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Email: is it time to get some Training?
Source: UN, 9 May 2008
How hard can it be? Apparently lack of email training is costing employers dearly.
Book Review: Mental Models by Indi Young
Source: UN, 8 May 2008
Mental ModelsA practical, readable and relevant account of key processes in the vital task of researching, building and applying mental models to product design.
CHI '08: What makes a really Great Designer?
Source: System Concepts, 7 May 2008
What qualities do elite designers share, and what do they know that other members of the HCI community could benefit from?
Raising the standard of websites worldwide: BSI and Magus launch a new specification
Source: UN, 5 May 2008
BSI and Magus have released Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 124 to help
organisations manage website standards efficiently and harness their full
potential.
Emporia Life Plus phone for the over 50s now available in the UK
Source: UN, 3 May 2008
Accessible Handset Distribution (AHD) has announced the availability of the much anticipated Emporia Life Plus mobile phone.

Jobs

Interactive Architect - London
Deadline: 18 May 2008
 
Glass Partnership is looking to appoint a permanent experienced Interactive Architect to work across a range of leading edge projects.

User Interface Designers, contract and permanent - London
Deadline: 9 May 2008
 
Electronic Ink is hiring contract to full-time, mid and lead levels for a variety of positions in the UK.

Customer Experience Consultants - London
Deadline: 10 May 2008
 
Seren is a design consultancy. We have moved into fantastic new offices in Shoreditch and are looking for designers / consultants at all levels. Salary: £25k - £55k plus bonus & benefits.

Events

The Mobile Web 2.0 Summit - London
Date: 11 June 2008 to 12 June 2008
 
Monetising the next generation of mobile web.

 

2nd PEACH Summer School: Technologies and Applications - Dubrovnik, Croatia
Date: 9 July 2008 to 11 July 2008
 
Are you a presence researcher or PhD student? Are you looking to find out more about the latest presence research, technologies and applications? If so then the second PEACH Summer School is for you.

 

HCI 2008: Culture, Creativity, Interaction - Liverpool, UK
Date: 1 September 2008 to 5 September 2008
 
The 22nd annual HCI Conference, Liverpool, UK

Paper Calls

CfP: HCI 2008 2nd Call
Deadline: 9 May 2008
 
Call for 2nd round of submissions to HCI2008 Culture, Creativity, Interaction, Liverpool Sept 1-5th, 2008

 

CfP: (re)Actor3 Papers, Performances, and Installations
Deadline: 23 June 2008
 
(re)Actor3: The Third International Conference on Digital Live Art seeks to bring together practitioners and academics from the varying worlds of Live Art, Computing and HCI for a lively debate and event which will explore this emerging field.

CfP: Fun and Games 2008
Deadline: 9 May 2008
 
Fun n' Games 2008, is a single-track conference that is aimed at bringing together researchers, designers and developers interested in applications of novel technologies in the areas of games and entertainment.

 
 

 

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