Teaching Web Fluency: How we can help web users become web thinkers and web makers?

Posted on May 13, 2013, by Anne

Who: Jon Udell, Microsoft
What: Teaching Web Fluency: How we can help web users become web thinkers and web makers?
When: Friday, May 17, Noon to 1:20 p.m. Pizza provided!
Where: Mary Gates Hall (MGH), Room 420, University of Washington, Seattle

Abstract: Students of computer and information sciences aren’t the only ones who need to understand how web resources are represented, named, provided, composed, and exchanged. Everyone can learn a set of basic principles and then apply them to be more effective participants in (and co-creators of) the web. Microsoft’s Jon Udell is teaching communities how to manage their public calendars in a way that enables groups and organization to be authoritative for their own calendar data, and to connect their calendars in syndication networks using the well-established (but underutilized) Internet standard for calendar exchange. In this talk he’ll review the progress he’s made so far helping cities and towns around the country adopt this model, discuss the web concepts required, and explore the challenges involved in conveying those concepts. He’ll also suggest how lessons learned from community calendar syndication can generalize to other domains, including health care, energy conservation, and political discourse.

About Jon Udell
Jon Udell is an author, information architect, software developer, and new media innovator. His 1999 book, Practical Internet Groupware, helped lay the foundation for what we now call social software. Udell was formerly a software developer at Lotus, BYTE Magazine’s executive editor and Web maven, and an independent consultant. A hands-on thinker, Udell’s analysis of industry trends has always been informed by his own ongoing experiments with software, information architecture, and new media. From 2002 to 2006 he was InfoWorld’s lead analyst, author of the weekly Strategic Developer column, and blogger-in-chief. During his InfoWorld tenure he also pioneered the medium now known as screencasting and produced an audio show, Interviews with Innovators. In 2007 Udell joined Microsoft as a writer, interviewer, speaker, and experimental software developer. Currently he is building and explaining a calendar network that’s based on open standards and runs in the Windows Azure cloud.

Seattle CodeDay

Posted on May 10, 2013, by Anne

CodeDay is a 24 hour hackathon aimed towards students and hosted by local nonprofit StudentRND. CodeDay is aimed at students and it is focused on helping students learn new technologies and showing off their coding skills.

The next Seattle CodeDay event is coming up soon on May 25, 2013. Tickets are on sale now for $10 until May 20 and $20 afterwards.

More information: http://codeday.org/

Society of Women Engineers presents the Roaring Twenties Ball

Posted on April 30, 2013, by hcdefd

Join us May 17^th, 7:30pm

for DINING, DRINKS, DANCIN’ and a DARN good time!

Your favorite Engineering Ladies are hosting a Roaring Twenties Ball to celebrate the end of Spring Quarter. Finish off the school year with this unforgettable night glittering of love, bliss and extravagance! If you’re a senior, don’t miss out on the last fun event that you will have as a UW student!

Featuring: LIVE BAND LIVE SINGERS
The Joint: HUB South Ballroom

The goods:

Open to all kinds o’ cats (all majors)
Live Swingin’ Band – playing modern music!
Free ritzy Italian cuisine catered by Bay Laurel
Spiffy chocolate fondue fountain
Swanky (formal) attire suggested
Moonshine for 21+ (professional bartender)
Themed free photo booth with wacky accessories! Keep your memories forever…

THEME is Roaring Twenties: Reference the Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge and Some Like it Hot for Outfit Ideas. Don’t be the only one looking like you just finished from lab.

Your secret password:
$15 pre-sale
$20 after May 1st
Tickets: tinyurl.com/SWE13

Event site: tinyurl.com/SWE13

Find us on Facebook: Roaring Twenties Ball

UW Seattle Tech Meetup- May 21st!

Posted on April 23, 2013, by hcdefd

Seattle Tech Meetup happens on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, and this May they’ve decided to host their event at UW!

Join us for FREE on May 21st for food, drink, fun, community connections and five awesome presentations of new technology from startups and major companies founded or run by UW grads! Enjoy this SPECIAL EVENT bridging the UW tech community with the greater Seattle tech community.

Agenda

6:00pm – Doors Open/Buffet/Drinks/Get to know your community
7:00pm – Event Begins!

- Community Announcements: Events, Jobs, etc. (20 seconds/ea)
- Pres. #1: PatientStream
- Pres. #2: LumiSands
- Pres. #3: SpiralGenetics
- Pres. #4: Decide.com
- Pres. #5: (Surprise Keynote!!)

8:00pm – Closing / Sponsor thank you’s / Open Networking

Sign up information: The event will be on May 21st at 6pm at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The event is FREE…FREE…FREE…and we’re expecting 300+ to show up. If you want to attend, RSVP Here: http://www.meetup.com/SeattleTechMeetup/events/107869672/

Want to know more about #STMeetup? Check out the STM Teaser Video.

UX Designer/Information Architect Wanted by MasterclassU.com

Posted on March 6, 2013, by hcdefd

MasterclassU.com is a non-profit music start up for virtual music education web-based application.

The ideal candidate’s skill set:

Embrace Lean Start-Up principles.
UX Designer – Turn the vision and general design into a User Centered Design with User Experience Specifications for our software developers. Create personas, user journeys, and task based design.
Information Architect – Must be well versed in the core aspects of designing for website usability.
User Testing – Bring the usability of the new design from an initial point of “great idea” to “proven idea backed up with a proven design” that can be refined and polished iteratively.
Business Acumen – Be an active musician.

Pay is negotiable. Part-time contract position/hourly basis. Must be available to start immediately.

Please send your resume and portfolio link to Faculty@masterclassu.com

Job Information Link: http://masterclassu.wpengine.com/?p=18

UX Speaker Series: Empowering Mobile Computing with New Interaction Dimensions

Posted on March 5, 2013, by hcdesta

Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) for a 10-week seminar this winter on user experience (UX), as industry experts speak about current issues and research in the field.

Each 40-minute talk will be filmed and will be followed by a Q&A session. Videos of each talk will be posted online afterwards. Members of the University of Washington community and the public are welcome. http://www.hcde.washington.edu/ux

Lecture Speaker: Yang Li

Date/Time: Friday, March 8, 2013 11:30–12:20 PM

Location: Loew Hall, Room 216
University of Washington, Seattle campus

Abstract The ubiquity of mobile devices has fundamentally shifted the landscape of personal computing. However, there is a tension between the ever-growing computing power of these devices and the limited capability they offer for interaction. In this talk, I will focus on three important aspects of mobile interaction research: applications, design fundamentals and tool support. I will give examples of interactive systems that can leverage unique capabilities and interaction context of mobile devices, discuss our efforts in discovering and distilling fundamentals for designing mobile interaction, and demonstrate new methods and tools for creating advanced mobile interaction behaviors.

About the Speaker
Yang Li is a Senior Research Scientist at Google, and an affiliate faculty member in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He earned a PhD degree in Computer Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then conducted postdoctoral research in EECS at the University of California at Berkeley. Yang is broadly interested in Human-Computer Interaction, especially mobile computing, interaction design tools and gesture-based interaction. His work (Gesture Search and Library) has been used by millions of users.

UX Speaker Series: Top 10 Accessibility Obstacles in Web-Based Applications & How to Avoid Them

Posted on February 26, 2013, by hcdefd

Lecture Speaker: Candace Soderston

Date/Time: Friday, March 1, 2013 11:30–12:20 PM

Location: Loew Hall, Room 216
University of Washington, Seattle campus

Abstract

The commercial software industry, universities, financial institutions, and e-commerce providers across the board are increasingly focused on making their web services accessible to all. This talk focuses on the evaluation process and results of a case study we did in the Kuali Rice project that identified the most common types of design and programming “mistakes” that negatively impact the accessibility of web applications.

About the Speaker

Candace Soderston is a user experience consultant focused on the frontiers of technology, in researching, developing and applying best practices. Candace worked at Microsoft for 5 years and at IBM for 2 decades, as a manager and individual contributor in user experience, focused on user requirements, user interface design, accessibility, and ergonomics. At Microsoft she managed user experience research and design teams for Exchange 2007 and SQL Server 2008 (where she launched their focus on accessibility) and did research for the Office Labs team to yield insights for future offerings (post 2010). During her tenure at IBM, she managed a team responsible for integrating user-centered design into the product development process applied across divisions. During her last 9 years there, she integrated the focus on user-centered design and accessibility into the Personal Computing Division, which included ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, ThinkVision, ThinkVantage software and options portfolios. In 2011/2012, Candace worked at the University of Washington on a grant from the Kuali Foundation in the role of user experience architect for a community-sourced middleware platform for Java applications. She earned her HCI Ph.D. (described as “Communication in technologically mediated contexts”) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

ADGi Sponsored Event: Design and Thinking Screening, March 6th, Seattle Art Museum

Posted on February 22, 2013, by hcdesta

‘Design and Thinking’ Screening and Panel Event, March 6, Seattle Art Museum

Analytic Design Group and OneOak Design is hosting a screening of ‘Design & Thinking’. View this new documentary and join in on the conversation with the post-screening panel discussion and reception as this fascinating topic is further explored and how it’s impact is being felt in Seattle and Beyond.

We have a terrific panel from a broad cross section of design disciplines that includes Jon Winebrenner or One Oak Design, Alysha Naples or TEAGUE, Carl Ledbetter of XBox, and Karyn Zuidinga of Analytic Design Group. We are looking for a lively and informative discussion!

Tickets can be purchased at: http://dandtmovie.eventbrite.com

Here is some information about the film.

Produced by One Time Studio in San Francisco, ‘Design & Thinking’ was funded via a successful Kickstarter campaign and features interviews with a some of the world’s best design minds–including laptop inventor and IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge; Smart Design cofounder Dan Formosa; and AIGA CEO Richard Grefe. One Time Studio’s Yang Yu Hsiu says: “From our point of view, design thinking did a good job of bringing forward the value of design to address changes in the world. There have been many backlashes over the topic recently. We want to introduce many voices by form of documentary to look at the topic neutrally. It is important for people to know both the good and bad of design thinking, at the same time.”

Please see the event details page form more information.

UWSFC Student Leadership Opportunity

Posted on February 22, 2013, by hcdesta

Dear HCDE community,

The UW Student Food Co-operative is a group of students hoping to better the UW food system by working to create opportunities for providing affordable, sustainable, and ethical food to the UW community. Currently, we are doing this through a small Bulk Buying Club which we would like to expand, hopefully by connecting with different farms and suppliers in the Seattle area.

We are looking for someone, or a small group of people, to help lead us in our technological ventures! Specifically, we are looking for someone who:

Is passionate about sustainable, organic, local food
Has experience/is in the process of gaining experience with programming websites
Has knowledge about Google domains
Would like to take on a leadership role in this area

In exchange for your time and effort, we can provide you with:

A support system of peers who are also interested in similar issues
The opportunity to create change in the way our campus views food
Experience working with our website
Leadership and personal development

We are also looking for members who have experience with marketing, experience connecting with farmers, or anyone who loves food!

UWSFC can be reached at info@uwsfc.com.

The UW Student Food Co-operative meets every Monday at 6:30 PM in various locations. E-mail the group at info@uwsfc to find out the room for the upcoming week!

Electronic Poster Competition at IPPC 2013

Posted on February 21, 2013, by hcdesta

The IEEE Professional Communication Society (PCS) invites student submissions to the Electronic Poster Competition at the 2013 International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2013), which will be hosted by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (July 15 – 17, 2013).

Conference Theme

Beyond Borders: Communicating Globally. The theme explores how communication technologies shape, alter, and reinvent global communication; how existing and new technologies erode borders between knowledge producers and knowledge consumers; and, how today’s engineers are preparing to communicate in the global workplace.

Electronic posters on other technical communication-related topics will also be considered. Suggested topic areas include, but are not limited to:

Cross-cultural communication
Engineering communication
Managing information and communication systems
Information quality
Humanitarian aid communication
Engineering management
Training and consulting
Visual/multimedia communication
Health/environmental communication
Information and communication security
Technical and professional communication pedagogy
Usability
Information design
Tools/techniques for collaboration
Content management/document technologies
Accessibility and Software user assistance

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