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What is IPGems?
IPGems explores the integration
of concepts from various professional disciplines in the fields of
user-centered system
design, information and knowledge management, semantic integration, and
performance improvement. You will find
information and examples that describe:
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The design of computer systems and user interfaces that
are easy to use and help people do what they want to do more effectively
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Supporting people's ability to use and share their knowledge for
greater benefit to themselves and organizations
IPGems is a collection of publications written by Duane Degler and colleagues over the years. Consulting services for interaction design, usability, semantics, and content management are provided by Design for Context.
Why is this integration more relevant every day?
It's important to apply the best practices of many disciplines to effectively
support users:
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Allow transactional applications and information resources to integrate
tightly, in order to improve the overall user experience
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Make sure that people become productive quickly and easily with
your
application, when it may be just one of dozens they use every day
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Reduce the feelings of overload that people have in their relationships with
technology and information
It's also important to integrate the way we approach projects:
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Recognize and build on the cross-disciplinary methods from usability,
information architecture, knowledge representation, enterprise architecture,
etc.
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Integrate proven analysis/design methods into large and small project
management approaches (such as waterfall, UML or Agile)
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Take advantage of new web-based services and technical facilities, including
techniques from Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web
Where can you hear more?
There are a number of events where we explore these subjects:
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Event
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March 18, 2008
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Achieving Business Value by Integrating Tasks, Topics and Content
at the Writers of User Assistance conference, Portland, Oregon.
In UA terms, "the shortest distance between two points is a relevant keyword." When assistance
is needed, the most direct path returns users to their task as quickly as possible with the
knowledge needed to be successful. This requires us to design and write with an understanding
of the user's context, task, and need. We then reduce seeking time by carefully defining
the 'glue' between applications and supporting information. How do we do that? What techniques and
technologies are now available to help us reach this goal in new ways? This talk
provides big picture ideas for UA practices: understanding the user's context, identifying relevant
keywords, and integrating applications and content using techniques from the Semantic Web and Topic Maps.
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April 5, 2008
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Workshop:
Semantic Web User Interactions: Exploring HCI Challenges
(see
workshop description and call for participation)
at CHI2008, Florence, Italy. The Semantic Web User Interaction group is
working on the next gathering to continue
framing the issues in this important subject.
We're continuing conversations from previous workshops, both formally and
informally, on interaction design and
the Semantic Web. You can join the
SWUI mailing list
for current information.
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June, 2008
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Applied Design Principles for Rich Web Interactions (tutorial) and Future Interfaces: Latest in Semantic Web User Interaction (presentation) at the Usability Professionals' Association annual international conference. This year's theme is
The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through Holistic Practice.
The conference is in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, this year, so will be a local event for us.
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For more information, please feel free to
contact us
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