BayCHI Presents…

Theresa

This Tuesday, Tristan will be giving a talk on New Models for Publishing and Browsing on the Web at monthly meeting of the Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI. SIGCHI, the Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, brings together “people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use”. Tristan will talk about the current models of browsing and how Apture’s model allows people to discover information in a richer and more efficient fashion.

The meeting also features Aline Baeck, Experience Design Architect at Intuit, who will speak on How Leonardo da Vinci Invented the Design Profession and is open to the general public. There will be dinner and informal socializing before the talks.

What:  New Models for Publishing and Browsing on the Web   

For the last decade, two main browsing models have seemingly dominated the web navigation experience: 1) using the forward/back navigation stack to navigate pages synchronously, and 2) opening new browser windows and tabs to navigate pages asynchronously. Both of these models respect the basic idea that the web should be composed fundamentally of pages. But contemporary web “2.0″ applications continue to show us that there is a need for alternative models. Apture is a new company pioneering new ways to both publish and browse information more efficiently and in a richer format for the end user. I will talk about several of these models, and demonstrate how it is being applied to applications such as blogging and large online publishing websites.

When:  Tuesday Nov. 11th, 7:30pm

Where: PARC’s George E Pake Auditorium

3333 Coyote Hill Rd. Palo Alto, CA

For more information, visit BayChi online at  http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20081111/

Or if you’d like to meet us there, send us an email at contact@apture.com or leave us a comment here!

Featured Site: Portugese Blogger with stellar reviews

Theresa

We’re back with another fabulous featured user.  This time, we’re highlighting Portugese Blogger Wellington de Melo.  de Melo uses his blog covers everything from sports to movies to current events, and he manages to link to both English and Portugese sources with ease. We love the way he uses English IMDB references in one example and Portugese Wikipedia entries in the second example.  Click on the images below to get a closer look at his works of art.

Meet the Author: Wellington de Melo

To create this multilingual Apture experience on your blog, use the media to search the Reference category for Wikipedia results for the language of your choice.

Would you like to see your blog featured here? Send us an email with your URL to contact@apture.com. Want to go the extra mile? Put together a video demonstration of how you use Apture on your blog!

California Voter Registration Deadline Today

Theresa

With the most historic and memorable election of the Apture Team’s young lives close at hand, we’re all riled up about the latest political news.  But regardless of your party affiliation, the message for today is: REGISTER TO VOTE!

For California voters, today is the deadline to register to vote in the November 4th, 2008 General Election. The moment we’ve all been waiting for is only 15 days away, so don’t miss your chance to make history. Take a look at the California Voter Registration Form, download, print and drop it off at your local post office. Just make sure to have it completed and postmarked by 5pm today.  

And if you’re already registered and still want to read what the blogosphere thinks about Senators Obama and McCain, check out some political bloggers using Apture.

 

A Political Season: Musings on Politics…

The straight talkers that run this blog hail from Indianapolis, Indiana and have a penchant for spotting issues surrounding race, conservatism, and geopolitics.

 

ProPublica.org

An innovative and informative investigative journalism site, ProPublica is all about journalism in the public interest. 

 

Are you using Apture on your political blog?  Send us an email to contact@apture.com, or leave us a comment here!

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