networking

Learn more about "the desirable qualities in a communication network" in this video of the Lift12 talk by Steve Song, Founder of Village Telco.

Affordability, ubiquity, reliability, privacy, convenience. In the developing world, mobile networks are delivering telephony and broadband where it has never gone before but often at the expense of the above qualities.

Beside team communications, this blog features posts written by community members. If you have a Lift account you can also share your thoughts and ideas by clicking here. Here is a post about the World Usability Day, an event organized by Florian Egger in Geneva.

World Usability Day was founded by the Usability Professionals' Association to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.

Join us on Thursday 12 November at Hotel Bristol, Geneva, to participate in World Usability Day 2009.

This year, the event will have two parts:
1. Usability training courses in the afternoon
* How to integrate User-Centered Design into your projects by Mary Mooney, MBA (Telono)
* How to set up and run your usability tests by Florian Egger, PhD (Telono)

2. Presentations by invited speakers and our traditional networking apéro.
* Achieving Usability with Interaction Design Patterns by Ahmed Seffah, PhD (EHL/UNIL)
* TRIL : Technology Research for Independent Living by Claire Somerville, PhD (TRIL Centre)
* Apéro sponsored by Telono

Cost
Training (course materials included):
* Regular price: CHF 240
* Student price: CHF 100
Guest Speaker Presentations & Apéro: FREE

More Information & Registration

Dear Lifters,

From the network mapping study we undertook of LIFT07, one participant built their network from four to 28 people during the conference. How did she do this amazing feat? I asked her to share her thoughts on getting the most out of LIFT, here are her comments:

1. Don't be afraid to listen in, hanging on the periphery and finally, jump into the conversation
2. Accept all invitations (assuming they're proper!) for drinks, dinners, presentations, whatever to increase opportunities for exchange
3. Don't forget it's only 3 days: eat, sleep and breathe it all in
4. Participate in the pre-conference workshops if possible - where you can meet people in a more informal setting.

And for the seasoned Lifter:
Break out of your clique: aim to share ideas with people outside of your network

See you at LIFT!
Glenn

I was delighted that two people contacted me through my last post! It's difficult, sometimes, to start writing in these things, and so pleasing when there's a response.

I'm also pleased that, through one of the replies, I discovered two other people that I've met previously. Hmm, it's beginning to feel exciting!