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Prague World Usability Day 2009

Posted on November 20, 2009 by admin

This post is a copy from Design at Sun blog. Just a few words about 5th Prague World Usability Day. This year, we have almost filled the capacity of the cinema, we had 290 registered visitors! We didn’t use the … Continue reading →

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Autodesk Design Museum

Posted on July 1, 2009 by admin

I had a chance to visit Autodesk Design Museum located at One Market Street in San Francisco. Here are pictures I took there: http://picasaweb.google.com/mzourek/AutodeskDesignMuseum#/a>

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Opening of Center of Excellence Focused on Accessibility and Usability in Prague

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

This post is a copy from Design at Sun blog. xDesign cooperates with Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) for more than 5 years. For example in 2004, we have opened first local usability lab, from 2005 we organize every … Continue reading →

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Prague World Usability Day 2008

Posted on January 21, 2009 by admin

This post is a copy from Design at Sun blog. As every year, we were co-organizers of Prague World Usability Day. Theme for this year was “transportation”. We had about 130 registered attendees. In the beginning, we have introduced new … Continue reading →

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CTU Center of Excellence

Posted on December 22, 2008 by admin

We have signed 3 years contract with Czech Technical University in Prague in the area of accessibility and usability. More info is in this official press release. Pictures from the opening are here.

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Prague ACM SIGCHI

Posted on November 15, 2008 by admin

So it’s official! We have transfered our local chapter of ACM SIGCHI to an official non-profit organization, registered by the local government. It’ll allow us to have own budget (don’t rely just on sponsors and to have membership fees) and … Continue reading →

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Prague World Usability Day 2008

Posted on October 28, 2008 by admin

Prague ACM SIGCHI organizes local World Usability Day again! This one is aligned with the global one, so it’s focused on transportation. More information (in Czech) and registration is on: http://praguewud2008.eventbrite.com/

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Haunted

Posted on August 24, 2008 by admin

I’ve finished reading of the latest Chuck Palahniuk book, which was released in Czech: Haunted. For some reason, I didn’t like it. I enjoyed reading of all his previous books, which were published here (Fight Club, Survivor, Choke), I love … Continue reading →

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Back from Venice

Posted on August 17, 2008 by admin

Back from our short vacation in Venice! Spent there two nights. Just a few highlights: As always, we booked our hotel through www.hotels.com. We can just recommend the four stars Boscolo Bellini hotel! Great rooms, great location, great staff and … Continue reading →

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Whiskey tasting

Posted on July 10, 2008 by admin

I’ve attended whiskey tasting few days ago—focused on “special” single malts. It was a private testing organized by our friends from a local importer of whiskeys Kratochvilovci. Here are my notes: ABERFELDY 1989, 43 % Strong, oily, almost no smoky … Continue reading →

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