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November Sydney WSG meeting 2009

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Date: Wednesday 11 November, 2009

Event Details

November meeting details

When: Wednesday 11 November 2009
Time: 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start
Cost: $10 per head
RSVP: below

Where:
Australian Museum
6 College Street Sydney
(Corner of Park and College Streets - opposite Hyde Park)
Level 4 rooftop

Presentation 1: "Visual design principles for electronic forms" - by Jessica Enders

Thanks to many decades of research, we know a lot about how the human brain translates bits of light hitting our retinas into a cohesive image of the world around us. In this fun, enlightening and practical session, take a tour through the principles of visual perception that have direct relevance to the way people see and work with forms. With the help of a great mix of both good and bad real-world examples, you'll soon have the tools to make informed decisions about how your web and other electronically-fillable forms should be laid out.

About Jessica

Jessica Enders is Principal of Formulate Information Design, a business specialising in the design of electronic and paper-based forms. Before going out on her own, Jessica worked for 5 years as a survey methodologist at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 5 years as a survey designer for private research agency Colmar Brunton Social Research and almost 2 years as an interaction designer at Australia's premier user-centred design firm, The Hiser Group.

Jessica provides her clients with a holisitic service, advising on all elements of the form including graphic design, language, psychological & sociological influences, technical aspects and usability. When it comes to presentations, Jessica aims to make these (often complex) ideas accessible, relevant and timely.

Presentation 2: "Bringing PAX to the people" - Mikkel Bergmann

PAX was born out of frustration; either you get a compact JS framework for which you have to hand-pick every plugin manually or you get one that caters for evey man and his dog, but isn't compact without much configuration. PAX concentrates on remaining compact, yet providing the most commonly required and useful features whilst being flexible enough that you can write any UI component you may desire. Coming in at < 50kb gzipped and minified, it is less than a third the size of frameworks with comparable features, well documented and very easy to use. This presentation tells the story of why PAX was created, what it does and who might find it useful.

About Mikkel

Mikkel Bergmann Mikkel works for News Digital Media as a senior front-end developer focused on developing high quality Javascript UI solutions. Often referred to simply as "the Javascript guy", he has been developing for the web since the nineties.

Driven by a strong belief in unobtrusive design implementation, he thrives in the front-end space, always trying to push the envelope that little bit further. His blog is http://jsguy.com.