[Sigia-l] PHICHI Meeting, 10/17, 6pm, Product Design Case Studies!

[Kyle Pero]

**Apologies to those that have received this announcement more than once**

What: PHICHI October Meeting - Product Design Case Studies!

When:
Tuesday, October 17th
Refreshments & Networking: 6-6:30pm
Presentation: 6:30pm – 8ish

Where: UPenn Campus - exact room TBD

Summary:
Come and get a behind the scenes look into the actual process used to solve
design problems behind the creation of...

~QVC Active - Mike Madaio, Chief Internet Architect, QVC.com
The first US real-time two-way interactive TV shopping service. Viewers use
their remote control to make purchases in a real-time environment, just as
the product is being showcased on TV.

~Russound UNO-TSV Smart Color Touchscreen - Kyle Pero, Founding Principal,
Usable Interface
A touchscreen device that controls a multiroom entertainment system,
lighting and climate control. Users can easily decide what music they’d like
to play and what mood they want to set in different rooms in their home.

~In-Stadium seat-based ECommerce Platform - Bill Bulman, Partner,
MessageFirst
A kiosk-based Rich Internet Application that allows sports fans to purchase
concessions and merchandise from their seats. Fans feel closer to their
team, while the team learns important consumer data from their fans.

Each of these products are very different, but some of the same
user-centered design methods were used in their creation (i.e. contextual
inquiries, paper prototyping, user testing, etc). Attendees will learn which
methods were used, as well as, why and how they were implemented. Research
findings, insights, and lessons learned will all be shared.

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About PHICHI:

PHICHI is the Philadelphia region's chapter of the Association of Computing
Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM
SIGCHI - http://sigchi.org/). We meet once a month to network and discuss
current topics in HCI.

Would you like to be notified of all upcoming PHICHI events?  Please join
our yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/join

PHICHI meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending.
Membership to the ACM is NOT required.

Hope to see you all there!

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Kyle Pero
Usable Interface - Usability and User Interface Design Consulting
http://www.usableinterface.com
Phone: 267-241-4786
Email: kylepero at usableinterface.com