Vision-based Human-Computer Interaction: Past Approaches and New Developments Presented by Ali Arya Date: Tuesday November 15, 2011 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Abstract: Using cameras to detect human motion has been a topic of research in computer vision research for decades. [...]

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UXCamp Ottawa Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011 Time: 9am – 4pm Location: University of Ottawa, Lamoureux Building, Room 122 UXCamp Ottawa is returning on November 5, 2011. If you’re interested in User Experience, this might be a great way to spend a Saturday. A bit about UXCamp: UXCamp Ottawa is for people who want to [...]

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Becoming The User: Adventures in Money and Blood Presented by Andy Maloney Date: Tuesday October 18, 2011 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: “You are not the user” is often presented as a [sometimes not-so-gentle] reminder to designers that usually you are not [...]

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Web Experience Toolkit (WET): Improving the Web through collaboration Presented by Paul Jackson, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada Date: Tuesday September 20, 2011 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: The Web Experience Toolkit (WET) is a collection of open source tools and solutions that enable web developers to create [...]

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Follow the UX Leader – Workshops on Advanced Web Practices (Vancouver) At Follow the UX Leader we believe in learning by doing.  That’s why we’ve created a series of training workshops on advanced web practices that throw out the PowerPoint paradigm and shift the learning back to the way it was when we were kids: [...]

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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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The Path to Making Drupal 7 More Accessible Presented by Mike Gifford, OpenConcept Consulting Inc Date: Tuesday May 17, 2011 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: Rapidly growing in popularity, Drupal is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that is in use within all sectors including government, business, non-profit, and civil [...]

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Presented by Dominira (Dom) Saul, Director of User Experience for Akendi Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: Governments and enterprises are delivering more and more services through non-traditional channels such as Mobile Devices and Social Networks. How will these new channels of service delivery and their accompanying [...]

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Privacy in the Design of Intimate Devices, with Adam Greenfield and Aza Raskin April 20, 2011 @ 2:00pm, Ottawa Presented by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2011/03/29/insights-on-privacy-adam-greenfield-and-aza-raskin/ What: Tech innovators Adam Greenfield (@agpublic) and Aza Raskin (@azaaza) will explore opportunities for privacy in the design of intimate devices, like smart phones, that [...]

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Follow The UX Leader Training Workshops Date: May 16th, 18th, and 19th 2011 Time: 9 – 5 pm Place: The Courtyard Restaurant, 21 George Street, Ottawa Website: http://www.followtheuxleader.com Learn cutting edge User Experience principles by doing! User Experience Training / Usability Training Information Architecture Training Web Writing Course Follow The UX Leader brings together insight, [...]

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