World Usability Day is Around the Corner

Did you ever wish that there was an event to draw attention to the need for more usable products and services in everyday life? An international gathering that helped usability professionals explain what they do, network with each other, and educate the public about the newest thinking on how to make everything more user-friendly?

Well, there is. World Usability Day, founded by Elizabeth Rosenzweig of Bubble Mountain, is a one-day worldwide celebration of all things usability. This year, it will be on November 10, in cities from Berlin to Boston, countries from Peru to Poland, bringing together practitioners, the public, and companies to make the case for a more user-friendly world, in everything from websites to tools. 

We're very proud to have built the website for World Usability Day. And we're excited to be hosting a World Usability Day event at the Microsoft NERD Center. Our own Jason Smith will speak on going from usability to lovability, and creating applications that are not just easy to use, but fun to use as well. We hope you can join us if you're in the Boston area - and if you're reading this from elsewhere, check out events in your city.