World Usability Day Boston
How User-Centered is Boston? Join us to explore the usability of our great city.
What will we be doing?
Celebrate World Usability Day by putting your UX boots on the ground and giving Boston a usability and accessibility once-over! Through this event, you will discover how our great city is designed for the good and welfare of its constituents and identify opportunities for improving the lived experience for individuals of all abilities. In this fast paced, scavenger hunt inspired event, individuals will take to the streets of Boston alongside a user/expert from the Institute for Human Centered Design. A user/expert is an individual who has developed expertise by means of their lived experience in dealing with the challenges of the environment due to a physical, sensory or cognitive functional limitation. With the help of their user/expert, groups of individuals will be challenged to find as many examples of good (or not so good) design as possible – tagging their discoveries in a web-based mapping application. At the end of the night, awards will be given to the groups with the most active participation.
Explore Boston's Usability
Explore the Waterfront district with your team, volunteers from UXPA and user experts to identify ways the city is designed to enable its citizens, and ways that it can be improved.
Upload Your Findings
Snag a picture of your observations and upload along with key information and comments to our web application. These findings will be used for analysis of the usability of Boston.
Share & Win
Come back to Brightcove to discuss our findings over refreshments. Awards will be presented to groups with the most active participation.
World Usability Day: Boston Schedule
November 8th, 2018
5:00 PM
Check-In Opens
Meet and greet over pizza and beverages.
5:30 PM
Scavenger Hunt
Groups of individuals set off to explore the streets and buildings of Boston, identifying design features and opportunities with the help of their assigned user/expert.
7:00 pm
Discussion & Winners!
Groups return to Brightcove to debrief on their discoveries over prizes, dessert, and beverages.
What to know before you go
When
Thursday, November 8th, 2018 5:00 PM
Check in will open at 5:00 PM on November 8th. After a quick briefing and splitting into teams, we'll launch out into the city for the scavenger hunt at 6:00 PM.
Where
290 Congress St, Boston, MA 02110
What
Bring yourself and curiosity
No need to bring anything other than yourself! Please do take note of the weather conditions, and dress accordingly.