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#SUMHK tonight: HKSTPC Incu-App Programme

February 27, 2012 by shkadmin

There is a new kid on the incubation block here in Hong Kong.

The Incu-App Programme out of the Science Park (HKSTPC) is a new take on the model with strategic partnerships with the major market players in the web and mobile industry, including ASTRI, CITIC Telecom, Cluster Tech, Microsoft, Nokia, WTIA, Samsung and 6waves Lolapps to provide one-stop services to the incubatees in the Incu-App Programme. This programme is tailor-made for start-ups developing web/mobile apps or portals. The 18 month program connects companies with strategic partners, provides free co-work space at the Science Park, and gives access to supporting (matching) funds of HKD $300,000.

As usual, the meeting is at BootHK, 19/f, 231-233 Queen’s Road East in Wan Chai and will start at 7:30pm.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Incu-App, SUMHK

DMCA for HK – Speak now or forever lose your rights.

February 21, 2012 by shkadmin

The HK government is currently working on a DMCA for Hong Kong that is being lead by industry feedback without any significant balance from content creators and private citizens. If we don’t give feedback now, we will be stuck with less rights than we have now and it will be our own fault. This impacts both companies and individuals.

What can you do?

You can find the whole thing here, including some responses to the last round of consultation:

http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/bc/bc10/general/bc10.htm

http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/bc/bc10/papers/bc10_d.htm

Give well thought out responses and tell anyone else that hasn’t heard of it.

Any submissions for feedback needs to be submitted by March 2nd.

Image courtesy xkcd

Filed Under: News Tagged With: HK DMCA, rights, Tech

#SUMHK Feb 20: How to UX your Startup’s Product or Service

February 19, 2012 by shkadmin

The simple answer is: you don’t.

Unless your product or service has no human touchpoints, then your product or service *is* the UX – and you should be thinking about this from day one.

This talk is part rant, part workshop/roundtable.

The rant will cover:

why UX is not a verb a brief history of UX
a brief overview of some lean UX techniques.

The workshop/roundtable will cover:

you talking about your startup, how it’s user centred (or not)
some quick wins to make it more user centred

As usual, the meeting is at BootHK, 19/f, 231-233 Queen’s Road East in Wan Chai and will start at 7:30pm.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: SUMHK, user interface, user testing, ux