November 3, 2005
World Usability Day for Michigan
- Real World Usability Success Story Carol Barnum, Professor of Information Design and Co-Director of the Usability Center, Southern Polytechnic State University, and author of Usability Testing and Research
- Useful, Usable, AND Desirable: How One Washer Changed the Face of Laundry
Laura Vennie and Sara Ulius Sabel, Usability Specialists from Whirlpool - Accessibility Experts Lead the Way to Profits by Design
Speakers: Stephen Blosser and Michael J. Hudson MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities - User Experiences and System Issues with Online Recommender Systems
- Speaker: Joseph Konstan, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, and author of Word of Mouse: The Marketing Power of Collaborative Filtering
October 12, 2005
Live Usability Evaluations of Local Web Sites
Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, President of the Michigan UPA and UPA International Board Member
Sites relevant to Southeast Michigan were reviewed. These included Thomson Gale, Jackson National Life Insurance, and Techsmith Corporation
October 4, 2005
Live Usability Evaluations of Local Web Sites
Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, President of the Michigan UPA and UPA International Board Member
Sites relevant to Western Michigan were reviewed. These included Amway, National City, and Zondervan
May 11, 2005
Latest Research: Human Behavior on the Web
Susan Weinschenk, Chief of Technical Staff, Human Factors International
March 14-15 , 2005
Internet User Experience 2005 conference
A conference spotlighting methods for dramatically improving today’s web site user experience.
February 23, 2005
Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving: Developing Useful and Usable Software
Barbara Mirel, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan and author of Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving: Designing Useful and Usable Software
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