Media: OK/Cancel do their Stuff on CHI2004

You'll have been following OK/Cancel because I told you to last October (see The Wittiest New Addition to Usability?). If you've let that slide, now's a good time to go back and have another look...

Kevin and Tom were at CHI last month and their particular brand of commentary - cartoons and thought pieces - makes a great addition to the analysis coming out of the three days of multiple tracks that made up the conference.

There have been two strips drawn from the conference so far - an examination of the theme 'Connect' and a discussion of what experiences can be designed for, following keynote Tim Brown of IDEO's assertions that he is engaged in 'lifestyle design'. You'll get a straighter account of it here soon, but in the meantime, enjoy their irreverence. Beneath the humour of the strips is a lot of sensible thinking.

What you will have missed if you weren't at the event, is their 'guru' trading cards that double as their calling cards. There's a set of eight in all to trade and collect. I left holding "The Don" Norman and LLSpoolJ. Will trade a spare Norman for any other guru...

Associated Link: OK/Cancel: Getting a Life

All change at the top for System Concepts
Source: System Concepts Ltd, 3 July 2009
 
Leslie Fountain has been promoted to joint Managing Director of leading usability consultancy System Concepts.

Life in UCD immortalised in fiction: you couldn't make it up
Source: UN, 2 July 2009
 
Sarah Herman's fictitious book on life in a user-centred design company has hit the shelves and The Guardian's book pages...

Interfaces Magazine - Issue 79: The Education Issue
Source: Interaction Group, 1 July 2009
 
The latest issue of Interfaces is now available as a free download from the Interaction Website.

Two new Behavioural research Tools from Noldus
Source: UN, 30 June 2009
 
Tool updates make on-site behavioural data collection easier.

Cell Phones that Listen and Learn
Source: MIT Technology Review, 29 June 2009
 
New software tracks a user's behavior by monitoring everyday sounds.

Top Six Don’ts for Usability Testing
Source: FutureNow Inc., 27 June 2009
 
Six tips for creating quality usability tests to ensure useful feedback from testers.

Usability: ‘Lovely software. But I can’t work it’
Source: FT.com, 26 June 2009
 
In a recent survey by Global Graphics, 77 per cent of office workers estimate they lose up to one hour a week because business software is difficult to use.

And what do you do?
Source: Dexo Design, 25 June 2009
 
How do you describe your job role? Here are the results of a recent 'Preferred UX/UI Title' Poll.

Most Doctors cite Usability as critical to Electronic Health Record Adoption
Source: TMCNet, 24 June 2009
 
It's all about 'meaningful use'.

Glossy monitors look good but can hurt
Source: QUT, 23 June 2009
 
A new advisory cites research which suggests high gloss monitors make users sit awkwardly.