[Sigia-l] (event) Usability meeting on Digital Simplicity Through Activity-based Computing, 1/26/06, Seattle

[Klein Info Design]

Puget Sound SIGCHI looks at Digital Simplicity Through Activity-based
Computing, Thursday, Jan. 26. No registration is required for this free
meeting at Getty Images.

Many of us feel that technology speeds up and complicates our lives — for
good reason. Purveyors of ubiquitous computing technologies tend to force
customers into a lopsided bargain: "take this complex technology into your
personal life and you will now be able to do these new functions: A, B, &
C". 

The Digital Simplicity project instead offers a different value proposition:
"take this simple technology into your personal life and we will simplify
the high-level, long-lived activities A, B, &, C you are currently doing." 

James Landay — Laboratory Director of Intel Research Seattle  — gives an
overview of the technical, design, and applications research his team is
carrying out to make Digital Simplicity a reality.
 
Intel Research Seattle is a university-affiliated research lab that is
exploring the new usage models, applications, and technology for ubiquitous
computing. Landay is also a UW Associate Professor in Computer Science &
Engineering, specializing in human-computer interaction. His current
research interests include Automated Usability Evaluation, Demonstrational
Interfaces, Ubiquitous Computing, User Interface Design Tools, and Web
Design.

WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006
6:00 P.M. Social Hour with food provided
6:45 P.M. Business meeting            
7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Presentation

LOCATION: 
GETTY IMAGES, 601 N.34th  St
(Fremont area of Seattle)

For directions and details, see
http://www.acm.org/chapters/pssigchi/html/meetings/1_26_2006.html  

Kathleen Klein, Secretary 
Puget Sound SIG Computer-Human Interaction

Puget Sound Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) is
a non-profit, local SIG chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery
serving the Puget Sound region's interface design, usability, and research
communities. 
http://www.pssigchi.org

We encourage people interested in user-centered design and usability to join
us ($20 yearly dues). Details at
http://www.acm.org/chapters/pssigchi/html/membership.html. 
 


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