"What can we do with a computer in 2025?" One topic, six speakers: Fergus Roche, Dan Lock, Stuart Church, Graham Higgins, Dave Ellender and Mark Schiller talk the talk. (Audio quality not brilliant in places - Mark's talk is probably best audio!)
This first episode of the Bristol Usability Group podcast is now online via the itunes store (search for Bristol Usability Group) or via rss (
www.ellender.org/podcast.xml)
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Added by Dave Ellender on December 14, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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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…
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 22, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Lots of people turned up to this talk and discussion with Andrew Arch of the W3C.
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Added by Dave Ellender on September 23, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Added by Dave Ellender on June 10, 2009 at 10:26am —
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Only eight people participated in the 2008 survey, so read this all with a large pinch of salt, some pepper and a dash of extra virgin olive oil. Thanks to all those who took part... what happened to the rest of you? Did Christmas get in the way??
MAIN FINDINGS
Tools used (by % of people)
- Powerpoint: 75%
- Morae: 50%
- Silverback: 50%
- Surveymonkey: 50%
- Omnigraffle: 38%
- xSort: 25%
- Visio: 25%
- Optimalsort: 12%
- Keynote: 12%
Preferences for meetings (by % of people)…
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Added by Dave Ellender on March 11, 2009 at 4:58pm —
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Added by Dave Ellender on December 19, 2008 at 6:26pm —
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What - Invite people to think what frustrates them in modern life and how would they design something to fix it?
Where - Watershed bar.
When - From 6pm on 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:16pm —
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What - A series of pictures with questions (such as 'why is it good?', 'why is it bad?')
Where - Online
When - 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:14pm —
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What - Run some very short psychology experiments (e.g. displaying three pictures mounted on boards) and asking people what they think.
Where - Watershed bar?
When - 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:12pm —
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What - Re-arrange your kitchen following some simple principles that improve the way you move around the space.
Where - Anywhere
When - 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:07pm —
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What - Try a simple A-to-B-to-C treasure hunt around Bristol using handheld mobile navigation devices. Participants will be observed by students from UWE.
Where - TBC
When - From 6pm on 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:04pm —
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What - Bring your URL and get free advice from our friendly consultants from the cream of Bristol's User Experience community.
Where - Watershed bar.
When - From 6pm on 13th Nov
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:02pm —
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What - Post photos of 'unsound', 'broken' or faulty' designs from around Bristol to our proposed new Flickr group, to include particular focus on the world of transportation, signage and public transport information displays.
Where -
http://www.flickr.com/groups/unsound_bristol/
When - Now
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Added by Dave Ellender on October 23, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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Chew the user experience cud at our next gathering where we cut straight to the chase:
"What are you drinking?" Any time from
1730 onwards. See you there...
(Please note: this event is not at futurelab. Powerpoint will not be involved!)
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Added by Dave Ellender on August 14, 2008 at 9:29am —
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