Date: June 21, 2013
Location: The River Building, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

All professional members of CapCHI, CPRS, GDC, IABC, RGD, PPPC are being can receive a $150 discount.

More information about what David’s presenting: http://www.davidberman.com/web-accessibility

More info on David Berman: http://www.davidberman.com/about

Toronto, ON, Canada 26 April – 1 May 2014

The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference on human-computer interaction. CHI 2014 is a celebration of the conference’s one of a kind diversity; from the broad range of backgrounds of its attendees, to the diverse spectrum of communities and fields which the conference and its research have an impact on. CHI 2014 will take place in Toronto, Canada, a city itself known for its one of a kind cultural diversity.

chi2014.acm.org

 
CapCHI is proud to present a full-day workshop, featuring Josh Clark!

Date: Friday June 21st, 2013
Time: doors open at 8:30 am; workshop begins at 9:00 am
Place: Radisson Hotel Ottawa Parliament Hill (meeting room TBD), 402 Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario KIR 5A7, Canada, LAT: 45.417796 LONG: -75.7067.

Josh Clark

Workshop Description

From first concept to polished pixel, learn to create mobile apps and websites that delight. The workshop explores the practical principles of mobile and touchscreen design, teaching you to “think mobile” by planning and creating app interfaces in tune with the psychology and ergonomics of an audience on the go. Through a day of hands-on exercises, you’ll learn to conceive and refine an app’s interface and user experience in tune with the needs of a mobile audience… and their fingers and thumbs.

Who it’s for: This workshop isn’t (only) for geeks. The workshop’s interdisciplinary approach is appropriate for everyone involved in the mobile design process: designers, programmers, managers, marketers, clients. The workshop takes a hands-on approach to intermediate and advanced design concepts but requires no specific technical know-how. Experienced designers and newcomers alike will uncover the shifts in mindset and technique required to craft a great mobile app.

What you’ll learn: The workshop will equip you to ask the right questions (and find the right answers) to make aesthetic, technical, and usability decisions that will make your apps a pleasure to use. You’ll learn:

• The expectations of a mobile audience
• The ergonomic demands of designing for touch
• How to cope with the reduced real estate left in the wake of giant touch targets
• Unique considerations for designing for tablets
• Emerging gesture conventions and design patterns for both apps and web
• How to make gestures discoverable by educating users with contextual cues
• Designing for sensors, the superpowers of mobile devices

Agenda

• 8:30 – 9:00: Registration
• 9:00 – 10:30: The mobile landscape
• 10:30 – 10:45: Break
• 10:45 – 12:30: Designing for touch
• 12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
• 1:30 – 3:00: Gestures and touch-specific UI innovations
• 3:00 – 3:15 Break
• 3:15 – 5:00: Beyond the screen: designing for mobile sensors
• 5:00 – 5:30: Wrap-up!

As you can see, the day is divided into four content chapters, and each will include exercises to explore and discuss the concepts for each section.

About Josh Clark

Josh Clark is a designer specializing in mobile design, strategy, and user experience. He’s author of “Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps” (O’Reilly, 2010) and “Best iPhone Apps” (O’Reilly, 2009). Josh’s agency Global Moxie offers design services, strategic consulting, and training to help creative organizations build tapworthy mobile apps and responsive websites. His clients include AOL, Time Inc, eBay, and many others.

Before the internet swallowed him up, Josh was a management consultant at Monitor Group in Cambridge, Mass, and before that, a producer of national PBS programs at Boston’s WGBH. He shared his three words of Russian with Mikhail Gorbachev, strolled the ranch with Nancy Reagan, hobnobbed with Rockefellers, and wrote trivia questions for a primetime game show. In 1996, he created the uberpopular “Couch-to-5K” (C25K) running program, which has helped millions of skeptical would-be exercisers take up jogging. (His motto is the same for fitness as it is for software user experience: no pain, no pain.)

Registration

Take advantage of the Early Bird pricing (until June 7th at 11:59pm), and seating is limited! All attendees will receive a free electronic copy of Tapworthy. Lunch, plus morning and afternoon snacks will also be provided!

• Regular Ticket: $375.00 (Early Bird); $475.00 (after June 7th or until tickets are sold out)
• Student Ticket: $110.00 (Early Bird); $160.00 (after June 7th or until tickets are sold out). Students must present an active Student ID in their name when signing in at event to qualify!

CapCHI (www.capchi.org) is a social and professional society of people who work as user interface designers, researchers, educators, software developers, web designers, graphic designers and human factors engineers in and around Canada’s National Capital Region. Founded in 1991, CapCHI’s goal is to bring together local professionals interested in how humans and computers interact, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

• Follow us on Twitter @CapCHIOttawa.
• Find us on Facebook.
• Connect with us on LinkedIn.

CapCHI will be hosting our next event at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill! Graduate students will be presenting their work and ideas in a run up to their thesis defence and seeking input from other HCI practitioners. Each presentation will be approximately 12 minutes long with 3-5 for questions and answers.

Date: Tuesday May 21st, 2013
Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm
Place: The upstairs room at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill, located at 283 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada (foxandfeather.ca).

Abstracts & Bios

1. Chris Burt is a 1st-year MASc of HCI student at Carleton. He completed his Bachelor’s of IT in Interactive Media at Carleton and stuck around for more. He hopes that his research will lead to unique opportunities in the games industry.

Chris’ research is towards augmenting exercise-based video games with an adaptivity engine that can dynamically manage the level of challenge. This is a sophisticated issue in exergames because of the dual objectives of fun and fitness, which can sometimes conflict. The project is currently in the planning stage, so related work and how it will be built upon will be presented. Namely, Chris will describe his supervisor’s prior research with full-body motion control, as well as applicable methods from literature for managing game challenge using a data model of the player experience.

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2. Vanessa Boothroyd is a second year student in the HCI master’s program at Carleton. She has a bachelor’s in psychology and is looking into user perception of online risk for her thesis. Her primary interests are in user research and user experience design, although anything relating to how people think fascinates her.

Vanessa’s presentation will be on current progress in her thesis topic, older and younger adults’ perception of online risk. She will discuss why and how she conducted the study and communicate preliminary results. Vanessa would love feedback on what HCI professionals think of the results, and how they can be applied.

The purpose of this study is to determine what people already do and know in terms of online risk. Fifteen younger adults and fifteen older adults were interviewed to determine differences in how they perceive online risk and the resulting differences in security behaviours between the two groups. The research team will also look into the role other demographics may play in predicting these users’ perception of online risk and security behaviours. The thirty-one interviews are complete, and transcription and analysis is ongoing. Preliminary results indicate that only the oldest of the older adults (over age 85) perceive risk significantly differently than the other participants. Personal interest in computing, education, and experience may be the strongest predictors of users’ risk perception.

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3. Luke Stephenson has worked closely with technology and computers for over 18 years. Currently he is pursuing a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction at Carleton. Luke is interested in public accessibility of technology based solutions and focus on ways to broadly increase technology access by creating powerful tools for designers and developers.

This work introduces a novel networking protocol, distributed multimodal interaction protocol (DMIP) designed to alleviate development effort by providing a standard method to define and negotiate interaction modalities between networked, distributed systems, and by pushing application logic and layout to server side services.  The goal of this work is to provide a standard method for developers to create inter-device software; this work will be further demonstrated at MHCI 2013 in July and as part of his thesis work towards his Masters in Human Computer Interaction at Carleton.  Luke will be discussing the development of the protocol, and demonstrating it in use.

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4. Anthony Scaravelli is an alumnus of Carleton University and Algonquin College’s innovative Interactive Multimedia and Design program. Always dabbling in both the visual arts and computer programming, he found the program helped to focus his wide skill set into a great fondness for interactive installation art in public spaces. Currently he runs a small side-business/artist group, Luminartists that creates interactive art, while also studying UI and UX in Carleton’s HCI masters program under Dr. Ali Arya. Examples of Luke’s work can be found at http://www.anthony-scavarelli.com and http://www.luminartists.ca.

Though still detailing the specifics of what his thesis will be, Anthony will use this opportunity to discuss the main directions under consideration. Being fascinated by the use of technology in art that can bring people together, as a counterpoint to the more ubiquitous forms of hyper-personal technology such as iPods and smartphones, this is the area Anthony would like to focus in. From a preliminary literature review there are several expanded possibilities: the use of affective technology in multi-user interactions, the use of social technology in museums, and the modes of reaching out to passers-by in shared public spaces for more direct interactions.

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When and Where:

This event will take place on Tuesday, May 21st, 6:00 pm in the upstairs room at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill, located at 283 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada (foxandfeather.ca).

Note: There is no cost for attending this event and prior registration is not required.

CapCHI (www.capchi.org) is a social and professional society of people who work as user interface designers, researchers, educators, software developers, web designers, graphic designers and human factors engineers in and around Canada’s National Capital Region. Founded in 1991, CapCHI’s goal is to bring together local professionals interested in how humans and computers interact, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

• Follow us on Twitter @CapCHIOttawa.
• Find us on Facebook.
• Connect with us on LinkedIn.

Presented by Ifat Yaakobi

CapCHI will be hosting our next event at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill!

Date: Tuesday April 16th, 2013
Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm
Place: The upstairs room at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill, located at 283 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada (foxandfeather.ca).

Abstract:

Imagine a robot that guides children with their physiotherapy exercise. Imagine a robot that plays
a game with seniors and by doing so improves their health. Imagine a robot that functions as
a diet coach. You do not have to imagine – they all exist and are being studied in social robots
laboratories around the world.

The goal of this presentation is to introduce the concept of social robots. We will discuss the
guidelines for creating better social robots from the point of view of the user that interacts with
them. We will talk about appearance, personality, behavior and emotional design. During the talk
we will see many examples of currently existing social robots and discuss its design.

Bio:

Ifat specializes in User Experience and Human Factors for the professional users. She earned
her MA in cognitive psychology (specializing in human factors).

With 8 years of experience, she worked with various international companies (e.g. SAP,
Microsoft) to specify requirements and user experience and has experience in a variety of fields
(Robotics, CAM, IT, CRM, ERP, Banking, Insurance, Communications and more).

In the last 3 years as a freelance UX, Ifat has been involved in projects that are focused in social
robotics. She was the Human Factors Lead of the Therapeutic and Educational Social Robotics
Lab in Israel.

You can follow Ifat on Twitter @Yifat30.

When and Where:

This event will take place on Tuesday, April 16th, 6:00 pm in the upstairs room at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill, located at 283 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada (foxandfeather.ca).

Note: There is no cost for attending this event and prior registration is not required.

CapCHI (www.capchi.org) is a social and professional society of people who work as user interface designers, researchers, educators, software developers, web designers, graphic designers and human factors engineers in and around Canada’s National Capital Region. Founded in 1991, CapCHI’s goal is to bring together local professionals interested in how humans and computers interact, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

• Follow us on Twitter @CapCHIOttawa.
• Find us on Facebook.
• Connect with us on LinkedIn.

Job ID: SWG-0523016

Job Type: Full-time Regular

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada (IBM Software Group)

For more info and how to apply:

https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/faces/job_summary?job_id=SWG-0523016

http://sa2013.siggraph.org/en/submitters.html

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Closing date: 20-Mar-2013

More info and how to apply:
http://www.recruitingsite.com/csbsites/oag-bvg/JobDescription.asp?CategoryCode=11399&JobNumber=698786&lang=en

Halogen Software
Kanata, ON, Canada

To apply: http://www.halogensoftware.com/about/careers/apply.php?jobPostingID=101363

Position Summary:

As a part of our Brilliant Beginning Program, we are currently seeking a new university graduate with an interest in, and understanding of software and user-centered design to join our User Experience team. Reporting to the Manager, User Experience Design, this position will focus on best practices in user experience for SaaS applications.

In order to qualify for Halogen’s Brilliant Beginning New Graduate Program, you must have graduated from a relevant university degree program within the last calendar year (or will be graduating by April 2013) and be available to start full time employment with Halogen Software in the spring of 2013.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the User Experience team to define user interface design standards for Halogen Software products to optimize ease-of-use and achieve an integrated and consistent look and feel
• Maintain familiarity with current user interface design concepts and technologies through ongoing study as well as product reviews of competitors and SaaS market leaders
• Conduct research on user interface and usability solutions for our products
• Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, design process and rationale
• Act as the “voice of the customer” inside the Product Development organization

Qualifications:

• University degree in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction or equivalent
• Must be able to demonstrate responsibility and accountability
• Strong research and statistical analysis skills, and ability to learn new technologies very quickly and efficiently
• Understanding of user-centered design process and standards
• Demonstrated attention to detail and aesthetics
• Demonstrated creativity and innovation
• Understanding of web design principles and web technologies
• Self starter, with proven diagnostic, analytical and problem solving skills
• Very good written and oral communication skills, as well as strong collaboration skills – but willing to take a hard stand to defend doing the right thing for our customers

Connect with Halogen’s Talent Attraction Manager!

Connect with our Talent Attraction Manager and tell him why you feel you would be a great addition to our program.

Join our Talent Community!

To give you insight into Halogen’s performance-based culture and how you can contribute to it, we invite you to join our Talent Community Group on LinkedIn. Joining this group will give you insight into our culture, and ability to interact with our staff, and an inside look at what makes Halogen Software one of Canada’s top employers.

Our Brilliant Success:

A recognized market leader in one of the fastest growing B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) segments, Halogen is a dominant player in talent management software. With nearly 2,000 customers worldwide, our market share continues to grow and we’ve repeatedly been honored with the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry, and consistently positioned as a leader by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC. Founded in 2001, Halogen has had nearly 10 years of consecutive growth. We’re proud to work with the best customers in the industry – human resources leaders and their companies who use our software to help align their talent strategy with their business strategy and drive better business results.

Halogen offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, color, age, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic.

To apply: http://www.halogensoftware.com/about/careers/apply.php?jobPostingID=101363