What the heck is TriUPA?

Posted Aug 29, 2009   |   0 Comments   |   by Abe Crystal

At this past week’s Refresh event, I had a few folks ask me about TriUPA and our upcoming workshop on concept models.  So here’s a quick explanation…

TriUPA, founded in 2005, is a local chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association focused on building and supporting the local community of practitioners in usability testing, user research, interaction design, and information architecture. Our mission is to add value to the local UX community through:

* engagement and participation
* learning and continuing education
* mentoring and professional development
* connections and community

Browse through our calendar of events to get an idea of the topics we address.  You can join TriUPA online.

Of course, feel free to contact me [Abe Crystal] directly with any questions.

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Senior Developer / Team Lead

Posted Aug 27, 2009   |   0 Comments   |   by hesketh.com

Do you know those mechanics who can tell what’s wrong with your car just listening to the engine? We’re looking for that, but for Web applications. You should also be able to assemble the car from the ground up and show other people how to do it as well.

If you can do all that and predict how long it will take you, then hesketh.com might be the right place for you!

Occupational Summary
The Senior Developer’s responsibilities are two-fold—project leadership and hands-on development. You will have the opportunity to mentor other programmers and hack code to your heart’s delight. You will exercise your exceptional creativity and pragmatism in the full life-cycle development of web applications.

Duties and Responsibilities
1. Application Development. Apply a deep understanding of software design to create custom software or modify packaged solutions. Decide whether to make or build. Design the system. Write tests. Deliver a working solution.
2. Team Leadership. Lead a team of two to four programmers in turning requirements and wireframes into working applications. Estimate how long projects will take to complete, and be able to execute on the project plans you create.
3. Innovation. Assess new standards, technologies and trends as they relate to our target markets of caused-based organizations and higher education. Continually learn, mentor, and grow.

Qualifications-
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Experience:
* 5+ years developing, integrating, extending, and maintaining large-scale Web applications.
* Experience creating estimates and scoping client work as part of new business development process.
* Consulting firm (agency) experience preferred.
* Non-profit or EDU experience desired.

Skills-
Must-haves:
* Senior-level experience with the Ruby on Rails or PHP platforms.
* Core Web development skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL.
* Experience with content management systems such as Drupal, Wordpress, Moveable Type, and Expression Engine.
* Enthusiastic user of version control systems like Subversion, Git, and Mercurial. Experience setting up and administering code repositories is a plus
* Experience mentoring other programmers as a lead developer on a project team.
* Enthusiasm for Agile practices: user-centered design collaboration, scrum meetings, and test-driven development.
* Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, assessing technical feasibility, possibilities, and constraints.
* Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice-to-haves:
* Passion for doing well by doing good.
* Web server (Apache) and/or system (Unix) administration.
* Active interest or participation in open source development projects.
* Foosball skills.

Location - In-house, Raleigh, NC.
Relocation - Not covered.

Please email Cover Letter and Resume to careers@hesketh.com

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rPath is hiring Two UI Engineers

Posted Aug 26, 2009   |   0 Comments   |   by steveburnett

rPath is hiring two User Interface Engineers (as well as a Linux Distro Engineer, QA, and Windows Installer Engineer). If you are interested please contact elliot@rpath.com.

For all the job descriptions see http://people.rpath.com/~elliot/jobpostings
(I pasted the UI Engineer description below the cut.)

User Interface Engineers (X2)

rPath, Inc. is seeking two User Interface Engineers to join our team. We’re
changing the face of computing; for that we need your help.

We’re looking for two engineers to join our UI team and help us give our
best-of-breed technologies best-in-class user experiences with gorgeous
visuals.  Ideally, we’d like one person with experiences emphasizing UX and
visual design, and one person heavy on UI implementation, but if you have
skills in either/both areas, fear not—we’ll make the position fit the
right candidates, so apply now!

These positions are located in Raleigh, NC - if you’re not local, you must
be willing to relocate.

These positions may require infrequent travel. Still interested? You’ll
need to be able to say “yes” to the following:

o Solid experience with Adobe Flex preferred, but a strong ActionScript
3 or Javascript background would be acceptable, too.

o Experience with HTML/AJAX.

o Good “design skills”—being able to produce appealing and
intuitive interfaces is a big plus.

o Availability of online examples preferred.

o Comfortable in an entrepreneurial environment (prior startup
experience a plus).

In other words, if you’re the kind of person that looks at your cellphone’s
screen and says, “I could do better”—*and you can*—you could right
for this job.

Did we just describe you? If so, let’s talk! If you make the grade, you’ll
be working with some of the best and brightest the industry has to offer.

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jQuery Fundamentals Training

Posted Aug 13, 2009   |   Comments disabled   |   by rmurphey

If you’re a designer or developer looking to add richness and interactivity to your websites, jQuery is a powerful skill to add to your toolbox. jQuery Fundamentals is a two-day class that will give you the knowledge you need to properly and effectively start integrating the popular JavaScript library into your projects. Over the course of 10 example-packed hours, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts of the language and the library to bring your sites to life.

Earlybird tickets are on sale for $389 until Aug. 21, and Refresh the Triangle participants can get an additional 10% off the ticket price.

This class is aimed at beginning jQuery users, but intermediate users may also benefit from the more formalized introduction to the library this class will offer. Attendees should have a solid grasp of hand-coding HTML and CSS.

The class will be held from 10-3:30 each day, with a break for lunch (provided).

About the instructor: Rebecca Murphey is a front-end architecture consultant based in Durham, NC. She is a regular contributor to JSMag, the magazine for JavaScript professionals, an active member of the jQuery community, and a contributor to the upcoming jQuery Cookbook from O’Reilly.

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Announce: RTP Semantic Web Group

Posted Aug 05, 2009   |   0 Comments   |   by Phillip Rhodes

Announcing the formation of a new Semantic Web Interest Group in the RTP area.

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C to make the web “one giant database”: The Web of Data.

This group will meet in and around Raleigh-Durham to address ways of implementing and learning Semantic standards, which include RDF, RDFa, RDFS, OWL, and SPARQL. We also talk about applications that help to develop or use linked data, NLP, AI, ontologies and controlled vocabularies or related topics of interest.

Please join if you are a practitioner or interested in the semantic web, semantic technologies or Web3.0.

http://www.meetup.com/RTP-Semantic-Web-Group/

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