Archive for June, 2006

UPA 2006 — Experienced Practitioners Track

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The following is notes I took throughout the day which I am now expanding upon after a decent night’s sleep… Some of it still reads like notes, but I decided to leave it like that.
I’ve been to 4 UPA conferences and each time I opted to take a tutorial or two. Each time, [...]

UPA 2006 — Seven Dollars for Coffee is Not Usable

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

I just paid 7 bucks for a quad americano. That’s how you know you are staying at a hotel. You aren’t living your normal life while at a hotel, so why should things cost the same as normal life? I could have walked a half mile to get regular priced coffee, but [...]

UPA 2006 — Hitting the Road

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

I’ll be heading to Denver tomorrow morning to attend the annual Usability Professionals’ Association conference. I usually show up a few days early, but this year I just arrive the day before I really need to be there.
I am missing out on leadership meetings and hanging with some very nice people, but this weekend [...]