Everything you've ever wanted to know about designers but were afraid to ask

[Giuseppe Turitto]

Monthly Meeting - Tuesday September 16, 2008 at 6 PM.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about designers but were afraid
to ask

You know that the more usable your product is, the better its chance
of succeeding. You get that involving user interface designers in
developing your software can improve its usability and appeal, and
your organization has made the leap and decided to stop going it
alone. You've hired some designers whose work impressed you because it
looked elegant and intuitive, people said nice things about them and
they seemed like they would be easy to work with.

Now what?

This talk highlights practical pointers on how to involve designers in
your development process. We'll share some tricks of the trade,
discuss what to expect from designers, how to communicate and work
together and how to best leverage them in the quest to deliver great
software.
(Results may vary - please consult your designer for more
information.)

Presenter: Edward Guttman
Edward is the Design Director at CodeStreet, a software company that
has developed products for fixed income desks and market data
development groups. In addition to their work on these products, he
and his team have provided user interface and information design
consulting services across a range of industries to organizations such
as Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Computer Sciences Corporation,
The Library Corporation, Business Objects and SAP. They have worked
for clients in business, technology and marketing groups on desktop
products and Web applications. Ed has previously presented at SIGCHI
international conferences and chapter meetings, UPA and IEEE
conferences, and has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design
at Rhode Island School of Design.

Agenda:
6:00 PM Refreshments
6:15 PM Main Presentation
7:30 PM Raffle
7:45 PM Networking Session

1290 Avenue of the Americas on the 6th floor.
New York, NY

Due to heightened building security procedures you must RSVP to
wz...@microsoft.com by close of business on Monday September 15th in
order to be admitted to the meeting on September 16th. Please make
sure to include your first and last name in the RSVP.