Université Paris-Sud is opening a new International Masters in HCI in Fall 2011, taught in English with students from around the world. Université Paris-Sud, on the outskirts of Paris, France, is opening a new International Masters program in Human-Computer Interaction this fall. All courses are taught in English, and the program includes a language class, [...]

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User Experience Designer – Ottawa, ON About j2 Global Communications: j2′s network provides value-added applications and local presence on a global basis, as well as billing in multiple currencies with multiple payment methods and customer support in more than seven languages. j2 offers a complete array of unified-messaging and communications services, including faxing and voicemail [...]

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CHI 2012 May 5-10, 2012 Austin, TX, USA       The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference on human-computer interaction.  CHI 2012 focus on the centrality of experience—from the models, theories and practical insights we need to understand and design for user experience to the irreplaceable [...]

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Seductive Interaction: The Psychology of Adoption Presented by Amanda Holtstrom, Consultant, non~linear creations Date: Tuesday June 21, 2011 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: You’re probably already familiar with design tricks to encourage the user behavior that you want — bigger buttons, color choice, font choice, and so on. There are other strategies, [...]

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