http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/ en-us 2010-04-27T11:23:19+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000910.html Ever wondered why e-commerce sites give more space to user reviews than the product? Or how you can study users' emotional and pre-cognitive behaviour, as well as their information processing? If so, you might want to peek into the back... Events cambridgeusability 2010-04-27T11:23:19+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000672.html The problem with polymaths is that they are often extremely busy doing important stuff. We are extremely fortunate that David MacKay, a Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Cambridge University, has agreed to give us this unusual talk outlining credible... Events cambridgeusability 2009-06-04T01:56:13+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000668.html Caroline Jarrett did us an excellent talk on Label Placement in Forms and brought along Steve Krug too. Steve joined Caroline for the questions and they did an excellent double act. About 45 people attended and most seemed to enjoy... Resources cambridgeusability 2009-05-22T21:41:08+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000655.html We are delighted to announce Caroline Jarrett as our next speaker. Caroline is a world expert on Form Design. In this talk, Caroline will use eye-tracking data, and her many years experience of designing and testing forms, to give you... Events cambridgeusability 2009-04-24T13:17:17+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000650.html Ben's talk was a real treat. He are some resources related to the talk that you might like. Slightly older version of the slides... http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/pubs/presentations/InfoVizKnowDiscovery-NASA.htm Ben was filmed doing a similar talk at a French University shortly before his Cambridge... Resources cambridgeusability 2009-03-06T21:47:34+00:00 http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/archives/000627.html We are thrilled to announce that Ben Shneiderman will be presenting on the subject he is perhaps best known for, 'Information Visualization', on Thursday 5th March at the fantastic Microsoft Research facility in Cambridge. Most people reading this will know... Events cambridgeusability 2009-02-17T23:11:52+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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 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 cambridgeusability 2006-08-22T11:04:09+00:00