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• 10.31.08
  Announcing Silverlight ‘Artists in Residence’ - Melbourne 1-5 December Expression, Melbourne, Silverlight | (0)

  Back in February, Kordesy and I attended a program called "Artists in Residence" in Redmond. We had a blast, and learned stuff too! So Kordesy was determined to bring the Artists in Residence magic to Australia. Therefore... announcing the first Aussie Artists in Residence! Artists in Residence The idea of Artists in Residence is to quickly get designers and developers productive with Microsoft Silverlight. Basically it works like this: Artists in Residence runs for 5 days. You send along 2 people – a designer and a developer. The developer needs basic .NET programming skills, the designer doesn’t need any particular MS skills, but ...
• 10.31.08
  I’m speaking at IDEF08, November 12 in Melbourne. Melbourne, Surface, User Experience | (0)

  I'll be speaking on Wednesday November 12 at the "Develop - Industry Symposium and Showcase", part of IDEF08, the International Digital Entertainment Festival in Melbourne. Here's the blurb: Welcome to the Social Back in the 'olden days', people worried that computers and technology would take away our ability to relate to one another. Nowadays, we are discovering just the opposite - that technology can bring people together in powerful, unexpected ways - at work and at play, at home and on the move. Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft Australia, ...
• 10.20.08
  Silverlight Designer and Developer Network launches in Melbourne Melbourne, Silverlight | (0)

  Jordan Knight has sent out the announcement - and the (temporary) website is up, so the rumours must be true - The Silverlight Designers and Developer Network has been launched. The first meeting is Thursday November 27th at Microsoft in Melbourne, and features two fantastic speakers: Jonas Follesoe, and Shane Morris (hey that's me!) The guys want this network to be a melting pot of design and development. Should be fun! See you there. Shanemo
• 05.21.08
  Speaking on ‘Agile or Fragile? Practicing UCD on Agile development projects’ May 27 Melbourne, User Experience | (0)

  I am joining an esteemed group of panelists for a CHISIG event next Tuesday the 27th of May in Melbourne Panel: Agile or Fragile?  Practicing UCD on Agile development projects Tuesday 27 May 6 pm (for 6.30 start) Panel participants are: Shane Morris from Microsoft, Brett Collinson from SEEK, Kirsten Mann from MYOB, Janet Brunckhorst from Lonely Planet. The panel will be moderated by Andrew Sweany from Monash University. Our panel guests will debate the pros and cons of user-centred design on Agile development projects. Venue: Horse Bazaar, ...
• 04.14.08
  Web Directions User Experience - Melbourne 15-16 May Melbourne, User Experience | (0)

  The Web Directions team are conducting an outreach program this year, and are bringing a new side conference: "Web Directions UX" to Melbourne. Heaps of top Aussie and international user experience speakers. A full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focussing on concepts, technologies and techniques for building great user experiences on the web. I'll be there. Check it out: http://ux08.webdirections.org/
• 04.08.08
  Aussie Web and UX highlights for Remix - have we missed any? ASP.NET, Expression, Gadgets, Melbourne, Silverlight, Sydney, WPF, auremix08 | (0)

  Do you have cool Web/UX stuff that should be shown off at Remix? At Remix last year we promised that in 2008 we would turn the stage over to you guys and highlight the great work Aussies are doing with all the new gear. True to our word, we're planning to showcase some great Australian work at Remix, some of which you don't even know about yet :-). We're also stacking the speaking spots with Aussies - Remix is a chance for us to build the profile of our local thought leaders too! So, ...
• 03.19.08
  Mark your Calendars! Remix 08 (Melbourne and Sydney) is on Expression, Melbourne, Remix, Silverlight, Sydney, WPF, auremix08 | (0)

  Ok, Finula has aligned all the necessary ducks, and we are go for Remix 08 in Australia! This year we are sharing the love around and taking Remix to: Sydney - Tuesday May 20th, and Melbourne- Thursday May 22nd For those that weren't at Remix last year, it's where we take all the best bits of MIX 08 and distill it down into an intense, practical event focusing on all the newest and coolest Microsoft stuff around the Web and User Experience. Needless to say we'll be focussing on stuff like: Silverlight 2 (now in Beta) Expression Studio 2 (now in Beta) Windows Presentation Foundation ASP.NET AJAX Internet Explorer ...
• 01.17.08
  Luke Wroblewski on “Designing for Web 2.0″ - Melbourne, Feb 7th Interaction Design, Melbourne | (0)

  Noted U.S. user interface designer, Luke Wroblewski will be in Melbourne for the VALA conference in February, and has kindly agreed to present at the first CHISIG Victoria meeting for 2008. Topic: “Designing for Web 2.0” Venue: University of Melbourne Lecture theatre 2 ICT  building 111 Barry St Carlton http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-37.807817~144.959707&style=r&lvl=15&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&where1=111%20barry%20st%20carlton%20victoria%20australia&encType=1 Date and Time: Thurs 7th Feb 6pm for 630pm start Designing for Web 2.0 As a predominately visual medium, the Web has always benefited from the appropriate use of Visual Communication principles: balance, proportion, contrast, color, and typography. But the Web has also had its own set of unique considerations: screen resolution, browsers, platforms, and multiple devices. With Web ...
• 11.08.07
  New Horizons Expression/Silverlight designer training Expression, Melbourne, Silverlight, Sydney | (0)

  New Horizons have posted details of their Expression/Silverlight designer training courses. So that's two organisations providing Expression/Silverlight training for designers:(Note I've made some changes to the schedule - 26/Nov) New Horizons in Melbourne on December 13-14. Alpha Computer Consultants in Sydney on 10-11 December. (Or for a more developer focus: Readify.)
• 11.06.07
  World Usability Day on Thursday Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Usability | (0)

  Thursday is World Usability Day and there are Australian Events in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. The theme this year is healthcare.

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