From eleanor at symplicit.com.au Tue Nov 3 17:51:59 2009 From: eleanor at symplicit.com.au (Eleanor Tan) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:51:59 +1100 Subject: [chisigmail] Vic CHISIG: Next event Thursday 12 November 2009 - World Usability Day Message-ID: <009301ca5cd8$4171d170$c4557450$@com.au> Hi everyone, We're pleased to announce Vic CHISIG's activities for this year's World Usability Day. World Usability Day 2009 is about approaching design from cradle to cradle; coming from a user-centric perspective and looking beyond form and function, to exploring the impact design has on our world. In keeping with this year's theme of "Designing for a Sustainable World", Brenda Kingston of Advanced Environmental and David Bird of Vision Design will be presenting their design approach of incorporating usable controls and interfaces in integrated sustainable design solutions. Brenda and David will be drawing upon a number of case studies including the WSP Lincolne Scott fit-out at 246 Bourke Street Melbourne. The presentation will then follow with a tour of the building fit-out. WSP Lincolne Scott is an internationally recognised pathmaker in environmental building services, employing the very best people, from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, to ensure that each project delivers its promise of leadership, innovation and engineering excellence. Some of their benchmark projects include Southern Cross Station and the Melbourne Convention Centre. When? Thursday 12 November, 5.30pm Where? Level 5, Midtown Tower, 246 Bourke Street, Melbourne Who? Anyone who is interested in the impact design has on our world Why? Learn what all the fuss is about at www.worldusabilityday.org Cost? Gold coin donation More information available at: http://www.worldusabilityday.org/en/vic-chisig-wsp-lincolne-scott-case-studi es-tour We hope to see you there! Cheers Eleanor (on behalf of Vic CHISIG) Eleanor Tan Senior Experience Designer, Symplicit Pty Ltd Mobile: 0412 786 855 Email: eleanor at symplicit.com.au Symplicit Pty Ltd Melbourne's Leading User Experience Consultancy Level 1, Suite 103, 757 Bourke Street, Docklands VIC 3008 Phone: 03 9670 3385 Fax: 03 9670 3395 Web: www.symplicit.com.au Follow us on Twitter: @symplicit This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential or copyright information, and may be subject to professional privilege. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to this email to notify the sender of its incorrect delivery, and then delete both it and your reply. Thank you. From m.foth at qut.edu.au Tue Nov 3 18:17:25 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:17:25 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] OZCHI 2009 24 Hour Design Challenge in Melbourne - registration is now open Message-ID: <1C2A3BCE-FD4E-44DD-9053-10874245F9D6@qut.edu.au> Are you currently enrolled as a student at a university or other institution of higher education? Are you planning to attend OZCHI 2009? If yes, this is your chance to participate in the first ever student design challenge to be held at Australia's premier conference for human-computer interaction. The challenge will take place in Melbourne on 23-24 November 2009, preceding the main OZCHI 2009 conference. Teams will have 24 hours to develop a concept that envisions innovative use of mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies. The design brief will be announced on-site on 23 November. The top two entries earn a Certificate of Recognition and prizes sponsored by our industry partners (this includes books, hardware and software). For more information and registration visit > http://www.ozchi.org/24 or email the OZCHI challenge chairs at sdc at ozchi.org We hope to see you in Melbourne! Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, Jeremy Yuille (OZCHI challenge chairs) ------- The first round of the OZCHI 2009 student design challenge was held on 12-13 September 2009. The winning entries of this round are online at: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/24/onlinechallenge_winners.html Anyone can participate in the second round, i.e. it is not a condition to have participated in the first round. From mitchm at hiser.com.au Sun Nov 8 20:32:27 2009 From: mitchm at hiser.com.au (Malek, Mitch (Hiser)) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:02:27 +1030 Subject: [chisigmail] REMINDER** Vic CHISIG: Next event this Thursday 12 November 2009 -World Usability Day tour of WSP Lincolne Scott and design talk In-Reply-To: <009301ca5cd8$4171d170$c4557450$@com.au> References: <009301ca5cd8$4171d170$c4557450$@com.au> Message-ID: <576EE91CBA338A498A6E1C528A765D790F684D@ADLEX01.ap.serco.com> Hi again everyone, This is a reminder about this Thursday's World Usability Day event and some extra details: Meeting point: WSP Lincolne Scott. Midtown Tower, 246 Bourke Street, Melbourne. There is a secure lift at 5.30pm, so best to meet in the Ground floor lobby (entrance adjacent the tram stop on Bourke Street), and we will escort people up from there. We will have a CHISIG sign, or just look for the group milling around. Please RSVP so we know who to expect or wait for. Duration: The talk and tour should take about an hour. As per Elle's original email, here are the rest of the event details: We're pleased to announce Vic CHISIG's activities for this year's World Usability Day. World Usability Day 2009 is about approaching design from cradle to cradle; coming from a user-centric perspective and looking beyond form and function, to exploring the impact design has on our world. In keeping with this year's theme of "Designing for a Sustainable World", Brenda Kingston of Advanced Environmental and David Bird of Vision Design will be presenting their design approach of incorporating usable controls and interfaces in integrated sustainable design solutions. Brenda and David will be drawing upon a number of case studies including the WSP Lincolne Scott fit-out at 246 Bourke Street Melbourne. The presentation will then follow with a tour of the building fit-out. WSP Lincolne Scott is an internationally recognised pathmaker in environmental building services, employing the very best people, from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, to ensure that each project delivers its promise of leadership, innovation and engineering excellence. Some of their benchmark projects include Southern Cross Station and the Melbourne Convention Centre. When? Thursday 12 November, 5.30pm Where? Level 5, Midtown Tower, 246 Bourke Street, Melbourne Who? Anyone who is interested in the impact design has on our world Why? Learn what all the fuss is about at www.worldusabilityday.org Cost? Gold coin donation More information available at: World Usability Day We hope to see you there! 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URL: From gregr at hiser.com.au Mon Nov 9 20:13:03 2009 From: gregr at hiser.com.au (Ralph, Greg (Hiser)) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:43:03 +1030 Subject: [chisigmail] Call for industry panelists: OZCHI Industry Day Message-ID: <576EE91CBA338A498A6E1C528A765D790F68B0@ADLEX01.ap.serco.com> CALL FOR INDUSTRY PANELISTS: OZCHI INDUSTRY DAY We are running a combined Industry/Academic panel entitled "Design and Design Process" at OZCHI. * The full abstract is below. * The panel is on the afternoon of Industry Day (Thursday 26th November) in Melbourne. What we're looking for Are you an HCI/UX practitioner who was trained in another design discipline (architecture, industrial design, film, visual design etc.)? * We are looking for 1-2 industry panelists who can talk about how (or whether) their training and methods from their original discipline apply to their practice of HCI. * Alternatively, perhaps you have come from a more science-oriented discipline like software engineering, psychology or library science. o How has your training and processes translated to HCI? o How have you reconciled engineering and design in your HCI practice? Who to contact If you are interested in participating in this panel, please contact Owen Hodda at owenhodda at gmail.com Get in touch - it should be a fun (and more importantly educational) highlight of Industry Day at OZCHI. (Just a note, CHISIG regulations mean we can't help with expenses/conference registration. Sorry) Abstract "Design and Design Process" What is the balance between creating something in a stroke of genius, and following tried & proven methods and processes? In many industries there exists a tension between the designer who relies on their instinct and intuition to solve a problem and those who rely only on a predetermined sequence of steps to ensure that all necessary aspects have been explored. This panel will look at whether there is a difference between these two styles of design in user experience. For students of experience design: o Is it necessary to have that creative 'flair' to develop a good design? o Or can students be taught to follow a known sequence of research, design and validation and be ensured of ending with a design that people want to use? o Where should priorities be placed during training to ensure design students graduate with the required skills to be able to develop meaningful designs? o Should students be assessed on the final product they submit, or on the process they followed to get there? In many other industries, the same tension exists: o Can you be good architect if you have a grand vision - but no understanding of building materials or traffic flows? o Can you be a good photographer by understanding and controlling light, film type and aperture - but possessing little visual flair? By bringing together practitioners from multiple industries, this panel will explore the tension between these two design approaches within these industries - as well as how other industries manage these differences. User experience designers will be able to hear how others before them have handled these questions, and what areas of study served them best once they entered the workforce. ***Disclaimer*** This email and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged material and/or material subject to copyright; it is for the intended addressee(s) only. If you are not a named addressee you shall not use, retain or disclose such information. The views expressed in this email are those of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of The Hiser Group or its parent company, Serco Group Pty Ltd. Nothing in this email shall bind Hiser or Serco in any contract or obligation. 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URL: From Cecile.Paris at csiro.au Wed Nov 11 05:12:51 2009 From: Cecile.Paris at csiro.au (Cecile.Paris at csiro.au) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:12:51 +1100 Subject: [chisigmail] FW: Final Program for World Usability Day 2009 Message-ID: <1E24F8498F299B4986C854A8884724404A89FD3D@EXNSW-MBX01.nexus.csiro.au> CHISIG is pleased to be part of World Usability Day 2009 in Sydney. I hope you can come to the event. Kind regards Cecile Paris CHISIG Chair ________________________________ From: UPA Sydney [mailto:newsletter at upasydney.org] Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 8:48 PM To: Paris, Cecile (ICT Centre, Marsfield) Subject: Final Program for World Usability Day 2009 Happy World Usability Day 2009 - Thursday 12 November! Just a reminder to join UPA Sydney tomorrow as we continue the tradition and celebrate the 5th annual event. When: Thursday 12 November - beginning at 3pm Where: The Blacket Hotel, Level 3, 70 King Street (corner of King & George) in the Sydney CBD Entry to the event is free. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be provided, thanks to sponsorship from Westpac & CHISIG. We have a great line-up of short talks, interactive sessions and discussion as follows: 4.00pm - Grant Young - Usability in a sustainable future 4.30pm - Grant Young - Ethnographic and contextual inquiry research techniques can provide valuable insights that inform sustainable practice and communications 5.00pm - Digital Eskimo - topic to be confirmed 5.30pm - Nerida Hart - Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources On-line (AANRO) 6.00pm - Oliver Weidlich - Mobile in Developing Countries: Circumstance, Culture, Conditions & Constraints 6.30pm - Suze Ingram - Sustainability & Service Design 7.00pm - Panel discussion on user-centred design tools and techniques that maximise efficiency / sustainability (panel: Chris Khalil, James Breeze, Susan Wolfe) 7:45pm - Dean Wood - Websites that help consumers understand their energy / resource usage & foster sustainable living (usability evaluation) 8:15pm - Closing and the 'Story of stuff' We hope to see you there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA). World Usability Day aims to raise awareness and change how products, services and technologies are developed. World Usability Day promotes the development of reliable, easy-to-use technology to serve people in all aspects of their lives, including education, health, government, privacy, communications, work and leisure. This email was sent by newsletter, UPA Sydney, Level 12, 213 Miller Street, North Sydney, Australia to cecile.paris at csiro.au Unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.foth at qut.edu.au Thu Nov 12 19:07:26 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:07:26 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] new iPhone app: DispoMaps Message-ID: Hi all please try DispoMaps, a new iPhone app developed by Jan Seeburger, one of our most brilliant PhD candidates. Simple scenario: If you meet someone, and you're on your way, but running late, the other person can see that you're say, stuck in traffic, until you get there. Then you can dispose of your map. DispoMaps allows you to share your location with others, temporarily and anonymously. So it's very different from Google Latitude. No need to register, and the other person doesn't need to have the app. More information: http://www.urbaninformatics.net/blog/?page_id=448 Download via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/dispomaps/id333206421 Feedback appreciated: dispomaps at urbaninformatics.net thanks cheers, marcus -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Nov 15 19:42:53 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:42:53 +1100 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: PhD Confirmation Seminar: Community Negotiated Game Rules In Online Multiplayer Games Message-ID: <0497F75F4B7A9F41B407AD72411ADBAD058C41E0@IS-EX-BEV1.unimelb.edu.au> (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an Interaction Design Group seminar. PRESENTER: Mitchell Owen Harrop, Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne TITLE: PhD Confirmation Seminar: Community Negotiated Game Rules In Online Multiplayer Games VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 20 Nov 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: Remember when you were a little kid and you played a game with your friends where you chased each other? Sometimes you'd feel someone wasn't playing fairly (they ran out of bounds, they climbed a tree, they hid, they kicked you in the shins) and a huge debate/riot would ensue about what rules to play by. Sometimes the riot was half the fun. Well, I'm here to tell you that half of the fun also happens in online multiplayer games today. There are programmed rules, there are rules at a social level and sometimes programmers change which are which through the magic of engineering. The aim of this project is to investigate the nature of these rules and how people bring them into play within computer mediated environments. Of particular interest is the role of rules in the ongoing design process of games. We'll be running through the design of three studies which aim to get this done. Mitchell also does stuff on iFish: http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/jonmp/projects/iFISH/rFISH/runifi sh.html, http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/jonmp/projects/iFISH/ BIO: Mitchell Owen Harrop is a PhD candidate with the Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Research/InteractionDesign/seminars.htm l -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au