[PRL] Meeting with Daniel Jackson, 12/16

[William J. Bowman]

Hello all,

Please send me your constraints if you want to meet with Daniel. I don't want to start twisting arms.

William Bowman

On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 03:59:33PM -0500, William J. Bowman wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> If you would like to meet with Daniel on Tuesday, Dec. 16th, please let me know your constraints.
> 
> William Bowman
> 
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 01:01:07PM -0500, Vincent St-Amour wrote:
> > NUPRL Seminar presents
> >
> > Daniel Jackson
> > MIT
> >
> > 10:30 - 12:00 (non-standard time)
> > Tuesday, 12/16 (non-standard day)
> > Room 366 WVH (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/wand/directions.html)
> >
> >
> > Conceptual design of software
> >
> > Abstract:
> > What makes a software application usable, robust and effective? Elegant
> > code, clean user interfaces, comprehensive testing, etc, all matter. But
> > more important is getting the concepts right. Every software application
> > is built around a collection of concepts that determine both the
> > structure of the code and the shape of the user interface. Indeed, a few
> > critical concepts often characterize an application: layers and masks
> > for photo editors, for example; paragraphs and styles for word
> > processors; formulas and relative references for spreadsheets; posts,
> > tags and friendships for social apps.
> >
> > Despite their centrality in software design, concepts are often treated
> > only indirectly, as second class citizens. Interface designers focus on
> > use cases, wireframes and detailed interactions; programmers on module
> > structures, datatypes and API specs; architects on scalability and
> > performance; and so on. What's needed is a design approach in which the
> > invention and analysis of concepts takes center stage.
> >
> > This talk outlines my current thinking on designing software with
> > concepts. Drawing on good and bad examples from a variety of products
> > (from Adobe, Apple, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft and others), it explains
> > what concepts are, how they can be represented, and how to analyze
> > concepts using some simple design criteria.
> >
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