2009 02 BayCHI Intro Slides

Welcomes YouFebruary 10, 2008

Tonight’s program…

Getting People to Talk to an Animal: Lessons Learned Designing Aardvark

�Rob Spiro, The Mechanical Zoo

Tonight’s speaker…

Rob Spiro is the co-founder of The Mechanical Zoo, a fifteen-person startup in San Francisco working on social search

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For all the updated information you need about BayCHI, visit…

www.baychi.org

Tonight’s program…

Getting People to Talk to an Animal: Lessons Learned Designing Aardvark

�Rob Spiro, The Mechanical Zoo

Tonight’s speaker…

Rob Spiro is the co-founder of The Mechanical Zoo, a fifteen-person startup in San Francisco working on social search

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monthly-programs@baychi.orgmonthly-programs@baychi.org

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members and others

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March BayCHI Meeting

Tuesday, March 10th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC

Topics and speakers TBA

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