2006 Highlights
"Cross-Cultural User-Experience Design" Webinar Caps Off World Usability Day 2006
Aaron Marcus, a world-renowned usability/design expert, President of Aaron Marcus and Associates and Editor-in-Chief of UPA’s User Experience, explained in a Webinar available worldwide how different cultures are affected by the design of products and services, using examples from Websites around the world.
Ben Schneiderman Discusses Information Visualization in Madrid, Spain
Ben Shneiderman's talk in Universidad Politecnica de Madrid presented a variety of information visualization tools, including some important commercial successess. These tools were developed after ideas created in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, and the demos transmitted the audience the inspirational character of Shneiderman's work.Nationwide Makes Life Easier for Customers
Nationwide held two events: (1) an informal booth with surveys, usable products, and volunteers answering questions about usability; (2) a formal event with a panel discussion from Nationwide managers and officers who are proponents of usability and a demonstration of a usability test
Chicago Has A Blast!
Nearly 250 attendees which included local User Experience practitioners, members of the resident academic community, visitors from other cities and invited guests, converged at the offices of Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL in downtown Chicago. The festivities began at 7:30am with a Networking breakfast and continued with a series of informative presentations throughout the day. See photos and more!
Ergonomics and Usability in Brussels, Belgium
Lectures, debates, and a cocktail reception at ERGOLABS in Brussels. Check out the official event web site, Flickr photos and more!TriUPA Spends World Usability Day 2006 at GlaxoSmithKline's Ruvane Auditorium
UX professionals from around the Triangle area met for an Interactionary (a live design competition), keynote speech, food, drink, and fun! Check out event photos and more.Another Successful Event in Oulu, Finland
An afternoon seminar collected UI designers, usability experts and other interested people together to discuss usability engineering.Standing Room Only!
With 130 people attending this year, Sofia, Bulgaria doubled and tripled the attendance from 2005. "Slowly usability is entering the world, minds, and vocabulary of people in Bulgaria," Dimiter Simov observes.Bangalore Community Spends World Usability Day at Oracle UX
On Nov 14, Oracle UX hosted World Usability Day in Bangalore with participation from over 120 professionals representing other technology companies, design houses, Indian academia in HCI and Design, and enthusiasts. As one of India’s largest WUD events, this event catalyzed several design discussions and outcomes. Check out the official event web site, Flickr photos and more!Let's Celebrate Usability In Metz, France!
An event cooperatively organized by University Paul Verlaine, the town of Metz, and the Regional Council of Lorraine.A Big Adventure in Magdeburg
This year World Usability Day was celebrated at the old arts-and-crafts school, which belongs to the University of Applied Sciences in Magdeburg. The event lived up to its title, “Adventure Usability," thanks to the orators, vernissage, design products and photo exhibition.Brazilian Blog: "It Ain't Working"
“It Ain’t Working” encouraged people to show what’s hard to use.World Usability Day in Melbourne - Sensis on Making Life Easy
This year's Melbourne event was held at the offices of Sensis, an Australian companywith a very active interaction and design team.
Web Usability Partnership Hosts Seminar in Chippenham Wiltshire
The WUP seminar focused on ‘the scent of information’ and in particular looked at developing user focused information architectures. Videos of users on various sites were shown to illustrate how users find information and the problems they encounter. Then a method of developing usable information architectures was demonstrated (card sorting using Syncaps cluster analysis software). The results of this type or work was illustrated with examples of WUP clients improved sites.
UXA Observes WUD with “Expert Review: Around the World in 36 Hours"
The User Experience Alliance (UXA) marked WUD by conducting the world’s first 36 hour global expert review on leading products, including cell phones and Web sites. Participants included UXA members and affiliates from the following countries: Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.
Holon Institute of Technology Plays Click H.I.T., A Blended Web-Based Team Scavenger Hunt
Five teams played Click H.I.T by taking digital pictures, which best represent something USABLE or NOT USABLE by using a digital cam or a mobile phone. Each team choose the best five pictures representations of real world/ virtual world usability-fun artifacts, product, or experiences. Each picture included a tag and a short explanation on the usability-fun aspects which made the team Click H.I.T!
UMO's India Event Is A Big Success
World Usability Day in India is the only Usability conference of its kind held in this part of the subcontinent. UsabilityMatters.Org has been hosting this event every year to growing popularity amongst the designer and design sensitive community. Boycott Bad Designs and International cartoon contests have been hosted to mark the day.Human Interface Group Event in Technopolis, Belgium
After last year’s tremendous success Human Interface Group again organizes the World Usability Day in Belgium to promote every user’s right for better working technology. The event draws a large audience and is covered by Belgian national TV and radio.Aachen Celebrates Its First World Usability Day at RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Jan Borchers, head of the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University, has been an advocate of promoting usability and user-centered design for many years. During a seminar at the University, Dr. Borchers offered insights for business practitioners.Interaction Through Digital Pens and Paper
Fortaleza celebrates World Usability Day 2006 at the University of Fortaleza through a video-conference with Stanford University.
Telecom Paris Presents World Usability Day 2006
Telecom Paris's cycle of conferences and workshops helped IT professionals better understand the benefits of usability.Usability: A Real Crowd Puller in Belgium
Current trends in usability, a key note speaker, a tour of state-of-the-art labs, live testing with visitor participation, quiz, drinks, networking and more!System Concepts User Centred Design Training is a Great Success
System Concepts, a leading usability consultancy, hosted a free Introduction to User Centred Design training course to celebrate World Usability Day. Fifteen participants from twelve organisations ranging from the public sector, charities and blue chip service providers through to digital design agencies attended the one day course in central London.K12 Celebrates World Usability Day 2006
The K12 UX group invited middle and high school students to come to our office. The students had an opportunity to learn how we create curriculum and participate in engaging activities such as science experiments and online games. Our product development team had a chance to learn more about our users and watch them use our products.HCI Open House at UNC Charlotte
Drs. Heather Richter and Celine Latulipe welcomed UNCC students and faculty as well as usability practitioners from the Charlotte area to the HCI Lab for demonstrations of state-of-the-art ongoing HCI research. This was preceded by a talk and a panel about usability in practice.Sydney, Australia Celebrates at the State Library of NSW
Sydney Australia welcomed World Usability Day 2006 at the State Library of NSW. The event included free seminars, demonstrations, interactive activities and poster displays and NEWS.com.au launched and demonstrated the new NEWS Lab.St. Louis User Experience Conference Coincides with World Usability Day 2006
100 usability practitioners from around the St. Louis area gathered for the second annual St. Louis User Experience Conference to share ideas and “beyond beginner” tactics.Red Balloon Urban Safari in the streets of Auckland
On World Usability Day, a bunch of red-balloon wielding user-experience enthusiasts set off from Vulcan Lane in Auckland to find examples of good and bad user experiences.Memphis Celebrates at the Center for Multimedia Arts
On a rainy day, volunteers at the Center for Multimedia Arts raised local awareness with their World Usability Day 2006 event.Johannesburg, South Africa: Making Life Easier Using IT Seminar
On a day that was marked by severe thunderstorms and major traffic congestions in Johannesburg, usability specialists and other like-minded people beat the odds to attend a seminar which focused on the South African usability issues at hand.
Oslo Celebrates World Usability Day 2006
More than 130 people were gathered in Oslo to celebrate World Usability Day. Political advisor Jørund Leknes from the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform opened the exhibit saying that WUD is a very admirable initiative and that the event embraces what the governement is trying to achieve.Interactive Usability at the Saint Louis Science Center
Volunteers from Perficient, Inc. and other local companies lead usability activities that involved visitors to the Saint Louis Science Center. The Science Center recognized that an exhibit about usability would be a perfect fit into its mission to educate the public about science and technology.
World Usability Day 2006 at Persistent Systems in Pune, India
Presentations and Usability Engineering Case Studies highlight the essence, relevance and value of this multidisciplinary field in today's complex world. Practitioners from various organizations participated in this event which was open to all.Web Usability for Designers, Cuyahoga Community College
User experience Architect and Web Designer share tips on creating websites that DON’T make users crazy!
Resource Interactive of Ohio: Eye Tracking & Usability - Evaluating Initial Impressions of a Website
Bob Hale of Resource Interactive provided an introduction and review of eye tracking research trends
Ohio State University: Making Life Easy - Simplifying Complexity
Bob Hale, Chris Murnieks, Chris Rockwell and panel provided presentations around a central theme, "Making Life Easy - Simplifying Complexity"Nottingham, UK: Different Applications; A Common Purpose
World Usability Day was celebrated at Nottingham University with afternoon seminar on the Jubilee Campus with 4 speakers. The event, jointly organised by the Ergonomics Society and UK Chapter of the UPA covered ergonomics and usability, design for all, mixed media games and Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers!
Universal Usability: From Education to Politics
As suggested by its title, the Auburn University “Universal Usability: From Education to Politics“ one day conference celebrating the 2006 World Usability Day was a comprehensive professional event. Six usability and accessibility presentations and one assistive technology workshop were included on the event agenda. Video clips from the event will be soon posted on YouTube.
Design Science Approach to HCI Research
The poster display held at the University of Canberra, Australia went successfully wth many attendees mostly from the university community.
World Usability Day in Manila Features Seminar on Usability and Ergonomics
Event Description: The Manila celebration of the World Usability Day culminated in a seminar series that happened in six locations in Metro Manila.
World Usability Day 2006 at Blue Flavor in Seattle
A group of usability and user experience professionals flocked to Blue Flavor in Seattle for a night of geek conversation, xbox, pizza and beer to celebrate World Usability Day among their colleagues.
Everyday Usability at Kent State University
Kent State University's Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM) program celebrated World Usability Day 2006 by sharing usability ideas and methods with students, faculty, and staff.
Making Life Easy in London
As part of World Usability Day activities, UK user-centred design company Flow Interactive announced the winners of the Usability Hall of Shame and Usability Hall of Fame. See photos, video and more!Usability Seminar at Mandator
Consultancy firm Mandator celebrated World Usability Day 2006 by inviting customers and stakeholders to a seminar with talks given by speakers representing global car company Volvo Car Corporation, mobile media company 3, the Swedish Board of Fisheries and Santa Anna IT Research Institute.Museum of Science Boston Hosts World Usability Day 2006!
Museum of Science Boston hosts World Usability Day 2006! See the latest videos real time!The Adventures of Usability Man
Usability Man sightings are being reported around the globe as World Usability Day 2006 continues! Click here for photos.Library Celebrates World Usability Day
The Western Washington University Libraries Usability/Design Team celebrated World Usability Day by handing out packets of goodies and information on user-centered design in the main library throughout World Usability Day.World Usability Day 2007 is sponsored by:
