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2010-03-02 IGDA Ottawa Gaming Community RoundTables Event

Published in February 16th, 2010
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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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2010-02-16 Jeff Parks on “Being Human is NOT Quantifiable”

Published in February 9th, 2010
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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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2010-01-19 Michelle Gauthier on User-Centred Design, A Cultural Challenge

Published in January 7th, 2010
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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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2009-12-15 Stacey Scott on Tabletop Interfaces

Published in December 7th, 2009
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Title: Next Generation Digital Tabletop Interfaces: Moving Beyond Photosharing
Date: Tuesday Dec 15th, 2009
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Abstract:
Even before Microsoft announced the Surface system in 2007, the Human-Computer Interaction community was actively researching digital tabletop technologies since Pierre Wellner proposed the DigitalDesk in 1991. Yet only very recent and emerging hardware and software advances [...]

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2009-11-17 Tara Whalen on Security Interfaces in Web Browsers

Published in November 12th, 2009
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Title: Browser Interfaces and Extended Validation SSL Certificates
Date: Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Abstract
Secure socket layer (SSL) certificates have been deployed to provide security for web-based transactions, which allow information to be transmitted securely as well as provide information about the party a user is transacting with. There has been a [...]

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2009-11-12 World Usability Day – Ottawa

Published in October 13th, 2009
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Designing for a Sustainable World.
Time and Date: Thursday Nov. 12, 2009, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: The Code Factory, 246 Queen St., 2nd Floor, Ottawa
Organizers: Macadamian, Akendi, CapCHI
The global theme for World Usability Day 2009 is how our products and services impact our world. Let World Usability Day 2009 be your impetus to create greater awareness for designs, [...]

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2009-10-22 Sam Trosow

Published in September 8th, 2009
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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 discussion will focus on the [...]

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2009-09-15 Anthony Whitehead on Personal Sensor Networks as Input Devices, 6pm @ TheCodeFactory

Published in August 26th, 2009
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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 this talk we look at [...]

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2009-05-20 Maven – How to automate Java building, testing and version management with open source tools

Published in May 13th, 2009
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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 Papaya Restaurant)
COST: $10.00, free for [...]

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2009-06-15 Workshop on Real World Accessibility for Ajax and Web Apps

Published in April 21st, 2009
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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 are, should be effortless.
Want a [...]

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