user research News

Usography published the "Summer 2011 Retailer UX Audit," which evaluated 100 top retailers on the number of UX features found on their primary e-commerce web sites in July, 2011. The Audit gives retailers a quick view into e-retail best practices.

Usography announced its new multichannel shopping research campaign, "It's not mobile, it's life" (TM). The campaign emphasizes the gaps between current mobile strategies and the real life context of shopping.

Brianna Sylver will teach a class on user research at the IIT Institute of Design this Fall. Classes will be held from October 19-December 7.

This is Montreal’s first User Experience conference which will showcase real world examples demonstrating hot topics in innovative technologies and methods, and global collaboration.

On Sept. 20, 2010, an international group of experts will come together at a unique, 1-day User Experience Masterclass to present real world examples demonstrating innovative technologies and methods, global collaboration, and lessons learned.

Recent earthquake tragedies in both Haiti and Chile and the generous outpouring of support have put a spotlight on the challenges of collecting charitable donations effectively.

User Experience Alliance (UXalliance) partners, Optimal Usability, have invited an international panel of speakers for a one-day User eXperience Masterclass.

Usability experts and authors Bill Albert, Tom Tullis and Donna Tedesco have launched the first guide for conducting large-scale user experience research using the Internet.

SSB BART Group and Bentley University have been added as the newest User Experience Alliance (www.UXalliance.com) members, enhancing the international user research network to a total of 22 companies across the globe.

Bob Schumacher will be at the Borders (Oak Brook, IL) November 24th signing copies of the recently published, Handbook of Global User Research (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers).

53 user experience professionals. 21 countries represented. 250+ global research projects conducted. 1 book that combines expert knowledge and experience for conducting international user research projects.

Celebrating 10 years in the user research field, User Centric's research and design spans multiple industries and hundreds of clients across the globe.

The Usability Marathon, a series of webinars in usability and user experience (UX), opens on Monday, October 12, 2009 and goes through Wednesday, October 21, 2009. It is organized for the second time by UIDesign Group (Moscow, Russia).

The UXalliance will be presenting a panel discussion surrounding touch interfaces at the MobileHCI conference in Bonn, Germany next week.

Akendi, an informed design, user experience design, usability research and strategy firm, has opened its doors in Toronto, Ottawa. Akendi is founded by Ian Chalmers of one of Toronto’s design agencies, and Tedde van Gelderen usability designer.

The Director of Research at Sandstorm Design, Mark Jodlowski, PhD Human Factors, has been selected to present at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) annual conference this October.

This convention focuses on how companies can maximize the business benefits of SaaS distribution models. This is the first conference, which is organized by SAP and D-LABS.

UIDesign Group, UXalliance partner and a Russian leader in user experience field, celebrated its birthday. An in-house event was organized for the partners and staff, to thank for mutual cooperation.