[Editors] IAP Activity--Why Usability

[Robyn Fizz]

Some of you may be interested in these IAP sessions on usability.

Regards,
Robyn

>Please, pass this along to others who might be interested.
>
>
>Join the Usability Team for the following IAP events starting on 
>Wednesday, January 5 at 1:30 in 3-133.
>
>"Why Usability?" is a four-week series of presentations addressing 
>the issue of why (or why not) making things usable and accessible is 
>important in our work lives, our everyday lives, and our political 
>lives.
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>User Interface and Elections - Examples from the 2004 Election
>Prof. Ted Selker, MIT Media Lab Co-Director CalTech/MIT Voting 
>Technology Project
>  Join us for a lively discussion of how user interface technology 
>played a part in the recent Presidential election. Topics include 
>detecting fraud, ensuring security, reliability, and integrity, and 
>problems of the disenfranchised.
>Wed Jan 5, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
>
>Web Accessibility for All
>Stephanie Norton and Rich Caloggero, ATIC Lab
>  Learn to make Web sites more accessible to people with 
>disabilities, more usable overall and more usable by older people. 
>We'll discuss operating system accessibility tools, assistive 
>technologies, and common problems of older web users. Learn how well 
>your site works with a screen reader. Please, bring questions.
>Wed Jan 12, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
>
>Hard to Use Technology for the Aging and the Rest of Us
>Joe Coughlin, Director, Age Lab/Director New England UTC
>Wed Jan 19, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133, 3-133
>
>Don't Make Me Think
>Steve Krug Author of "Don't Make Me Think"
>Wed Jan 26, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
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>--
>Susan B. Jones
>Senior Usability Consultant
>
>Information Systems & Technology (IS&T)
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>N42-240L
>77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA 02139 -4307
>617-253-0877


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Robyn Fizz
News Coordinator
MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
N42-290B
Phone:  617 253-0540
Fax:  617 258-6875
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