http://www.content-crew.de/upa2010/ Podcast from the Usability Professionals' Association 2010 conference in Munich, Germany Feeder 2.1.1(1315); Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 (Build 9L31a) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en UPA 2010 upapodcast@content-crew.de (Jens Jacobsen) upapodcast@content-crew.de (Jens Jacobsen) Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:55:22 +0200 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:55:22 +0200 http://content-crew.de/upa2010/upa2010_podcast_logo-144.jpg http://www.content-crew.de/upa2010/ 144 144 Content Crew Podcast from the UPA 2010 conference in Munich, Germany From May 24th to May 28th, the 2010 Usability Professionals' Association International Conference is being held in Munich, Germany. This event brings together more than 700 usability professionals from all over the world. To give you an impression of the diverse range of speakers and topics, the UPA provides an audio podcast accompanying the conference. Herein you will find interviews with various conference attendants and organizers, some of them recorded during the event, others before and after it. upa, upa2010, usability professionals' association, international, conference, munich, usability, design, information architecture, podcast clean Content Crew upapodcast@content-crew.de no Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:51:50 +0200 interview-with-rolf-molich-dialogdesign Interview with Rolf Molich, DialogDesign Rolf Molich, co-inventor of the heuristic evaluation method (with Nielsen), has some strong opinions on the quality of the work of usability professionals. He talks about some popular usability myths, what he can back up with clear data. He tells Jens Jacobsen why he thinks we should question our own work from time to time. no 8:22 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:51:28 +0200 interview-with-arne-kittler Interview with Arne Kittler Arne Kittler, Fork Unstable Media, talked with Jens Jacobsen about the Amazonisation of e-commerce. Arne describes why designers choose just to copy Amazon and other successful brands - and what the drawbacks of this method are. no 9:28 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:40:26 +0200 upa2010conferencepodcastepisode09 Interview with Angela Colter Angela Colter talked with Jens Jacobsen about readability and usability. Too often we focus on usability and forget that a web page also must be readable and understandable. She points out which automatic tools can help assessing this, and where their limitations are. no 10:33 Mon, 31 May 2010 15:51:11 +0200 interview-with-thomas-geis-ceo-procontext Content Crew Interview with Thomas Geis, CEO, ProContext Thomas Geis, CEO of ProContext Consulting, talked with Jens Jacobsen about CIF—the Common Industry Format for usability-related information. He explains what the CIF is, who uses it, and what benefit an international standard from ISO for usability professionals can have. no 11:10 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:01:27 +0200 interview-with-martijn-klompenhouwer-user-intelli Interview with Martijn Klompenhouwer, User Intelligence Martijn Klompenhouwer works as user experience consultant for the company User Intelligence in Amsterdam. He told Jens Jacobsen in this interview how web analytics can help preparing and validating usability tests. More on his presentation he held with his colleague Adam Cox can be found at: http://www.userintelligence.com/ideas/news/combining-methods-web-analytics-and-user-testing no 6:36 Fri, 28 May 2010 11:22:14 +0200 interview-with-jason-huang-president-of-upa-china Content Crew Interview with Jason Huang, President of UPA China Jason Huang is founder and president of Tang Consulting (Shanghai). He is also president of UPA China. Jens Jacobsen talked with Jason about the expectations of users when they visit a website, with special focus on the language offered. They also spoke about the differences in the design between websites from China and from western countries. no 8:40 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:13:54 +0200 interview-with-sarah-weise-senior-consultant-boo Content Crew Interview with Sarah Weise, Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton Sarah Weise is an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Jens Jacobsen talked with her about Express Usability and what you can expect when all you've got are 40 hours. She developed a menu of usability engineering dishes from which you can choose to serve your client a rich, nourishing, and low cost meal—resp. usability consulting. no 7:22 Thu, 27 May 2010 10:55:20 +0200 interview-with-aaron-cheang-lead-user-experience Content Crew Interview with Aaron Cheang, Lead User Experience Researcher, Google Aaron Cheang is Leader User Experience Researcher on the Google Wave team. He talked with Jens Jacobsen about Disruptive Innovation and what this term means exactly—and where the problems are when you are designing a product that falls into this category. Aaron also shares some insights that he and his team gained when they designed and released Google Wave. no 14:16 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:07:22 +0200 interview-with-jakob-biesterfeldt-2010-conference Content Crew Interview with Jakob Biesterfeldt, 2010 UPA International conference co-chair Jakob Biesterfeldt serves as co-chair of this year's event. As part of the organizing team, Jakob talks to Jens Jacobsen about some of the special activities within the program and about the organizers' focus on providing many networking possibilities for the participants. no 9:16 Tue, 25 May 2010 16:58:17 +0200 interview-with-trent-mankelow-director-of-marketi Content Crew Interview with Trent Mankelow, Director of Marketing & Communications, UPA International Before the conference, Robert Skrobe spoke to Trent Mankelow via Skype. Trent serves as the UPA's Director of Marketing and Communications. In the interview, Trent talks about what conference attendees can expect from their stay in Munich in addition to the event itself. no 8:43 Sun, 23 May 2010 22:31:11 +0200 test-1 Content Crew Interview with Silvia Zimmermann, President UPA International In the first interview, Jens Jacobsen talks with Silvia Zimmermann, President of UPA International. She gives the basic facts about the upcoming conference and shares some insights about where the UPA as an international organization is heading to. no 5:54