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<div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Join IxDA at Mozilla's new office for Dan Klyn's talk "Is It Usable Yet?"</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2014-01-28T18:00:00" datetime="2014-01-28T18:00:00">Tuesday, January 28, 2014 from 6</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2014-01-28T20:00:00" datetime="2014-01-28T20:00:00">8pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202393905'><span class='fn org p-name'>Mozilla</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">1120 NW Couch St., Suite 320</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1120%20NW%20Couch%20St.,%20Suite%20320,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097209%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <h1>Is It Usable Yet?</h1> <p>Forty years on, it's easy to forget that user-centered design and information architecture were once disruptive new ideas. Today, they're both presumed to be kind-of "thrown in" when UX work is being done.</p> <p>"Of course we're user centered: that's the U in UX!"</p> <p>"Of course we did the IA - we've got navbars and a site map, don't we?"</p> <p>But as Peter Morville notes, when something is a part of everybody's job, that thing ends up being nobody's job and it does not get done right.</p> <p>What's the situation around, and value of, UCD and IA in contemporary UX practice? Find out in a lively Q&A and short presentation on January 28 at Mozilla's office in Portland with Dan Klyn from The Understanding Group. There will be food and drink at the event.</p> <p>Spoiler: what these things mean today is amazing, essential, transformative and not what you probably expect.</p> <h2>About Dan</h2> <p>Dan Klyn is co-founder of The Understanding Group (TUG), teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan School of Information and serves on the board of the IA Institute. He does IA work for clients including Herman Miller and JSTOR and his research focus is also his hero: Richard Saul Wurman.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-it-usable-yet-find-out-about-the-value-of-ucd-ia-in-contemporary-ux-tickets-10202918203">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>

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Join IxDA at Mozilla's new office for Dan Klyn's talk "Is It Usable Yet?"

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 from 6–8pm

Mozilla

1120 NW Couch St., Suite 320

Portland, Oregon 97209, US (map)

Public WiFi

Access Notes

You'll need to check in with the Mozilla office front desk, on the third floor. The elevators lock at 6pm, but when there's an evening event scheduled, they should stay open until 7pm.

Website

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-it-usable-yet-find-out-about-the-value-of-ucd-ia-in-contemporary-ux-tickets-10202918203

Description

Is It Usable Yet?

Forty years on, it's easy to forget that user-centered design and information architecture were once disruptive new ideas. Today, they're both presumed to be kind-of "thrown in" when UX work is being done.

"Of course we're user centered: that's the U in UX!"

"Of course we did the IA - we've got navbars and a site map, don't we?"

But as Peter Morville notes, when something is a part of everybody's job, that thing ends up being nobody's job and it does not get done right.

What's the situation around, and value of, UCD and IA in contemporary UX practice? Find out in a lively Q&A and short presentation on January 28 at Mozilla's office in Portland with Dan Klyn from The Understanding Group. There will be food and drink at the event.

Spoiler: what these things mean today is amazing, essential, transformative and not what you probably expect.

About Dan

Dan Klyn is co-founder of The Understanding Group (TUG), teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan School of Information and serves on the board of the IA Institute. He does IA work for clients including Herman Miller and JSTOR and his research focus is also his hero: Richard Saul Wurman.