a11yTO + UX Irregulars May 2013: Digital Outcasts edition with designer & author Kel Smith
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Kaleem
May 24, 2013, 4:40:02 PM5/24/13
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Hi Irregulars,
Our next meetup is an extra-special event. We're teaming up with a11yTO — Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design — to welcome Kel Smith, designer & author of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind.
(If the list is full, make sure to add yourself to the waiting list. We expect to be able to accommodate more people.)
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Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from and speak to author, innovative technologist, and accessibility champion, Kel Smith. Kel has just published, and is flying in especially to speak to us about his book: "Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind."
"Regardless of channel – website, games, virtual worlds, mobile apps or robotics – at some point in their lives, everyone gets older and must enter the digital looking glass. Digital Outcasts emphasizes the importance of embracing universal design principles throughout innovation cycles, thus creating ambient, barrier-free benefit to technology consumers of all abilities and backgrounds."
http://digital-outcasts.com/about-the-book
Join us at 6:30 to network and meet Kel. He will begin his talk at 7:00.
Thanks to Devlin for hosting us in their space: http://www.devlin.ca.
See you there!
Kaleem
About Kel
Living and working out of Philadelphia and New York City, Kel's professional experience includes leading the Havas Worldwide Health digital practice on innovation and recommending global ISO-9660 workplace standards, an effort spanning 85 countries. A current member of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) and the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA), Kel served two years as Vice Chair of the Philadelphia chapter of ACM/SIG-CHI for computer-human interaction.
Kel's worldwide talks have spanned the topics of inclusive use of virtual worlds, accessible web design and mobile health. His presentation credits include: the Interaction Design Association (Savannah and Dublin), the World Future Society (Boston, Vancouver and Toronto), three appearances at the CSUN Conference for Persons with Disabilities (San Diego), the Unitech ICT Network (Oslo), and the Society for Technical Communications (Sacramento).
Our next meetup is an extra-special event. We're teaming up with a11yTO — Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design — to welcome Kel Smith, designer & author of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind.
RSVP: http://j.mp/uxi29may13 (Meetup)
When: Wed. May 29, 6:30pm
Where: Devlin Digital, 185 Frederick St., Toronto, ON (
When: Wed. May 29, 6:30pm
Where: Devlin Digital, 185 Frederick St., Toronto, ON (side entrance http://goo.gl/maps/BCZLZ)
(If the list is full, make sure to add yourself to the waiting list. We expect to be able to accommodate more people.)
Details
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from and speak to author, innovative technologist, and accessibility champion, Kel Smith. Kel has just published, and is flying in especially to speak to us about his book: "Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind."
"Regardless of channel – website, games, virtual worlds, mobile apps or robotics – at some point in their lives, everyone gets older and must enter the digital looking glass. Digital Outcasts emphasizes the importance of embracing universal design principles throughout innovation cycles, thus creating ambient, barrier-free benefit to technology consumers of all abilities and backgrounds."
http://digital-outcasts.com/about-the-book
Join us at 6:30 to network and meet Kel. He will begin his talk at 7:00.
Thanks to Devlin for hosting us in their space: http://www.devlin.ca.
See you there!
Kaleem
About Kel
Living and working out of Philadelphia and New York City, Kel's professional experience includes leading the Havas Worldwide Health digital practice on innovation and recommending global ISO-9660 workplace standards, an effort spanning 85 countries. A current member of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) and the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA), Kel served two years as Vice Chair of the Philadelphia chapter of ACM/SIG-CHI for computer-human interaction.
Kel's worldwide talks have spanned the topics of inclusive use of virtual worlds, accessible web design and mobile health. His presentation credits include: the Interaction Design Association (Savannah and Dublin), the World Future Society (Boston, Vancouver and Toronto), three appearances at the CSUN Conference for Persons with Disabilities (San Diego), the Unitech ICT Network (Oslo), and the Society for Technical Communications (Sacramento).
About a11yTO : Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design
a11yTO is about regularly bringing together our accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, our experiences and hopefully to raise the bar when it comes to digital inclusion.
a11yTO is about regularly bringing together our accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, our experiences and hopefully to raise the bar when it comes to digital inclusion.
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