Advances in mobile UI (Wednesday 6 December 2006)
Admit it: you'd like a change from designing websites. And WAP is a bit one-dimensional. Scott Weiss, author of 'Handheld Usability' and mobile phones expert will be riding in to town to discuss the latest in mobile UI design. And we'll be opening a few bottles of wine (it's nearly Christmas, after all).
Scott's talk will cover the latest technologies of interest to mobile designers, for prototyping and deployment. Scott will cover SVG 1.1t+, Flash, WAP, Java, Widsets, and more. Audience members are invited to contribute to the talk beforehand and during: send mail to Scott with your ideas and contributions (sweiss[at]usableproducts.com).
So, whether you're preparing for your next project or winding down from the past year, our December event is a must.
RSVP: To reserve your place, email: events[at]ukupa.org.uk with your name, stating whether you are a UPA member.
If you are allocated a place and then cannot attend, please let us know so that someone else can take it.
Date: Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Time: 6.30pm for 6.45pm. Followed by drinks and networking at 8:00
Venue: Framfab, 1 Naoroji Street, London WC1X 0JD map
Cost: FREE for UPA members; £10 for Non UPA members (£5 for students)
About Scott Weiss
Scott is the Principal of Usable Products Company (http://usableproducts.com), a usability research and design agency based in New York City. Scott and his team assisted Samsung with the design and usability of the K5 MP3 player, and Vodafone with the design and usability of the Simply handset. Usable Products is also known for its user experience benchmark reports covering mobile video, music, and media purchases (ring tones, games, and wallpapers). Scott has led Usable Products Company for ten years, prior to which he worked for Apple,
Microsoft, Sybase, and Autodesk in career user experience design and management roles.
Directions to Framfab:
From Angel tube station (about 15 minutes on foot)
On emerging from Angel station, turn immediately left, and walk to the crossroads. Take a right turn at the crossroads down Pentonville Road. Continue along Pentonville Road, and take the second turn on the left into Claremont Square (be careful, the first and second turns on the left are called Claremont Square – you should take the second one.)
Continue straight on as the road becomes Amwell Street, and continue down the hill, past three right turns, until you reach a fourth right turn called Margery Street. (If you come to a t-junction with Rosebery Avenue, you’ve gone too far.) Turn right, and Naoroji Street is immediately on your right. Our building is large and cream, and has a large orange Framfabs flag on the front.
From Kings Cross tube and rail stations (about 15 minutes on foot)
If you are not there already, follow the signs to the Thameslink station on Pentonville Road. With the Thameslink station behind you, turn right along Pentonville Road, and follow the right hand fork in the road (King’s Cross Road.)
Keep going along King’s Cross Road, until you reach the Thistle Hotel on your left. Cross the road to the left hand side and keep following King’s Cross road. Soon you will reach Margery Street which has a has a brown café on the corner, much frequented by cabbies (there will also be a Holiday inn on the opposite side of King’s Cross road). Continue up Margery Street and Naoroji Street is the second left. Our building is large and cream.
From Farringdon tube and rail stations (about 20 minutes on foot)
On leaving the station, turn right along Cowcross Street and then right again onto Farringdon Road. Continue along Farringdon Road, crossing over Clerkenwell Road at the first set of traffic lights (Yo Sushi is on the corner of this set), until you reach a crossroads with Rosebery Avenue. Mount Pleasant Post Office is on this crossroads.
Turn right onto Rosebery Avenue, continue past the traffic lights, and take a left turn into Amwell Street. The second left off Amwell Street is Margery Street, and from there Naoroji Street is the first turning on the right. Our building is large and cream, and has a large orange Framfabs flag on the front.