Gord gave a great presentation last night on web navigation. Gord reviewed the trends in navigation techniques being used by major web sites such as BBC, Amazon, and Air Canada. According to Gord, there is a trend away from global, fixed navigation menus towards local, context-sensitive menus that change depending on a visitor’s current location.
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- Profile of Fuel Industries in Globe and Mail
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- 2008-11-19 OSQA Meeting on Agile Testing, 7pm @ TheCodeFactory
- 2008-11-13 Global World Usability Day
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Gord Hopkins on web navigation
Published in November 14th, 2008
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Profile of Fuel Industries in Globe and Mail
Published in November 12th, 2008
Julian Dolce, the Director of Creative Technologies at Fuel Industries will be our guest speaker on Dec. 16. There is an interesting profile of Fuel Industries in the Nov. 11 2008 edition of The Globe and Mail in the “breakthrough” section.
Fairytale ending for tiny Ottawa firm
The folks at Fuel drove people to, and kept them [...]
2008-11-19: e-Commerce: Finding, Keeping and Converting Website Traffic
Published in November 12th, 2008
This eBusiness Cluster event might be of interest to the HCI community…
Date: Wednesday November 19, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: bitHeads, 1309 Carling Ave. (East side of Westgate Mall)
Cost: FREE of charge - please rsvp to mdascal@ocri.ca
Complimentary snacks and beverages will be provided.
The Ottawa eBusiness Cluster invites you to attend their monthly networking event with [...]
2008-11-13: OCRI/Macadamian Session on Software Usability, 7:30am @ Brookstreet Hotel
Published in October 29th, 2008
Posted by Andrew in Past Events
This event may be of interest to the CapCHI community…
Software Usability: Listening to the Voice of the User
OCRI and Macadamian Partnered Event - November 13, 2008
Brookstreet Hotel 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Panelists
Scott McEwen, Cognos, an IBM company
Michael Baynger, March Networks
Scott Plewes, Macadamian Software Engineering
Moderator
Lorraine Chapman, Macadamian Software Engineering
Session Overview
Software usability is about more than an [...]
2008-11-19 OSQA Meeting on Agile Testing, 7pm @ TheCodeFactory
Published in October 29th, 2008
This event might be of interest to the CapCHI community…
TITLE: Agile Testing: Practical Approaches to Quality that Get Results
DATE: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
TIME: 6:30PM Networking; 7PM-9PM Presentation
PLACE: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., 2nd floor, Ottawa (between Bank and Kent, above the Green Papaya Restaurant)
Parking is free on the street after 18h
Light supper included (please register [...]
2008-11-13 Global World Usability Day
Published in October 10th, 2008
Posted by Andrew in Past Events
This year’s theme: Transportation
World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals’ Association to ensure that services and products important to human life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, on the second Thursday of November, over 225 events are organized in over 40 countries around the [...]
2008-10-07: Kellogg Booth on Collaboration Technology @ Carleton U, Oct 7, 7:00pm
Published in September 25th, 2008
Posted by Andrew in Past Events
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 goals of mutual interest. An [...]
2008-11-13 Gord Hopkins on Designing Website Navigation Based on Top Task Management
Published in September 19th, 2008
Posted by Andrew in Past Events
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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 tasks. Customer [...]
2008-10-21: Derek Featherstone on Web Accessibility: The Next Wave
Published in September 19th, 2008
Posted by Andrew in Past Events
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 bring new technologies and solutions [...]
CapCHI removes membership and meeting fees
Published in September 17th, 2008
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.