After a very long hiatus, the next event of the Northern User Experience group is on 6th April 2010 at the offices of Code Computerlove Jutland House, 15 Jutland Street, Ducie House, Ducie Street, Manchester, England M1 2BE… (more…)
Continue Reading →This month’s talk postponed
It seems the lure of summer is just too strong, so we’re postponing Prof Alistair Sutcliffe’s talk “Does Technology make any difference in our Social Life ?” until later in the year, around September or October. We’ll announce a date nearer the time!
Continue Reading →Does Technology make any difference in our Social Life ?
Professor Alistair Sutcliffe from Manchester University has kindly offered to give a talk this coming Tuesday 14th July on the topic of technology and the impact on our social lives. It promises to be very interesting… (more…)
Continue Reading →Design – it’s a team sport!
Talking to Rachel after tonight’s meeting (more about that later) I had a thought for next month. Rather than talking about it – why don’t we do it. How about we design something as a group. We have more than enough people to make a spectacularly over-staffed design team (or two more sensibly staffed teams). […]
Continue Reading →Eye-tracking studies: more than meets the eye
There is an interesting eye tracking story over on the Google Blog, covering their results from some usability studies they carried out. Specifically: eye tracking to test the use of thumbnails in search results. Though the blog report is fairly brief, they did come to specific conclusion. Our studies showed that the thumbnails did not […]
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