[EVENT] IxDA D.C. Face2Face Nov. 11: "Don't Make Me Drink" With Lou Rosenfeld (Polar Bear book) and Steve Krug (Don't Make Me Think).
IxDA is holding a social Face2Face on November 11, 2008 from 5:30 - 8:00pm Lou and Steve are coming to D.C. for 2 fantastic workshops on November 11th and 12th, and while they are here, we are happy to host a Face2Face to get together, talk User Experience, Interaction Design and Usability. IxDA D.C. has a full calendar this fall leading all the way up into the New Years so stop in and get the deal. For those that haven't - I highly recommend registering for the workshops - it's not everyday that leaders in our field come to this town, and you don't want to miss it. Mackey's Pub www.mackeyspub.com 1823 L St NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 331-7667 RSVP: Please indicate your interest by going to the IxDA D.C. website. http://tinyurl.com/4daeyb Lou Rosenfeld's "Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience" workshop Washington, DC: November 11, 2008 (early bird deadline October 17) http://louisrosenfeld.com/ssa/ In this day-long workshop, Lou Rosenfeld-"co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and the forthcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations with your customers-will combine lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on exercises to cover the basics of site search analytics. He'll show you how spending even an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your site's content, navigation, metadata, and search performance, and expose new opportunities for improving your business strategy. Steve Krug's "Discount Usability Testing" workshop Washington, DC: November 12, 2008 (early bird deadline October 17) http://www.sensible.com/workshops.htmlIn In this day-long session, Steve Krug—author of Don't Make Me Think!—will teach you how to do your own low-cost/no-cost testing that's simple enough to make it a routine part of your design process. He'll provide a complete explanation of his simple, fast, and inexpensive approach to testing, demonstrated through two live usability tests on attendees' sites. You'll have a chance to practice conducting a test on your own site, learning from Steve's advice on how to interpret your findings and decide what changes to make. Discounts Lou and Steve are offering $100 discount for IxD members - you will need to check their website for details. ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
