[Chicago] Several items that may be of interest to group members

[Jonathan Tonkin]

Hello,

While this may not be directly related to group topics, here are several items that may be of interest to group members.

1.) (shortest first) The Chicago Chapter of the ACM is now on Facebook and Twitter.  Join our Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59120137059) or follow us on Twitter (username:  chicagoacm).

2.)  Next ACM Meeting: April 13, 2011 

A joint meeting with the Loyola University Computer Science Department

Speaker: Brian Fitzpatrick 

Topic: "Do You Believe in the Users?"

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 6:30 pm
5:30 pm -6:30 pm (Social Hour)

Loyola University Water Tower Campus (Chicago/Michigan Area) 820 N Michigan, Chicago IL 60611 Beane Ballroom (13th Floor, Lewis Towers)

Campus map: http://www.luc.edu/about/pdfs/wtc_may09.pdf 

Admission: Free (General Admission, No Reserved Seats)

Reservations:
To make a reservation, use this form:
(https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/chicagoacm.org/viewform?authkey=COy8ov8C&formkey=dEwwM1NJOWpiUHRkTmczX3NyamRGRXc6MA&ndplr=1#gid=0)
or send an e-mail to greg at neumarke.net. 


About the Topic: 

This talk will focus on anecdotes and strategies for keeping software design uncomplicated, making software fast, and putting usability above programming convenience.  We’ll also focus on the importance of keeping a healthy illusion of simplicity, while allowing abstractions to deliberately leak for power-users.


About the Speaker: 

Brian Fitzpatrick started Google's Chicago engineering office in 2005, and currently leads several of Google's Chicago engineering efforts, including Transparency Engineering and The Google Affiliate Network. He also started and leads Google's Data Liberation Front, a team that systematically works to make it easy for users to move their data both to and from Google. Lastly, he serves as internal advisor for Google's open source efforts.

Prior to joining Google, Brian was a senior software engineer on the version control team at CollabNet, working on Subversion, cvs2svn, and CVS. He has also worked at Apple Computer as a senior engineer in their professional services division, developing both client and web applications for Apple's largest corporate customers.


Thanks,

Jonathan Tonkin 

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