SpeedCon 2012: An Unconference on Communication Wrap Up Another successful SpeedCon Unconference is in the books! On Saturday, November 17, 2012, the NC State University Student Chapter of ACM SIGDOC hosted our second SpeedCon: An Unconference on Communication. We were
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Notes from the Chair Dear ACM SIGDOC Members, This is my first of what will be five editions of Notes from the Chair from me, as I act as interim Chair until the next election. Many new positive steps have
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ACM has a new print on demand program which is available for conference proceedings. The proceedings list for 2010 and 2011 was used as a starting point. (http://librarians.acm.org/order-print-conference-proceedings) The list of available proceedings will grow as the program continues.
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A new SIGDOC website! Now officially launched and available: http://sigdoc.acm.org/. Please bookmark this new URL and feel free to provide input to our webmaster, Jen Riehle: jen_riehle@ncsu.edu ACM Awards announced The ACM press release announcing the following five awards was
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Sound Usability? Usability heuristics and guidelines for user-centered podcasts Jennifer L. Bowie, Ph.D. Screen Space 2241 Blenheim Ct Marietta, GA 30066 001-404-931-2364 jbowie@screenspace.org ABSTRACT In this paper, I explore usability for podcasts. I begin with a definition of podcasting.
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Several companies have openings in their technical publications departments. To submit an entry, send your company name, web address or contact, city and state or province, and the titles of the openings you want to list. ACM Career Resource Center
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Notes from the Chair Dear ACM SIGDOC Members, Planning continues for the ACM SIGDOC 2012 conference (http://courses.washington.edu/commprac/sigdoc2012/) being held in Seattle, Washington, USA, this upcoming October 3rd to 5th, 2012. The conference Call for Participation is available at http://courses.washington.edu/commprac/sigdoc2012/call-for-participation/ and
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Conferences SIGDOC 2012 30th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication October 3-5, 2012 Seattle, Washington http://sigdoc2012.org/ Please plan to join us for ACM’s 2012 Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC) conference in Seattle, Washington, October 3-5, 2012.
Interesting Items
A new SIGDOC website! Not yet officially launched and still in the process of being tested and updated, but the bulk of the content of the current site has been moved to the new space- you can see it here: http://sigdoc.acm.org/.
SIGDOC 2012 is in Seattle!
We’re pleased to announce that SIGDOC 2012 will take place in Seattle, Washington this October! One of the nation’s top high-tech cities, Seattle has a vibrant UX community. Home to offices of prominent companies like Amazon, MIcrosoft, Boeing, T-Mobile, and