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MSU World Usability Day 2009 Wrap Up
Yesterday I attended the MSU World Usability Day which focused on usability and accessibility not only for the web but for the physical world. The theme of this years World Usability Day was sustainability. One of the main themes throughout the day was there is a large difference between things appearing to be usable and their actual [...]
TEDxDetroit Wrap Up
This last week I attended TEDxDetroit. An independently organized TED event held at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, Michigan. The idea of TEDxDetroit is to spread positive ideas for the world from Detroit. Seating was limited and I was one of the lucky 150 hand picked attendees. Although the videos from all the speakers will [...]
[Presentation] Focusing on your Users
This week I had the privileged of speaking at the Michigan Usability Professionals Association (MIUPA) meeting. I can’t explain what a great group of people they are, I feel humbled being around so many people with much more formal experience and training than myself.
My Approach
Although I come from a computer science background I love usability, [...]
[Speaking Event] MIUPA – Break Through the Administrative Barriers and Focus on Your Users
Tuesday August 18, 2009, 6-8:30PM
(Food and networking at 6, Program at 7)
Southfield Public Library in Southfield, MI
Nick DeNardis, associate director of web communications at Wayne State University will discuss his approach for reviewing and creating usable web sites.
A lot of people are involved with planning and constructing a single web site. How can you break [...]