September UX Book Club

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Our next book club is coming up next week! The book is, Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing, by Malcolm McCullough. Chapter 1 is available as a free download from MIT press.

Still come along for a catch up and a chat even if you haven’t read the book.

See you there!

When is it?

Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Come down after you finish work, book discussion will start from 6:30pm

Where is it?

Computer Science Staff Room
Level 8, Building 14, RMIT University
Corner Swanston & Franklin Streets, Melbourne

(Enter RMIT building 10 or 12 via Swanston Street, take the lifts up to Level 8, walk through to building 14 on your left and you’re there.)

How much does it cost?

Nothing, it’s absolutely free.

RMIT’s Computer Science department has generously offered to supply food and non-alcoholic drinks, plus there’s a killer coffee machine… Le has offered to organise some beers that people can reimburse her for, and you’re welcome to BYO as well.

Our next UX Movie Night: Jon Bell on designing Windows Phone

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Once again we have been slack and it’s been a big gap between movie nights. So for those of you missing being at UX Australia, and for those of you who didn’t make it, we have put something together for this Monday, September 5!

AIGA Seattle held the IXD Bauhaus in May this year: From physical metaphors to content-driven experiences, the look & feel of the user interface is changing. Join us for a night of discussion and debate on chromelessness, typography, reduction, infographics & skeumorphism. 

One of four speakers was Jon Bell formerly of Frog, but now working on the Metro interface for Windows Phone at Microsoft. Jon talks passionately about relevance in design and what inspired him to join the Windows Phone team.

When is it?

Monday, 5 September 2011.

Come down to the bar when you finish work, we’ll roll the film at 6:30 PM.

Where is it?

Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

How much does it cost?

Nothing, it’s absolutely free. (Just turn up and buy something from the bar to thank them for their support of UX Melbourne.)

Tell us you’re coming

Tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@uxmelbourne.org – it helps us heaps if you do.

And then tell your Twitter followers that you are coming…
I’m going to the next Melbourne UX Movie Night.

UX Book Club July: The Atomic Chef

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Next tuesday night is book club! We’ll be talking about The Atomic Chef by Steven Casey – Amazon

Remember! It’s not mandatory to have read the book, just come along and see what other thought and maybe meet some new UX friends.

WHEN IS IT?

Tuesday, 19 July 2011. Come down to the bar when you finish work, we’ll start the book discussion around 6:30 PM.

WHERE IS IT?

Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Nothing, it’s absolutely free. (Just turn up and buy something from the bar to thank them for their support of UX Melbourne.)

Special Event: Rachel Lovinger on Nimble Content

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Courtesy of the lovely folks at Sitegeist and Manner we have a wonderful opportunity to hear from a pioneer in content strategy: Rachel Lovinger, the Associate Content Strategy Director at Razorfish in New York will be presenting Nimble Content: Publishing in the Digital Age.

Nimble Content: Publishing in the Digital Age

Content needs to be free (like a bird, not like beer) – free to be viewed across any platform at any time. To survive in the digital age, publishers must find engaging ways to re-package their content as products and services with a distinct value to customers.

In this talk, Rachel will address the challenges facing the publishing industry today, including if and how to monetize content, and how publishers can successfully make the transition to the digital landscape, deliver valuable content to a growing range of platforms and devices, be prepared to create new content products, and deepen audience engagement.

About Rachel

Rachel Lovinger has over 10 years experience in online publishing, website development and content management. As an Associate Experience Director, Content Strategy at Razorfish, Rachel strives to connect users with the quality content they want and need. She’s especially interested in relevance, findability, signification, and inherently funny words. Rachel was doing content strategy long before she realized it was an actual field.

Rachel founded the Semantic Web Affinity Group at Razorfish, dedicated to exploring a future in which information is more efficiently structured and connections more easily discovered. This led her to author “Nimble: A Razorfish Report on Publishing in the Digital Age” which was published in June 2010. Rachel is also a frequent contributor to Scatter/Gather, Razorfish’s Content Strategy blog.

Rachel onTwitter: @rlovinger

When is it?

Tuesday, 28 June 2011.

Come down from 5:30 / 6:00 PM, Rachel will present from 6:30 PM.

Where is it?

Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

How much does it cost?

Nothing, it’s absolutely free. (Just turn up and buy something from the bar to thank them for their support of UX Melbourne.)

Tell us you’re coming…

Tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@uxmelbourne.org – it helps us heaps if you do.

And then tell your Twitter followers that you are coming…
I’m going to see Rachel Lovinger talk about Nimble Content.

The next book club is this Tuesday. (Better late than never, right?)

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Next tuesday night is book club! We’ll be talking about Cooper,
Reimann and Cronin’s book About Face 3 - http://amzn.to/mu3tVH

Remember! It’s not mandatory to have read the book, just come along and see what other thought and maybe meet some new UX friends.

When is it?

Tuesday, 17 May 2011.

Come down to the bar when you finish work, we’ll start the book discussion around 6:30 PM.

Where is it?

Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

How much does it cost?

Nothing, it’s absolutely free. (Just turn up and buy something from the bar to thank them for their support of UX Melbourne.)