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Conor O'Donovan IA/UX Manager Position - £72k basic

A leading online company with a visible and well respected brand is seeking an Information Architecture Manager to join their Irish based team. Managing a team of Usability designers and analysts you will take responsibilities for structural design and usability of all company products with primary responsibility for the Website experience Experience • 4 years IA experience • 2 years Management experience • Experience working with an online brand Contact: Please contact Conor at conor@mygaming… Continue

Added by Conor O'Donovan on November 17, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Fergus Roche Full transcript of my talk from the Futures Night last Thursday

Hi all, Here's my full transcript of the talk I gave on Futures Night Bug session on Thursday. I've included a bunch of recommended links [for those that asked during and after]. Thanks to Dave and Stuart for organising and inviting me, those others that spoke [very interesting stuff], those that attended and those again who stayed on for a pint afterwards. A stimulating evening :) Ferg Continue

Added by Fergus Roche on November 15, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Ben Hayes Special computer for the elderly with an unreadable name

This looks interesting: http://www.discount-age.co.uk/simplicity_computers/ I've watched a couple of elderly people trying to use a computer and something like this is definitely needed. Although the "SimplicITy" name itself is a usability nightmare in single colour text... Continue

Added by Ben Hayes on November 11, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments

Ben Hayes Should labels be emphasized more than data? Or visa versa?

In documents, it seems that there's a general tendency for labels to be emphasized more than the data that they label. For example browsers may render TH elements as bold but TD as regular weight. And in forms, I usually see the LABEL elements in bold but the INPUT elements or any other relevant data to be unbold. In a way it seems natural - just like headings are usually in bold because they allow us to quickly scan the page and break it into chunks. On the other hand, you might say that in m… Continue

Added by Ben Hayes on October 27, 2009 at 10:04am — 2 Comments

Dave Ellender World Usability Day - 12th November

Usability Open day cxpartners are opening their doors... so, if you have a website that you think could be more user-friendly, want a job in user experience or just want to chat about the latest thinking in usability come along… Continue

Added by Dave Ellender on October 22, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Sarah Agarwal We're looking for freelance User Experience designers...

The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) at the University of Bristol works on a range of web-related projects for a variety of customers in the University, the not-for-profit sector and research funders. Most of our user research and prototyping work is done by freelance UX Designers and we are looking to increase the pool of people we can invite to work on projects with us. You can see more info about us at http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk/. Projects range from small University… Continue

Added by Sarah Agarwal on September 30, 2009 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Fergus Roche User Experience contractors needed for October at One Big Field, experience R&D agency

Hi all, I'm going to be needing several UX contractors in October and ongoing at my new venture One Big Field, an experience R&D agency. One Big Field is going to stand out from the crowd. Make our clients very happy. They will recommend us. Some will love us. And many will not be able to get enough of us. That's the gig :) The work is rolling in and I'm going to need good UX contractors. No agents please. If you know me great, get in touch straightaway. If you don't know me, send me your… Continue

Added by Fergus Roche on September 24, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Dave Ellender Designing for old people - 22nd September

Lots of people turned up to this talk and discussion with Andrew Arch of the W3C. Add your thoughts. Continue

Added by Dave Ellender on September 23, 2009 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Lisa Tweedie Introducing myself

Hi All I'm an Interaction Designer/Usability Engineer who is hoping to do some consulting in the Bristol area. My former roles have been working for large companies (Oracle - as part of the JDeveloper IDE team, Nortel - Network Management software). More recently I have been doing technical market research for companies like dunnhumby and Porge. I have a PhD in the design of interactive data visualization tools (HCI) from Imperial College. I have run the gamut of usabiltiy techniques from wal… Continue

Added by Lisa Tweedie on September 15, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Stuart Church New Ning group - Agile Experience Design

You might be interested to know that there's a new Ning group called Agile Experience Design. As you'd expect, it's about the integration of Agile and User Experience practices. You can find out more and sign up at http://agile-ux.ning.com/ Continue

Added by Stuart Church on July 31, 2009 at 11:26pm — 3 Comments

Sofianna Kuiti Wanted - The Best PHP developers and UI experts !

I have a fantastic client looking to recruit the best PHP and UI experts to work on what is on track to be the best site since LinkedIn/paypal! I'm sure many people claim this but these guys have a very impressive track record, solid finances in place and the backing of one of the UKs most successful entrepreneurs. They have been around for a couple of years (so not a completely new start up), have attracted a lot of interest already just on the basis of their beta site but now want to push to… Continue

Added by Sofianna Kuiti on July 10, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Stu Collett We're looking for a Freelance Information Architect

Hey everyone, Super User Studio is looking for a freelance Information Architect to assist us on a project. No need to work on site, but examples of previous work would be needed. If you’re interested please call Super User Studio on (01225) 744 445 and ask for Odette Collett. Many thanks, Stu. Continue

Added by Stu Collett on July 8, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Alex Morris Bit of fun - UX design challenge

Hey all Been meaning to do this for ages. How about a little design challenge for group members? http://gallery.me.com/alexmorris#100036 You'll find an image of a Sky Remote here. The Sky Remote is one of the worst pieces of interaction design in mass production right now. Your challenge is to fix it. No restrictions on format, sketch, jpeg, wireframe... up to you. Just make the useless thing a bit more friendly. Upload your entries to the .mac gallery using your name as the filename, blog… Continue

Added by Alex Morris on June 24, 2009 at 4:56pm — 3 Comments

Konrad Black Looking for a permanent User Experience Architect job in Bristol / Bath

Hi Everyone I'm currently looking for a permanent job in Bristol / Bath or surrounding area to start as soon as possible really! If you want to check out my CV, then you can download that here: Konrad Black CV.pdf Or if you would prefer to check out my LinkedIn profile, complete with references etc, then please visit: http://www.linkedin.co… Continue

Added by Konrad Black on June 10, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Dave Ellender Stop trying to 'think outside the box'

... because we need a better understanding of boxes. Continue

Added by Dave Ellender on June 10, 2009 at 10:26am — 1 Comment

James Chudley First Bristol uxbookclub on 24th June

Hi folks, The first bristol uxbookclub will be held at cxpartners on Weds 24th June. To attend you must first register at http://www.uxbristol.co.uk/ we will then send you an invite. Its first come first served, places filling up fast! cheers, James Continue

Added by James Chudley on May 21, 2009 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Fergus Roche New UE jobs available at Enable - calling all UEs

Hi all, I've got two new permanent UE roles available in my team at Enable. Role details below. Looking to kick off ASAP. Send your CV to amanda.milton@enableinteractive.co.uk. All the best, Fergus X2 User Experience Consultants * competitive salary * permanent * Bristol-based Two permanent roles available - one senior, one middleweight We're after a couple of superstar U… Continue

Added by Fergus Roche on May 20, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Ben Hayes Off Topic: Anyone know a good accountant?

Sorry not sure if I'm supposed to post this kind of thing here... tell me if not. My accountant is far away in Sussex where I used to be based. So that, and climbing fees, means I'm looking for someone more local. Any recommendations? I'm a small Ltd company with 1 employee so don't need anything too big or expensive, and I mostly do my own book keeping. Continue

Added by Ben Hayes on May 19, 2009 at 9:02am — No Comments

James Chudley Interest in a Bristol UX book club?

Hi folks, In the spirit of the UX bookclub movement that seems to be taking off around the world (http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php) i'm trying to get a feel for the level of interest for a ux bookclub in Bristol. I think it would be a great forum to get like minded people together as well as a good way to keep up with the literature. Anyroad, if you'd be interested in taking part drop me a line at james.chudley@cxpartners.co.uk cheers, James Continue

Added by James Chudley on May 11, 2009 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

Stuart Church Slides from 6 May 09 BUG Meeting: Collaborative Design Research

Thanks to everyone who turned up for a really stimulating BUG meeting last night. Here are the slides ..
Open Design Research
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Added by Stuart Church on May 7, 2009 at 1:57pm — No Comments

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