Press Coverage for World Usability Day 2006

United States 

Governor Proclaims November 14 "New Jersey Usability Day"
"When you can’t use a product, who you gonna call?  UsabilityNJ, the local chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association, for one." [ More ] 

NPR Celebrates "Make Things Easier Day"
"Today is World Usability Day, a day to promote intuitive engineering and user-friendly design. National Public Radio commentator and humorist Tim Bedore is all for it, if only we could come up with a better name..." [ More ]

World Usability Day: A Challenge for Everyone, by Elizabeth Rosenzweig
From the current issue of the Journal for Usability Studies. "Every citizen on our planet deserves the right to usable products and services. It is time we reframe our work and look at a bigger global picture." [ More ]

SIGCHI Endorsement
"...World Usability Day allows us to share our experiences, tools and techniques, and hopes and promises, with people who might not know that usability is their right." [ More ]

Another Year, Another World Usability Day
E-consultancy.com writer Tom Stewart considers the legacy of World Usability Day, assesses the current state of user-centered design, and praises the World Usability Day Charter as a "statement about how technology should make life better" in this article. [ More ]

Morae Newsletter Interview with Elizabeth Rosenzweig 
Elizabeth Rosenzweig is not only the director of World Usability Day; she’s also the founder.  “That’s right - I’m chief cook and bottle washer,” she laughed. [ More ]

UXpod Interview with Elizabeth Rosenzweig 
Elizabeth Rosenzweig talks to Gerry Gaffney about World Usability Day 2006 for a UXpod User Experience Podcast. [ More ]

Focus on End-Users 
A BizReport article by Helen Leggatt. [ More ]

World Usability Day Urges More User-Friendly Technology
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch praises World Usability Day. [ More ]

World Usability Day Conference Held at Auburn
The Loveliest Village Journal praises World Usability Day.[ More ]

Spain 

Delitosinformaticos.com: II Día mundial de la usabilidad, 14 de Noviembre
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Optize.es: La celebración del II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad busca "Hacer la vida más fácil"
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Interactive: La celebración del II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad busca “Hacer la vida más fácil”
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CDT Internet Madrid: II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad 2006: Haciendo tu vida más fácil
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Cronica Universia: Ben Shneiderman pronunciará una conferencia en la UPM
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Marketing Direct: Se Celebra el Dia Mundial de la Usabilidad
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Tendencias: La ingeniería ergonómica centra hoy el Día Mundial de la Usabilidad
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Cibersur.com:  Se celebra el II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad por segundo año consecutivo
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Canal PDA: Un día para la usabilidad
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PC World: II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad
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La Vanguardia: El II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad se celebra con eventos en 135 ciudades
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VNUNet: Madrid, Barcelona y Zaragoza, escenarios del II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad
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ABC.es: ¿Por qué es tan difícil «hacer la vida más fácil»?
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Europa Press: Innova - Zaragoza celebra el II Día Mundial de la Usabilidad con la creación de un foro público en la web de la DGA
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Norway

Press release
http://tinyurl.com/ya83rn

Magazine article about WUD
http://tinyurl.com/ygebwu

Newspaper article about WUD
http://tinyurl.com/yerfpm

Article covering the event in Oslo
http://tinyurl.com/ydgnf4

Sweden

Press clippings collected by Mälardalen User Experience lab
http://www.idp.mdh.se/MUX/arkiv/wud06/index.htm