We're pleased to announce that this year, UsabilityGeek is an official media partner of Push Conference 2018 which will be held between the 19th and 20th October in Munich. The following is the official press release of the event as provided to us by the Push Conference organisers. Come And Celebrate Innovative Experience Design With Us At Push Conference 2018 in … [Read more...]
Responsibility In Design
Until recently, the term design was short for industrial design, sophisticated furniture, and fancy cars. Previous generations experienced the world where thoughtful design was a distinctive quality of luxurious items, a world where those well-designed items were exclusively available to the elite. Sometimes the design process didn’t stop at the shape of the object; it was … [Read more...]
Adobe Summit 2016: Marketing + UX
This year, Adobe’s Summit conference moved from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, likely in an attempt to accommodate the ever-growing number of attendees and speakers. Adobe claims that 10,000+ digital marketers, data scientists, developers, and designers attended this year’s event. That’s probably why the event was held at the Sands Convention Center, the third largest in the … [Read more...]
World Usability Day 2013 – Healthcare: Collaborating For Better Systems
World Usability Day 2013 will be celebrated this Thursday 14th November. In this annual event which has been celebrated since 2005, a common theme is selected to be covered by usability enthusiasts from all parts of the world. Topics that have already been discussed during World Usability Day include education, sustainability, transportation and communication. Healthcare … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday! UsabilityGeek is Two Today!
Yes indeed! UsabilityGeek is 2 years old today! It has been another great and eventful year and surely would take me much more than a simple post to describe the awesome people I have interacted with and the engaging discussions that have taken place as a result of this blog. Therefore I will have to share with you the highlights that have taken place this year, the … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday! UsabilityGeek Is One Today
Well, the headline says it all! I am thrilled to announce that today marks the first anniversary since I started UsabilityGeek. The reason why I started this blog was primarily because at that time, I had observed a discrepancy between the abundant academic information available and its real-life implementation in web development. … [Read more...]
An Evening of Web Usability – Malta, 2012
Tuesday 7th February 2012, will be remembered as a milestone in the Maltese Usability and User Experience (UX) calendar since the first usability conference "An Evening of Web Usability" was held. For this prestigious event which was hosted at the University of Malta, I had the honor of speaking alongside one of the leading usability and user experience professionals, … [Read more...]
An Interview With Caroline Jarrett
With over 17 years of experience working as a Usability and User Experience consultant for her own firm Effortmark and speaking at various conferences worldwide, Caroline Jarrett has long been considered as one of the leading experts in the field. She has also co-authored two of the best-selling books that, in my opinion, should be on every usability and user experience … [Read more...]
Web Site Usability at DotNetNuke Web Connections
I always like to refer to a DotNetNuke conference as a gathering between friends, and DotNetNuke Web Connections 2011 was no exception. We come from all over the world and we do have different areas of expertise but we all share one passion, that of working together and sharing our ideas for the benefit of DotNetNuke and its ever-growing community. This is the third … [Read more...]
Presentation on Automated Web Site Usability Evaluation
This coming week is a very special one for me as I will be presenting a session entitled "Automating the Web Site Usability Evaluation Process" at the DotNetNuke Web Connections 2011. This conference which is going to be held at the Hamburg University in Germany between the 16th and 17th June provides an ideal opportunity for getting in touch with DotNetNuke CMS … [Read more...]