The Lost Art Of Simplicity

The Detroit Java User Group is very pleased to announce this special
event.

What: The Lost Art Of Simplicity
Who:  Josh Holmes is a UX Architect Evangelist for Microsoft.
When:  Wednesday, September 16, 2009  6:30PM - 8:30 PM
Where:  ePrize Headquarters, 1 ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069
GPS: geo:lat=42.474942 geo:lon=-83.135154

This is event is FREE
SEATS ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER TODAY AT:
http://detroitjug.eventbrite.com/

The Lost Art Of Simplicity

Simplicity is a lost art in the application development space. The
Wikipedia definition of Simplicity is Simplicity is the property,
condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined. It often denotes
beauty, purity or clarity. Simple things are usually easier to explain
and understand than complicated ones.

Simplicity can mean freedom from hardship, effort or confusion.

This is a beautiful statement that we often lose sight of when we are
building our applications. Instead we are on a never ending quest to
fill out a checklist of features or to build something clever
forgetting about the actual needs of our users to get a specific task
done.

This talk takes complexity to task and challenges you to bring
simplicity to the center of your development with some straightforward
ideas and guidance.

Josh Holmes
Josh Holmes is a RIA Architect Evangelist with Microsoft focused on
building and educating the dev partners with a UX or Rich Internet
Application offering in Central Region. Prior to joining Microsoft in
October 2006, Josh was a consultant with SRT Solutions working with a
variety of clients ranging from large Fortune 500 firms to smaller
sized companies. In most situations, Josh was called in as the
technical leader on a project to lead the clients team to success.
Josh is a frequent speaker and lead panelist at national and
international software development conferences, including VSLive,
Software Development Expo (East and West), Basta and the Rich Web
Experience,  focusing on emerging technologies, software design and
development with an emphasis on mobility and RIA (Rich Internet
Applications). Josh has written and delivered many training classes
over time for both public audiences as  well as courses tightly
tailored for the clients needs. The topics of these classes ranged
from XML to ASP.NET to the Compact Framework. Josh speaks from his
experience and conviction based on many production successes that his
clients have experienced. Community focused, Josh has founded and/or
run many technology organizations from the Great Lakes Area .NET Users
Group to the Ann Arbor Computer Society and was on the forming
committee for CodeMash. You can contact Josh through his blog at
http://www.joshholmes.com.

Joining us will be The Michigan Chapter of the Usability
Professionals' Association
http://miupa.org/
The goals of the MI-UPA are to:
Promote and support the principles of usability and user-centered
design in products, software, and web sites for Michigan companies.
Bring user interface designers, usability engineers, human factors
engineers, and more together to network and learn.
Organize and hold events on topics of interest to our members. Events
may be a formal presentation or workshop on a usability-related
topic.

The Pizza Sponsor this month is RIIS -  Research Into Internet
Systems
 http://www.riis.com/

Prizes provided by SUN and Peachpit Publishing
Masterminds of Programming By Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden
Project Guide to UX Design, By Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler

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