Digital Divide - The Three Stages

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:00:00 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.alertbox
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for November 20 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/digital-divide.html
		
Summary:
The economic divide is a non-issue, but the usability and empowerment
divides alienate huge population groups who miss out on the Internet's
potential.

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Announcing: Usability Week 2007 conference

  > Hong Kong, March 5-9
  > Washington, DC, April 22-27
  > London, May 6-11
  > San Francisco, June 18-23

In-depth training:
  > 3-day Intensive Camp: Usability in Practice
  > 3-day Immersion: Tog on Interaction Design

10 specialized full-day tutorials:
  > Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  > Application Usability (2 days)
  > Intranet Usability (2 days)
  > B2B Sites
  > Websites That Sell
  > Presenting Company Information on Corporate Websites
  > E-Mail Newsletter Usability
  > Writing for the Web

Detailed conference program:

  > http://www.nngroup.com/events

This my first conference in China since 2001. It hopefully won't be
6 years until the next one, but the cost of Asian events is not in our
favor, so it'll definitely be a few years until the next one.