When
Thursday October 21, 2010 at 5:30 PMto
Thursday October 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Where
The Accelerator Centre West Entrance295 Hagey Blvd
Room 2
If front door locked email thom@communitech.ca
Waterloo N2L 6R5
This P2P group is for those interested in improving the User Experience with products or services (open to non-member and members of the Communitech Network or IxDA)
Join us for the upcoming session where we’ll hear from James Wu, UI Architect at Kobo, about making the transition from designing for a web/desktop to designing for a mobile user experience. Issues that he’ll address include smaller screen, touch screen, gestural UI, wildly different user contexts, and unreliable connectivity.
Kobo is a company dedicated to enabling people to “read any book, anytime, anywhere, and on the device of their choice”. To that end, they’ve created a suite of products that run on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android smart phones, RIM BlackBerry smart phones, and even their own well-regarded Kobo eReader.
James has a great depth and breadth of experience, and is an engaging and generous speaker.
Information about group
Partnership between Communitech and IxDA
Meetings will alternate month to month from 3rd Tuesday and 3rd Thursday - however if you are on the distribution list you will receive notification click here to be added to distribution list
Practicing designers, Product Managers, and Marketing professionals share design theories and thinking to improve and promote the user experience of products and services to delight the customer who will ultimately use them. Guest speakers lead off the session followed by Q and A, or roundtable discussion.
Volunteer group champions:
Robert Barlow-Busch, Primal Fusion Twitter @becubed
Mark Connolly, Twitter @primalmark
Communitech group representative:
Thom Ryan, Director of Marketing
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Wanda Eby directly.
