What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive? (Durham, NH, USA)
Monday, December 17th, 2007 by Kyle Soucy| January 24, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Please join us for the Inaugural NH UPA Meeting with speaker, Jared Spool! For our first official UPA chapter meeting we will kick off the New Year with special guest Jared Spool, an internationally renowned authority on usability, to discuss what makes a design seem intuitive.
When: Thursday, January 24
Refreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
Where:
University of New Hampshire (UNH)
Kingsbury Hall, Room N101
33 College Road
Durham, NH
Campus Map: http://www.unh.edu/map/UNHCampusMapcrop.pdf
Directions: http://www.unh.edu/transportation/visitor/directions.htm
Parking Directions: Park in Lot B – See Parking Details below.
Topic: What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive?
Everyone wants an “intuitive” interface: the users, the designers, and the content publishers. But building them is hard. User Interface Engineering’s recent research has given insight into why it’s hard and how to get past major obstacles.
To build an “intuitive” interface, a designer has to do two things: (1) Take complete advantage of what the user already knows, so what they see is completely familiar to them and (2) make the act of learning anything new completely imperceptible to the user. It turns out, if the interface requires the user to realize they are learning something, the “intuitive” label disappears instantly.
In this talk, Jared will show:
- How users need both tool knowledge and domain knowledge to complete their tasks
- How simple problems with designs can cause big problems for users
- What successful teams are doing to create experiences that delight
Jared will show examples from Microsoft Word, MSN, Google Talk, Flickr, Avis, and many more.
RSVP: Seats are limited. You must RSVP to attend, so don’t delay in reserving your spot! Send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has been added to the list of attendees.
NH UPA meetings are open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.
ABOUT OUR SPONSOR: The UNH Department of Computer Science is well-known for sending skilled, adaptable students into the workforce. Part of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, our undergraduate and graduate curricula encourage students to apply computer science in a broad set of areas, including bioinformatics. Many of our undergraduate and graduate students end up landing internships and jobs at local businesses; while others venture to places like e-Bay in California and Microsoft in Washington State. Our faculty members have wide-ranging interests and research projects, with concentrations in artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, computer graphics and scientific visualization, database and knowledge base systems, operating systems and computer networks, parallel computing and compiler design, and theoretical computer science.
Stay informed about NH UPA meetings and events by joining the NH UPA Yahoo! group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-upa/
Parking Details: Attendees will be parking in B Lot, which is normally closed to the public until 6 p.m., but they’re going to stop ticketing at 5:30 for the purposes of this event.
To get to B Lot follow 155A, or Main Street, up a hill past the Whittemore Center. Stay straight at the stop light. Shortly after you pass Thompson Hall (building with the clock tower) on the right, Main Street will turn into a one-way street. Once it does, take your first right onto Mill Road. You’ll pass a small shopping plaza on the left and almost immediately after, there will be a parking lot on the right. This is C Lot, but go beyond that lot and take your second right onto McDaniel Drive. Shortly thereafter, B lot will be on your right. Park on the opposite end of the parking lot, closest to College Road. Walk towards College Road and take a left. You’ll pass McConnell Hall on the left, then Parsons Hall, then you’ll come to Kingsbury.
Parking Map: http://unh.edu/transportation/visitor/map.pdf
Hope to see you there!
