I'd like to introduce a way for people to talk about and learn about improving User Experience (UX). We'll be using Expression Interactive Designer (Sparkle), Visual Studio 2005(Cider) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, aka Avalon). The idea is to have a small group of people discussing technology, tools, challenges and process over coffee. I want to keep the group small so that we all can talk to each other instead of having someone talk 'at' you for an hour. The reason for this is unless you're Don Box or Pamela Anderson people usually aren't going to pay attention to you for that long.
We'll be discussing some high level introductory points initially and then as these go on well get more technical complete with ongoing projects. I've got a project in which I show how I used the various tools. And here's some of the questions that we'll discuss at the first Coffee Talk.
What's the payoff of UX?
How do I use these tools?
Which tool and when do I use it?
What's WPF? Why should I care? Why should my boss care?
How does UX fit in my development methodology?
Who should come? Anyone that's interested, from a student to a CIO.
Where is it going to be? At the 5 Seasons Brewery.
When? 7:00pm on 20 Feb 2006
See you there.
Sean
Tags: Expression | UX | XAML