler, Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola and Yahoo!. In addi tion to his role at frog design, Luke is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business where he co-founded the “Innovation and Design” course t o teach design thinking in the graduate MBA program. \n \nLuke’s opinions o n innovation and design have been sought after in interviews with National Public Radio (NPR), BusinessWeek, ID Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and he speaks regularly throughout the international design community. \n \n- – - – - – - – - \nRSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org \n- – - – - – - – - END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080927 SUMMARY:Web Directions South 2008 LOCATION:Sydney, Australia DESCRIPTION:Featuring renowned international speakers with deep real world experience at organisations like Digg, Fast Company, Yahoo!, Apple, Google and more, and covering key areas in web design, front and back end web deve lopment, user experience design, information architecture, web application security, Ajax, online communities, accessibility, mobile web, and more, We b Directions South 08 will once again be the focus of the Australian web in dustry in September. \n \nSpeakers include \n \nJeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired Magazine, Adaptive Path and Google \nDerek Featherstone - Leading accessibility expert \nDaniel Burka - Interaction Designer for Dig g \nGina Bolton CSS expert from Apple \nDouglas Crockford - Ajax security e xpert at Yahoo!, and world's leading JavaScript authority \nJeff Croft - we b design and typography guru \nLynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Communit y Director at FastCompany \n \nand many other international and local exper ts. 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