DFUG #3 well over…
Today we had the DFUG # 3, in addition to the great dialogue we ended up having about various aspects of our work and industry, we had two great presentations…
Philip Tonboe talked about using pernilNoise maps as displacement maps and displayed some great applications of the output and how to configure the maps to obtain various results… really great stuff !!
Secondly we had one of the key developers on the Danish National Broadcasting’s game site to talk about the newest addition to their famous “Hundeparken”. He talked about how easy it was to get started writing 2D games using the BOX2D Physics Engine.
The next event will probably be on the 21st of October… stay tuned at FlashForum for more info…
UXBASIS released by Hello Group
At Hello Group we have created a website explaining how and why we what we do when working with our clients… we have named it UXBASIS !
UXBASIS is way of combining the numerous tools available to us and forming a unified process that sits within a digital agency and it’s other important departments – creative, tech and client services. The beauty about the model is it is fully adaptive to any clients needs, can fit with tech’s agile process and incorporates creative and development at key stages in the creation process.
The model is based on the creative process of a four part cycle; plan, act, observe and refine. On top of that is Jesse James Garretts’ five layers model for web development. The added bonus is that it doesn’t need to be a website but it can be any interface. It is purely ux focused but acknowledges the necessary touch points of where we need to engage with other parts of the business.Of course it is not new in terms of tools but it is in terms of making this work in a digital agency. An important factor is that the UX team has this as a manifesto and we stick to it completely. By having an agreed approach we can engage others in a common language.
We are producing cards (and we know they are not a new idea, see IDEO and the IA summit cards) to help our client services team communicate our methods to customers. It gives them the language necessary and helps cost projects by seeing when to use them and what they are.
It helps the company become more efficient keeps the quality of our work high and ensures transparency with the client. These tools all are valid and are frequently used. There are many more but these we feel are at our core to produce the best results.
The website is here with each tool explained and a poster and cards have also been produced. UX BASIS gathers it all up and makes our process transparent and communicable. It provides anchorage along the way for the journeys our client projects take us on.
Check it out…
http://uxbasis.hellogroup.com/
DFUG Meeting in Copenhagen
Its with great pleasure that I can announce that we on one of the upcoming Thursday will be having the 3rd meeting in our Adobe Flash User Group here in Copenhagen.
The first time we were so lucky to have James Ward here, speaking about Flash Catalyst and Flex 4… attracting more than 60 people…
The event will take place here at Hello Group in the center of Copenhagen.
If you are interested in presenting a topic, please don’t hesitate to contact me or send an email to the email on the address below…
Check it out…
http://flashforum.dk/events/dfug-cph-24-september-2009
Changing Diabetes Barometer is now an Adobe MAX Semifinalist
After winning two awards last year for our “MyHome – Your Intelligent Home” and the “Nasdaq Market Replay”, it was with great interest we here at Hello Group were awaiting the email from Adobe telling us if our very cool application – “Changing Diabetes Barometer” had made it to the next level in the prestigious Adobe MAX Awards.
Today the email came, informing us that it had made it to the Semifinals… a great accomplishment thinking about some of the troubles the project had been undergoing from its inception to its transition into production, and then even some after that (as it most often is the case, I suppose).
Check it out…
http://www.changingdiabetesbarometer.com/
The system was build in Adobe Flex 3 with an architecture based on PureMVC MultiCore with a backend in .NET running a MS SQL Server 2005 and a WebORB tying it all together.
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