Carlos J. Costa

ACM Europe Chapter Workshop

carlosjcosta — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:24:44 +0000

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

carlosjcosta — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0000

The New York Times: “A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute”

carlosjcosta — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:52:30 +0000

The Waldorf School of the Peninsula is a school’s where “chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even frowns on their use at home.”

Capsi 2011

carlosjcosta — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:48:55 +0000

Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Informação

carlosjcosta — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:30:37 +0000

Estão abertas as candidaturas à Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Informação do ISCTE-IUL.

Mestrado Software Código Aberto/Mestrado Open Source Software (MOSS) – 3ª Edição – Candidaturas Abertas

carlosjcosta — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:17:48 +0000

MOSS – 3ª Edição – Candidaturas Abertas

Encontram-se abertas as candidaturas para a 3ª edição do Mestrado Open Source Software (Mestrado em Software de Código Aberto)

CFP: 29th International ACM SIGDOC 2011 Conference

carlosjcosta — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:09:43 +0000

The 29th International ACM SIGDOC 2011 Conference will be held in Pisa, Italy, at the Hotel Continental in Tirrenia

http://www.sigdoc.org/2011

October 3-5, 2011, Tirrenia, Pisa, Italy

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics:

Multidisciplinary approaches to Information Design and Information Architecture
Technical Documentation and User Support Systems
Open Source, Collaborative Writing Processes, and Information Design
Design Principles, Usability/User Studies, User Interface Design
Methodologies for Information Systems and System Design
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI/CHI), Computer-Mediated Communication
Design of Distance Learning Systems, Distributed Learning Environments, Multimedia Learning, Digital Learning Environments, Online Education and Training
International and Intercultural Communication, Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Communication
Serious Games and Virtual Worlds

Important Days

Submission Date: June 10 2011
Submission Date for Posters: June 20 2011

Authors Notified: June 30 2011
Poster Authors notified: July 5 2011

Camera Ready: July 15 2011

Conference Chairs:
Aristidis Protopsaltis
Nicholas Spiratus

buy nothing day

carlosjcosta — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:45:51 +0000

Henry the Navigator: 550 year later

carlosjcosta — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:44:12 +0000

More than 32 years before Columbus had reached the Americas, the Portuguese Prince Henry had already organized the European adventure.
After a lifetime dedicated to the organization and management of Portuguese navigations, Henry dies at age 66 in 1460.
At that time, Portuguese ships had already exploited up to Sierra Leone.

The place where the pince Henry was born (Porto, Portugal):

world usability day

carlosjcosta — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:49:31 +0000