Upcoming Meetings – Spring 2010
Posted: March 9, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized Comments Off on Upcoming Meetings – Spring 2010RUX has exciting plans for spring 2010. We hope you’ll join us!
March 31 – Web Redesign Case Study
April 28 – Remote User Research
May 26 – Prototyping: Methods and Case Studies
June 30 – Axure: Tips, Tricks and Case Studies
We’re also planning book clubs and social events for the summer months. Details coming soon!
RUX February Meet Up
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: events, meetings Comments Off on RUX February Meet UpMeet and connect with fellow UX practitioners from Richmond’s vibrant user experience community. IxDA board member Joe Sokohl will share highlights from the recent Interaction 10 Conference. Admission is free. Pay only for drinks and food.
When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Barrel Thief
11747 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23233
(804) 364-0144
http://www.barrelthiefwine.com/shortpump
When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Barrel Thief
11747 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23233
(804) 364-0144
http://www.barrelthiefwine.com/shortpump
What:
Meet and connect with fellow UX practitioners from Richmond’s vibrant user experience community. IxDA board member Joe Sokohl will share highlights from the recent Interaction 10 Conference. Admission is free. Pay only for drinks and food.
About RUX:
We are a group of information architects, librarians, web developers, usability experts, user experience designers, and other like-minded people from the Richmond/Charlottesville area. Our events are designed to facilitate communication and collaboration among UX practitioners in a relaxed and informal setting. Meetings are free and open to all levels of experience. Students are welcome. Whether you’re a seasoned user experience professional or a newbie, please join us for stimulating conversation! Visit: http://richmondux.com
Joe Sokohl to Serve On IxDA Board of Directors
Posted: January 4, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentRichmond’s own Joe Sokohl will serve on IXDA’s Board of Directors!
Joe’s 2-year appointment was announced in December. He joins a distinguished group of practitioners on the board.
The Interaction Design Association provides an active, highly practical and often entertaining discussion forum on a spectrum of topics of interest to people who design interactive systems — from web sites to cell phones to touch screens. The IxDA is dedicated to nurturing an international design community through education, conferences, mentoring and discussion across disciplines.
Congratulations, Joe!
Resources for Better Agile UX
Posted: November 23, 2009 Filed under: research, training | Tags: agile 1 CommentAgile User Experience Projects
Nielsen | November 4, 2009
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/agile-user-experience.html
Agile Development Projects and Usability
Nielsen | November 17, 2008
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/agile-methods.html
Quick and Dirty Usability Testing: Step Away from the Book
Chisnell | October 20, 2008
http://www.uie.com/articles/usabilitytesting_dc
Agile Methods and User-Centered Design: How These Two Methodologies Are Successfully Integrated In Industry
Fox, Sillito, Maurer | Agile Conference 2008, Toronto
Weekly User Testing: TiVo Did It, You Can, Too
Nielsen | July 2008
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weekly-usability-tests.html
Twelve Emerging Best Practices for Adding UX Work to Agile Development
Patton | June 2008
http://agileproductdesign.com/blog/emerging_best_agile_ux_practice.html
The Impact of Agile on UCD: Mixed Messages From a Before and After Survey
Barnum and Dayton | Usability Professionals’ Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland | June 16-20, 2008
http://usability.spsu.edu/image_assets/agile.pdf
Making Usability Recommendations Useful and Usable
Molich, Jeffries, Dumas | August 2007
http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2007august/useful-usable.pdf
Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile User-centered Design
Sy | Journal of Usability Studies, v.2, n.3, May 2007
Clash of the Titans: Agile and UCD
Cecil | December 2006
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/12/clash-of-the-titans-agile-and-ucd.php
User Experience Activities on Agile Development Projects
Ambler | October 2005
http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileUsability.htm
Streamlining Usability Testing by Avoiding the Lab
Spool | May 25, 2005
http://www.uie.com/articles/streamlining_usability
UCD in Agile Projects: Dream Team or Odd Couple?
McInerney and Maurer | Interactions, v. 12, n.6, 2005
Case Study of Customer Input for a Successful Product
Miller | Proceedings of the Agile Development Conference, IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, 2005
Process Agility and Software Usability: Toward Lightweight Usage-Centered Design
Constantine | September 2002
http://www.foruse.com/articles/agiledesign.pdf
Agile Usability Yahoo! Group
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/agile-usability/
Agile2009 Conference – UX Stage
http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/users
New York Public Library’s online usability tool: Infomaki
Posted: April 3, 2009 Filed under: research, tools & methods Comments Off on New York Public Library’s online usability tool: InfomakiCame across the NYPL’s new online usability tool: Infomaki.
From the NYPL’s labs page:
“Our design sessions frequently result in debate about which of two words is more compelling or accurate for our users, or whether a particular button is noticeable in a particular location. When we can, we test designs on real people using paper or digital prototypes, but it is impractical to test every day; sitting down with real people is not always as simple as you’d expect, what with the schedules of busy New Yorkers…
So, we set out to create our own rapid-testing usability laboratory from scratch, and last Tuesday we launched it, in rough beta form. Nicknamed Infomaki, it’s showing a lot of potential even in its first 48 hours.
It’s not groundbreaking technology. Built on a Rails back-end (my rapid-prototyping framework of choice), it currently supports two kinds of tests: standard multiple choice (with optional “Other:” box) and a “Where would you click…?” screenshot that records click locations.”
Way more detail here: http://labs.nypl.org/2009/02/16/introducing-infomaki-bite-sized-usability-testing/
Try it out: http://usability.nypl.org/
(Via posts at IxDA /New York Public Library Digital Experience Group Labs)
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