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2010-06-16 OSQA Talk: Quick and Agile User Feedback Methods
Quick and Agile User Feedback Methods
NOTE: NEW LOCATION!
DATE: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
TIME: 6:30PM Networking; 7PM-9PM Presentation
PLACE: Carleton University, University Centre, Room 279
University Centre, is next to Parking Lot 2, and contains the bookstore, etc.
Room 376 is on the third floor.
Please refer to map: http://osqa.org/map.asp
COST: $10.00, free for members
TO REGISTER: send an e-mail to suggestions@osqa.org with [...]
2010-06-24 HCI Design Challenge and AGM
Date: Thursday June 24, 2010 (NOTE: New Date!)
Time: 6:00pm
Place: Clocktower Brew Pub, 575 Bank Street, Ottawa (NOTE: New Location!)
See http://www.capchi.org/events
Our last session of the season will begin with our Annual General Meeting in which we briefly reviewed the activities and finances from this year, and make plans for next year (including election to the Officers). [...]
2010-05-18 CHIlights and CHIstuds
Date: Tuesday May 18, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
CHIlights will feature highlights from the CHI 2010 conference and other conferences. Members from the CapCHI community will present their own personal views of recent HCI-related conferences, including highlights, lowlights, trends, observations and photos.
CHIstuds will feature brief presentations highlighting student projects and research from the [...]
2010-04-20 Dmitry Nekrasovski on “Surviving and thriving as a UX professional in an Agile development organization”
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
New: Slides can be found here… http://slidesha.re/b5tdE7
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 [...]
2010-03-16 Thom Kearney on “Bringing the social web to Government”
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 [...]
2010-03-02 IGDA Ottawa Gaming Community RoundTables Event
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 [...]
2010-02-16 Jeff Parks on “Being Human is NOT Quantifiable”
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 [...]
CapCHI Student Research Travel Supplement for CHI 2010 Competition
The CHI 2010 conference (April 10-15 in Atlanta) is hosting a Student Research Competition, and CapCHI is please to announce a prize supplement for local student researchers.
The Student Research Competition is a forum for undergraduates and graduate students to share their research results, exchange ideas, and improve their communication skills while competing for prizes at [...]
2010-01-19 Michelle Gauthier on User-Centred Design, A Cultural Challenge
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 [...]
2009-12-15 Stacey Scott on Tabletop Interfaces
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 [...]
2009-11-17 Tara Whalen on Security Interfaces in Web Browsers
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 [...]
2010-05-31 Graphics Interface Conference
Graphics Interface 2010 will take place in Ottawa, Ontario from May 31 to June 2. GI 2010 will be the 36th Graphics Interface conference; it is the oldest continuously-scheduled conference in the field. GI consistently attracts high-quality papers on recent advances in interactive systems, human computer interaction, and graphics, from around the world.
Graphics Interface 2010 [...]
2009-11-12 World Usability Day – Ottawa
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, [...]
2009-10-22 Sam Trosow
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 [...]
2009-09-15 Anthony Whitehead on Personal Sensor Networks as Input Devices, 6pm @ TheCodeFactory
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 [...]
2009-05-20 Maven – How to automate Java building, testing and version management with open source tools
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 [...]
2009-06-15 Workshop on Real World Accessibility for Ajax and Web Apps
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 [...]
2009-05-25 Creating Customer-Centric and Recession-Proof Websites
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 sold out the last two times in Ottawa. [...]
2009-06-25 ToRCHI and Toronto IxDA Advanced Workshop
FYI…
Advanced workshop presented by ToRCHI and Toronto IxDA
Workshop leaders: Carol Righi and Janice James
Workshop topic: Deep dive on selected topics in IA and UX
DATE: Thursday, June 25th, 2009
DURATION: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Networking lunch will follow.
LOCATION: Downtown Toronto, venue TBA
COST: $100 for people also registered for the 1-day course.
$250 for people registering for the advanced workshop only.
For [...]
2009-06-24 TorCHI and Toronto IxDA Course
FYI…
One-day course presented by ToRCHI and Toronto IxDA
Carol Righi and Janice James present two of their most popular courses on user experience (UX)design and information architecture (IA) for web sites and applications.
DATE: Wednesday, June 24
TIME: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with registration starting at 8:30 AM
LOCATION: Downtown Toronto > Ryerson University > International Living Learning [...]
2009-06-24 CHIStuds 2009 and AGM
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 activities and finances from this [...]
2009-05-19 Lorraine Chapman on Using Research to Create Software Users Love
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 appropriate user research to your [...]
2009-04-21 CHILights
Highlights from the CHI 2009 conference and other conferences.
Date: Tuesday April 21, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
See http://www.capchi.org/events
Members from the CapCHI community will present their own personal views of recent HCI-related conferences, including highlights, lowlights, trends, observations and photos.
Most notable will be highlights from CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, [...]
2009-03-17 Mark McKay on Accessible Interface Design
Accessible Interface Design: tips, patterns and concepts to making accessible web applications
Presented by Mark McKay
Date: Tuesday March 17, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
There are a lot of places where you can learn about the standards but there is almost no information on how best to apply them. This article tries to fill the [...]
2009-02-17 Pippin Barr and Rilla Khaled on Cultures in Games and Games in Cultures
Pippin Barr and Rilla Khaled on
Cultures in Games and Games in Cultures
Date: February 17, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa
Title: Cultures in Games and Games in Cultures
Abstract: Much has been made of the cultures surrounding video game play, but less work has examined the nature of the cultures within them, or of games as [...]
2009-01-21 E-Business Cluster Event on Web 2.0
This event might be of interest…
eBC Presents: 2 Years in Web 2.0 Land – What I Learned
Wednesday January 21, 2009
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
bitHeads, 1309 Carling Ave. (East side of Westgate Mall)
Registration:
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 [...]
2008-11-19: e-Commerce: Finding, Keeping and Converting Website Traffic
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
2008-12-16 Julian Dolce on Flash CS4: A Guided Tour
Dec. 16, 2008, 7:00pm @ The Code Factory
Speaker: Julian Dolce, Director of Creative Technologies, Fuel Industries
Flash CS4: A Guided Tour
Join Julian as he takes you through a guided tour of all the new features in Flash CS4. From Pixel Bender Shader Language, new 3D transformations, to the new Sound and Drawing API’s, Julian will explore [...]
2008-09-16 Identity Theft
Protecting the Data Double: A case study of Identity Theft
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: The Code Factory (http://www.thecodefactory.ca/)
Abstract:
This paper analyses how major institutions are publicly responding to the crime of identity theft. It concentrates on how individuals are encouraged to responsibilize themselves against this potentiality, and what they should do in the event [...]
CapCHI is on summer break for July and August!
CapCHI is on summer break for July and August! Look for our Next Meeting in September 2008…
Meeting – February 26, 2008 at Corel
Rome, Sweet Rome: Ancient Lessons in Design
Presented by Jennifer Fraser
Date: Tuesday February 26, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: Corel NOTE LOCATION!
Abstract
Vitruvius, the first Roman Architect to write about architecture, asserted that any well-designed building must exhibit the three qualities of “firmitas, utilitas, venustas” or be durable, useful and beautiful. Can these same three tenets [...]
Meeting – February 12, 2008 at BitHeads
The CRC/NRC Virtual Classroom Program
Presented by John Spence, Martin Brooks, & Bruno Emond
Date: Tuesday February 12, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: bitHeads, Inc.
Sponsored by Design Interpretive!
Abstract
The virtual classroom program is managed by the Communication Research Centre in Ottawa and the Institute for Information Technology (National Research Council Canada). The program consists of a series of [...]
Meeting – March 3, 2008 at BitHeads
Early Childhood Learning, Cultural Play, and Open License Children’s Music with Songchild.org
Presented by Jason Nolan and Danny Bakan
Date: Monday March 03, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: bitHeads, Inc.
Sponsored by Design Interpretive!
Abstract
Songchild is a wiki-based collaboration between a scholar and a professional musician (Danny Bakan) that seeks to re-infuse the folk element back into children’s music. [...]
World Usability Day 2007 in Ottawa
Join us on Thursday November 8th at the RA Centre for the World Usability Day 2007 activities in Ottawa! This year’s theme is Healthcare.The event in Ottawa will include a Usability in Healthcare Showcase in the morning, and a Usability Exhibition and Live Usability Testing demos in the afternoon. CapCHI will be participating as an [...]