…and I got the date wrong. Sorry all. The meeting is Tuesday, August 10th.
Alex Jones www.SilverSpider.com www.twitter.com/BaldMan www.RefreshAustin.org On Aug 4, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alex Jones wrote: > 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 -- 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
