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NextWindow optical touch screen technology
Speaker: Keith Colson
Our next presentation will cover how touch screen technology works, compare the various technologies and components, and describe the future of NextWindow touch screens. There will be demonstration hardware to showcase NextWindow’s functionality.
NextWindow is a leading designer and developer of optical touch screens. Its unique optical touch screen technology is proving to be very competitive in the consumer and commercial market. NextWindow is also at the forefront of multi-touch touchscreen development.
About Keith Colson
Keith Colson is currently the software manager for NextWindow. His designs have made NextWindow’s touch screens the easiest touch screens in the world for “people” to install and use.
Keith is also New Zealand’s current robotics champion. He is a member of ACRA, Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation. He is also the founder of Robonz, New Zealand’s personal robotics club.
- RSVP: Please RSVP to auckland@upa.org.nz by 5pm Monday 26th November
- Date & Time: Tuesday 27th November, 6pm onwards for drinks and nibbles.
- Talks start at 6.30pm. Finishes at approximately 8pm.
- Cost: $10 cash at the door. Please bring correct change.
- Location: Bank of New Zealand, 3rd floor, 125 Queen Street, Auckland.
- Late entry: Please call Mark McLay on 029 222 00 16 if you have difficulty getting in or arrive after 6.30pm.
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Design, Research and Engineering at Microsoft
Speaker: Nigel Parker
Recently Microsoft held a global design event that started in Auckland and went around the world. The conference included presentations from HCI pioneer Bill Buxton and Microsoft’s Creative Director August de los Reyes.
Join Nigel as he touches on August de los Reyes’s session on emotional design before […]
This years Technical Communicator’s Association (TCANZ) Conference
http://www.tcanz.org.nz/Events/Conference/Conference2007/Programme2007.pdf includes some great usability presentations and a tutorial by ex-UPA president Whitney Quesenbery. The tutorial on “Choosing the right usability technique” will appeal to both experienced and newer usability practitioners. http://www.tcanz.org.nz/Events/workshops/usability2007.htm
Designing Xero
Philip Fierlinger, Xero
Philip Fierlinger is the Lead Interaction Designer for Xero (xero.com), the online accounting software company that listed on the NZX earlier this year. He will describe the interaction design process used to create Xero, sharing his insights into the different design techniques used to build such a complex online application quickly yet effectively. He will also discuss how those techniques are evolving as the company and the software grows.
UPA 2008 Conference Brain Dump
Trent Mankelow, Optimal Usability
The recent UPA conference attracted around 800 of the brightest minds in our field to Austin, Texas for 5 days of workshops, tutorials and conference presentations. Trent was lucky enough to attend and will be giving a rambling download of what he learnt, including the conference highlights and what it was like to present a workshop.
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