Archive for 2007
100 blogs regarding usability topics
VirutalHosting.com has put out a list of what they think are the top 100 blogs on user-centered discussions. Web designers often concern themselves with optimizing sites for spiders from Google, Yahoo, and other search engines, but pay little attention to creating sites that real people can use. This problem has sparked a movement towards user-centered web design, a topic that covers accessibility, web standards, and interfacing. Check out these blogs for the latest and greatest in this people-centric field of design Thanks to Michael Dutton of IS&T’s Usability Lab for this post idea! [read more]
mobile web site rant…
I’ve taken to surfing the web on my blackberry before falling asleep at night, and I have to say I’m getting really frustrated with mobile websites. Yes, I’m grateful that they exist BUT does their navigation and content on home pages really need to be so sparse? I’ve read that the Boston Globe’s mobile site has gotten rave reviews, but am I the only one that thinks its lame to get three to four headlines and a link that says “more?” Jumping through all those links to get to content is a battery and time killer. I find myself doing more and more Google... [read more]
World Usability Day NE conference
The 3rd Annual World Usability Day NE conference will be held on November 8, 2007 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Keynote presentation: - The New Science of Universal Usability; Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland at College Park Track 1: Teaching and Learning - Universal Design in Instruction: Moving Beyond Accessibility into Classroom Application; Manju Banerjee, University of Connecticut and Loring C.Brinckerhoff, Educational Testing Service - Making E-learning Usable at The Hadley School for the Blind; Michael C. Rydel and Andre Lukatsky, Hadley School for the Blind Track... [read more]
Dinner for the Boston Web Community
The Boston Web Community is hosting a web dinner on Thursday, October 18th organized by Jeremiah Owyang (web strategist who just joined Forrester) and sponsored by EMC. The event is capped at 100 people and there are 71 people signed up at time of this posting, so sign up at https://bostonwebcommunity.pbwiki.com/FrontPage as soon as you can. In the spirit of the community there will be no pitches, demos, or ’sales’ type activity, come and just meet the community Date: Thursday, October 18th… Time: 6pm until 8. Location: Rattlesnake Bar & Grill, 384 Boylston St. (bet. Arlington... [read more]
Web Design World: Boston
I haven’t posted about this because I was waiting for Web Design World to finalize their agenda. It will be held on December 10-12 at the Westin Copley Place. There’s only 3 days left to register, but if you plan on doing so here’s a coupon code that you can use to get $300 bucks off of the “Gold Passport” registration: BSEB7 Anyone going? [read more]
