UX core

A focus on user experience, from various angles and with various strengths. These are my professional "homes".

Professional organizations

• SIGCHI (local chapters)
• UPA (local chapters)
• IAI
• IxDA

Local groups

• Northwest Ohio: MOCHI (blog)
• Southeast Michigan: MOCHI, MIUPA
• Northeast Ohio: NEOUPA
• Central Ohio: none (BuckCHI has folded)
• Southwest Ohio: none
• Indiana: Indiana UPA

UX speciality

These groups cover professions that have specialities for user experience areas. I am a member (or have been a member) of these groups.

Professional organizations

• STC: Information design and architecture, Usability and user experience
• ASIS&T: Information architecture, HCI
• AIGA: Experience design (defunct)

Local groups

• Northwest Ohio: BGSU STC
• Southeast Michigan: SEM STC, MI-ASIS&T
• Northeast Ohio: Cleveland AIGA
• Central Ohio: CO-ASIS&T
• Southwest Ohio: SOASIS&T
• Indiana:

UX application

These groups cover professions that apply to user experience in direct ways. I have not connected with these groups as much as I have with the specialty groups, but I still see many applications of their work to the total user experience.

Professional organizations

• HFES: Human factors, Internet, Computer systems
• IIID: Information design
• AIS: Information system, SIGHCI
• SIGGRAPH: Computer graphics
• SIGDOC: Design of communication
• IDSA: Industrial design, Human factors

Local groups

• Northwest Ohio:
• Southeast Michigan:
• Northeast Ohio:
• Central Ohio:
• Southwest Ohio:
• Indiana:

UX interest

These groups have an interest (or should) in user experience. Makreting and IT, for example. Sometimes I am interested in the topics they cover, but most of the time I am not.

Professional organizations

• IIBA: Business analysis
• AMA: Marketing
• ASTD: Training, learning, performance
• PRSA: Public relations, Technology
• ACM: Computing
• IEEE Computer
• User groups

Local groups (need to finish this obviously...)

• Northwest Ohio:
• Southeast Michigan:
• Northeast Ohio:
• Central Ohio:
• Southwest Ohio:
• Indiana:

Northwest Ohio

User experience view of Toledo, Ohio, and surrounding parts of northwest Ohio, like Bowling Green. User experience activties are conducted thru the local ACM chapter, NWOACM.

UX core

• MOCHI serves northwest Ohio, based in Ann Arbor
• No UPA chapter in the area, but UPA is very active in Detroit (1 hour away) and Cleveland (2 hours away)

UX specialities

• There is not a STC professional chapter, but there is the BGSU STC student chapter
• The nearest ASIS&T chapters are in Michigan, Cleveland, Columbus and Southern Ohio
• Toledo AIGA was formed in 2007

UX application

• There are no HFES chapters in the area (but there are several in southern Ohio)
• IDSA Northern Ohio

UX interest

• Northwest Ohio .net User Group
• PRSA NWO
• BGSU AMA
• U. Toledo student ACM
• BGSU ACM
• Toledo IEEE

Sample UX-related events

• Most of the local events related to UX have been done by me - so my list of local presentations is about it. NWOACM will be organizing whatever is coming up.

People and companies

• Me! (adding links to others later)

Academia

• BGSU Computer Science has a focus in HCI with Laura Leventhal, Julie Barnes and Duke Hutchings doing related research

Southeast Michigan

Ann Arbor and Detroit and the surrounding areas. Lansing (more in the middle of the state) is also included.

UX core

• Michigan UPA
• MOCHI

UX specialities

• Michigan ASIS&T
• STC Southeastern Michigan
• AIGA Detroit

UX application

• SEMAFX is the SIGGRAPH chapter in the area
• IDSA Michigan

UX interest

• Ann Arbor SPARK (Ann Arbor IT Zone merged with them)
• AMA Detroit
• Southeast Michigan IIBA

Sample UX-related events

• July 27, 2006: Ambient Findability, Peter Morville (Did not attend, AA IT Zone)
• February 20-23, 2006: Internet User Experience 2006 (Presented, MIUPA)
• November 3, 2005: Michigan World Usability Day (Did not attend, MSU, MIUPA)
• March 14-15, 2005: Internet User Experience 2005 (Attended, MIUPA, STC SM, MOCHI)
• February 23, 2005: Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving, Barbara Mirel (Attended, MIUPA, STC SM, MOCHI)
• October 26-27, 2004: Second Annual Usability and Accessibility Conference (Presented, MSU)
• May 29, 2003: The state of web usability, Panel (Presented, MIUPA)
• November 7, 2001: How to do User Testing for the Web, Keith Instone [at the MLA Annual Conference] (Presented, MLA)
• September 25, 2001: Information architecture and business strategy, Peter Morville (Did not attend, MI-ASIS&T)
• March 14, 2001: Web Navigation, Keith Instone (Presented, MOCHI)

Companies

• Menlo Innovations

Academia

• University of Michigan: School of information
• Washtenaw Community College: Designing User Experience course
• Michigan State University: Usability & Accessibility Center, Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, Media and Entertainment Technologies Laboratory
• Wayne State: Student ASIS&T chapter

Northeast Ohio

Cleveland and suburbs, plus Kent, Akron and Canton.

UX core

• NEOUPA

UX specialities

• NorASIST
• AIGA Cleveland
• NEO STC

UX application

• IDSA Northern Ohio
• NEOhio SIGGRAPH

UX interest

• The Web Association
• Northeast Ohio Software Association
• Advertising Federation of Greater Akron

Sample UX-related events

• September 20, 2006: ibm.com - Experiences of the User Experience Design team, Keith Instone and Will Smith (Presented, NEOUPA)
• August 22, 2006: Eye Tracking and Usability Testing Methods, David Robins and Jason Holmes (Did not attend, Web Association)
• May 25, 2004: Cognitive Walkthrough, Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus (Attended, NEOUPA)
• February 20-21, 2004: The Art of Navigation - The World as an Interface [trip report] (Did not attend, IDSA NO)
• May 15, 2001: Web usability panel (Presented, AIP Cleveland/Web Association)

Companies

• Ovo Studios

Academia

• Kent State: Information architecture and knowledge management
• Cuyahoga Community College: Geeks + Gurus

Central Ohio

Columbus and its suburbs. I include southeastern Ohio here too, such as Athens.

UX core

• BuckCHI was very active from 1996-2002 but has since ceased operations
• A UPA chapter is forming

UX specialities

• Co-ASIS&T
• Central Ohio STC

UX application

• Central Ohio HFES
• IDSA, Mideast district, Central Ohio.
• Columbus Society of Communicating Arts

UX interest

• Columbus Technology Council
• Central Ohio ACM
• Columbus Association of Internet Professionals is no longer active
• Information Technology Alliance of Appalachian Ohio
• SEOCATS

Sample UX-related events

• November 3, 2005: Columbus World Usability Day activities. (Did not attend, OSU and elsewhere)
• May 26, 2005: Spring <BR> 2005 Info Tech Conference. Designer's Challenge: The Difference Between A Good Website and A Great Website Happens Before You Begin Coding, Keith Instone (Presented, SEOMUG)
• November 10, 2004: Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies, Ben Shneiderman (Did not attend, OSU)
• May 20, 2004: Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things, Don Norman [PDF flyer] (Attended, CSCA, BuckCHI, IDSA CO)
• March 24, 2004: Spring <BR> 2005 Info Tech Conference. Web User Experience; Web Navigation, Keith Instone (Two presentations, SEOMUG)
• April 26, 2003: Adopting a User-Centered Approach to Interface Design, Frank Brusca (Did not attend, Columbus AIP)
• August 14, 2001: Web Navigation Discussion, Keith Instone (Presented, BuckCHI)
• April 24, 1997: Moving Beyond 'Cool': Building a Usable Website, Jared Spool (Attended, BuckCHI)

People and companies

• Eric G. Myers, user experience advocate, consultant and web strategist. Improving customer experience blog.
• OCLC: HCI, Distinguished Seminar Series, It's all good blog
• Lextant

Academia

• Ohio State: Department of design, Web Accessibility Center

Southwest Ohio

Dayton and Cincinnati area.

UX core

• There are no UPA or SIGCHI chapters in the area

UX specialities

• AIGA Cincinnati
• SOASIS&T
• STC SWO

UX application

• Southern Ohio Chapter of HFES
• Tri-state Chapter of HFES (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana)

UX interest

• The Circuit

Sample UX-related events

• Noveber 3, 2005: Dayton World Usability Day activities (Did not attend)
• January 27, 2005: Interface Design: A Cognitive systems Engineering Perspective, Kevin Bennett (Did not attend, SOC HFES)
• July 8, 2004: Faceted Browse - How User Interfaces Represent and Benefit from a Faceted Classification System, Keith Instone (Presented, SOASIS&T)
• May 25, 2002: The architecture of Internet design, Panel (Did not attend, AIGA Cincinnati)

People and Companies

• Redesign Research, Peter Jones
• Challis Hodge

Academia

• Wright State: Human factors program in Psychology department, Kevin Bennett

Indiana

I am lumping the whole state of Indiana together, even though Fort Wayne is near while Indianapolis is far.

UX core

• Indiana UPA chapter

UX specialities

• Indiana STC has meetings in Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne
• AIGA Indianapolis
• ASIS&T Indiana

UX application

UX interest

• Central Indiana ACM

Sample UX-related events

• June 17, 2005: To Google Or Not To Google (Did not attend, I-ASIS&T and others)
• October 23, 2002: Clement Mok: Design & Business Consultant (Did not attend, AIGA Indianapolis)
• May 9, 2001: IA means information architecture, Panel (Did not attend, I-ASIS&T)

Companies

Academia

• Purdue: HFES student chapter, ACM student chapter, Robert Proctor