The event is open to all and you are welcome to spread the word. To enroll for the Demo Day, or part of it, send e-mail to merja.helle (at) aalto.fi / Merja Helle, tel. 050 4485 111.

Different e-reading devices and media experience testing equipment are on display between 9–16. The language of the Demo Day is mostly Finnish.

Arranged by Aalto University and Media Factory at Aalto University School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C, Media lab (3rd floor).

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9.00–10.00 Coffee

9.30–10.00 Short history of nearly everything: Where did the Kindle come from and where is the new tablet platform going to? Introduction to e-reading. Harri Heikkilä

10.00–10.30 Testing e-reading devices and preferences. Jan Kallenbach (You can participate in the test experiments all day)

10.30–11.00 ePub – Properties, devices, & future outlook. Jarkko Sihvonen

11.00–11.30 E-book bootcamp: InDesign based workflow of a linear ePub. Harri Heikkilä.

11.30–13.00 Sandwiches and discussions. Demos of different e-reading devices, eBook readers, tablets, computers, mobile phones. Try them out yourself.

13.00–13.30 Interactivity, personalization and social sharing in digital reading. Merja Helle.

13.30–14.00 Best practices – content, navigation, enhanced e-books, magazines, advertising etc. Merja Helle and Harri Heikkilä.

14.00–14.30 Coffee and general discussion & wrap up.

14.30–16.00 Display of devices.

Opiskelija! Löydä vastaukset näihin ja muihin kysymyksiisi Aalto Service Factoryn, IBM:n, KONEen ja Tapiolan järjestämässä opiskelijatapahtumassa keskiviikkona 29.9. klo 12-16 Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoululla (Arkadia-rakennus, salit E-127 ja E-128). Tapahtumassa pääset kuulemaan mielenkiintoisia esityksiä, osallistumaan keskusteluun sekä tutustumaan yritysten ja yliopiston edustajiin ja muihin palveluista kiinnostuneisiin opiskelijoihin. Tapahtuma käynnistyy buffetlounaalla.

Ohjelma:

12:00 Buffetlounas
- Yritysten ja Aalto Service Factoryn ständit
12:30 Tilaisuuden avaus / Aalto Service Factory
13:00 Tietointensiiviset palvelut – suomalaisen hyvinvoinnin veturi ja vientihitti / Jyrki Koskinen, IBM
Tauko
13:30 Työelämä tarvitsee palveluosaajia -paneeli:
- Millaisia osaajia tarvitaan? / IBM, KONE, Tapiola
- Millaista palvelukoulutusta Service Factory tarjoaa? /Johtaja Mika Helenius
- Uraesimerkkejä palveluiden parista / Young IBMers, KONE Young Professionals, Tapiola
15:20 Yhteenveto / Aalto Service Factory
15:30 Kahvi
- Vapaata tutustumista!
16:00 Tapahtuma päättyy

Ilmoittautumiset 24.9. mennessä sekä lisätietoa: www.servicefactory.aalto.fi/fi/events/youngstudent

Teacher: Michihito Mizutani

Maximum number of Aalto mobility students : 8

The course provides a journey of design process from conducting user research to prototyping interactions. During the course, an intensive workshop is held for a week to teach students how to build prototypes using software programming and electronic assembling. The rest of the course is organized in forms of lectures and seminars.

The course consists of weekly, bi-weekly 2 hours seminar and intensive one week workshop based on the context of the topic in each time. Students are expected to deliver a prototype with one brief user test at least. The outcome should also be shared publicly.

Physical prototypes with presentations are the final outcome. They can be varying from furniture to mobile services and from artistic installations to functional design products.

Keywords: User research, prototyping, software programming (e.g. Adobe Flash actionscript), microcontroller (e.g. Arduino)

Homepage: http://mlab.taik.fi/paja/, http://mlab.taik.fi/studies/courses/course?id=1808

Pre-requirements: Basic understanding of user-centred design

Registration in Weboodi, at the latest one week before the course starts.

The course is taught in English.

Course structure

Phase 1:

Introduction and theme (Weekly seminar for 2 times)

Students are given a common theme to work with. The theme is abstract. It can provide a problem to be solved by their designs or a guideline to create their solid concepts. However, the students are encouraged to interpret the theme in various ways.

Phase 2:

Field works and concepting (Weekly seminar for 3 times)

Students initiate field works (interviews / observations) and desktop research to collect qualitative data.  In the end of this phase, the students are expected to share their research work and the concepts of their design.

Phase 3:

Prototyping and iterations (One week intensive workshop and bi-weekly seminar for 3 times). This focuses on prototyping in iterative design processes with users. Students first learn basic skills for prototyping such as software programming and hardware electronic assembling in an intensive workshop. The students continue prototyping their concept and are expected to have at least one user test using their prototype.

Phase 4:

Communicating to the world (One day exhibition)

Prototypes and concepts are shared publicly through MediaLab DemoDay as well as online media.

Lectures, all at the School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C

6th Sep 2010 9 – 16

7th Sep 2010 9 – 16

8th Sep 2010 9 – 16

9th Sep 2010 9 – 16

10th Sep 2010 9 – 16

13th Sep 2010 15 – 17

20th Sep 2010 15 – 17

27th Sep 2010 15 – 17

4th Oct 2010 15 – 17

11th Oct 2010 15 – 17

18th Oct 2010 15 – 17

1st Nov 2010 15 – 17

8th Nov 2010 15 – 17

15th Nov 2010 15 – 17

Welcome to E-reading Demo Day event on 1.9.2010 at 9.30-16-00. The programme of the day consists of demonstrations of the devices and their various purposes of use, softwares, user tests etc.

The event is open to all and you are welcome to spread the word. To enroll for the Demo Day, or part of it, send e-mail to merja.helle (at) aalto.fi / Merja Helle, tel. 050 4485 111.

Different e-reading devices and media experience testing equipment are on display between 9–16. The language of the Demo Day is mostly Finnish.

Arranged by Aalto University and Media Factory at Aalto University School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C, Media lab (3rd floor).

- – - – -

9.00–10.00 Coffee

9.30–10.00 Short history of nearly everything: Where did the Kindle come from and where is the new tablet platform going to? Introduction to e-reading. Harri Heikkilä

10.00–10.30 Testing e-reading devices and preferences. Jan Kallenbach (You can participate in the test experiments all day)

10.30–11.00 ePub – Properties, devices, & future outlook. Jarkko Sihvonen

11.00–11.30 E-book bootcamp: InDesign based workflow of a linear ePub. Harri Heikkilä.

11.30–13.00 Sandwiches and discussions. Demos of different e-reading devices, eBook readers, tablets, computers, mobile phones. Try them out yourself.

13.00–13.30 Interactivity, personalization and social sharing in digital reading. Merja Helle.

13.30–14.00 Best practices – content, navigation, enhanced e-books, magazines, advertising etc. Merja Helle and Harri Heikkilä.

14.00–14.30 Coffee and general discussion & wrap up.

14.30–16.00 Display of devices.

We are honored to invite you to Helsinki 30^th of September 2010 to participate in Europe’s largest and most innovative happening on mobile opportunities in Africa. Most recently it has become apparent that mobile and ICT industry is turning strongly to Africa, supporting the fast uptake of mobile technology in the region. In order to help grow this momentum, we are organizing Europe’s largest and most innovative happening on mobile opportunities in Africa.

http://www.mobilebrainbank.org/Africa.html

The day’s agenda is divided in three parts. The morning is reserved for corporate keynotes from Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, and inspirational entrepreneur speakers from South Africa and Kenya. In the afternoon, we will see a line-up of some 10-20 fresh and young mobile start-up companies from both Europe and Africa. Towards the evening we will launch a live web bridge to Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg, and host a joint developer panel between the two conferences:

http://www.mobilewebafrica.com/

The day will also feature lots of free time for networking, and hosted “clinics” for finding partners for application development, solution building, and venture funding. A successful day will see new opportunities emerge between African and European companies.

Mobile Africa follows MobileMonday 10 Year Anniversary Summit organized in Helsinki-Tallinn 27.-29. September.http://www.mobilemonday.net/summit2010

Welcome to sunny Helsinki!

With kind regards,

Petra Söderling

petra@mobilebrainbank.org

Tel +358-40-8343019

http://www.mobilebrainbank.org/Africa.html

The Bit Bang 3 focuses on entrepreneurship and services. The course requires active participation, giving presentations on related literature as well as contributing to a joint publication. Distinguished guest lecturers from industry and academia will complement the course literature.

The application cycle is open from the 9^th of August until the 23^rd. Please submit your one page application in English describing briefly your reasons for wanting to attend this course and an official study transcript to annika.artimo@tkk.fi.
The applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection on week 35. For more information please contact Annika Artimo by email or tel. 040 5250544.

http://mide.tkk.fi/en/BitBang10-11

Aika: 30.9.2010 klo 13.00-17.00

Paikka: Helsingin yliopiston pieni juhlasali, Fabianinkatu 33

Mitä on laadukas journalismi? Miten uutisjournalismin laatua voidaan kehittää? Avoin yleisöseminaari Helsingin yliopistolla 30.9.2010 käsittelee monia ajankohtaisia kysymyksiä journalismin laadusta.

Tervetuloa!

Pyydämme ilmoittautumaan 15.9.2010 mennessä osoitteessa https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/21916/lomake.html

Ohjelma:

13.00 Tervetuloa

Kari Väisänen, TAT-ryhmä

13.10 Kestääkö journalismi tulikokeen?

Matti Apunen, Elinkeinoelämän valtuuskunta EVA

13.30 Mitä on laatu journalismissa?

Reetta Meriläinen, Helsingin Sanomat

13.50 Onko laatu parantunut vai huonontunut 20 vuodessa?

Tutkijapuheenvuoro: Juha Herkman, Helsingin yliopisto

Kalle Heiskanen, Pohjalainen

Kommentti: kolumnisti Kalle Isokallio

15.00 Kahvitauko

15.30 Miten laatua parannetaan online-ajassa?

Atte Jääskeläinen, Yleisradio

Kommentti: Minna Holopainen, STT Lehtikuva

16.00 Keskustelu

Juhana Rossi, Helsingin Sanomat

Susanna Reinboth, Nelosen uutiset

Kaarina Nikunen, Tampereen yliopisto

Hanna Rajalahti, Tampereen yliopisto

Keskustelun vetää päätoimittaja Pekka Lakka

16.45 Yhteenveto

Hannu Nieminen, Helsingin yliopiston viestinnän tutkimuskeskus CRC

17.00 Verkostoitumista buffet’n äärellä

Seminaarin järjestävät Helsingin yliopiston viestinnän tutkimuskeskus CRC ja TAT-ryhmä.

Lisätietoja seminaarista: Johanna Wahlroos, CRC (johanna.wahlroos@helsinki.fi)

Place: Media Centre Lume, Aalto University School of Art and Design (Hämeentie 135 C, Helsinki)

Locative media are digital media that concentrate on social interaction with a place and with technology. The focus in the SPOT ON seminar is on location data and its possible uses in journalism and storytelling. The seminar is organized by YLE New Media / Future Lab and Aalto University Media Factory.

The keynote speaker of the seminar is digital strategist and freelance journalist Kevin Anderson. He has been an online journalist since 1996, designing, editing and creating content for websites in both broadcast and print media. He has more than a decade of experience with the BBC and the Guardian.

“Location is like RSS. As a technology, it’s invisible to most users but it opens up a huge range of opportunities for publishers and audiences. – There are new services and revenue streams attached to location technology”, says Anderson. ”Location is about enabling the delivery of more relevant information to audiences. In a sea of information, relevance is valuable to audiences and to publishers wanting to increase revenue from digital content.”

Program:

9.00 Opening words: Mikko Villi (Aalto University)

9.15 Keynote: Digital strategist & freelance journalist Kevin Anderson

10.30 Panel discussion on the possibilities of location data and media: Kevin Anderson, Teemu Kurppa (Huikea), Mikko Hämäläinen (Grey Area) and Mika Raento (ZenRobotics), moderated by Tuija Aalto (YLE)

11.30 Lunch: Discussing locative media services over sandwiches.
Each panellist acts as “head of table” and facilitates discussion about certain aspects of locative media and storytelling. Participants may freely seek their choice of group.

12.30 Augmented reality –Wikitude app and other cool stuff: Mark A.M. Kramer (mamk.net)

13.30 Spatial data – enabling services for citizens and consumers: Antti Rainio (National Land Survey of Finland)

14.00 Generating and using location-based data in citizen participation: Joanna Saad-Sulonen (Urban Mediator)

14.30 Developer’s Wish List. This We Could Do With Your Data?: Ilkka Pirttimaa

15.00 Closing words: Mikko Villi

The seminar is free to attend, but requires registration in advance. The seminar is targeted for YLE staff, Aalto University students and staff, specialists in the locative media field, independent developers, and members of the general public who are interested in the theme.

Please register to the seminar by Monday 20th of September in the following web address: https://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=456778&cid=13678773

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Ohjelmassa mm.
- Finaalinäytös (10 parasta)
- Palkintojenjako – sekä erikoispalkinnot että koko kisan voittajat
- Leffaideoiden pitchausta
- Rustik-bändi

Liput: Ovelta 6€, etukäteen 4€ (käytä alla olevaa formia)

Just before leaving on our summer vacation we want to share some glimpses of our doings the past month as well as introduce you to what the autumn will bring.

Media Factory’s open call

We have had three deadlines for applications for funding of media-related projects. In all we had approximately 30 applications. The funded projects are found here:http://www.aaltomediafactory.fi/?page_id=548

Uneton48

Our partner Uneton48 has reached the point where the 10 finalists of the competition have been chosen (can be found here http://bit.ly/acuhrA) and when the gala festivities are close at hand. It has really been great to follow how the organizers Enni and Sami Tuomisalo together with their team have succeeded in coordinating this huge event with all its inspiring learning and networking possibilities as well as moments of true experience. Congratulations already at this point. Next Friday on the 18th the Uneton48 gala party starts at 5 p.m. and will be held in the Sampo Hall, Lume Centre. See you there ;-).

Media Factory was tracking Aalto on tracks

Media Factory documentarists Anna Berg and Ina Mutikainen traveled with the Aalto on Tracks posse on train to China in May. During the trip the passengers shared many fantastic experiences and made many good new friends and of course saw exotic sights through the train windows. A short video made by Anna and Ina about the trip was shown in Shanghai World Expo Finland day on 27th of May and in YLE morning-tv on 10th of June (http://areena.yle.fi/video/1050887). Later this autumn there will be a longer film about the tracks available, so stay tuned! Before that, you can explore the trackers’ adventures in the AoT-blog: http://aaltoontracks.com/

New students in the MediaBizLab minor studies program

17 Aalto students will begin their studies in September in the new minor studies program MediaBizLab – Commercializing Media as Services. The students admitted to the program share a similar enthusiasm towards media, yet their differing backgrounds will enable them to develop and produce new solutions for future media services. The MediaBizLab program is organized in cooperation between Media Factory and the Department of Marketing and Management (Aalto School of Economics). More information on the program is available at mediabizlab.fi

Media Facades festival in August/September

Media Factory collaborates with the Media Facades festival (http://www.mediafacades.eu) that takes place in Helsinki as part of the Helsinki Festival (Helsingin juhlaviikot) and also in six other European cities in August and September. The festival “explores the networked possibilities of urban screens and media facades via internet and the new technologies on a European level”. The kick-off of the festival with public screenings and street art happenings is in the Night of the Arts (27.8.) More information in our August newsletter.

Changes in the office team

The project manager in Media Factory, Maria Suokannas, will leave Media Factory at the beginning of August. A challenging new position as a principal lecturer within well-being services at the Laurea university of applied sciences, is waiting for her.

Also Mikko Villi, the coordinator of educational operations at Media Factory, will move to a new post in September. After receiving his doctoral degree in June, he will start his new work as a post-doctoral researcher at the Aalto School of Economics, the Department of Language and Communication.

Dates for your calendar

* SPOT ON – a seminar on locative media will be arranged at Media Centre Lume at TaiK on September the 23rd. The main organizers are Media Factory and Yleisradio. (more information later on on our website).
* A seminar on typography and type, next(con)text on the 18th of November (more information here http://www.aaltomediafactory.fi/?p=606).
* Magazines in the era of e-reading –symposium 1.12.2010 (more information maija (dot) toyry (at ) aalto (dot) fi)

And last…

Maria: As I won’t be co-writing the next newsletter I want to wish you all the best for the future and a lot of inspiring encounters with Media Factory. I am really grateful for everything I have learned during my year within the Aalto university.

Wishing you an energizing summer and remember, there shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart :-) (Celia Thaxter).

The Media Factory Office Team