Paper Prototyping: Getting User Data Before You Code (Book Review)

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 14 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030414.html

Summary:
With a paper prototype, you can user test early design ideas at an
extremely low cost. Doing so lets you fix usability problems before you
waste money implementing something that doesn't work.

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Usability Week 2003: San Francisco, May 12-16

Early bird deadline TODAY: register before 5 PM to save 10%

Introducing a new format:
  > 3-day intensive camp: Usability in Practice

In-depth exercises and detailed drilling in all the steps of user testing
and how to integrate usability with the stages of your design lifecycle.
All the tools needed to do your own user testing as soon as you get back.

Usability Week also includes 1-day tutorials on specialized topics:

  > Intranet Usability 
  > Web Metrics: Measuring Website Successes
  > Application Design Bloopers 
  > Investor Relations Website Usability 
  > E-Mail Newsletter Usability 

More info and full program:	
   http://www.nngroup.com/events

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Best intranets of 2003

Submit your intranet for the design competition for this year's top-10
intranets. Deadline: May 5.

More info: 
   http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2003