STC Usability Web Site

Welcome to the STC
Usability & User Experience Community

This web site is a forum to share information and experiences on issues related to the usability and user-centered design. It is the home of the Usability and User Experience Community of the Society for Technical Communication.

2013 Business Meeting

The UUX SIG has a number of goals, providing a starting point for discussion and planning at this year's SIG business meeting.

Provide notification of and access to recent research
- Provide a frequently-updated book list
- Provide an active newsletter
Provide ways for members to connect; facilitate discussion and mentoring
Connect STC members interested in UX and accessibility with the larger UX and accessibility communities

What projects could support those goals? Watch for announcement of the date and time of this year's SIG meeting at the STC Summit, and share your ideas with the SIG manager, David Dick.

2013 Volunteers Needed

The UUX SIG welcomes team members to build a new, dynamic website at http://www.uuxsig.org.

Follow STCUUX and STCAccess on Twitter

The UUX SIG tweets at http://twitter.com/stcuux. Follow the Accessibility SIG at http://twitter.com/stcaccess.

STC UUX Community Reception at the 2013 STC Summit

Again this year the UUX SIG will be at the Community Reception at the STC Summit. Plan to meet SIG manager David Dick and others there.

Suggested Reading

Want to learn more about creating a great user experience? Check out STC 's Recommended reading for UUX

Important books, articles, and topics on user experience design, according to the UX community: Rosenfeld UX Zeitgeist

Jarrett, Caroline and Gaffney, Gerry Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability. Oxford, UK: Elsevier; 1 edition, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-55860-710-1

Redish, Janice (Ginny) Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works. Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition, June 11, 2007 ISBN:0123694868

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