With great sadness we share the news that Dick Horst has passed away. Cory Lebson and Chris Hass share their memories of Dick. Cory Lebson “I don’t know if things can be made better in heaven but if so, I’m sure Dick is up there doing research and telling God what to improve” said the pastor at the memorial service for Dick Horst. I sat in a pew and looked around, struck by how many other local UX researchers were in attendance. Tristan Wilson had contacted me prior to the memorial, mentioned that he was collecting anecdotes to give a eulogy on behalf of the UserWorks staff and asked me if I’d like to add something. So I relayed the …

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It’s been a busy start to 2022 for our UXPA International Board after quite the rollercoaster year of 2021. We have just opened up registration for our 2022 International Conference taking place in San Diego, CA this June. We have started recruiting our next cohort for our UXPA mentorship program and have been working hard lining up great webinars and online short courses just waiting for you to sign up. The beginning of this year also brought some change. Our prior Director of Publications Ben Lauren, had to step down due to increasing work demands. While Ben only worked with the BOD for a short time, he was a wonderful addition to the team and we are so grateful for …

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How did you get started in the field of UX? I happened to go to a university that had an undergraduate program in Human Factors.  I had initially declared my major in psychology, but felt it wasn’t quite right.  However, once I learned about the human factors program from my good friend Linda Borghesani, I was hooked.  We are both still in the field today!  I love that the field allows me to work with technology and to help people. How did you first get involved with UXPA? My first UXPA conference was in 1998.  After attending a couple more, I decided that they were so great that I wanted to get more involved, so I joined the conference committee.  …

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We sat down with Abby Goodrum, Director of Education at UXPA International to learn how she got started in UX, her advice for people starting out in the field and what song makes her get up and dance! How did you get started in the field of UX? After completing my Masters degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Texas, I went to work in the CNN library in Atlanta.  While there I became fascinated with the challenges of creating metadata to access video segments  – including specific images contained within videos. As a result of my experiences at CNN, I undertook doctoral studies in Information Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval.  For …

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Recordings of all the sessions from the recent 2021 UXPA International Conference in Baltimore are now available! The videos will be hosted on Vimeo indefinitely. Please contact office@uxpa.org for more information.