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UPA Auckland have three events coming up in the next two months:
- Tuesday 31st July - Accessibility with Neil Jarvis and Darren Wood
- Thursday 9th August - Lou Carbone on Compelling Experiences (at Microsoft, note this is a Thursday session)
- Tuesday 28th August - Interaction Design with Phil Fierlinger from Xero.
All events start at 6pm for drinks and nibbles, and finish around 8pm. Cost: $10 cash at the door - to cover drinks & nibbles! Please read on for venue and registration details.
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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two. And Free Usability Reviews
July’s keynote speech will be given by Dr Fiona McPherson, an internationally recognised expert on memory and memory improvement. Fiona is the author of the books ‘The Memory Key’ and ‘Remembering Intentions’, and her website is http://www.memory-key.com.
Fiona will be speaking on:
Beyond the magical number 7 – what “24” has to teach us about working memory capacity:
What really governs how much information a user can handle; the importance of attention, what it is, and how you can control the user’s experience.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions related to memory and usability after her talk.
The second half of July’s meeting will be your chance to show off your usability skills, and hear others’ insights, by helping make suggestions for improvements to websites. The sites will be displayed by projector, but if you want to make a start you can visit the sites before the meeting. We will start with Fiona’s site and then moving on to Te Ara’s site.
We’ll talk about learnings from the UPA conference in Austin, Texas this month including skills, trends and predictions for the future.
Miriam will also bring along the CD proceedings and a copy of the schedule to help you decide if you want to order a copy.
The UPA meetings cover a wide range of topics and we try to have something for those who are new and those with experience in usability. For a list of previous topics see http://www.upa.org.nz/category/auckland/
* RSVP: Please RSVP to auckland@upa.org.nz by 5pm Monday 25th June
* Time: 6pm onwards for drinks and nibbles.
* Talks start at 6.30pm. Finishes at approximately 8pm
* Cost: $10 cash at the door. Please bring correct change.
* Location: Bank of New Zealand, 3rd floor, 125 Queen Street, Auckland
* Late entry: Call Don Gibbons on 029 241 3804 if you have difficulty getting in or arrive after 6.30pm
Usability Professionals Association of New Zealand, Auckland cluster Auckland’s UPA meetings are usually held on the last Tuesday of each month.
Joining the UPA
This meeting is part of the Auckland cluster of the NZ Chapter of the Usability Professionals Association (UPA). Information about UPA can be found at: http://www.upassoc.org/ If you have attended 3 or more sessions we strongly encourage you to join the UPA as a professional member or student. UPA membership helps you build your skills in usability and will identify you as someone with usability interests and skills in the wider professional community. UPA membership is available from www.upassoc.org . Please bring your UPA membership number to our meeting if you have one.
We look forward to seeing you,
Miriam Walker 021484492
Auckland UPA coordinator and UPA New Zealand President
Show and Tell – usability stories and case studies
Four usability practioners and a podcast TV host tell their stories of lessons learnt, insights gained and demonstrate examples from case studies. However, we have kept a speaking slot open for one of you to fill. Do you have a story you want to tell? A problem to present or a case study to talk about? More…
Ever wondered why so many usability professionals have studied psychology?
Dr Vanessa Lim from the University of Auckland’s Psychology Department is going to provide you with a psychology 101 level toolkit of knowledge about human memory, cognition and attention. During her talk we’re going to discuss how human vision, attention and memory work and how this knowledge can be applied to design of software and websites. Vanessa will also talk about experimental methods briefly, while recognising that few people in our industries conduct rigorous, tightly controlled experiments.
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