CapCHI folks may be interested in this event. Please RSVP to Carleton U using the instructions below. COGNOS Innovation Lecture: Collaborating on, with, and about Technology Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. 5050 Minto Building, Carleton University Collaboration technology is the hardware, software, and social processes that support people working together to accomplish [...]

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Date: November 13, 2008 World Usability Day Time: 7:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Learn how to apply best-practices in contextual navigation strategies to increase productivity, conversions and engagement. Gord Hopkins, from Neo Insight (Customer Carewords partner with Gerry McGovern), will discuss how a well-designed, context-sensitive navigation scheme can help customers quickly accomplish their [...]

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Date: Oct. 21, 2008 Time: 7:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Presenter: Derek Featherstone Topic: Accessibility: The Next Wave Abstract: For 10 years, we’ve seen continued improvement in web accessbility — both from an awareness and technique perspective. But the web does not stand still. It evolves. It grows. And, its workers innovate to [...]

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Job Title – UI Specialist Company Name – McAfee URL – www.Mcafee.com Location – Sunnyvale, California McAfee® is the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to browse and shop the web securely. With our unmatched security expertise [...]

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This year, we are experimenting with removing our membership and meeting fees. Instead, we will fund our meeting costs from our existing funds. So, come on out to whatever meetings interest you.

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Dec. 16, 2008, 7:00pm @ The Code Factory Speaker: Julian Dolce, Director of Creative Technologies, Fuel Industries Flash CS4: A Guided Tour Join Julian as he takes you through a guided tour of all the new features in Flash CS4. From Pixel Bender Shader Language, new 3D transformations, to the new Sound and Drawing API’s, [...]

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Job Title – Sr. Visual Designer Company Name – McAfee URL – www.Mcafee.com Location – Sunnyvale, California McAfee® is the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to browse and shop the web securely. With our unmatched security [...]

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Here is an interesting article from the Google blog about continuous, microscopic usability testing. Search experiments, large and small We figure out what works by running experiments – tiny tests for a small number of users which help us determine whether that feature helps or hurts. Experimentation is a very powerful tool, and we use [...]

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CapCHI sponsored Alain Forget to attend CHI in Florence this year and to compete in the CHI 2008 Student Design Competition. Alain came within a hair’s breadth of ‘standing on the podium’ with his design. We congratulation Alain for his achievement and thank him heartily for giving back to CapCHI on three different occasions thereafter [...]

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