Welcome slides for 02/09/2010 BayCHI monthly meeting

1. Welcomes You
February 9, 2010

2. Tonight’s program…
What Web Application Design Can Learn
from the Harpsichord
 Elaine Wherry, Meebo
Easier Said Than Done: One Critic’s Painful
Transition to Interface Design
 Jeff Green, EA

3. Tonight’s speakers…
Elaine Wherry is co-founder and VP of
Products at Meebo
Jeff Green is editor in chief of EA.com,
the website of video game publisher
Electronic Arts

4. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

5. Join BayCHI…
 Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
 Membership is just $20 for the first year
and $15 to renew

6. BayCHI Member Benefits
 Job Bank
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7. Sign up for monthly meeting
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8. Become part of the
BayCHI LinkedIn community…
 You must be a current member of BayCHI
 Go to www.linkedin.com/
 Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

9. BayCHI needs you…
 Volunteers make things happen!
 Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
 Membership Data Entry
 Podcast Copywriter
 BayCHI Librarian
 Volunteer Co-Coordinator
 Interested? Contact Stacie or Asha at
volunteer@baychi.org

10. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

11. Tonight’s program…
What Web Application Design Can Learn
from the Harpsichord
 Elaine Wherry, Meebo
Easier Said Than Done: One Critic’s Painful
Transition to Interface Design
 Jeff Green, EA

12. Tonight’s speakers…
Elaine Wherry is co-founder and VP of
Products at Meebo
Jeff Green is editor in chief of EA.com,
the website of video game publisher
Electronic Arts

13. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

14. BayCHI Tutorials
 See the BayCHI website and newsletter for
tutorial details
 To propose a possible tutorial, contact:
 Jay Elkerton, jelkerton@baychi.org or
 Roeland van Krieken, rvankrieken@baychi.org
Visit http://www.baychi.org/tutorial/

15. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Tutorial
Using Fun to Drive Social Distribution and
Monetization Without Spamming Your Friends, A
XEOPlayShop
Speaker: Nicole Lazarro, XEODesign
Tentative Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9 AM - 4 PM
Tentative Location: Campbell
Registration Costs: TBA
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

16. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Interaction Design BOF Event
Input: Moving Beyond Web Forms
Speaker: Luke Wroblewski, Yahoo!
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 7:30-9:30 pm
Location: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

17. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

18. BayCHI Library
 A service for BayCHI members only
 See our staff in the lobby to browse and
check out materials
 Visit www.baychi.org and click Library
for:
 our list of tutorial notes and videos
 how to reserve, borrow, and return
materials

19. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
 BayCHI podcasts are now available via
Conversations Network
 For more details, see:
 http://www.baychi.org/podcast/
 http://chi.conversationsnetwork.org/
 We need additional volunteers to help
with this exciting effort:
• Podcast Curator
• Podcast Copywriter

20. BayCHI Recording Policy
 Recording of this program meeting by
audience members is not permitted
 The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

21. BayCHI Dinner
 Join us before the BayCHI meeting
 For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

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23. March BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, March 9th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Reframing Healthcare as Self-Management:
Imagining Us All as Designers of Our Own Well-Being
Rajiv Mehta, Zume Life, and Hugh Dubberly, Dubberly Design Office
Designing for Participation:
Creating Museums That Work as Social Spaces
Nina Simon, Museum 2.0
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/