Formal Usability Reports vs. Quick Findings

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 25 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050425.html

Summary:
Formal reports are the most common way of documenting usability studies,
but informal reports are faster to produce and are often a better choice.

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Usability Week 2005

   > Stockholm, Sweden, May 9-13
   > London, U.K., May 16-21
   > San Francisco, June 20-25

Deadline to save 1815 kronor on Stockholm registration: next Friday, May 6

In-depth training:
   > 3-day Intensive Camp: Usability in Practice
   > 2-day Immersion: Tog on Interaction Design

Intranet track: 
  > Intranet Usability 1: the basics that everybody should know
  > Intranet Usability 2: all new research from testing new intranets
  > Intranet Case Studies: learn from the world's best intranet teams

Specialized 1-day tutorials:
  > Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  > Presenting Company Information on Corporate Websites 
  > E-Mail Newsletter Usability

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


Speakers for the "Great Intranets" seminar in London, May 21:

   David Bailey and Gordon Ingram, Orbis Technology
   Helen de Rooij, Elsevier
   Andrew Melck, Fujitsu Siemens Computers
   Tracy Mitchell-Björkman, Government Offices of Sweden
   Luke Oatham, Transport for London

Topics to be covered include:
   > integrating hundreds of intranet sites with unified navigation
   > making off-the-shelf portal tools support specialized business needs
   > world-wide intranets: cultural differences and multiple languages
   > wiki systems on intranets
   > workflow support in an intranet for a smaller company
   > analysis of server and search logs to improve intranet content	

Descriptions of the intranet case studies:
   http://www.nngroup.com/events/tutorials/greatintranets.html


Wall Street Journal on the usability of websites for teenagers:
   http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111401164267912052,00.html
   (subscription required)