[chisigmail] September meeting notice for SA CHI

[Karen Hughes]

When: Tuesday 30th September from 5:30 for a 5:45ish start

Title:    The art and science behind creating a great user experience

Speaker: Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft

Where: Excom - Ground Floor, North Lobby, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (corner Pulteney and Flinders Sts) (unless you hear otherwise from me closer to the date)

Parking: There is a lot of parking either on Pulteney and Flinders St or in Hindmarsh SQ 
             - its metered but generally only until 6pm (so not much money) and frees up at the right time :-)

Format: is intended to be fairly informal: drinks and nibbles on arrival

Presentation from about 5:45 followed by a discussion

Finally networking, more drinks and nibbles and dinner for those who want to continue discussions

RSVP: to Karen.hughes at saabsystems.com.au (just so I have some idea on quantity of nibbles to organise and how many to book for dinner). If you don't remember to RSVP you are still most welcome :-)

Food and nibbles: gold coin donation to cover costs or if you are able to assist in providing food or nibbles this month please let me know in your RSVP.

Dinner after the meeting: For those who are interested a table will be booked at Caffe Amore <http://www.cafeamore.com.au/home.php>  (across Pulteney St), please indicate in your RSVP if you would like to come to dinner afterwards and continue discussions (please indicate if a partner or friend will be joining you for dinner).

 

Abstract

A great user experience means more than drop shadows and rounded corners. It might end with placing elements on a screen, but user experience starts much further upstream, maybe even before requirements! In this presentation we'll discuss the elements of user experience and how to apply them. We will talk about the role user experience design plays - not just in delivering successful end products and services - but also in facilitating communication and direction within project teams. We'll cover a mix of tactical and strategic steps to improve user experience. If you could only do one thing to improve your application's UX, what would it be? (You might be surprised.) This talk focuses on practical, realistic ways to ensure your next project delivers a great user experience.

 

Bio

As a User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft, Shane Morris inspires, trains and collaborates with organisations to create great experiences for their products and services.

 

Shane has worked as a user experience designer since 1991 and is a recognised leader in the field. He has taught user-centred design techniques around the world and regularly presents and blogs on user experience, interaction design, usability, and of course what Microsoft is up to in user experience. He works with both creative and technical professionals - helping them collaborate to create services that empower, inspire and reward.

 

Shane's passion is transforming the complex and constrained into the simple and powerful. Not just because it's a valuable endeavour that empowers individuals, but because it's hard - and therefore immensely rewarding.

 

blogs.msdn.com/shanemo.

 

October Meeting details: 28th October (same time and place)

Title: New Jobs for Thinking Heads

Presenter: Prof David M W Powers, Director, AI and Language Technology Laboratories, School of CSEM, Flinders University

 

Dates for the remainder of the year:

25th November

Maybe a Christmas get together at the café across the road from Excom on 16th Dec?

 

Tentative 2009 dates (any opinions or suggestions?):

27th January

24th February

31st March

28th April

26th May

30th June

28th July

25th August

29th September

27th October

24th November

15th December Xmas show

 

Thanks
Karen Hughes
SA Representative

CHISIG
mob: +61 -4 1788 4876

 

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