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SXSW starts tomorrow!  Come meet your fellow designers at our Dribbble Meetup.  Compare schedules, talk shop or just talk.  We'll provide the snacks and drinks.When: March 9, 2012, 7pmWhere: Mutual Mobile, 206 E 9th Street, 14th FloorRSVP (optional, but appreciated): http://www.meetup.com/dribbble/Austin-TX/618612/Hope to see you there!See More

Join Austin UPA for World Usability Day! This year’s theme is communication, and Mutual Mobile will be sharing a taste of their expertise in designing for mobile interfaces. We’ll touch on some of the specific constraints we have to work under as a result of the hardware limitations and device fragmentation. Additionally, we’ll cover how mobile can…See More

Austin UPA's (Usability Professionals' Association) June event is going to be social in nature. Join your fellow UX'ers for an evening of mingling, drinks and conversation at BD Riley's.Look for us in the back - they have live music up front on Tuesdays. It's enjoyable music, but if conversation is our goal, it will be a bit easier in the back.Parking is available on the street (all new "Pay Station" spaces and metered spaces are free on weekends, and…See More

We all tell stories. It's a natural way to communicate. But do stories have a place in the world of business? This talk will look at how stories can improve your UX work, focusing on using stories to share user research, explain design ideas, and even sell them to colleagues and management. We'll try to answer these questions:Why does storytelling start with listening?How do stories communicate efficiently?What is the Story Triangle?And how can this help you enhance your practice?Whitney…See More

What technologies do you use in user research? How do you best leverage these technologies?Join us for a panel discussion where we will discuss technologies such as Silverback, ClickTale, WebEx, VMware, Morae and UserVue. Their strengths and weaknesses will be covered as well as the impact they had on the research findings, with the clients, and with the designers.Come hear our panelists share their experiences, and come share your own. There will be plenty of time for open…See More

The Austin Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) is looking to put together a panel discussion on user research technologies.  We’re looking for 3-4 panelists to speak on the topic.  Each panelist would provide a 5-10 minute presentation on technologies (think Balsamiq, Morae, GoToMeeting, etc.) in user research and the impact they had on the findings, with the clients, and with the designers.  The rest of the time would be set aside for questions, answers and…See More