Puget Sound SIGCHI Meetings

2004-2005 Meeting Schedule

2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003
2001-2002 | 2000-2001 | 1999-2000

Nov. 17th, 2005	Next Generation Search Panel of Presenters: Vivian Bliss, Taxonomist, Microsoft Corporation, Dr. Joe Janes, Associate Dean, UW Information School, Marianne Sweeny, Daedalus Information Systems, Kirby Winfield, Program Manager, Marchex Inc. Location: Microsoft, Redmond, WA Attendance: 100 User-directed search with first-generation tools like Altavista, Dogpile and Excite has given way to today’s machine-directed search, where we “google” for answers. Panelists discussed new directions in searching the Internet.
November 3, 2005	Tutorial: Envision: Translating Data into a Design Concept Presenter: Kim Goodwin Location: Adobe, Seattle, WA Attendance: 55 Kim Goodwin, director of design at Cooper Interaction Design, led a one-day seminar on the process of turning findings from user interface and usability studies into workable designs.
Oct. 27th, 2005	Software Design: Ending the Death March Presenter: Alan Cooper Location: Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Attendance: Alan Cooper, a software pioneer and co-founder of the consulting company that bears his name, discussed how to take control of the software design effort and vanquish the “Death March” process today in which the project can only be completed on schedule by jettisoning half of the functionality, most of the flexibility, and all of the user friendliness.
Sept. 22nd, 2005	Remote Usability Testing Presenters: Michael Medlock, Microsoft, Ken Becker, Boeing, Susan Todd, Microsoft, Julianne Bryant, Getty Images, Domenick Dellino, Washington Mutual Location: Adobe, Seattle, WA Attendance: 50 A panel of experienced usability professionals discussed how and why they use remote testing, pros and cons of the tools, and the benefits and challenges that this method offers.
July 21, 2005	Usability 2.0: Trends in User-Centered Design You Can't Ignore Presenters: Jared Spool & Ben Shneiderman Location: Getty Images, Seattle, WA Attendance: 200 Usability gurus Jared Spool and Ben Shneiderman discussed the future of User-Centered Design and Human-Computer Interaction. Spool, founder of the usability research and consulting firm, User Interface Engineering, focused on the need for new approaches to usability practice, which he contends has barely changed in two decades. He made a strong call for more attention to usability science, so practitioners can achieve repeatable results and better advise clients on where to focus improvement efforts to achieve ROI. Shneiderman, A professor at the University of Maryland, discussed his new book “Leonardo’s Laptop” and focused on the future of computing, which he contends is social rather than personal. He touched on challenges such as comprehensive security management, creativity support tools and spam-free email.
July 21st, 2005	Usability 2.0: Trends in User Centered Design You Can't Ignore Jared Spool and Ben Shneiderman Ben's Presentation slides (.ppt - 4Mb) Jared's will be posted soon.
June 8th, 2005	Brand-Driven Information Architecture Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path Presentation slides (.pdf - 1.2Mb)
April 28th, 2005	Web Site Usability, Accessibility, and Universal Accessibility: Users' and Designers' Perspectives Melody Y. Ivory, PhD, University of Washington
Mar. 24th, 2005	Designing for Truly Personal Computing: A Case Study Arnie Lund, Director of User Experience, Microsoft Mobile Platforms
Feb. 24th, 2005	The Seattle Times’ redesign: Clarity, consistency and navigation Heidi de Laubenfels, Seattle Times' asst. managing editor for graphics, photo and technology.
Jan. 27th, 2005	Visual Interfaces for Databases Chris Stolte, Ph.D. and Jock Mackinlay, Ph.D., Tableau Software
Nov. 17th, 2004	How to best integrate usability engineering with Use Cases and Agile Programming. Jon Meads, President - Usability Architects, Inc. & Dan Rawsthorne, Ph.D Presentation slides (.ppt - 347Kb)
Oct. 28th, 2004	The R.I.T.E. Method (Rapid Iterative Testing and Evaluation) Dennis Wixon, Ph.D., Microsoft Games Studios Presentation slides (.ppt - 754Kb)
Sept. 23rd, 2004	TUTORIAL SESSION User Interface Update Bob Bailey, President of Computer Psychology, Inc.
Sept. 22nd, 2004	Research-based Web Design and Usability Guidelines Bob Bailey, President of Computer Psychology, Inc.

A Special Thanks
Attachmate Corporation has been a long-time supporter of Puget Sound SIGCHI. The officers and membership of PS-SIGCHI would like to express their appreciation to Attachmate for hosting our monthly meetings and providing a pleasant environment for everyone who attends.

Attachmate: 3617 131st Ave. S.E., Bellevue, WA 98006
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Directions to Attachmate

From Seattle or all points West of Lake Washington

Take I-90 East from Seattle.
Take the Richards Road exit (10B).
Proceed straight at end of offramp through signal on 36th St.
Pass Loehman's Plaza and the Attachmate Bldg.
Turn Right onto 131st Ave. SE
Attachmate is on the corner of 131st Ave. SE and SE 36th St.
You can park in the "circle" parking lot in front of the building (2nd driveway on right; there is limited availability in that lot). If the "circle" lot is full, proceed further up the hill until you see the next break in the median and a parking lot to the left. You can park here as well, then walk back down the hill to the "circle" lot entrance to the building.

From I-405 (heading north or south toward I-90):

Exit on I-90 East toward Spokane.
Stay in the right-hand lane taking the first exit (11A -150th St.).
Turn Right onto 150th St.
At the stop light, turn Right onto SE 38th St. by the ChevronGas Station.
Continue on SE 38th for about 2 miles. SE 38th will turn into SE 36th St. traveling West, parallel to I-90.
Travel through the first stop light and turn uphill at the next Left onto 131st Ave. SE
Attachmate is on the corner of 131st Ave. SE and SE 36th St.
You can park in the "circle" parking lot in front of the building 2nd driveway on right; there is limited availability in that lot). If the "circle" lot is full, proceed further up the hill until you see the next break in the median and a parking lot to the left. You can park here as well, then walk back down the hill to the "circle" lot entrance to the building.