ACM SIGCHI, our parent organization, is conducting a survey about local chapters and the people who participate in their events. Please read the following introduction letter and participate in the survey. Hello SIGCHI Chapter Leaders and Members, The SIGCHI Executive Committee is working to better meet the needs of its members, and especially local chapters. [...]

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Title: Applying Privacy by Design concepts to Copyright Policy presented by Sam Trosow Date: Thursday October 22, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: There is a growing convergence in the areas of copyright and privacy policies and it is becoming problematic to think of these two distinct fields in isolation. This [...]

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Anthony Whitehead on Personal Sensor Networks as Input Devices Date: Tuesday Sept. 15, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa See http://www.capchi.org/events Title: Personal Sensor Networks as Input Devices Abstract: Personal sensor networks are also known as Body Area Networks and consist of sensor placed on various parts or around the body. In [...]

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Mark McKay is starting an Ottawa Chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a professional group for Interaction Designers. It actively focuses on interaction design issues for the practitioner, no matter his or her level of experience. About IxDA http://www.ixda.org/about.php The Ottawa chapter is open for anyone to join by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/ixda-ottawa?lnk=gcimh

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The OpenUsability Season of Usability will be supporting 10 students to work on 10 open source projects during the June 1 – August 31 2009 season. The Season of Usability is a series of sponsored student projects to encourage students of usability, user-interface design, and interaction design to get involved with Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS) projects. [...]

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This event may be of interest to the CapCHI community… Maven – How to automate Java building, testing and version management with open source tools SPEAKER: Erik Putrycz, Apption Software DATE: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 TIME: 6:30PM Networking; 7PM-9PM Presentation PLACE: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., 2nd floor, Ottawa (between Bank and Kent, above the Green [...]

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Workshop on Real World Accessibility for Ajax and Web Apps Presented by Derek Featherstone June 15, 2009 Ottawa, Ontario http://furtherahead.com/workshops/ottawa2009/ Your reputation—and the reputation of your agency or company—depends on bulletproof, functionally elegant web apps that will work now and in the future. Using your application shouldn’t frustrate users; their experience, regardless of who they [...]

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Creating Customer-Centric and Recession-Proof Websites 2009 Masterclass series presented by Gerry McGovern, World-renowned Web content and usability expert Ottawa – Monday May 25 Toronto – Tuesday May 26 Vancouver – Thursday May 28 Edmonton – Friday May 29 Gerry McGovern will be returning to Canada in May with an updated version of the Masterclass that [...]

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CapCHI Meeting: CHIStuds & AGM, June 24, 7pm @ TheCodeFactory Date: Wed. June 24, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa The next CapCHI meeting will be held Wed. June 24, 7-9pm at TheCodeFactory. Our last session of the season will begin with our annual general meeting in which we briefly reviewed the [...]

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Lorraine Chapman on Using Research to Create Software Users Love Date: Tuesday May 19, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa See http://www.capchi.org/events Title:  “Using Research to Create Software Users Love”. Abstract: Wonder why so many software products/projects fail? Want to do something to increase your success rate? This presentation focuses on applying [...]

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