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"Making life easy!"
World Usability Day was November 14, 2006. It was for everyone who's ever asked the question "Why doesn't this work right? What am I supposed to do with this now?" This Earth Day style event focused on raising awareness and visibility of usability engineering and user centered design. It was made up of over 200 events in 40 countries.
Learn more about World Usability DayThere were additional World Usability day events in states near Ohio.
See the global World Usability Day list of events to see what happened in the United States and around the world.
Ohio World Usability Day events
Celebrations of World Usability day in Ohio (United States)
World Usability Day 2006 was November 14th.
Event highlights from the Wolrd Usability Day site.
- Web Usability for Designers, Cuyahoga Community College
- Resource Interactive of Ohio: Eye Tracking & Usability - Evaluating Initial Impressions of a Website
- Ohio State University: Making Life Easy - Simplifying Complexity
- Everyday Usability at Kent State University
Other reports, blog postings, photo collections, etc.
- World Usability Day 2006 at Ohio State University (Bryce Glass, Soldier Ant)
- Cleveland Museum of Art (Brian C. Gray, Are you 2.0 yet?)
- Photos from Northwest Ohio social gathering (Keith Instone)
- Photos from Southwest Ohio conference (Kara Lock)
Schedule of events in Ohio that were a part of World Usability Day 2006 - November 14th.
| Time period | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am-4:45pm | Workshops | LexisNexis, Dayton |
| Noon-3:00pm | Everyday usability | Kent State University, Kent |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | Eyetracking results from Resource Interactive | Downtown, Columbus |
| Throughout the day | Information Booth | Nationwide Insurance (private), Columbus |
| Afternoon | Nationwide Insurance panel | Nationwide Insurance (private), Columbus |
| 4:00pm-5:15pm | Web usability for designers | Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus, Parma |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Reception | Digital Union, The Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 5:00pm-6:30pm | Speakers on interaction design | Digital Union, The Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 5:30pm-6:30pm | Posters and dinner | LexisNexis, Dayton |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Roundtable discussions | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | Opening remarks and panel on research methods | LexisNexis, Dayton |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | Panel on simplifying complexity | Digital Union, The Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 7:30pm-9:30pm | Dinner | Downtown, Bowling Green |
| 8:00pm-9:30pm | Breakout sessions and posters | LexisNexis, Dayton |
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