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NEASIST Event: Designing Usable Interfaces
April 10, 2007
Cambridge, MA
Join us for an exploration of the critical issues in designing usable web interfaces as we integrate three key approaches to user-focused design:
- understand the contexts in which users actually live, work, and search to design online environments that are meaningful and help users meet their goals
- focus on how to reduce the intellectual labor required of users in order to improve their satisfaction with web experiences
- leverage the psychological effects of color, pattern and other visual cues to guide user behavior
Web visitors get smarter and more demanding every day. Designing interfaces that are usable and keep our customers, patrons, and community members engaged and satisfied with our services is not easy. The New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (NEASIST) invites you to another practical and compelling program at the intersection of users, information and technology.
Learn and discuss with top design experts:
- Karen Holtzblatt, co-author of Contextual Design: A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs
- Steve Krug, author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
- Jenifer Tidwell, author of Designing Interfaces
Just $30 for students! Lunch and refreshments included.
posted March 15, 2007 by Joanna Weston