[Chicago] Chicago Chapter ACM - Feb 13 - Python for Desktop Application Development & User Interface Design

[Marc Temkin]

This information is also on the Chapter website at: 
http://www.acm.org/chapters/chicago

  The next meeting of the Chicago Chapter is: 

      Using Python for Desktop Application Development
		and User Interface Design

  Presented by: Jono DiCarlo of Humanized

       Wednesday, February 13, 2007

  5:30 p.m. Social Hour, Dinner Buffet & Refreshments
  6:30 p.m. Presentation  

  Hosted by: Roosevelt University
    18 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
    5th floor Commons area next to the Computer Science Department

Cost:  
  $10 Chapter members
  $12 Non-members
  $ 5 Students 

TOPIC ABSTRACT:
  Jono DiCarlo will be giving us a preview of his presentation at
  the upcoming PyCon 2008 (held in Chicago, March 14-16.) 

  He will talk about the theory behind User Interface design
  decisions and also how Humanized used Python along with 'C'
  extensions to create their product Enso, a client-side, end-user
  Windows application that allows you to use keyboard commands to do
  common tasks. 

  Jono will tell us about how Python can automate your build
  process, can package Windows distributions and why dynamic typing
  was not a significant performance issue. 

  Time allowing, he'll also talk about the Humanized philosophy of
  UI design as embodied in Enso, focusing on the ideas of
  natural-language based interfaces and inter-application
  communication, two ideas underutilized in current GUI design which
  can contribute to making software easier and faster to use for
  beginners and experts alike. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
  Jono DiCarlo graduated college at 17 with a degree in physics.
  Before he joined Humanized he worked in a planetarium, taught
  English to Japanese high school kids, and developed toolkits for
  computational grids at Argonne National Laboratory, and received a
  MS in Computer Science from the University of Chicago in 2005. 

  On January 15, 2008 it was announced that Mozilla, the open source
  browser vendor, hired the three principals of Humanized, including
  Jono, to join the Mozilla Labs team. 

  When not at work he authors comics, works on electronics and
  studies Aikido. 

RESERVATIONS
  Note: Please make your reservation as soon as you know you are
  coming. We need a headcount for the food, as we order it in
  advance.  Even if it is last-minute, reserve anyway. Thanks. 

  Make your meeting reservation by replying to this e-mail
  ( greg at neumarke.net ) You may also call Greg at (work) 773-907-3308