[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Rod Farmer - Challenges Designing Mobile User Experiences

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ...


PRESENTER: Dr. Rod Farmer

TITLE: Challenges Designing Mobile User Experiences

VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,  
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Friday 14 Nov 2008, 3-4 pm


ABSTRACT:
The greatest challenge in developing valued mobile users experiences is  
the mobile industry itself. The lack of standardisation, proprietary  
innovations, and difficult partner relationships have led to massive  
fragmentation amongst the industry's biggest players - handset  
manufacturers, network operators, software platform providers and chipset  
suppliers. Despite advances made in better understanding end-user  
behaviour and needs, designers of mobile user experiences must continually  
assault an almost insurmountable climb of commercial compromises and  
technological perils.

This presentation provides a cursory overview of several mobile design  
issues which limit about ability to ability to move beyond the lowest  
common denominator in our designs.

BIO:
Dr Rod Farmer is an Honorary Fellow at the Department of Information  
Systems, University of Melbourne, and is an associate of the Interaction  
Design Group. He currently works within the Australian Telecommunications  
industry, specialising in mobile user experience and research-driven  
product innovation.


Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.htm

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate
Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne