ACS User Experiencetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3480452008-08-11T22:56:13-04:00ACS User Experience Team TypePadBack in Beijingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-540658482008-08-11T22:56:13-04:002008-08-11T22:56:13-04:00As promised, at the end of the trip I wound back up at Beijing University with the remaining test participants. They were three graduate students, one first year (male), one second year (female), and one fourth year (male). We met...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2008/08/back-in-beijing.htmlDay 6 in China: Finally logging ontag:typepad.com,2003:post-521574202008-07-02T09:14:30-04:002008-07-02T09:14:30-04:00We've been in China since last Friday and I am just now able to connect to TypePad. No idea why the selective access to certain sites, eg Google products and AOL. But I'm on now, so I'll take advantage of...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2008/07/day-6-in-china.htmlUX in Chicagotag:typepad.com,2003:post-322305702007-03-28T14:43:28-04:002007-03-28T14:43:28-04:00The tests we've been conducting at the national meeting have been very successful thus far. We started on Sunday and have been going every day til now. There are two topics we are investigating: search/findability and member's emotional context with...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2007/03/ux_in_chicago.htmlHow Chemists Searchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-139444612006-11-07T07:56:23-05:002006-11-07T07:56:23-05:00As Rachel said, the session on How Chemists Search was great. We were seated right in front of some actual (retired) scientists--in persona speak, they're the "disengaged advocats"-- a misnomer as chemists are very engaging...and opinionated! Aline and I took...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/11/how_scientists_.htmlHow Chemists find Informationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-139438492006-11-07T06:53:28-05:002006-11-07T06:53:28-05:00We were fortunate enough to attend the session on how chemists find information, moderated by Carol Tenopir. Three papers were presented: first was a proposal for a new way to calculate citations and replace the oft-criticized impact factor (a la...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/11/how_chemists_fi.htmlAustin, baby!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-139436142006-11-07T06:37:08-05:002006-11-07T06:37:08-05:00Lynn, Aline and I were very excited to arrive in Austin on Saturday for the ASIST conference. Sessions started on Sunday with a great morning of papers and posters on search, SEO, and emphasizing user involvement. Here are the highlights:...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/11/austin_baby.htmlVOXtag:typepad.com,2003:post-119151072006-07-28T11:39:01-04:002006-07-28T11:39:01-04:00Mena Trott has just rolled out a new blogging tool called VOX. The next generation of Movable Type and TypePad (what we use at ACS-WP), VOX allows you to control who you invite to view your blog. Like its cousins,...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/07/vox.htmlCounting Clickstag:typepad.com,2003:post-111601512006-06-20T08:05:46-04:002006-06-20T08:05:46-04:00It's been a while. Nathaniel and I have been tallying up the times and error logs. This is not a fun process, although reliving some of the more interesting videos is a blast. Its interesting to see people's reactions to...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/06/counting_clicks.htmlThis was a great articletag:typepad.com,2003:post-109622942006-06-09T10:40:28-04:002006-06-09T10:40:28-04:00There was a great article in The NonProfit Times last month about what the Aspen Institute has done in the redesign of their new site. It seems they had similar organizational issues in the architecture and navigation that we do....acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/06/there_was_a_gre.htmlBack-to-back teststag:typepad.com,2003:post-108219652006-05-31T17:30:22-04:002006-05-31T17:30:22-04:00Today was a killer day of tests--five in a row, and a sixth in a couple hours. After a few hours of going through the same tasks over and over, things start to blur just a bit. Finally, my years...acswebhttp://webpresence.typepad.com/usability_blog/2006/05/back_to_back_te.html