UMO: WUD06 - Hyderabad, India Plans
UMO: WUD06 - Hyderabad, India Plans
UsabilityMatters.Org, UMO herewith invites all those who are playing their part both actively and passively in 'Making it Easy'. We are driven by belief that design is not a domain limited to few disciplines, but it is indeed prevalent in every discipline that enables solutions of any kind, be it products or services, and therefore its our responsibility to 'make it easy' for consumers of technology.
UMO is planning to hold a string of activities along the timeline to14th November 2006, and hold events on this day to mark the World Usability Day'06.
The events will focus on 'Making it Easy' across the areas like: e- Governance , Tourism , Transportation , Traffic , Public Services & Social Relevance.
The first inaugural meeting is planned to be held on the 23rd August2006 involving all UMO registered participants, to kick off the activities leading to the World Usability Day.
Around ten topics of interest would be finalized amongst the listed areas , based on the ideas generated by the participating design drivers . We are not just talking about internet and cell phones, but technology is everything we use i.e., cars, microwave ovens, door knobs, etc., and yes computers too.
More importantly we are looking at inviting representatives from respective NGO, government and private sectors to be present on the day. This will not only be useful for them in gaining awareness on design, but will help them in realizing the difference such work would make. More over it brings visibility to our efforts and further strengthens and stabilizes the cause of 'making it easy'.
The developers and sellers of technology should be made to do a better job of design, it should be a priority to get right and perhaps it will take more than just trained design professionals to change the world.
We invite the Designers -working and studying in their respective disciplines spanning across Architecture, Industrial Design, Instructional Design, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, Technical writers and Engineering,
We invite the Developers -building and developing applications & products on technology and Visionaries , showing the way ahead.
And all those who are passionate about the design issues around us are invited to register yourself at UMO and join us in making the World Usability Day event at Hyderabad successful and generate awareness about 'Making it Easy'.
