{"id":840,"date":"2009-11-14T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T09:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=840"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:59:18","slug":"usability-barcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2009\/11\/14\/usability-barcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Usability Barcamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I took a break from the preparation to move house to attend Wellington’s first Usability Barcamp today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sessions I attended (and took part in) were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Hot to employ and retain usability professionals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A usability professional needs to look at wider processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Usability in the wider world, not just the web space<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Goal-directed design<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Design consequences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Remote user testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. User-centred design in a physical world<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. How to stop acceptance of ‘usable enough’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Overcoming procrastination<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Ideas to help Sahana<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I have lots of references to follow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Unfortunately, due to the move preparation, I didn’t attend the after-drinks at the Southern Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thanks to all those attending for a great barcamp, Kat<\/a> for organising it, and to the sponsors for all their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I took a break from the preparation to move house to attend Wellington’s first Usability Barcamp today. The sessions I attended (and took part in) were: I have lots of references to follow up. Unfortunately, due to the move preparation, I didn’t attend the after-drinks at the Southern Cross. Thanks to all those attending for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-day-to-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/01\/homophonic_addresses\/","url_meta":{"origin":840,"position":0},"title":"Homophonic Addresses","author":"Brian","date":"1 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael Ward has a list of email addresses it would be really difficult to give out over the phone. 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