American English vs. British English for Web Content

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for December 1 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/american-british-english.html

Summary:
Users pay attention to details in a site's writing style, and they'll
notice if you use the wrong variant of the English language.

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Usability Week 2009 conference

  > Washington DC, April 5-10 
  > London, May 17-22 
  > San Francisco, June 22-27 
  > Sydney, July 27-August 1

In-depth training:
  > 3-day camp on Fast and Cheap Usability

Specialized topics:
  > 13 in-depth tutorials

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

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ANNOUNCING THE USABILITY WEEK 2009 CONFERENCE

2009 will be the year of mobile: either you add a mobile component to your
website or intranet – or at least you have to define your mobile strategy.

We're starting an intensive research project to discover the guidelines
for mobile websites and online services; the results will be presented in
a new full-day seminar on mobile usability at the conference.

The popular seminar on Writing for the Web has now been expanded to
2 days, with the second full-day tutorial focusing on advanced topics in
content usability.

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MOBILE INTRANET – CALL FOR EXAMPLES

Does your intranet offer mobile access, mobile applications, or
special mobile services?

If so, we would like to include you in a new study of mobile intranet
design.

If you are interested in being a case study, please 
  > email Patty Caya at [email protected]
with a short summary of your mobile features, and she will schedule time
for a follow-up interview.

(All profiled intranets will receive a free copy of the report – plus, of
course, valuable publicity as leading-edge pioneers.)