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2008 Meeting Schedule & Notes
January 16, 2008
Topic: "Yes, Virginia, there is a perfect Web page"
Speaker: Steve Krug, Advanced Common Sense
Location: Olin College, Needham MA
Resources:
- View Steve's Presentation
- Jim Spencer of JBS Partners summarizes this meeting in his blog article "Steve Krug Shares Usability Best Practices Focusing on Page Titles and 'You Are Here' Indicators"
- Watch a video of the meeting (each segment is approximately 30 minutes). Please right-click the link and select "Save Link/Target As" - Part 1 (94 MB), Part 2 (99 MB), Part 3 (41 MB)
February 21, 2008
Topic: "Short Talks About Design and Usability"
Speaker: Chauncey Wilson and The Autodesk® Revit® Product Design Team
Location: Autodesk, Waltham MA
Resources:
- View the Meeting Notes
March 19, 2008
Topic: "Mobile Usability & Teens: Going Mobile and Agile"
Speakers: Hilary Coolidge, Molecular
Location: The MathWorks, Natick MA
Resources:
- View Hilary's Presentation
- View the Meeting Notes
April 23, 2008
Topic: "Usability Test Facilitation: Lessons from the Trenches"
Speaker: Carolyn Snyder
Location: Oracle, Burlington MA
- View the Meeting Notes
- View Carolyn's Presentation
- View the "Usability Test Situations" Handout
May 2008
No monthly meeting - Usability and User Experience 2008 on May 28th!
June 12, 2008
Topic: "Touch me, Tag me, Brand me...MITRE presents:
- Controlling Robots Through Multi-touch Technology
- Social Bookmarking in the Enterprise
- Want a Lime With That? Design in Open Source"
Location: MITRE, Bedford MA
- View the Meeting Notes
- View the Controlling Robots Presentation
- View the Social Bookmarking
- View the Design in Open Source
July 15, 2008
Topic: "Getting the Tool Right … Or Getting the Right Tool? Tool Choice and Tool Switching in Complex Software"
Speaker: Will Schroeder, The MathWorks
Location: Iron Mountain Digital, Southborough MA
- View the Meeting Notes
- View the Tool Choice and Tool Switching in Complex Software
August 2008
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Location: TBD
September 2008
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Location: TBD
October 2008
Topic: 10 Minute Talks
Speakers: You, or members!
Location: TBD
November 2008
No monthly meeting - World Usability Day 2008
December 2008
No monthly meeting - Happy Holidays!