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Hi Everyone,
I
hope you're all settling into the new financial year!
I'm
back on board from my honeymoon (was fantastic!) and Cecilia has
taken my place. She has just left to get married in Sweden!
Congrats to Giles and Cecilia!
Intuitive this month has a
new article that Nicole Dixon from Morpheum inspired. Technology
projects - are they fundamentally Data-based or People-based?
You will also see
the profile of our employee of the month Zoë Soon and you might
even see some piccies of us ice skating last week!
Have
a fun month! Bye for now!
Cheers,
James
Breeze
General
Manager and Psychologist
jamesb@ptg-global.com
or 02 9251 4200
White
Paper: What is your technology 'BASED' on?
Author:
James Breeze, Craig Errey
In building
your last business application did you get requirements from
users or test the application with them? Even if you did,
you may still have had trouble making the technology work
the way they needed it to. James Breeze and Craig Errey
explain how engaging users is only half the equation, since
technology must be built so that it is entirely ‘people
based’, not ‘data based’.
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more about What is your technology 'BASED' on?
Interesting
Stuff
ICEBREAKERS
Last Friday
afternoon, Macquarie Ice Rink, North Ryde was stormed by a
seriously dangerous force – PTG Global, on ice skates. Our brave
team rose to the challenge of moving the company forward –
unfortunately the ground was (literally) slipping from beneath
them.
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more about ICEBREAKERS
Conferences
and Workshops
CHISIG
Christmas in Winter event - 'Thank God Usability is Here!'
Date:
1/08/06 6pm
Location:
The “Horse
Bazaar” 397 Little Lonsdale Street (between Queen and Elizabeth)
Melbourne VIC
Cost: $10
per head (CHISIG members & non-members) + buy drinks at the bar
This is a fantastic
opportunity to network with design and usability people from
academia and industry, plus you can expect lots of laughs! Tasty
finger food will be provided and you can buy drinks at the bar.
The event is open to both CHISIG members and non-members, with an
emphasis on fun (so you don’t even have to know what 'Usability'
is)!
Read
more about 'Thank God Usability is Here!'
Web
Accessibility Workshops
Date:
8,9/08/06
Location:
Brisbane
These
full day workshops provide a thorough overview of accessibility
issues and how to address them.
Read
more about Web Accessiblity Workshops
Writing
for the web workshop
Date
& Location:
27/07/06 (Adelaide), 9/08/06 (Melbourne)
This workshop
focuses on improving the usefulness, usability, and accessibility
of online content. It introduces techniques for clear and
effective online communication and re-inforces these with a series
of hands-on excersizes.
Read
more about the Writing for the web workshop
Meet
Zoë Soon
Which
three words best describe you and why?
Hard-working,
dedicated and reliable…Why? Because my boss will probably read
this.
In my freetime, I like
to...
Sit in a coffee
shop with a good book or journal.
I most admire...
Joseph Campbell…he
coined the term ‘Follow your bliss’, then quit his job, during
the Depression, and went into the woods and read for 5 years.
That’s putting your money where your mouth is!
I hope to...
Salsa dance
across South America!
What is the best thing
about working at PTG Global?
The people and
the innovation.
What is the most
treasured item on your desk?
The $2 mini wind
chimes I won at an office auction because they’re like my personal
sound effects that add a bit of ‘fairy magic’ to the office!
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