usability day
For those who didn't know that Nov. 3rd was World Usability Day (i.e., 99.99% of the population)... well, yeah, it was. Check out this site, http://www.worldusabilityday.org: people actually did stuff!
One of those people was yours truly. The usability dudes and dudettes collected in the Museum of Science and proceeded to set up exhibits that tried to explain what the heck usability is. Trust me, it's not easy. Particularly if your audience is kids with a 0.15s attention span.
So, what did we do? We set up posters of poorly designed doors, and tried to tie the whole "it's not you, it's the designer" theme to software usability.
Did I mention that kids have a 0.15s attention span?
But anyhoo, if even one of those kids learned something even remotely educational, we did our job. Even if it did take 12 hours. When they said "World Usability DAY", they weren't screwing around!
The MITRE crew in full force.
One of those people was yours truly. The usability dudes and dudettes collected in the Museum of Science and proceeded to set up exhibits that tried to explain what the heck usability is. Trust me, it's not easy. Particularly if your audience is kids with a 0.15s attention span.
So, what did we do? We set up posters of poorly designed doors, and tried to tie the whole "it's not you, it's the designer" theme to software usability.
Did I mention that kids have a 0.15s attention span?
But anyhoo, if even one of those kids learned something even remotely educational, we did our job. Even if it did take 12 hours. When they said "World Usability DAY", they weren't screwing around!
The MITRE crew in full force.
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