http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/ en-us 2008-01-24T10:45:08+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000534.html There will be an informal gathering of the Cambridge Usability Group for a chat and a few beers on Wednesday 30th January – starting around 7.30 at All Bar One in Regent Street. Adaptive Path are visiting Cambridge from the... Events sarahbarrington 2008-01-24T10:45:08+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000510.html 29th November, Møller Centre, Cambridge Instrata is offering a 1-day intensive workshop on user-centred design. You will receive a basic grounding in a variety of techniques such as ethnography, lead users, personas, scenarios, prototyping and evaluation. You will learn when... Events sarahbarrington 2007-10-25T18:58:07+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000499.html We are delighted to welcome back Rachel Jones as the speaker at our next event. Rachel, from Instrata in Cambridge, spoke at the inaugural meeting of the Cambridge group back in March 2005. In this new talk Rachel, a recognised... Events sarahbarrington 2007-10-09T17:31:23+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000493.html Cambridge Usability Group events return after a long summer break with an opportunity to hear two excellent papers presented earlier this year at CHI 2007. Date: Monday 8th October Time: 6.30 for 6.45 Venue: Microsoft Research, Cambridge [Map & address]... Events sarahbarrington 2007-09-26T18:56:41+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000444.html This isn't a CUG talk, but it may be of interest. Ben Shneiderman is talking on Monday 21/5/07 at 14:00 on "Accelerating Discovery: A Grand Challenge for HCI". There's more info at http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/7381... Cambridge timregan 2007-05-15T10:40:15+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000425.html The speaker at our next event will be Bob Spence, author of the textbook "Information Visualization: Design for Interaction" and Emeritus Professor of Information Engineering at Imperial College London. Date: Monday 14th May Time: 6.30 for 6.45 Venue: Microsoft Research,... Events sarahbarrington 2007-04-02T17:28:37+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000376.html *** NEW DATE *** We are delighted to welcome Dan Benatan as the speaker at our first event of 2007. Date: Monday 5th February Time: 6.30 for 6.45 Venue: Microsoft Research, Cambridge [Map & address] Registration: Please email cambridge.usability@gmail.com to... Events sarahbarrington 2006-11-29T14:17:32+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000372.html Nottingham Univeristy is hosting a World Usability Day event - "Usability - different applications; a common purpose". They have some interesting presentations lined up (I'm particularly curious about "Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers"). Full details are on the atttached flyer if... Events sarahbarrington 2006-10-13T15:26:34+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000360.html We are delighted to welcome Professor Patrick Jordan as the speaker at our next event. Date: Monday 9th October Time: 6.30 for 6.45 Venue: Microsoft Research, Cambridge [Map & address] Registration: Please email cambridge.usability@gmail.com to reserve a place. The event... Events sarahbarrington 2006-08-22T11:04:09+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000333.html Our speaker at this meeting will Nick Lansley, IT Manager at Tesco, introduced by Julie Howell from RNIB. In his presentation, Nick Lansley explores how Tesco.com became conscious of the need to offer its vision-impaired customers a usable and accessible... Events sarahbarrington 2006-06-19T15:51:48+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000321.html Our speaker at this meeting will be Louise Ferguson who will look at the nature of ethnography and what it can offer the user experience and design community and their clients. She will briefly discuss what’s involved in 'doing ethnography’... Events sarahbarrington 2006-04-18T16:24:25+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000307.html Matt’s talk brought out one of the largest crowds we’ve seen at the CUG. For many, the attraction was the opportunity to gain some insight into the special usability issues around mobile devices. Matt Davies is a Product Manager &... Design danbenatan 2006-03-03T17:43:48+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000266.html Our speaker at this meeting will be Donna Smillie, Senior Web Accessibility Consultant at RNIB. Accessibility and usability are sometimes presented as different things, even as principles which conflict with each other at times, and are often addressed separately in... Events sarahbarrington 2005-11-17T14:08:16+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000243.html Foolproof is a consultancy that specializes in improving online sales through the application of usability and user centred design techniques. On 26 September Tom Wood and Tim Loo, two leading members of the consultancy, shared their experience of a recent,... Cambridge danbenatan 2005-10-12T18:04:46+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000225.html Our thanks to William for a stimulating talk that offered rare insights into the history and development of HCI Research, presented significant challenges, raised the title question and left us with some points to ponder. I personally have worked in,... Events danbenatan 2005-08-04T18:31:40+00:00