Archive for November, 2006

UNC Interactionary Team Profile #2 — Christie McDaniel

November 9, 2006

How did you become interested in user experience design?
I have became increasingly interested in user experience design throughout my time at SILS. Evaluating websites and developing websites for client really puts you in the user’s position and you learn just how important it is to design your system or your interface around the needs of [...]

Motricity looks for simpler ways for cell phone users to download content

November 9, 2006

A story in today’s News & Observer profiled some of Motricity’s recent user research.  Congratulations to Rick Cecil, TriUPA president, and the rest of the Motricity UX team!
newsobserver.com | Rest for an overworked digit Motricity looks for simpler ways for cell phone users to download content
Motricity of Durham studied how people use their cell [...]

Making Life Easy - A Project for World Usability Day 2006

November 8, 2006

Making Life Easy is an initiative to “make some noise about things that are hard to use.”  You can:
1) See what is frustrating other people
2) Rate these annoyances on a scale of Usability Pain (coming soon!)
3) Upload a photograph and describe what makes life needlessly difficult

UNC Interactionary Team Profile #1 — Brian Landau

November 8, 2006

How did you become interested in user experience design?I became interested in being a user experience designer when I came to SILS and started learning about the different specialties of Information Science. I became particularly interested in User-Centered design processes and all the techniques and disciplines that fall under that.
What’s your favorite aspect [...]

World Usability Day: Time to register

November 1, 2006

Register for World Usability Day
Announcing the 2006 World Usability Day celebration in the Triangle! Join UX professionals from around the Triangle area for an Interactionary (a live design competition), keynote speech, food, drink, and fun!
RSVP today!
When: November 14th, 2006 from 6PM to 9PM
Where: GlaxoSmithKline’s Ruvane Auditorium
Keynote: Graeme Boddy, VP [...]