Welcome to the UXPA Discussion Forum
This site is for you, the UX Community, to ask us questions, provide feedback, and tell us what you want and need from UXPA, and hopefully offer to help out. The links at the top lead you to...
View ArticleA Response to Lou Rosenfeld’s blog from Ronnie Battista
Note from Ronnie Battista: This post is a response to Lou Rosenfeld’s blog in which he addressed the Open Letter about the UXPA announcement (posted on uxpa.org). Given the length of this response,...
View ArticleDecember Conference Update
Happy December, everyone! We’ve been pretty busy since our last update, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. First, thanks to everyone who participated in our volunteer survey. We now have a list...
View ArticleA Conference Story
Amazingly, though I am an admitted conference junkie, this story is not mine. It’s my husband’s. He’s a biochemical engineer whose professional conference sessions have fun titles like “Evaluating and...
View Article6 Goals and a Conference Theme
So submissions are open for the 2013 UXPA conference in DC. The theme is collaboration. And you haven’t submitted a proposal yet. Hm. You know that submissions close February 6th, right? What can we do...
View ArticleGovernment Track at UXPA 2013 DC
Are you working for the government (any government)? Or are you doing government-related work? Have you done research that would be of particular interest to government usability practitioners?...
View ArticleThank you!!
UXers, you continue to amaze me. Both the reviewer survey and submissions are now closed. I’m thrilled to report that a record 413 of you signed up to be reviewers! And it’s a good thing, too, because...
View ArticleHard Choices
So we got a lot of great submissions for the UXPA conference in DC this year. A lot. 316 to be exact. These submissions have all gone through blind peer review. We aimed to have every submission...
View ArticleCall for On-Site Conference Volunteers
The 2013 UXPA Conference will provide inspiration and stimulation through workshops, exhibits, and tutorials to increase our attendees’ passion for leading the way in user experience. In addition, the...
View ArticleUser Experience Magazine is online
I’m delighted to be writing about a project that opens up a fine collection of user experience articles to a wider audience. User Experience has been a quarterly magazine in print since 2002, delivered...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: Categorizing Search Terms to Gain Insight Into Users’...
Michael Beasley lets us know what we’ll learn in his evening tutorial, “Categorizing Search Terms to Gain Insight Into Users’ Information Needs and Behavior.” Register for UXPA 2013 today!
View ArticleFlight is booked. Ready for UXPA 2013!
Are you making your travel plans for UXPA 2013 in Washington, DC? I know I am, and I registered with one of the precious few Early Bird special rates left . This will be my fourteenth (consecutive)...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: Designing for Engagement
Susan Weinschenk (aka “The Brain Lady“) is bringing her “Designing for Engagement” tutorial to UXPA 2013! Here she is to tell you a little more about it: Interested in attending Susan’s tutorial on...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: Research Methods Roulette
Yet another of the amazing Tutorials at UXPA2013 comes from Susan Mercer and Dan Berlin. In Research Methods Roulette, you’ll gain key insights into which UX research methods should be applied under...
View ArticleDr. Susan M. Dray Receives Fulbright Award to Panama
Dr. Susan M. Dray, President of Dray & Associates, Inc., has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and do research at the Technological University of Panama during the 2013-2014...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: CARD
Today, we spotlight yet another of the amazing tutorials being held at UXPA 2013 in Washington, D.C.! In their full-day tutorial, “CARD: A Collaborative Tool for Rapid Task Analysis and Design,” Len...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: Developing a User Experience Strategy
Today we spotlight one of this year’s 60-minute presentations, Paul Bryan’s “Developing a User Experience Strategy.” UXPA is thrilled to host this session and its companion workshop, “Ingredients of a...
View ArticleUser Experience looks to the future of science fiction and UX.
This issue of User Experience Magazine explores perspectives on the future of technology, society, communication, and user interaction. In recent years, user experience researchers, designers, and...
View ArticleCall for UXPA2013 Conference Session Chairs
This year I’m volunteering for UXPA 2013 as a Session Chair Coordinator. That means I’m scheduling session chairs for all of the sessions at the D.C. conference. Since I know you’re all going, I’m...
View ArticleSession Spotlight: Unconference
Welcome to UXPA 2013 in Washington, D.C., USA! How many times have you been to a conference and gotten an “Aha!” moment? Thought to yourself, “I have a better idea, and I want to share it with...
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