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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!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061029
SUMMARY:User Experience 2006, Seattle
LOCATION:Seattle, Washington, USA
DESCRIPTION:3 plenary sessions (keynotes):
\n
\n* The Future of Design (Don
  Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) 
\n
\n* Designing the Windows Vista User Exp
 erience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) 
\n
\n* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindho
 lm, Yahoo!) 
\n
\n29 full-day tutorials:
\n
\n* Fundamental Guidelines for 
 Web Usability
\n
\n* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability
\n
\n
 * Introduction to User Testing
\n
\n* Interaction Design 1 and 2
\n
\n* Eye
 tracking Web Usability
\n
\n* Information Architecture
\n
\n* Content Usabi
 lity 1 and 2
\n
\n* Rapid Iterative Design
\n
\n* The Persona Lifecycle: Cr
 eating and Communicating User Personas 
\n
\n* Getting from User Data to De
 sign
\nFundamentals of Internet Marketing
\n
\n* Web Metrics: Assessing Web
 site Performance
\n
\n* Advanced User Testing
\n
\n* How to Communicate Tes
 t Results
\n
\n* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation
\n
\n*
  Designing Complex Applications and Websites
\n
\n* Managing User Experienc
 e Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond
\n
\n* Intranet Usability 1 & 2
\n
 
\n* Email Newsletter Usability
\n
\n* Lightweight Content Management: Blog
 s and Wikis
\n
\n* Content Management for Websites and Intranets
\n
\n* Des
 igning B2B Websites
\n
\n* Managing a User Experience Team
\n
\n* Designing
  Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology
\n
\n* Instant Visual 
 Communication 
\n
\n* Making Search Work
\n
\nSpeakers:
\n
\nScott McCloud 
 
\nJenn Anderson, 3Across
\nTamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. 
\nDan Brown, Compute
 ch, Inc. 
\nNancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay 
\nJohn Morkes & Lynn 
 Pausic, Expero Inc. 
\nMartin White, Intranet Focus 
\nTjeerd Hoek & John P
 ruitt, Microsoft 
\nKara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris 
 Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, & Bruce “Tog� Tognazzini, Nielse
 n Norman Group 
\nJill Strawbridge, Symantec 
\nJim Sterne, Target Marketin
 g 
\nJanice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
\nJohn Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yah
 oo! 
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061112
SUMMARY:User Experience 2006, London
LOCATION:London, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:3 plenary sessions (keynotes):
\n
\n* The Future of Design (Don
  Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) 
\n
\n* Designing the Windows Vista User Exp
 erience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) 
\n
\n* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindho
 lm, Yahoo!) 
\n
\n29 full-day tutorials:
\n
\n* Fundamental Guidelines for 
 Web Usability
\n
\n* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability
\n
\n
 * Introduction to User Testing
\n
\n* Interaction Design 1 and 2
\n
\n* Eye
 tracking Web Usability
\n
\n* Information Architecture
\n
\n* Content Usabi
 lity 1 and 2
\n
\n* Rapid Iterative Design
\n
\n* The Persona Lifecycle: Cr
 eating and Communicating User Personas 
\n
\n* Getting from User Data to De
 sign
\nFundamentals of Internet Marketing
\n
\n* Web Metrics: Assessing Web
 site Performance
\n
\n* Advanced User Testing
\n
\n* How to Communicate Tes
 t Results
\n
\n* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation
\n
\n*
  Designing Complex Applications and Websites
\n
\n* Managing User Experienc
 e Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond
\n
\n* Intranet Usability 1 & 2
\n
 
\n* Email Newsletter Usability
\n
\n* Lightweight Content Management: Blog
 s and Wikis
\n
\n* Content Management for Websites and Intranets
\n
\n* Des
 igning B2B Websites
\n
\n* Managing a User Experience Team
\n
\n* Designing
  Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology
\n
\n* Instant Visual 
 Communication 
\n
\n* Making Search Work
\n
\nSpeakers:
\n
\nScott McCloud 
 
\nJenn Anderson, 3Across
\nTamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. 
\nDan Brown, Compute
 ch, Inc. 
\nNancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay 
\nJohn Morkes & Lynn 
 Pausic, Expero Inc. 
\nMartin White, Intranet Focus 
\nTjeerd Hoek & John P
 ruitt, Microsoft 
\nKara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris 
 Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, & Bruce “Tog� Tognazzini, Nielse
 n Norman Group 
\nJill Strawbridge, Symantec 
\nJim Sterne, Target Marketin
 g 
\nJanice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
\nJohn Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yah
 oo!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071031
SUMMARY:NH UX October Meeting - Carolyn Snyder
LOCATION:Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:
\nIn usability testing, we strive to eliminate bias s
 o that the results will be accurate. But what is bias anyway? How does it a
 ffect our results? What can we do about it? And are we, as usability specia
 lists, truly objective? Usability consultant Carolyn Snyder will lead a sti
 mulating discussion about bias in usability testing - something we encounte
 r on a daily basis but may not consciously think about. There are many sour
 ces of bias in usability testing, from users to tasks to reporting. Every t
 esting methodology is biased, and so are we as facilitators. But bias is no
 t something to be shunned. Instead, we need to understand its sources and w
 eigh its effects. Sometimes, bias can even be harnessed to serve our purpos
 e. Come to this presentation and you'll never look at your testing methods 
 the same way again! 
\n
\nBio:
\nCarolyn Snyder is an independent usability
  consultant in the greater Boston area. In the past 15 years she has conduc
 ted hundreds of usability tests on dozens of products and interfaces. Carol
 yn is the author of the book Paper Prototyping (she'll give away a copy at 
 this presentation) and co-author of two books on web site usability. She ha
 s a BS in Computer Science and an MBA, both of which have biased her perspe
 ctive :-). More information concerning Carolyn's consultancy is available a
 t Snyder Consulting (http://www.snyderconsulting.net ).
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080413
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 New York
LOCATION:New York, New York, USA
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like.
\nThe same program is also offered in San Fran
 cisco, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080525
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 London
LOCATION:London, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k, San Francisco, and Melbourne (Australia).
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080522
SUMMARY:NH UPA May Meeting: Sneak Peak @ Morae 3 & UserVue
LOCATION:Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:When you think of TechSmith Morae, you probably think of testin
 g things on a computer screen—like a software application or Web site. But 
 what about testing the iPhone user's experience? Could Morae speed up and s
 implify a whole range of testing methods, from paper prototyping to in-dept
 h interviews to focus groups? Could it enable unmoderated testing? The Mora
 e development team is hard at work to support all these methods and approac
 hes! In this session, we'll pull back the curtain to give you a peek at wha
 t's coming...and demonstrate specific use scenarios. We hope you can join u
 s!
\n
\nShane Lovellette, the creator of Morae and UserVue, will be here fr
 om TechSmith to give us a demo and explain the benefits of using the new ve
 rsion of Morae and UserVue for conducting, recording, observing, analyzing,
  and presenting the results of in-person and remote user research tests.
\n
 
\nSummary:
\nThe demo will cover how to: collect local and remote test ses
 sion data, observe test sessions in local and remote environments, and anal
 yze test sessions with the advanced analytical capabilities of the new v. 3
 .0 of Morae Manager (not out yet!) and UserVue. We will learn about automat
 ed and aggregated usability metric analysis, graphing and reporting, as wel
 l as creating video highlight presentations.
\n
\nFor those of you who alre
 ady use Morae and UserVue, Shane will answer any questions you have about t
 he products and give us all a demo of the new version of Morae 3. 
\n
\nAbo
 ut Shane Lovellette:
\nShane Lovellette is the product manager for Morae an
 d UserVue. Shane came to TechSmith with over eight years of management and 
 production experience in video and television.
\n
\nRSVP:
\nPlease send RSV
 Ps to info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and
  refreshments.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080622
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 San Francisco
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k City, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080727
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 Melbourne
LOCATION:Melbourne, Australia
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k City, San Francisco, and London (UK).
\n
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