Archive for May, 2006

Getting Started With Personas

May 24, 2006

Here is the latest information about Robert Barlow-Busch’s full-day persona design workshop:
Getting Started With Personas
Thursday, June 8, 2006
9:00am to 5:00pm
Durham, North Carolina
Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport Hotel
Chances are good you’ve heard something about “personas” recently, as
they’ve become a hot topic in design, usability, documentation, and
marketing. But finding concrete, comprehensive information on how to
create and use personas can [...]

Personas by Robert Barlow-Busch

May 16, 2006

Forwarded from Lourdes Cueva Chacón:
Come join a discussion that explores the benefits and unpacks the mystery behind personas. Personas are a type of user profile that has emerged as a best practice in web and software design, but about which little concrete information is available. What exactly is a persona? When are [...]

Computing the Future: Release 2016

May 8, 2006

Daniel A. Reed, a world-renowned authority on high-performance computing, will offer a glimpse of 2016 and the wonders (and annoyances) that new technologies are likely to bring over the next decade in a presentation Tuesday, May 30, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Computing the Future: Release 2016

Trip report: CHI 2006

May 6, 2006

I attended CHI 2006 in Montreal from April 24 - 27. CHI is the major conference for HCI research (in the broadest sense, ranging from input and interaction techniques to field studies of complex work situations). It also attracts a large community of practitioners, particularly from the major software and hardware companies. Attendance was estimated [...]