Video posted: Web Apps with Jared Spool

The video from our last WebPub meeting is now online at TechTV and iTunes. Due to some technical difficulties the recording starts a few seconds in to Jared’s presentation, however I’m sure you’ll find the content extremely enjoyable! Many thanks to the MIT HyperStudio and IS&T for sponsoring the podcast.

Here’s the summary of the topic covered:

Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business with Jared Spool
Who has the best practices for web app design and what do they do to make world-class applications? Jared will share the latest research in the techniques and methodologies that can make a huge difference.

WebPub Presents…Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business with Jared Spool

May 28, 2009

Topic: Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business

Speaker: Jared Spool, UIE

Time: 12:00p–1:00p

Location: 46-3001

Who has the best practices for web app design and what do they do to make world-class applications? Jared will share the latest research in the techniques and methodologies that can make a huge difference.

Thousands of sites have the same web app: the e-commerce checkout process. They all do essentially the same thing: exchange the site’s products for the customer’s money, simultaneously arranging for delivery and payment. Yet, every single one is different and despite their prevalence, frequently hard to use and frustrating. Why is this?

Creating easy-to-use and delightful applications, such as checkout, while meeting the needs of the organization is one of the most difficult challenges designers face. While many sites struggle, some design teams have learned how to do this especially well.

In this presentation, Jared will share UIE’s latest research on designing successful web-based applications. He’ll describe the techniques and methodologies used by the best designers and the common traps they’ve learned to avoid.

Open to: the general public

Cost: Free

Sponsor(s): WebPub

For more information, contact:
Lisa C. Mayer
617-452-4225
webpub-owner@mit.edu

This event is categorized as: personal development, interest clubs/groups

Web 2.0: The Power Behind the Hype

Use Interface Engineering has another webinar on Web 2.0 coming up on August 16th — 1pm ET / Noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT. Jared Spool is giving the talk. Here’s the outline:

In this presentation, I will teach you:

+ How Web 2.0 works with a tour of Flickr
+ How Folksonomies (also known as Tagging) can make
personally important information easier to retrieve by users
+ How Social Networking can enhance the users’ experience
+ How APIs expand the user experience
+ How RSS brings data to your users on their schedule

Pricing: $129.00, $99 for UIEtips Subscribers (form at the bottom of the page)

UPDATE: here are the presentation slides from Jared’s talk: http://tinyurl.com/2q3yeo