About UsabilityNJ

The UsabilityNJ group was started in 2001 by members of the UPA and STC located in central New Jersey. In the fall of 2004, UsabilityNJ applied for, and was granted chapter status in the Usability Professionals' Association.

Photos from World Usability Day New Jersey 2008 NEW

View the photos from World Usability Day in New Jersey 2008.

World Usability Day New Jersey 2008

The fourth World Usability Day in New Jersey was held on Thursday, November 13, 2008 as part of the worldwide celebration of over 170 events in 43 countries for World Usability Day 2008.

The theme was Usability in Transportation for New Jersey: Which Exit?

View the World Usability Day NJ 2008 Event Program and the speaker biographies.

Become a UsabilityNJ Sponsor. View the sponsorship opportunities or download the sponsorship flyer (PDF file) for more information.

Membership and Mailing List

Our membership and mailing list is maintained through the UsabilityNJ Yahoo group. The group membership has grown to over 350 people since 2001 and will continue to be open so that anybody who is interested in the area of usability can receive information about meetings and postings of jobs available in the NJ, NY and PA areas.

Meeting Information

All members are welcome to attend meetings, suggest a topic or make a presentation at a meeting.

Our events are listed on the UsabilityNJ Yahoo Group Calendar (a Yahoo ID is needed to access the calendar). We hope you will join our group and attend the meetings and other events.

Meeting Calendar

The Summer/Fall 2008 meeting calendar:

Date	Topic/Event	Speaker(s)
August 20, 2008	7th Annual UsabilityNJ Picnic (view picnic details)
November 13, 2008	World Usability Day 2008 (view event details)
December 11, 2008	New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell: Visitor Experience and Wayfinding Study (view meeting details)	Laura Keller
January 20, 2009	The Prototyping Process for Usability Testing using Axure 5.0 (view meeting details or download a PDF version of Mark's talk DiSciullo_Axure_UPA.pdf)	Mark DiSciullo
February 23, 2009	The Psychology of User Interface Design Rules NEW (view meeting details)	Jeff Johnson

Unless otherwise noted, all UsabilityNJ meetings start with a social hour at 6:30 PM. Presentations start at 7:00 PM.

UsabilityNJ Sponsors

Our thanks to the following companies for supporting UsabilityNJ.

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Officers and Contacts for 2008/2009

President: Ronnie Battista

Vice President: Marilyn Tremaine

Secretary: Dick Herring

Treasurer: Jay Messina

Webmaster: Chris Koster

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