The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 30 trips to carry that many people.
EWMD Asia Pacific Networking Event on 20 February 2012
It would be nice to meet you there:
Working Abroad: More than Being an Expat?
Expatriates are typically working for a limited period outside their own country and are not supposed to get deeply involved in their new home country; some companies explicitly don’t want their professionals to engage in the local community and define the personal boundaries of their expat staff by contract to avoid job-related conflicts that may arise if some of their staff become politically or socially active.
Within the expat community, which includes skilled professionals who come to work in another country on their own or those sent by their employer, many (the majority?) are not interested in integrating in the culture and prefer their own social circles, but there are also those who want to engage in social, political or other issues of public concern in their new home country.
What experiences have you made as an expat or with expat colleagues? In our event we would like to discuss the diverse experiences of an expat’s life from different perspectives and look forward to welcoming you. This time, we will have EWMD members from Germany, Austria and Laos who are currently visiting Hong Kong, as guests, who will contribute to our exchange of experiences and stories.
The EWMD Asia-Pacific is the Asian chapter of EWMD International, the European Womens’ Management Development Network (www.ewmd.org) We are a registered non-profit society to support networking and exchange among professionals.
Time: 20 February 2012, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Culture Club & Gallery, Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong www.cultureclub.com.hk
Cost: 200 HK$ including 2 drinks of your choice
Registration: Please register online at http://www.ewmd.org/events/working-abroad-more-being-expat
User Experience Hong Kong
…see you in HK?
Future of HCI: Ben Shneiderman at HCI Orlando
Professor Ben Shneiderman
University of Maryland, talks about the future of HCI in his keynote “Technology-Mediated Social Participation: The Next 25 Years of HCI Challenges”
The success of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, and traditional discussion groups empowers individuals to become active in local and global communities. Shneiderman believes that with modest redesign, these technologies can be harnessed to support national priorities such as healthcare/wellness, disaster response, community safety, energy sustainability, etc.
HCI International 2011
9-14 July 2011, Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida, USA
http://www.hcii2011.org/
more pics:
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3469628/1/HCI?h=b19870
Shanghai Museum of Glass just opened
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Shanghai Museum of Glass
685 Changjiang Xi Lu, near Gangsi Lu, Baoshan
宝山区长江西路685号, 近钢四路
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Entry: RMB 20
„Usability – Erste Hilfe“
16. Februar 2011, 10.00 – 18.00 Uhr
MFG Baden-Württemberg
Breitscheidstr. 4 (Bosch-Areal)
70174 Stuttgart
Anmeldung und weitere Informationen: www.doit-online.de/usability
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Stehen Sie vor der Aufgabe, Ihre Webseite oder Benutzeroberfläche für Ihre Software, mobile Applikation oder Produktionssteuerung ändern und verbessern zu müssen? Kennen Sie diese typische Situation: Sie haben eine Software entwickelt, die von Nutzern nicht angenommen wird, die zu viele Call-Center-Anrufe erfordert. In diesem Seminar werden typische Fragestellungen und Fehlerquellen bearbeitet sowie Lösungen vorgestellt und diskutiert, so dass das Ergebnis einen konsistenten und professionellen Eindruck macht.
Referentin
* Prof. Astrid Beck, Hochschule Esslingen, Fakultät Informationstechnik / GUI Design
Programm
* Wie verbessere ich die Usability von Webseiten, Office-Software, Apps, Steuerungs-Software etc.?
* Wie mache ich Verbesserungen für die nächste Version und/oder für den Relaunch?
* Grundaufbau und Navigation
* Texte
* UI Elemente richtig einsetzen
* Auswahl von Controls
* Tabellengestaltung und Formulargestaltung
* Design und Farben
* Prozess
Die Teilnahmegebühr beträgt € 270,- zzgl. MwSt. (inkl. Mittagessen). Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 20 Personen begrenzt.
Anmeldung und weitere Informationen: www.doit-online.de/usability
Bringen Sie Ihre Anwendung und Ihre Fragestellungen mit.
Für Übungen bringen Sie Ihr Notebook bitte mit.
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Deutscher Expo-Pavillon „balancity“ in Shanghai mit erstem Preis ausgezeichnet
Zum Abschluss der Expo-Weltausstellung in Shanghai ist der deutsche Pavillon „balancity“ mit dem ersten Preis („Golden Award“) für die beste Umsetzung des Expo-Themas „Better City, Better Life“ ausgezeichnet worden. Die Stuttgarter Agentur Milla und Partner hat die Hauptattraktion des Pavillons – ein interaktives Pendel mit riesiger medialer Kugel– erdacht und gemeinsam mit Partnern umgesetzt.
In den 184 Tagen, die die Expo 2010 in Shanghai andauerte, haben mehr als vier Millionen Besucher den deutschen Pavillon besichtigt.
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The Chinese Moon Festival
Moon Hill Village in Yangshuo, by duncan wolfe
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The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month, this year it is on September 22nd. It’s also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.
Iconic gift is the moon cake which will be given to family and friends. Running gag is that after a while you will get back your very own boxof moon cakes after it has be given away and be passed on a couple of times 
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