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JUNE 7, 2009
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NEWSLETTER
Our June Meeting
Showing off your creative ski"s in a
competitive environment and get paid
for being the best!
Our next Chapter interesting demonstration,
meeting will be held expect discussion about the Additional Volunteers Needed!
Thursday evening, June 25, future of design, design
2009 at Open Solutions in processes and the genesis of We will need volunteers to write monthly
Glastonbury, CT. new designer communities. newsletter articles, present at upcoming
This month we will be As mentioned, the meetings and work on the Chapters social
learn about a significant meeting will be held at Open network for members. Please contact me to
innovations in the delivery of Solutions, 455 Winding sign-up.
graphical content. Brook Drive, Glastonbury,
Glastonbury based TopCoder CT. Light refreshments will Herb Wexler,
Studio essentially delivers on be available at 6:30, with the Vice President CT UPA
the promise of being a meeting starting at 7:00. herbwexler@optonline.net
‘software factory’ - where a
global network of highly
skilled graphic designers,
compete in contests to create
graphical treatments. July Meetings Announced...
TopCoder Studio’s diverse Our July meeting will focus on
client list provides the design Eye-tracking. Jennifer Knodler from SMI
community with an
Presenting: SensoMotoric Instruments Inc. will be
impressive array of design
contests. The process used David Messinger, leading a discussion and demonstrating how
for evaluation, peer review - Chief Architect at TopCoder Eye-tracking technologies are being used by
and holistically selecting user experience teams.
winners is very compelling. If you have topics of interest, or would
In fact, the entire concept is like to present at a future meeting - please
“design meets social me know.
networking...”
Michael Rawlins,
TopCoder Studio is
President CT UPA
relevant to design managers
as well as Usability michael.rawlins@gmail.com
practitioners. Beyond an
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CONNECTICUT CHAPTER OF USABILITY PROFESSIONALS
JUNE 7, 2009
http://www.opensolutions.com
The chapter officers will be spending the summer planning for the balance of 2009. We will be spending time
with those that have volunteered to chair (or sit on some key committees).
- Website update (seeking committee members)
- Membership Committee (chaired by Brandon Marino, Open Solutions)
- Newsletter Committee (Trina Hare, Open Solutions)
- Events Committee (Trish Palmer, Open Solutions)
If you are interested in participating on any of these committees, please let me or any of the other chapter
officers know.
Michael Rawlins,
President CT UPA
michael.rawlins@gmail.com
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Improving Healthcare Experiences: Creating • Fail safe technology in the control rooms including
the Design Standards three methods or recording a session and a backup
Amy Cueva of Mad*Pow and Claudio Luis Vera power generator.
of studio:module. This was an engaging discussion • Multiple videoconferencing methods for streaming
that covered: the session.
• The challenges in the US healthcare system: • Multiple, participant focused cameras as well as
closed/proprietary standards and codes, and non- document and device cameras.
integrated systems. • High fidelity microphones for improved audio.
• Its need for user and patient centered design: • A dedicated machine and monitor for a not- taking
analysis of some known patient experiences and observer in each control room.
current patient health record solutions such as
Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.
Lab website:
• The inherent dangers in not addressing that need
(http://www.syleum.com/2009/03/17/healthcare- http://www.bentley.edu/usability/facilities/index.cfm
data-model/).
• The challenges to adoption from both the
practitioner and patient perspectives.
Brandon Marino,
• The opportunity this presents for our discipline
especially given the current government funding Membership Chair, CT UPA
being allocated to improving healthcare systems. brandon.marino@opensolutions.com
Presentation: http://design.studiomodule.com/
miniupa/
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