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Notes From Past Meetings
When available, monthly meeting notes are posted on this site; however, the presentations themselves are posted on our Intranet to ensure availability to members only. (Go to Documents > Monthly Meeting Notes and Presentations)
2007 Meetings
October 16, MIT
Topic: "10 Minute Talks"
Speakers: Pauric O’Callaghan, Meng Yang, Michael Dutton, Cay Lodine, Todd Follansbee, Donna Cooper / Rachel Cobleigh
Presentation: Boston UPA 10 Minute Talks (PDF)
September 26, Staples
Topic: "Client Side Story: Making Ajax, RIAs, and Browser-side Intelligence Usable"
Speaker: Jared Spool
Presentation: Client Side Story (PDF)
August 16, Fidelity Investments
Topic: "Lessons Learned From Eye-tracking"
Speaker: Tom Tullis and the User Experience Team at Fidelity
Presentation: N/A
July 12, Oracle Corporation
Topic: "Ethnographic Research Techniques: So, How Do You Do That?"
Speaker: Kazuyo Masuda
Presentation: Available on Intranet
June 20, Iron Mountain Digital
Topic: "Workflow Rehearsals: Using Interactive Walkthroughs to Uncover Process Gaps"
Speakers: Ali Mischke and Chris Thurrott
Presentation: Available on Intranet
March 28, iRobot
Topic: "Interface design challenges at iRobot, including discussions about the Roomba and PackBot Explorer and EOD, military hardened robots"
Speakers: Aaron Powers and Mike Robbins
February 28, The Mathworks
Topic: "Using Quantitative/Qualitative Customer Research to Improve Web Site Effectiveness"
Speaker: Carol Farnsworth of Keynote Systems
Presentation: Available on Intranet
January 20, Vinny Testas
World Usability Day Celebration
2006 Meetings
October 19, MIT
Topic: "User Interface Design for Software Developers - Why Developers Get it Wrong and How to Help Get it Right"
Speaker: Gregory Raiz
Presentation: Available on Intranet
September 21, Staples, Inc.
10-Minute Talks
Presentations: Available on Intranet
August 23, Molecular
Topic: "We are Not Alone"
Speaker: Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering
Presentation: Available on Intranet
July 19, Museum of Science
Speaker: Christine Reich
June 27, Fidelity Investments
Speakers: Laura Richterich, Pedro Branco, Donna Tedesco, Michelle
McNulty, Ellen Mangan, Ann Chadwick-Dias, Marguerite Bergel, and Tom Tullis.
May 18th, MITRE
Topics:"Multi-Modal Interfaces" and "Pen-Based interfaces in the field"
Speakers: Courtney E. Aquilina, Nikhil Kalghatgi, Katie Minardo, and Janet Perron
April 11, Monster
Speakers:The Monster Usability Team: Kristina, Mary Kate, Paul and Cay