Incompetent Research Skills Curb Users' Problem Solving

Users increasingly rely on individual pages listed by search engines
instead of finding better ways to tackle problems.
		
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 11:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search-skills.html
	
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Usability Week 2011 conference

  * Washington, DC: NEXT WEEK
  * Minneapolis: May 9-13
  * San Francisco: June 13-18
  * Toronto: July 11-15

Full conference programs (different seminars in each city):
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events

DEADLINE:
  * save $200 on advance registration for DC by this Friday, April 15 

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CONFERENCE TWEETS

If you want to get a feel for what goes on at Usability Week, most of
the Twitter postings from last week's London event are still online at:

  > http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23nnguw

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ITALIAN BOOK PUBLISHED

The book with our eyetracking findings has now been translated into
Italian, with the subtitle siti che catturano lo sguardo ("sites that
catch the eye"), which is quite appropriate:
  > http://hpe.pearson.it/scheda_opera.php?tab=&ID=3638

English book info:
  > http://www.useit.com/eyetracking

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.

We have 59% more attendees at the 2011 Washington DC conference compared
with the previous one. Because of this increased popularity, we need more
student volunteers to help with sessions during Usability Week Washington
DC (April 18-22). Duties are light (distributing handouts, managing the
microphone), and you get free admission to the full week of world-class
speakers and get to meet hundreds of user experience professionals.

Available for full-time students only.

If interested, contact [email protected]