Usability and User Experience Resources
Idea Market Afterthoughts 2004

Imagine a market for ideas. You wander around the different stands, each with someone leading a discussion around a chosen topic. Two flipcharts stand waiting to capture the ideas of people who drop by, browsing through the market.

Fabien Vais leading a discussion on accessibility

Idea Markets were created by Ulf Andersson as a format in which attendees could easily find the people they were most interested in talking with about the topics they were most interested in discussing. They are a temporary community in which people from different backgrounds not only learn from the experience of others but also generate new ideas.

The Usability Idea Market for 2004 was organized by Dana Chisnell. These articles are also listed in the appropriate topics pages.

• Where does usability fit in the development life cycle?
  Karen Bachmann
• How many users does it take for a (web) usability test?
  Carol Barnum
• What are the roles on a usability / user-centered design team?
  Whitney Quesenbery
• Expanding roles -- how can technical communicators become usability specialists?
  Janice (Ginny) Redish
• How can we ensure rigor in participant recruiting, and why is it important?
  Deborah Hinderer Sova
• Where is the crossover between usability and accessibility?
  Fabien Vais, with Gloria Reece
  

Carol Barnum and Steve Krug The audience waits for the session to begin