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William Hudson | 2 Mar 2007 12:50
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Half-day Course on Ajax Design and Usability - London 19 March

[Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this.]

We are presenting the UK premiere of this half-day course on the myths
and realities of designing with Ajax. It was originally debuted for
PHICHI in Philadelphia last Autumn and features in the SIGCHI programme
for the San Jose conference in the Spring.

This short course covers a number of usability and HCI-related issues
but also delves briefly into the technical issues with a case study.
(Knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is not essential.)

Course Outline
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About Ajax
- Ajax in context
- How Ajax works
- How Ajax is different
- How Ajax is similar

Computer-Human Interaction
- Change blindness
- Attentional gambling
- Flow
- Feedback

Design and usability guidelines

Case study

This half-day course is one of two we are presenting on 19 March in
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William Hudson | 2 Mar 2007 13:04
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Half-day Workshop on Card Sorting for Navigation Design - London 19 March

[Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this.]

This short hands-on workshop covers the practical and theoretical
aspects of card sorting in web and intranet navigation design. It
introduces our innovative approach using laser-printed cards and bar
code readers for quick and accurate data capture, although many of the
issues discussed are applicable to any form of card sorting (including
virtual web-based sorting).

Course Outline
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Background and theory
- Basics of cluster analysis and dendograms 
- Getting more from your data with surface maps
- Find rogue participants or items with quality of fit and de
- Briefing for practical 

Open card sort practical (using live high-street web sites)

Navigation design practical

Closed card sort practical

This half-day course is one of two we are presenting on 19 March in
central London (Portland Place). You can attend either of the half days
(the morning session is on Ajax design and usability) or receive a
discount for booking the whole day. More information and an online
booking form can be found at
http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/hottopics.shtml
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William Hudson | 9 Mar 2007 11:20
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Final reminder: Seminar on Ajax Usability and Design - London 19 March

- Need to know how to help developers or customers make the best use of
highly interactive web technology like Ajax?
- Want the background to Ajax and what makes it different from other
approaches?
- Would you like to understand what goes into a live Ajax application
without needing to be an experienced developer?

If your answer to any of these questions is yes, come to the morning
session of our Hot Topics in User Experience day in central London on
Monday 19th March. You can come to the morning session alone, or also
attend the afternoon workshop on card sorting for navigation design to
get a substantial discount on the two-session price.

Visit http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/hottopics.shtml for further
details and online booking.

Then come 

Regards,

William Hudson
Syntagm Ltd
Design for Usability
US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM
UK 01235-522859
World +44-1235-522859
mailto:william.hudson <at> syntagm.co.uk
http://www.syntagm.co.uk
http://www.designforusability.com
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William Hudson | 9 Mar 2007 14:25
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Final reminder: Workshop on Card Sorting for Navigation Design - London 19 March

- Want to find out how your users think about terminology and grouping?
- Prefer paper cards but do not want all of the hard work of manual
labelling and data capture?
- Need quick results with high quality feedback and analysis?
- Would you like to compare how well a navigation scheme matches users'
expectations?

If your answer to any of these questions is yes, come to the afternoon
session of our Hot Topics in User Experience day in central London on
Monday 19th March. You can come to the afternoon session alone, or also
attend the morning workshop on Ajax design and usability to get a
substantial discount on the two-session price.

Visit http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/hottopics.shtml for further
details and online booking.

Then come 

Regards,

William Hudson
Syntagm Ltd
Design for Usability
US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM
UK 01235-522859
World +44-1235-522859
mailto:william.hudson <at> syntagm.co.uk
http://www.syntagm.co.uk
http://www.designforusability.com
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Scott Weiss | 13 Mar 2007 17:49

Course: User Experience Benchmarking NY & SF

Syntagm friends,

I would like to inform you of a course I am teaching in New York City in
April and in San Francisco in May: User Experience Benchmarking. Syntagm
friends are entitled to a $100 discount by using Promotion Code "SYNTAGM".
http://usableproducts.com/training

Following is a detailed description:

User Experience Benchmarking is an effective, efficient way to
quantitatively compare the usability of different products, be they
different versions of the same UI or from competitors. Usable Products
Company (http://usableproducts.com) has produced benchmarks on web sites,
desktop software, and mobile telephones. This one-day training is based on
four years of hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and
reporting findings from benchmark usability studies. This course will
include video clips demonstrating moderating style, unique visualizations
for usability data, and tips and tricks for how to plan, execute, and
report usability findings from user experience benchmarks.
http://usableproducts.com/training

This one-day training course will be held in New York on 12 April 2007 and
in San Francisco on 8 May 2007. Save an additional $200 off the course fee
by registering before March 20, 2007.

This training is limited to 40 delegates who understand the value of
qualitative usability testing and who may have already conducted their own
sessions.

Topics:
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