UPA Publications: The Voice
Archives
This is an index to the articles in past issues of The UPA Voice. It does not include topical articles such as UPA association, chapter or conference news or other time-sensitive announcements.
April 2008 - Volume 10, Number 2
- Personas and Diversity by Yun Zhou and Cliff Anderson
- Thumbnail: Sharon Laskowski by Cliff Anderson
- Competition on World Usability Day 2007: Are you the world's best expert reviewer? by Shazeeye Kirmani, Shanmugam Rajasekaran, Deepa Bachu, Muthukumar and Amit Pande
February 2008 - Volume 10, Number 1
- Usability in Open Source Software
- New Hampshire Usability Professionals' Association Launches On Seacoast
- Thumbnail: Avi Parush
- Spread the Word: World Usability Day 2007
December 2007 - Volume 9, Number 6
- We are all giants by Whitney Quesenbery
- New Guidelines Proposed for US Voting Systems by Whitney Quesenbery
- Back to Basics by Daniel Szuc and Gerry Gaffney
- Thumbnail: Randolph Bias by Cliff Anderson
October 2007 - Volume 9, Number 5
- UPA DC Metro Conference by Linda Elengold
- Thumbnail: Charlie Kreitzberg by Cliff Anderson
August 2007 - Volume 9, Number 4
- Bigger, Better and Thought-Provoker: Notes from UPA Boston's 2007 Annual Conference by Chris Hass
- User Experience in Brazil: USIHC 2007 by Paul Sherman
- Washington, DC Metro Chapter's Second Annual Conference by Linda Elengold
- The Achilles Heel of Product Design Competitions and the Fair Judging Solution by Rich Buttiglieri
- Chinese Home Site Visits: Tips and Tricks by Josephine Wong
June 2007 - Volume 9, Number 3
- Localization. It's Big in Japan by Casey Malcolm
- Persuasive Design and Usability: What is our Role as Usability Professionals? by Silvia Zimmermann
- Thumbnail: Susan Dray by Cliff Anderson
- NH UX Gathering! by Kyle Pero
April 2007 - Volume 9, Number 2
- Small UX teams: Jared Spool at NYC UPA by Richard Herring
- Design for Life Cycleby Caroline Hayes
- Accessible and Usable Survey Tool by Karen Mardahl and Lisa Pappas
- Help Wanted: Online Publications Volunteer by Amanda Nance
February 2007 - Volume 9, Number 1
- Old Dogs, New Tricks by Fred Sampson
- UPA 2007: Letter to Your Supervisor by Carol J. Smith
- Thumbnail: Mike Paciello by Cliff Anderson
December 2006 - Volume 8, Number 6
- Translating the Web: Web Site Development for an Asian Audience by Jacqueline Sinex
- Institute for International Research (IIR) and the UPA Connection by Thyra Rauch
- Thumbnail: Rolf Molich by Cliff Anderson
- Help Wanted
- World Usability Day Philadelphia: User Experience Beyond The Web by Mike Madaio
- Making Mortals into Super Users at Boston’s World Usability Day by Chris Hass
October 2006 - Volume 8, Number 5
- Webcasting at World Usability Day by Jim Tobias
- Remote Usability: Insight into New Tools by Mike Madaio
- Thumbnail: Tema Frank by Clifford Anderson
August 2006 - Volume 8, Number 4
- Is the UPA Board a Good Fit for You? You Now Have an Opportunity to Contribute to UPA’s Success by Eva de Lera, Peter Picone, and Whitney Quesenbery
- UPA 2007: Patterns: Blueprints for Usability by Carol J. Smith and Alain Robillard-Bastien
- The Most Non-Boring Article About The UPA Board Ever by Paul Sherman
- Podcasting for User-Centered Design by Timothy Keirnan
- User Friendly 2006 - Hangzhou, China by Daniel Szuc
- Experienced
Practitioner's Program a Big Hit at UPA 2006 by Merryl Gross
June 2006 - Volume 8, Number 3
- Why a Completion Rate is Better with a Confidence Interval by Jeff Sauro
- 2005 UPA Member and Salary Survey by Paul Sherman
- Thumbnail: Carolyn
Snyder by Cliff Anderson
April 2006 - Volume 8, Number 2
- Reasons to Attend UPA 2006 Conference by DeeDee DeMulling and Carol Smith
- Usability Body of Knowledge (BoK) Survey by Nigel Bevan and the BoK Editorial Board
- Getting the Word Out About UPA by Lyle Kantrovich
- World Usability Day at SafeCo Insurance Company by Jason Valalik
- Usable Regulations: Legislation Pending in U.S. Congress by Thom Haller
- Thumbnail: Jakob Nielsen by Cliff Anderson
- Meet the New
Member Services Manager: Ed Grochowski by Ed Grochowski
February 2006 - Volume 8, Number 1
- Designing Better Elections by Josephine Scott
- Human-Centered Computing: Call for Nominations by Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
- Internet User Experience 2006 (IUE2006) by Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus
- New Experienced Practitioners Track at UPA 2006! by DeeDee DeMulling and Carol J. Smith
- A Report from User Friendly 2005: Shanghai by Qin Lin
- World Usability Day 2006: Open Positions by Elizabeth Rosenzweig
- The World Exposition of Innovation: Design for an Ageing Society by Nour Cressia
- Thumbnail: Caroline Jarrett by Cliff Anderson
- Meet the
Meeting Manager: Amy E. Forgette by Amy E. Forgette
Special Issue: World Usability Day 2005 - Volume 7, Number 6
- World Usability Day in Boston by Judy Blostein, Chauncey Wilson, Susan Rice, Susie Robson, and Chris Hass
- World Usability Day in Brazil by Adriana Holtz Betiol
- World Usability Day in Finland by Timo Jokela
- World Usability Day in Germany by Matthias Peissner
- World Usability Day in Hong Kong by Daniel Szuc and Matthew Gow, Hong Kong
- World Usability Day in Minnesota by Libby Cecchi
- World Usability Day in North Carolina by Rick Cecil
- World Usability Day in Philadelphia by Casey Malcolm, Andrew Rubin, and Debra Levin
- World Usability Day in Scotland by Chris Rourke
- World Usability Day in Switzerland by Silvia Zimmermann
- World Usability Day in the United Kindom by Amanda Bellamy
- World Usability Day in Washington, D.C. by David Dick and Lisa Battle
October 2005 - Volume 7, Number 5
- Hurricane Katrina's Impact on UPA Members by Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus
- UPA2006: Usability through Storytelling by DeeDee DeMulling and Carol J. Smith
- Overcoming Resistance to Change: The North Carolina Board of Elections Tackles Accessibility by Johnnie F. McLean (with an Introduction by Whitney Quesenbery)
- NYC-UPA Talk by Andrew Purcell: How FreshDirect Delivered e-Commerce Success by Alan Seiden
- UPA Code of Conduct Approved by Richard Bellaver
- Meet Sue Leitner:
Public Relations Support for World Usability Day by Sue Leitner
August 2005 - Volume 7, Number 4
- What to Do When a Prospective Client Doesn't Respond to Your Proposal by Ilise Benun
- UPA 2005: Reflections of a First-Timer by Debbie A. Spalding
- UPA 2005: Post-Conference Reflections by Joi Roberts
- UPA Supports Maintaining Human Engineering Standard by Baruch Sachs
- Thumbnail: Jared Spool by Cliff Anderson
June 2005 - Volume 7, Number 3
- Take Breaks! A Simple Way to Improve Your Heuristic Evaluation Results by Laura Faulkner
- The Mystery Of Recruiting by Lauren Lundgren and Tina Osinski
- How to Create a Winning Tagline by Ilise Benun
- What Kind of Teamwork Improves Usability? by Kirstie Edwards
- UPA Joins Forces with Design for Democracy by Whitney Quesenbery
- World Usability Day Update by Elizabeth Rosenzweig
- UPA “Mini UPA” Conference a Success by Chris Hass
- The Boston UPA Chapter Awards Scholarships by Chauncey Wilson
- Ginny Redish by Cliff Anderson
April 2005 - Volume 7, Number 2
- Tips for Negotiating by Carolyn Snyder
- The Gates: Changing the User Experience of Central Park by Elizabeth Rosenzweig
- Why Listening to Users Can Damage Your Website by David Unsworth
- The Problem with Usability Change Recommendations by John Ferrara
- World Usability Day Press Release
- UPA Gains Momentum Across the UK by Louise Ferguson
- Internet User Experience 2005 Hits Michigan by Tim Keirnan
- Status Report on the Code of Conduct by Richard Bellaver
- NYC-UPA Talk: Negotiating Usability Testing Results by Alan Seiden
- How UX Plays (and Works) Together: A UXnet Panel Discussion in NYC by Joy Zigo
- UPA Member Interview with Alain Robillard-Bastien, M. Sc.
February 2005 - Volume 7, Number 1
- Guerilla Facilitation by Ronnie Battista
- Low-Cost Usability Testing by Bob Hurst
- It’s All Happening in China: A Report from User Friendly 2004 by Whitney Quesenbery
- UPA 2005: The French Connection by Alain Robillard-Bastien, M. Sc.
- UPA Member Interview with Lucia Filgueiras, Professor at Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 2004 - Volume 6, Number 4
- Cleaning up for the housekeeper by Kathleen Straub.
- Criticizing Our Colleagues: Tough, But Kind by Chauncey E. Wilson by Naomi A. Kleid
- Project Summary: Punch-Card Voting Instructions for Low-Literacy Voters in the Ohio 2004 Presidential Election by Naomi A. Kleid
- EDUCAUSE launches new web site EDUCAUSE, 6 October 2004
- uiGarden by Christina W.J. Li
- UPA Chapter News New chapters formed
August 2004 - Volume 6, Number 3
- E-bill usability by Daniel Szuc and Gerry Gaffney
- User-centered deliverables by Frederick Beecher
- Ode to Balloon Help by Thomas B. Cavanagh
- Tools and programming languages for creating interactive prototypes by Amanda Nance
- Voting and Usability Projects: How You can Participate by Josephine Scott
- Why would anyone want to be on the UPA Board of Directors? by Richard Bellaver, Nominations Committee Chair
- UPA Membership Survey by Paul Sherman, Director of Chapters
- UPA Leaders Share Experiences A recap of the first annual UPA leadership day
April 2004 - Volume 6, Number 2
- Social networking and social software by Eileen Quenin
- Accessibility investigation of 1000 UK web sites - results just in by Jon Dodd
- Difficulties in Modeling GNU/Linux User Behaviors by Matt Queen
- Contribute to a new ISO - feedback requested
- It is easy to criticize but... challenge to find examples of GOOD usability
- Does a piece of paper really matter? Friend of usability by Everyl Yankee
- UK Chapter events
- German Chapter's Usability
Professionals Track 2004
February 2004 - Volume 6, Number 1
- Using email to promote usability by Ilise Benun
- This Is Broken - a compilation of bad experiences by Mark Hurst
- Update on the status of the Common Industry Format (CIF) by Mary Theofanos
- Trends towards greater usability in voting technology by Josephine Scott
- Joint Association Event by Elizabeth Rozensweig
- Does UPA need a Code of Conduct? by Richard Bellaver
- Growing and Connecting in 2004 by Whitney Quesenbery
- UPA volunteers list 2003
- Results of the UPA Members' Conference Preference Survey
November 2003 - Volume 5, Number 4
- Parting thoughts... by Elizabeth Rosenzweig
- Salary survey reveals truth about UK usability market by Giles Colborne
- I want tools, give me tools!! - An AWF Editorial by Lucas Daniel
- Research based guidelines
- Voice your opinions - How to promote what we do to those that hold the purse strings? by Jon Dodd
- Meet Allen Mayse – Member Services Manager for the UPA
- Turning 1,800 into 3,600 by Whitney Quesenbery & Thyra Rauch
- Why come to UPA 2004?
September 2003 - Volume 5, Number 3
- Professional Title and Association du Jour by Janice James
- The Why and How of an Effective Workshop by Mary Beth Rettger
- Continuing eBook Classroom Studies by Susan Wiggenhorn, Richard Bellaver
- Shopping for Ideas at UPA Idea Markets by Dana Chisnell
- Voting and Usability Project Update by Whitney Quesenbery
- Elections from where I (used to) sit by Josephine Scott
- On being modern: New technologies and voting outside the US by Louise Ferguson
July 2003 - Volume 5, Number 2
- Shneiderman tape will be available to UPA chapters by Richard Bellaver
- Introducing UPA local chapters
January 2003 - Volume 5, Number 1
- What is Open Source Software and is it usable? by Robert Watkins
- The Usability of eBook Technology: Practical Issues of an Application of Electronic Textbooks In a Learning Environment by Richard Bellaver and Dr. Jay Gillette
- Industry Usability Reporting and the Common Industry Format (ANSI-NCITS 354-2001) by Avi Parush and Emile Morse
September 2002 - Volume 4, Number 3
- Common Principles: A Usable Interface Design Primer by Rick Oppedisano
- Using Usability Testing to Determine "Related Links" in An Online Brokerage Web Site by Ioannis Vasmatzidis, Eliot Jablonka, and Hsin Eu
- Building Blocks to a Body of Knowledge for UCD by Whitney Quesenbery, Julie Nowicki, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, and Nigel Bevan
April 2002 - Volume 4, Number 2
- Usability Professionals: Stay Prepared for Business Waves by Anne M. Pauker
- Voting and Usability: An Update by Whitney Quesenbery
January 2002 - Volume 4, Number 1
- Living with Terror …How to manage stress by Joel Ziff, Ed.D
- Speed...The Missing Link in Usability Testing …The importance of load and stress testing by Susan Dorfman & Donald Doane
- Intel's Ease of Use/PC Quality Roundtables … An integral part of Intel's Ease of Use Initiative by Paul Sorenson
September 2001 - Volume 3, Number 3
April 2001 - Volume 3, Number 2
- What Web Sites Could Learn from Radio Stations by Donn Seidholz
- 2000 UPA Member Profile and Salary Survey
February 2001 - Volume 3, Number 1
November 2000 - Volume 2, Number 3
- Nip It in the NUB by George Donahue
- Immersibility: What the world needs now? by Lee Zukor
- Usability as Therapy Can we help bridge the gap between business and engineering? by Charlie Kreitzberg
- Why ask Why in a Usability
Evaluation? by Larry Wood
January 2000 - Volume 2, Number 1
- Usability at the Millennium by Charlie Kreitzberg