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HCI Day at aKademy 2008

August 12th, 2008 admin

This aKademy's Human Computer Interaction workshops will take place on Wednesday afternoon in Room 3 (A118). We start at 13.00. The sessions cover all types of HCI topics related to KDE as well as an interactive workshop at the end of the day. Wednesday, 13 August 2008 - Start 13.00 Topic Speaker Welcome to KDE ...

Presentation at Linuxtag (May 30)

May 29th, 2008 Ellen Reitmayr

Tomorrow, I will give a presentation (German) about Usability in KDE at Linuxtag in Berlin. What? It's not just testing - Usability in KDE I will focus on the importance of defining the project goals and provide three principles to design good KDE applications. When? Friday, May 30. 15.00-16.00. Where? Messe Berlin, Saal Paris ...

Season of Usability - Projects Kicked Off

May 18th, 2008 Ellen Reitmayr

Four weeks after the Call for Students has been finished, most of the Season of Usability mentors have selected their student intern. With a total of 130 applications, selecting a student was not an easy process for our mentors - and a clear indication for us that we need to provide ...

Talk at BeLUG (Berlin - May 7)

May 6th, 2008 Ellen Reitmayr

On May 7, I will give a presentation about the impact of usability at the Berlin Linux User Group (BeLUG). Along examples from KDE and Gnome, I will illustrate the effects of a project vision and user research. What: Usability in Open Source Projekten Where: BeLUG e.V., Lehrter Str. 53, 12557 Berlin When: ...

Call for Students - Season of Usability 2008

March 17th, 2008 Ellen Reitmayr

I am proud to announce the Season of Usability 2008, a series of projects for students of usability, user interface design, interaction design and related. We accept 10 students for design tasks, user research and UI analysis. The openings represent a wide range of applications, such as instant messaging, office suites, ...