The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI
Birds of a Feather

 
BOFs
Consultant BOF New!
East Bay BOF
Future Systems BOF
Interaction Design BOF New!
Japan BOF
Java Web Developer BOF
Kids’ Media BOF
Mobile Applications BOF
North Bay BOF
Open Source Usability BOF New!
Student BOF
Usability Engineering BOF
Web Interface Design BOF

Photo of Mike Van Riper
BayCHI BOF Chair
Mike Van Riper
mike.vanriper@baychi.org

 


 
Birds-of-a-feather (BOF) groups are encouraged here at BayCHI. BOF groups are a way for members of BayCHI with common interests to network with one another:
  • New! The Consultant BOF is for professionals in the Bay Area who consult in all areas of human-computer interaction. Students and professionals who are interested in learning about becoming a consultant are also welcome to participate.

  • The East Bay BOF is for BayCHI's East Bay members that find it difficult to attend meetings in the South Bay. Meetings are held in the East Bay.

  • The Future Systems BOF explores new technology that naturally promotes fluid evolutionary growth towards empowering tools and interaction environments.

  • New! The Interaction Design BOF is for interaction designers and other professionals who practice or do research in interaction design.

  • The Japan BOF is for all BayCHI members interested in designing, testing, or developing applications for the Japanese market.

  • The Java Web Developer BOF is for user interface engineers who use Java to design and develop web applications.

  • The Kids’ Media BOF is for producers, designers, researchers, and practitioners who work with children's media.

  • The Mobile Applications BOF is intended for all BayCHI members interested in designing, testing, or developing applications for hand-held devices.

  • The North Bay BOF is for BayCHI's North Bay members that find it difficult to attend meetings in the South Bay. Meetings are held in the North Bay.

  • New! The Open Source Usability BOF is for usability engineers, human factors engineers, designers/developers of user interfaces, technical writers, quality assurance engineers and others who affect open source usability.

  • The Student BOF is an umbrella organization for student HCI research/service groups and individuals. The Student BOF also organizes Mentoring and Apprenticeship Workshops.

  • The Usability Engineering BOF is for usability engineers, human factors engineers, designers/developers of user interfaces, technical writers, quality assurance engineers and others who affect product usability.

  • The Web Interface Design BOF is for Web interface designers.

Each BOF's page includes the latest information about upcoming activities.

Starting a new BOF

All it takes is one person with the desire to make it happen. Most of the current BOFs were started through the initiative of a few individuals. The BayCHI BOF Chair, Mike Van Riper (mike.vanriper@baychi.org), is available to help you get started.

BayCHI BOF Support

The BOF Chair can help with publishing information about new BOFs on the BayCHI web site and in the monthly newsletter. He can assist you with planning your initial BOF meeting and setting up a BOF mailing list. For any kind of new BOF support from BayCHI, he is the person to contact with the request.