Getting started in the user experience field
Caronne Carruthers-Taylor
UX
What!? What do you do?
How humans interact with computers ...their overall experience taking into account the social, cultural & physical environment.
User Experience design
Educate yourselfLearn & actively participate!
o Publicationso Blogso Bookso Local communitieso Organisationso Mailing listso Webinarso Workshops or courseso Conferences
(Whitney Hess)
“I been looking at your poster in the hallway for weeks. I’m interested in what you guys do. It’s amazing! I work in IT Security down the corridor ...”
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The UPA poster ...User-Centred Design process, with suggested activities for each phase
http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/ux_poster.html
Organisations
o Usability Professionals Association (UPA), www.upassoc.org o UX Network, http://uxnet.orgo Canberra IA Community, www.iacanberra.org o UX Bookclub, www.uxbookclub.org o Web Standards Group (WSG), http://webstandardsgroup.org/ o Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG),
www.chisig.org o Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA)
http://www.webindustry.asn.au/ o And more ...
Educationo Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) & cognitive psychologyo Specialise in information architecture, usability engineering,
interaction design, user-centred design, visual design, content strategy & copywriting, web analysis, user research, online marketing, or web strategy
o For example:o UTS Digital Information & Interaction Design,
www.handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/95566.htmlo UNSW HCI, www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9511
eternity is the amount of timeit takes to know everything
Zen Comics II, Ioanna Salajan
Skills & abilitieso Human psychology & research methodso Basics of graphic designo Interest in technologyo Interpersonal skillso Verbal & visual communication skillso Negotiation & facilitationo Creativity & visiono Enthusiasm!
References & credits
o Starting a Career in User Experience Design, Nick Finck http://www.nickfinck.com/blog/entry/starting_a_career_in_user_experience_design
o So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources, Whitney Hesshttp://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/06/30/so-you-wanna-be-a-user-experience-designer-step-1-resources/
o Nine Essential Characteristics of Good UX Designers, Fred Beecherhttp://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2009/07/characteristics-good-ux-designers
/ o Top Twitter feeds for UX Designers, @dpan
http://www.openthewindow.net/?p=506
o Articles, feeds and links, Steve Baty http://www.meld.com.au/blog
Last but not least ...PA S S I ON
Thank you
Caronne Carruthers-Taylor
User Experience aficionado, Interaction designer, Usability specialist
Twitter: @caronnewww.linkedin.com/in/caronne
