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		<title>2010-04-20 Dmitry Nekrasovski on &#8220;Surviving and thriving as a UX professional in an Agile development organization&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
Abstract:
Over the last decade, the Agile movement has been sweeping the world of software development by storm. Agile is more than a methodology &#8211; it&#8217;s a mindset that emphasizes cross-functional teamwork over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/events/2010-04-20-dmitry-nekrasovski-on-surviving-and-thriving-as-a-ux-professional-in-an-agile-development-organization</link>
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		<title>2010-03-16 Thom Kearney on &#8220;Bringing the social web to Government&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Bringing the social web to Government &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/events/2010-03-16-thom-kearney-on-bringing-the-social-web-to-government</link>
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		<title>2010-03-02 IGDA Ottawa Gaming Community RoundTables Event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IGDA Ottawa (International Game Developers Association) is pleased to announce a round tables event &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2010-03-02-igda-ottawa-gaming-community-round-tables-event</link>
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		<title>2010-02-16 Jeff Parks on &#8220;Being Human is NOT Quantifiable&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2010-02-16-jeff-parks-on-being-human-is-not-quantifiable</link>
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		<title>CapCHI Student Research Travel Supplement for CHI 2010 Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/blog/capchi-student-research-travel-supplement-for-chi-2010-competition</link>
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		<title>2010-01-19 Michelle Gauthier on User-Centred Design, A Cultural Challenge</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2010-01-19-michelle-gauthier-on</link>
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		<title>Junior Developer &#8212; Momentous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Junior Developer &#8212; Momentous
Are you a junior developer eager to get your foot in the door in a thriving company? Momentous is looking for enthusiastic technical resources who are passionate about web development. Your strong creative and technical background will help you excel in this position. You will work as part of a Development [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/job-posting/junior-developer-momentous</link>
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		<title>Quality Assurance Analyst &#8212; Zip.ca</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Quality Assurance Analyst
Working with the Zip.ca Development Team, the candidate will focus on developing and deploying both automated and manual test plans to improve the quality and reliability of Zip.ca and related services.
Key Responsibilities:

Design, document, develop and deploy new test plans / test cases for web applications written in ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server
Automate new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/job-posting/quality-assurance-analyst</link>
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		<title>2009-12-15 Stacey Scott on Tabletop Interfaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2009-12-15</link>
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		<title>2009-11-17 Tara Whalen on Security Interfaces in Web Browsers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.capchi.org/past-events/2009-11-17</link>
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