All, Good to see some new people at the last meeting. Following our discussion here is a link to some AbilityNet videos of assistive technology users http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3CD45E862B50C925 Some of these are also available on Easy Youtube which was developed by Chris Heilmann http://scriptingenabed.pbwiki.com/AbilityNet-Videos Judith
Dec 182008
For our next meeting I’ll be talking about a pet topic of mine. I’ll be looking at the car user’s experience and seeing why it’s so difficult to get people to switch to public transport. Then I’ll be looking at how we might design a public transport system in such a way as to make [...]
Oct 142008
I’m delighted to confirm that I’ve had final clarification from Manchester Digital and Manchester Digital Development Agency that we can use the Portland Street offices (for FREE) for our next 3 monthly meetings. Thanks to John Keys at the MDDA for his assistance on this.. Dates The dates are confirmed as: Tuesday October 28th Tuesday [...]
Oct 042008
We are going to be able to use Manchester Digital/MDDA offices on Portland Street for our next meetings. – Thanks for sorting venues Paul. I’ve set up a poll on Doodle to see what dates are the best for everyone, we are still looking at meeting every month. http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=b4ss63xhtx24m8iw We’ve also had offers [...]
Sep 162008
I encountered this pop-up notice on a Flash-based T-Shirt editor application last night. It reads Loading Error A loading error occured [sic]. This might negatively influence the use of the application. Please reload the application if this occurs. Beside the spelling mistake, the euphemism for ‘the application might break’, it’s also not clear after which [...]
When we met on thursday, we agreed it would be nice to do something a bit special for world usability day, but it’s not far away so we will need to move quickly. The plan so far is: – Try to get an outside speaker. – Try to get a small sponsorship / donation to [...]
Sep 122008
Having just uploaded Judith’s presentation, I remembered that I had forgotten to upload all the others previously sent to the mailing list (current or old) and/or added to the files section of the old list. Anyway, I’ve done that now and given them all the resources category. You can see them all by clicking the [...]
Sep 122008
Judith asked me to put her presentation from Yesterday’s meeting up on the blog. So, here it is: Personas Presentation (280K). I had to convert it to PDF to get it uploaded into WordPress. If anyone would prefer it in the original PowerPoint format, just let me know.
Sep 092008
It looks like we have (just) enough people to proceed, so following an unplanned summer break NUX is back, back, back. We will be meeting 6.30 at the Waterhouse pub, just near St. Peter’s Square metrolink (walkable from piccadily station). http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=2103 Judith will be talking about personas and how she uses them in her work. [...]
Sep 022008
Wasn’t clear if we had a venue sorted for tomorrow, could someone confirm if we have. Otherwise Wetherspoons on Princess street might be a good option they have a few side rooms that are often empty. http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=2103 Judith
