http://www.capchi.org Computer-Human Interaction in the Ottawa Area Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:16:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gord gave a great presentation last night on web navigation. Gord reviewed the trends in navigation techniques being used by major web sites such as BBC, Amazon, and Air Canada. According to Gord, there is a trend away from global, fixed navigation menus towards local, context-sensitive menus that change depending ... http://www.capchi.org/blog/gord-hopkins-on-web-navigation Julian Dolce, the Director of Creative Technologies at Fuel Industries will be our guest speaker on Dec. 16. There is an interesting profile of Fuel Industries in the Nov. 11 2008 edition of The Globe and Mail in the "breakthrough" section. Fairytale ending for tiny Ottawa firm The folks at Fuel drove ... http://www.capchi.org/blog/profile-of-fuel-industries-in-globe-and-mail 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/events/2008-11-19-e-commerce-finding-keeping-and-converting-website-traffic 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2008-11-13-ocrimacadamian 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/events/2008-11-19 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2008-11-13-world-usability-day 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2008-10-7 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2008-11-18 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 ... http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2008-10-21 Job Title - UI Specialist Company Name - McAfee URL - www.Mcafee.com Location - Sunnyvale, California McAfee® is the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to browse and shop the web securely. With our unmatched security ... http://www.capchi.org/job-posting/user-experience-designer-mcafee080918