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Happy 2010! Hope you all had a great time during the holiday.

Time for a dose of Cocoa pill

This month’s focus is “Adapting for the small screen”. Facebook app, New York Times app and Engedget app are just a few of the thousands of popular apps which serve as the mobile complement of an larger application. How did they translate a full-blown application to the iPhone? What did they do right and what did they do wrong?

Ada Yuen from AddiThink – a Hong Kong based usability consultation company will answer that for us. They will talk about usability and interface design issues when you adapt an existing desktop application or web site for small screen devices, namely, iPhone.

Ada is a veteran in usability and interface design. Having serviced in company such BunnyFoot Asia and Global Sources, she has finally decided to go indie running her consultancy company -AddiThink specialized in usability, interface design and SEO services.

You can find out more about her in AddiThink site.

Details as follow:

Topic: Adapting for the small screen

Date and Time: 28 Jan 2010, Friday 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, talk begins at 7:15 pm (iCal)

Venue: Ultimate PC & Mac Gallery, Central Shop Two – G/F, 99 Des Voeux Road, Central (Google map)

Registration: Facebook (this meetup is free of charge)

Event Contact: @billibala

Venue Sponsor:

Thanks so much for coming to our Dec meetup. We had a wonderful evening!

Special thank to Greg for the User Experience Lesson! Hey, Greg! We all feel your pain!!

This is truly an informative and enjoyable discussion about user interface development.  We surely don’t have much chance for this kind of in-depth discussion – from a “lasting” pain to an implemented solution.

Moosh is available here.  If anyone of you are interested in testing out some exclusive functions, please leave Greg a message in Anobii. You can email me alternative.  I’ll get you two aligned.

Last but not least, thanks Beansbox for sponsoring the snack and drinks!  Thanks Ultimate Mac for the venue!

Our next meetup is scheduled on some February Thursday. Please subscribe our RSS or join our facebook.  Details will be posted later.

Wish you guys happy holidays and happy new year!!

User experience has been a crucial part in all successful Mac and iPhone software design.  From the application icon to implementation of feature, every component is designed with user experience put into consideration.

In this December meetup, ee’ve invited the project leader of Moosh app – Greg Sung as guest speaker to share some user experience lessons.

You may notice the change in venue. Yup, we are doing it in a Mac shop this time. And, yup, there will be special Christmas offer!! Yeah!! Shop for Christmas, folks!!

Please register the event in facebook

Date: 18 Dec 2008

Time: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Venue: Ultimate Mac @ 99 Des Voeux Road, Central (Google Map)

About Moosh app:

You are on the street and you want to watch a movie. Good news: you’ve got an iPhone. Bad news: movie showtime websites suck.

Now “Moosh” is here to rescue. In this session, We’ll share with you the creation process behind Moosh and how user experience drives every feature in the application.