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November 8: World Usability Day (10AM to 2PM)

by admin on November 3, 2012

World Usability Day 2012 On November 8th between 10AM and 2PM, you can join the UX designers of Sabre to see how they make their products more user-friendly and usable. If you visit all of the booths, you can register for a chance to win a new iPad Mini.  It is the 8th annual event for World Usability Day, which is ran by the User Experience Professionals Association.  Events are happening all over the world, with over 10,000 people in over 50 countries celebrating usability and design.

At this Dallas event, you will get the opportunity to:

  • Learn about some of the new products entering the travel space
  • Compete in some fun and interactive games with your friends
  • Tour the Usability Labs at Sabre and see an actual usability test
  • Play Design Bingo with the different stations in our UX Trade Show
  • Talk with UX hiring managers about a potential job opportunity
  • Enter a raffle to win a cool, swanky prize (some shiny and techy)

The goal is to have some fun, while learning how to make your products better.

This year’s theme is Usability of Financial Systems. Who doesn’t have a product that wants to turn a looker into a booker?  Who hates those long confusing web forms?  Come to World Usability Day at Sabre to learn best practices from some design professionals.

RSVP on UX Dallas Meetup

We are going to be moving over to Meetup, which has some additional features that you’ll love. With Meetup, you can interact with fellow members, see job opportunities, learn about the upcoming schedule, share pictures from events, and more.

Please RSVP on the UX Dallas Meetup Group, so we can get you the latest information.

 

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Axis and AlliesThe Axis and Allies had vastly different approaches to design during the second World War. The German war machine operated with equipment built around such values as precision, technical accuracy, and complex innovation. By contrast, Allied equipment was often simpler, more durable, and “scrappier.”

The trade-offs are fascinating: Durability vs. accuracy. Reliability vs. uniqueness. Speed of delivery vs. quality control. Usability vs. power. There is much a modern-day designer (in any field) can learn from armies of the past and the industries and cultures behind them.

At the Big Design Conference 2012, this talk was what everyone was talking about on Friday morning.  Ben Judy is a former soldier, so he has a deep appreciation for the armaments of war and the design thinking that goes behind them.

If you have already seen the presentation, know that we will be sharing some additional information, not seen at the Big Design Conference.  Plus, we will talk about what John Steinbeck, Walt Disney, Dr. Seuss, and Bill Mauldin were doing during the war.

Lots of new stuff!!!

RSVP on UX Dallas Meetup

We are going to be moving over to Meetup, which has some additional features that you’ll love. With Meetup, you can interact with fellow members, see job opportunities, learn about the upcoming schedule, share pictures from events, and more.

Please RSVP on the UX Dallas Meetup Group, so we can get you the latest information.

- 630PM to 700PM (Socializing)

- 700PM to 715PM (General Announcements)

- 715PM tp 800PM (Presentation by Ben Judy)

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August 21: Conference Redux and Ice CreamSocial

August 3, 2012

I scream.  You Scream.  We all scream for ….conference redux & ice cream.  Ice cream sandwiches, of course.  Make your own. Register for this event, so we know how many cookies to bake and how much ice cream to order. Get out of the heat and share your experiences at Big Design, SXSWI, UPA, IXDA, IA [...]

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July 13th: An Evening with Eric Reiss

July 3, 2012

Please join the DFW-UXPA as we present an evening with Eric Reiss to celebrate the publication of his new book, Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better– now available on Amazon. Eric is great presenter and CEO of The FatDUX Group. Eric will be sharing his experience of how to understand user’s needs, techniques for exceeding [...]

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April 24: Big Design Conference 2012 Preview

April 16, 2012

You are invited to a special sneak peak of Big Design 2012. Last year’s conference was a huge success so come hear some of the headline speakers for Big Design 2012. You’ve read about Big Design on all the usability and design sites, seen it in everyone’s tweets, it’s all over Linkedin and everyone is [...]

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March 27: Handling UX Politics

March 14, 2012

Come to the March DFW UPA meeting to find out more about the politics of UX. For those who have found themselves frustrated by seemingly capricious and/or political processes of getting designs, architectural changes, licensing agreements and other big and small decisions to go their way, this presentation explores: Roles and mentalities of the CEO and gatekeepers, [...]

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February 21: See What You’re Missing with Eye Tracking

February 8, 2012

See What You’re Missing with Eye Tracking!!! Come to the February DFW UPA meeting to find out more about eye tracking and how it can help user researchers. We will have several different eye trackers available for hands-on exploration as well as the Tobii software, Studio, which will be used to show how to produce [...]

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January 31st: Meet-n-Greet, BigD12, & Officer Elections

January 6, 2012

Let us ring in the New Year with a DFW UPA social!  The January meeting will be a three-part recipe: Let’s plan on socializing.  Swap holiday stories and New Year’s resolutions (you may have already broken).  Appetizers will be provided by DFW-UPA.  The latter portion of the evening will consist of officer elections for the [...]

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December 1: Trains at North Park and Dinner

November 27, 2011

To close out 2011, we wanted to visit the trains at North Park Mall, which is wonderful set of train views of different areas of Dallas during different times within our city’s rich history. All of the proceeds go to help Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, too.         Here are the details. [...]

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Nov 10: World Usability Day at Sabre

November 5, 2011

Join Sabre for its annual World Usability Day celebration. You will get the chance to talk with all of the interactive design teams about their products and services. Plus, you can hear about job openings available on these teams. You will have 9 interactive exhibitis in Building A. A short walk to Building B gets [...]

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