September 2005

Don't Make Me Think: The Workshop

Learn how to think like a usability expert in eight hours or less - Presented by Steve Krug (September 30, 2005: Chicago IL, USA)
In this day-long workshop, I'll do my darndest to teach you how to think about your site's usability problems in a useful way, and how to make low-cost/no-cost testing an everyday part of your design process.

Start date: September 30, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Enterprise IA Seminar

Because Users Don't Care About Your Org Chart - Presented by Louis Rosenfeld (September 29, 2005: Chicago IL, USA)
Developing a unified web site or intranet for a large, decentralized organization is the Holy Grail for many of today's Internet professionals. This daylong seminar is for managers and web professionals who desperately want to tie together content in a rational, user-centered way, regardless of content ownership issues, cultural hurdles, and turf battles.

Start date: September 29, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Web Essentials 05

Back, bigger, better (September 29-30, 2005: Sydney, Australia)
In 2005 Web Essentials goes even further, bringing 7 international speakers who are second to none in their field. We'll be covering the latest developments in web design, development, user experience and accessibility, workflow and strategy, with in depth sessions on CSS, XHTML, emergent semantics, Javascript, AJAX, and much more

Start date: September 29, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

SIGDOC 2005

The 23rd International Conference on Design of Communication (September 21-23, 2005 - Coventry, UK)
"Pervasive computing delivers information technology into new environments for new purposes – in everyday products, in implanted and wearable devices, in global sensor networks, and in micro-machines. Innovation is needed, both to describe and document these systems, and to understand and exploit their potential for information gathering and retrieval. SIGDOC is a multi-disciplinary forum, bringing together communicators, information designers, computer scientists and others. We now invite these communities to propose and report the research that will produce this innovation."

Start date: September 21, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Mobile HCI 05

7th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (September 19-22, 2005 - University of Salzburg, Austria, EU)
"MobileHCI provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges, potential solutions and innovations towards effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the analysis, design, evaluation and application of human-computer interaction techniques and approaches for all mobile computing devices and services."

Start date: September 19, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Don't Make Me Think: The Workshop

Learn how to think like a usability expert in eight hours or less - Presented by Steve Krug (September 16, 2005: Washington DC, USA)
In this day-long workshop, I'll do my darndest to teach you how to think about your site's usability problems in a useful way, and how to make low-cost/no-cost testing an everyday part of your design process.

Start date: September 16, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

WritersUA European Conference

Elevate Your Skills (September 16-17, 2005) Amsterdam Marriott Hotel, The Netherlands EU
The WritersUA Europe Conference brings you two days of information-packed instruction from four acknowledged industry experts. A laser focus on user assistance has always been the defining characteristic of the events produced by WritersUA (formerly WinWriters.) As the software industry moves forward, you'll want to make sure your user assistance skills and knowledge place you at the top of your profession.

Start date: September 16, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Enterprise IA Seminar

Because Users Don't Care About Your Org Chart - Presented by Louis Rosenfeld (September 15, 2005: Washington DC, USA)
Developing a unified web site or intranet for a large, decentralized organization is the Holy Grail for many of today's Internet professionals. This daylong seminar is for managers and web professionals who desperately want to tie together content in a rational, user-centered way, regardless of content ownership issues, cultural hurdles, and turf battles.

Start date: September 15, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Interact 2005: Communicating Naturally through Computer Interaction

Tenth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - September 12-16, 2005 (Rome, Italy)
"The Interact '05 conference will highlight to both the academic and industrial world the importance of the Human-Computer Interaction area and its most recent breakthroughs on current applications."

Start date: September 12, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

Text Narrative Image

Show & Tell: Relationships between Text, Narrative and Image (September 12, 2005 - University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield UK)
"The proverbial picture tells a thousand words. Yet, images are rarely devoid of textual or verbal accompaniment. We use words to describe images, just as we use images to convey stories. Images and text appear in conjunction, and in succession, and these juxtapositions may be read as narratives. In sum, text, image and narrative are nothing less than mutually constitutive."

Start date: September 12, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink

HCI 2005: The Bigger Picture

The 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference Napier University (September 5-9, 2005) - Edinburgh, UK
"Join researchers, practitioners and educators from around the world at HCI2005 where we will be exploring the theme of 'The Bigger Picture'."

Start date: September 05, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink