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Why people come to BUG:
Networking and meeting people with similar interests; discuss different usability methods and approaches; keep abreast of what is going on in the field; see what projects others work on and what practices they use; learn and share experiences.
Stephen Hilton and Kevin O'Malley of Bristol's e-democracy team put on a good show with their conference last Friday exploring whether councils and community activists can work together. Discussion was well-focussed on democracy rather than technology, even though the event was to launch their online CampaignCreator. The event attracted a strong turnout including e-democracy gurus Steven Clift (US), left, and Stephen Coleman (UK), below. The missing element was local councillors - apart from Barbara Janke, the leader - who came to make a speech.
By David Wilcox
Steve Krug’s Web Usability Workshop
Steve Krug, author of “Don’t Make Me Think” teaches his day-long workshop based on the principles in his best-selling Web usability book.
Everyone who attends can submit a URL for consideration, and a number of them of them will receive expert mini-reviews during the day. (One will even be used for a live usability test.) Attendees at past workshops have indicated that these mini-reviews are a great way to “get” how to do it themselves.
Who should attend: Designers, programmers, writers, business developers, sole proprietors, VPs—anyone who works on, manages, or signs the checks for Web sites. And particularly people who found Don't Make Me Think useful and want more of the same.
When: Friday 7th October 2005, 9 am to 5 pm
Where: Courthouse Hotel, Great Marlborough Street, London (opposite Liberty’s of London and Carnaby Street, just off Regent Street)
The complete workshop description is at http://sensible.com/workshops.html.
Registration for the day is £499. To register, call Sue Evans at Intranet Benchmarking Forum at +44 (0)20 7435 6606, or email sue@ibforum.co.uk, or use the online registration form (http://www.ibforum.co.uk/pages/calendar_event.asp?content_area=2&event_id=27).
There are no events this month. I'm going ... well ... wherever I can get a last minute deal for. Either that or I'll be spending a week tiling the bathroom.
Anyway, surely you should be out drinking G&Ts in what's left of the sunshine!
Fans of the silver screen have a treat in store at the Watershed later this month, when renowned film-maker Jack Cardiff makes a rare appearance as a guest of Bristol Silents.
Chris Daniels, of Bristol Silents, said: "Jack is loved and honoured by the film community, and has worked with a dazzling array of directors and stars.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see this living legend in conversation about his life and work."
Chris - Thanks for you hospitality last night. I realized I forgot to mention that the slides are available on my card sorting page:
Also, the version of SynCaps on the site is currently 1.0 but it will soon be updated to 1.1 (which is what I was demonstrating). If anyone wants me to drop them a line when the new version is posted, I'd be happy to. Regards,
I have gone on holiday for a week with my family to a caravan park in Woolacombe.
So don't worry if I'm not replying to your e-mails, I will catch up when I get back.
In the meantime you might like to peruse my Dogme Holiday Vow.
Everything you've always wanted to know about card sorting Card sorting is a powerful technique in eliciting users' understanding of a problem domain. It is particularly helpful in navigation design and information architecture. William Hudson describes the basic principles of card sorting and cluster analysis, including more advanced interpretation of results and an innovative approach combining the best features of paper sorting with computer processing. A live card sort will be performed!
William Hudson is a specialist in user-centred design. He has presented papers and tutorials in UCD at a variety of conferences, and teaches UCD techniques in public and in-house courses. William writes a regular column in the ACM's interactions magazine. He founded Syntagm, a small consultancy specializing in interactive system design, in 1985.
The session will then be followed by drinks in the Watershed.
Please Note: We have a restricted number of places available, so please email Chris McEvoy using swug@usabilityviews.com to reserve a place, indicating if you require wheelchair access.
Date: 14 June 2005
Venue: NESTA Futurelab, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5UH.
Start Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm
End Time: Around 7.30pm and then moving on to the Watershed for drinks.
Cost: Free - again, only because of the support from Nesta Futurelab and the UPA.
How to get there: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/about_us/location.htm
There wont be a SWUG event this month, but we do have an excellent one lined up for the 14th June. More details next week.
Ethical Design and Usability : Can we make the small print bigger? by Chris McEvoy
Ethical design is the magical element that can be added to user centred design and usability testing to turn merely good designs into insanely great designs.
Chris McEvoy will talk about ethical design and why it is important.
From internet fridges to mortgage illustrators we will look at designs that look beyond the user and attempt to address the wider social aspects of designing for humans.
We will talk about ethical designers like Henry Dreyfuss, Bill Buxton and Jef Raskin who approach ethical design as a starting place rather than an optional extra.
The session will then be followed by drinks in the Watershed.
Please Note: We have a restricted number of places available, so please email Chris McEvoy using swug@usabilityviews.com to reserve a place, indicating if you require wheelchair access.
Date: 12 April 2005
Venue: NESTA Futurelab, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5UH.
Start Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm
End Time: Around 7.30pm and then moving on to the Watershed for drinks.
Cost: Free - again, only because of the support from Nesta Futurelab.
How to get there: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/about_us/location.htm
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