[Fwd: [GBC-ACM] Jared M. Spool talk 7pm Thursday, Jan 17 at IBM/Waltham; free pizza at 6:30]

[Ted Roche]

While strictly speaking, not Linux, computer and future-related with 
hopefully not too much vendor stuff. Jared is a reknowned authority in 
the field and, besides, there's free pizza!

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Subject: [GBC-ACM] Jared M. Spool talk 7pm Thursday, Jan 17 at 
IBM/Waltham; free pizza at 6:30
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:44:11 -0500

Joint meeting of Boston/Central New England Chapter of IEEE Computer
Society and GBC/ACM
Thursday, 1/17/2008, 7-9 pm (free pizza at 6:30pm)
IBM Innovation Center, 404 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA

Client Side Story: Enhancing Experiences with Ajax, RIAs, and
Browser-side Intelligence
Jared M. Spool, User Interface Engineering

Intuit QuickBase is sponsoring (inviting you for) free refreshments
(pizza and something to drink) prior to Jared's talk roughly 6:30-7 pm.

Abstract:
Browser-side development capabilities, such as Javascript, Ajax, and
Rich-Internet Applications (RIAs), (along with the latest additions:
Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight,) present developers with
tremendous power. We can create more fluid interactions, moving away
from the dreaded page refresh, giving users an experience more like the
desktop applications they are used to.

As more sites move to using these capabilities, developers are exploring
the canvas -- seeing what works and what doesn't. Through this
exploration, we've discovered patterns and principals to help guide us
to make better designs going forward.

In this presentation, Jared will talk about the different approaches
developers have taken with these new capabilities. He'll discuss:

+ What smart clients bring us, such as enhanced progressive disclosure,
visualization, and efficiency capabilities?
+ What we can learn from game design for creating immersive experiences?
+ What are the common traps developers fall into when they start playing
with these technologies?

He'll show examples from Flickr, Google, Yahoo!, Netflix, Lands End,
Gap, and LA Times, deconstructing their use of these new development
capabilities to help us understand how we can apply them to our own
designs.

Bio:
If you’ve ever seen Jared speak about usability, you know that he’s
probably the most effective, knowledgeable communicator on the subject
today. What you probably don’t know is that he has guided the research
agenda and built User Interface Engineering into the largest research
organization of its kind in the world. He’s been working in the field of
usability and design since 1978, before the term "usability" was ever
associated with computers.

Jared spends his time working with the research teams at the company,
helps clients understand how to solve their design problems, explains to
reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all
about, and is a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every
year. He is also the conference chair and keynote speaker at the annual
User Interface Conference, is on the faculty of the Tufts University
Gordon Institute, and manages to squeeze in a fair amount of writing time.


The IBM Innovation Center
<http://www.developer.ibm.com/isv/spc/waltham.pdf> <
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/isv/spc/waltham.pdf>
<http://www.developer.ibm.com/isv/spc/waltham.pdf>is located at 404
Wyman Street, Waltham. There is free parking in the garage at the north
end of the building. To reach the meeting room, walk out the front of
the garage and around to your right to the front door of the building.
Directions to the room will be available when you sign in at the front
desk.

For more information contact Peter Mager (p.mager at computer.org).

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