We have two excellent topics this month, encompassing experience – both in terms of understanding your users and developing ways to encourage them to participate. This should be a great evening for all of our members, whether you’re design-oriented, technical, business-driven, all of the above or just curious about how humans interact.
Details 7:00 – 9:00p.m. Tuesday, August 4th Buffalo Billiards, 6th and Brazos RSVP on Facebook (http://j.mp/raaug08) it's not required, you're always welcome to just drop in Better Web Experience through Anthropology Presented by Chris Bailey Building outstanding websites and web applications is more than just great code. It’s about developing and delivering an experience that meets the needs of your users. I’ll introduce some of the basic tools anthropologists use to understand their subjects and show you how to apply them to your work. By the end of the presentation, you’ll know how to ask the right questions; listen for what’s said, and more importantly, what’s not said; and assess the impact of your designs on the overall experience of the user. Trophy 2.0: Achievement Systems and the Social Web Presented by Matt Thompson Pins, badges, stamps, points, and feats: achievement systems are an increasingly important design pattern for the social web. This talk will trace the history of achievements from their roots in videogames through the present day, including a survey of how today’s most visited sites are leveraging them in new and interesting ways. From there, we’ll dive into the psychology of what makes achievement systems so addictive, as well as some theory behind best practices for building them into your own application. Hope to see you there! Alex Jones www.SilverSpider.com www.twitter.com/BaldMan www.RefreshAustin.org -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
