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April meeting (Melbourne)
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Date: Wednesday 23 April, 2008
Event Details
On Wednesday, April 23rd, we have two exciting presenters lined up for you. Sydney-based John Allsopp will be flying down especially to present on the topic of web browsers beyond the desktop, and usability guru Gerry Gaffney will be looking at how users really go about searching for information. As always this event will occur at Loop Bar in the city -- note it is a Wednesday night.
This really is a unique combination of high quality speakers, so be sure to order yourself a beer and grab a seat early!
Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start
City: Melbourne
Venue: Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne VIC 3000 [map]
Cost: FREE
Presentation: The Web Beyond The Desktop (John Allsopp)
Successful software developer, long standing web development speaker, writer, evangelist and expert, John has spent the last 15 years working with and developing for the web. As the head developer of the leading cross platform CSS development tool Style Master, and developer and publisher of renowned training courses and learning resources on CSS and standards based development, John is widely recognized as a leader in these fields.
As a presenter and educator, John speaks frequently at conferences around Australia and the world, including the upcoming Web Directions UX in Melbourne. His idiosyncratic blog Dog or Higher covers a broad range of subjects, particularly in technology and innovation, and is widely read and referenced.
Presentation: How Users Really Search (Gerry Gaffney)
Gerry Gaffney is founder & director of Information & Design, a small usability consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia.
He's also the Managing Editor of User Experience, the print magazine of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA), and runs the popular User Experience Podcast.
Gerry has a keen interest in 'do-it-yourself' usability. He lectures under-graduate and post-graduate students in various universities on usability and user experience design.
Gerry has spoken on this and related topics in Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, has been interviewed on national radio and has written several newspaper articles. Gerry is also a co-author of The Usability Kit. He also runs the User Experience Podcast.
Sponsors
Food and beverages on the night are kindly being made available thanks to SitePoint.
SitePoint is a Melbourne-based company who, when not handing out free beer, publish articles and books on best practice web development, with a focus on web standards. Their discussion forums are also home to the web's most active web development community, so I encourage you to check them out at http://www.sitepoint.com if you haven't done so already.
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