Title: Surviving and thriving as a UX professional in an Agile development organization
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Abstract:
Over the last decade, the Agile movement has been sweeping the world of software development by storm. Agile is more than a methodology – it’s a mindset that emphasizes cross-functional teamwork over [...]

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Title: Bringing the social web to Government – An inside out approach
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Abstract:
This case study will provide a rare look behind the firewall at one of the most ambitious and exciting initiatives to come out of Canada this year. GCPEDIA, an open wiki for collaboration [...]

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IGDA Ottawa (International Game Developers Association) is pleased to announce a round tables event — we have 5 topics for you to choose from!
Time to have a real sit-down chat with other members of the community and maybe teach them a thing or two in the process.
Everyone interested in the gaming community of Ottawa is [...]

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Title: Being Human is NOT Quantifiable
Date: Tuesday February16th, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Abstract:
Technology has taken much of our humanity.  Hard data and quantitative measurement while important have begun in many ways to dominate the choices we make in both business and government.  And yet, we are trying to communicate through design and [...]

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Title: User-Centred Design: A Cultural Challenge
Date: Tuesday January19th, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
CapCHI Presentation Jan 2010c
Abstract:
The quality of interactive experience with technology is produced in a particular cultural context and only determined or evaluated in the context of use. Incorporation of cultural factors in design thinking and design processes is critical to achieve [...]

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Junior Developer — Momentous
Are you a junior developer eager to get your foot in the door in a thriving company? Momentous is looking for enthusiastic technical resources who are passionate about web development. Your strong creative and technical background will help you excel in this position. You will work as part of a Development [...]

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Quality Assurance Analyst
Working with the Zip.ca Development Team, the candidate will focus on developing and deploying both automated and manual test plans to improve the quality and reliability of Zip.ca and related services.
Key Responsibilities:

Design, document, develop and deploy new test plans / test cases for web applications written in ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server
Automate new [...]

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We’re looking for an accomplished user interface engineer to join our company in Ithaca, New York. This is a newly-created position: you will have the opportunity to help define your role, but it will definitely include designing, evaluating and implementing interfaces as well as advocating for the user perspective.
Our users vary widely. CodeSonar and CodeSurfer [...]

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Design Manager (User Experience) – Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Research In Motion Limited® (RIM)® is a world leader in the mobile communications market and has a history of developing breakthrough wireless solutions. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies is used by thousands of organizations around the world and includes the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the [...]

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Akendi Ottawa is looking for someone who is:

Passionate about creating world-class customer and user experiences?
Looking for an opportunity to shape the direction of the company?
Entrepreneurial, flexible and eager to grow the business?

You have:

10+ years of experience in the HCI field
The gift to inspire a team of design and research professionals
A client focus, every time, all [...]

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