Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 6:00 PM New Horizons, East Syracuse

Everett McKay presents UI is Communication You are a developer working on a project that needs a good user interface to be successful. But there’s a problem: you aren’t an experienced UI designer and nobody else on your team is either. You are doing the best you can, but you know could do better. If only you knew more about UI design to help your team make better decisions…   If this sounds familiar, come to our August 11th meeting where Everett McKay will present UI is Communication. In this talk, Everett will present the fundamentals of UI design from the point of view of effective communication. UI design is ultimately all about communicating to users, both in terms of what you say and how you say it. If you can explain how to perform a task to someone in person in a way that’s clear and concise, you can apply those same communication techniques to present the task to users using the language of UI. This talk will help you apply UI design skills that you didn’t know you had.   The talk will focus on UI design principles, process, and techniques. There will be several practical examples where you can apply what you have learned to real UI design problems. Everett McKay is the principal of UX Design Edge, a user experience design consulting and training firm specializing in helping non-designers based in St. Albans, Vermont.   Previously, Everett was a program manager at Microsoft for nearly 10 years. He was on the Windows 7 and Windows Vista teams, and was responsible for managing, writing, and driving the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines. This role enabled Everett to develop expertise across a wide range of user experience specialties and act as an in-house consultant to help teams across the company do their best work.