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Great World Usability Day at Microsoft today. Here are some pics.

Microsoft was proud to host World Usability Day at our Redmond, WA, campus on November 11, 2010. This year the them was divided into the following subthemes:

PEOPLE
The psychology, philosophy and sociology behind a rich and meaningful communication experience between people.

USER INTERFACE
The fundamental principles, best practices, explorations and other lessons about designing the user interface to bring communication to life.

TECHNOLOGY
Understanding and leveraging the software, hardware, and services that enable and enhance communication for work and play.

More info on the Seattle World Usability Day 2010 Event at http://www.microsoftwud.com/

Business Analyist, User Experience, Front-End Architecture Practice MindMap

Business Analyist, User Experience, Front-End Architecture Practice MindMap

I have been working on a mindMap that illustrates the kinds of activities, research and technologies that me and my co-workers do in our everyday practice. While I realize that this is somewhat specific to our company and the work that we do I thought it would be interesting to get feedback on it. I hope to refine this as we develop the practice.

So if you have anything that you’d like to share, please comment on Flickr.

User Research on City Portals

Someone recently posted on the IAI list that they were seeking case studies on city websites. Two years ago I finished a report of the User Research Navantis did as part of developing a community portal for the City of Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is almost 500,000 people so roughly the same size as Atlanta or Cleveland. The material of the project was public domain as it was a public project and two years have past so I think I can post the report.

Some of this stuff is a little awkward in hindsight but I still think there is some interesting stuff in there.

The report is a PDF that is in a ZIP archive.

IA Summit 2006 – Day One – MidDay

Well the video (in the post) is from the first day but I am writing this on day two. I gotta say that I come back to the IA Summit for the people and the stuff that happens between sessions more then for the sessions themselves.
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