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UUX 2008 Community Elections

The following members are running for office:

Candidates:

• Manager: Mary Deaton
  See Mary's Bio / Leadership Statement
• Assistant Manager: David Dick, Eric Hughes
  See David's Bio / Leadership Statement
  See Eric's Bio / Leadership Statement
• Treasurer: Michael Harvey, Martina Tremmel
  See Michael's Bio / Leadership Statement
  See Martina's Bio / Leadership Statement

Storytelling for User Experience Design

Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks are collaborating on a book about using storytelling as a new technique for the UX toolbox. Karen Bachmann provides these references for those who are not already familiar with their work:

• Whitney's articles on storytelling and personas, http://www.wqusability.com/articles/personas_storytelling.html
• Kevin's UPA 2006 keynote handouts, http://www.upassoc.org/conference/2006overview.html#keynote

If you want more information, you can go to the book site and news feed:

• http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling
• http://feeds.rosenfeldmedia.com/storytellingbook

New STC Fellows Named

We are pleased to announce that several of our members have been recognized by the Society for their outstanding achievements. STC Fellow is the highest honor that the Society bestows and recognizes the most outstanding members of our profession.

The New Issue of Usability Interface

Usability Interface - January 2008

• Bringing Usability to the Front Lines of Medicine
  By Hunter Whitney for World Usability Day 2007 (Washington, D.C.)
• Usability in 3-D Virtual Worlds
  By Sean D. Williams
• Pictures and Profits: The Return on Investment of Visual Information Design
  Reviewed by Jim Korth
• All Those Web Browsers, Which One Do I Pick?
  By Louellen S. Coker, Senior Member, Lone Star Chapter
• Editorial By David Dick, Editor
• Community News By Karen Bachman, UUX Manager

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Redish, Janice (Jinny) Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works. Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition, June 11, 2007 ISBN:0123694868 Amazon