http://steelewriter.com/Blog/hfi-presents-gazing-into-a-more-usable-design/ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:12:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://steelewriter.com/Blog/hfi-presents-gazing-into-a-more-usable-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2 DeAndrea Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:39:27 +0000 http://steelewriter.com/Blog/?p=5#comment-2 I also visited the HFI event, and I found the networking crowd to be just as hip as the IMC2 offices. The group was a nice mixture of Society for Technical Communication (STC), Refresh Dallas, and DFW Usability Professionals Association (DFW-UPA) members. I think the advertisement for free barbeque didn't hurt the atmosphere much either :) All in all this was a fun event, but like Heather noted, there was a bit too much tool description, and too little practical use scenarios. I was really hoping to take the information from previous usability studies home to apply it to my designs. Oh well, maybe next time! I also visited the HFI event, and I found the networking crowd to be just as hip as the IMC2 offices. The group was a nice mixture of Society for Technical Communication (STC), Refresh Dallas, and DFW Usability Professionals Association (DFW-UPA) members. I think the advertisement for free barbeque didn’t hurt the atmosphere much either All in all this was a fun event, but like Heather noted, there was a bit too much tool description, and too little practical use scenarios. I was really hoping to take the information from previous usability studies home to apply it to my designs. Oh well, maybe next time!

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