Jared Spool

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Jared Spool (born December 8, 1960 ) is an American writer , researcher, public speaker, educator and expert in the fields of usability , software , design and research. He is the founding director of User Interface Engineering, a research, training and consulting firm that specializes in the ease of use of websites and products.

Achievements and Awards

In 1996, under the direction of Spool, the UIE launched the User Interface Conference , an annual research and design conference on user experience, which he chairs and provides keynote speeches .

From 1998 to 2008, Spool, as an associate faculty member at Tufts University, developed and taught a unique curriculum for the Experience Design Management course at the Tufts Gordon Institute.

Spool gave the keynote presentations for The National Association of Government Webmasters, The National Association of Online Librarians, Higher Ed Webmasters, Agile 2009, South by Southwest Interactive, Web Advertising, Web Visions, the Usability Professionals Association, CHI (conference), den information architecture summit, UX Australia, UX Lisbon, UX London, Drupal Con 2011, An event Apart, Designing for People Amsterdam, UPA China, the Norwegian computer Society, the British computer Society , the Society for Technical Communication and the Federal webmaster Society held .

In 2011 the Stevens Award was given to Spool, "whose silent evangelization of the usability and practical outcomes of methods and tools has had a profound impact on how we think about making systems effective".

Current activities

Spool spends his time with research teams, consults with organizations to help them better understand how to solve their design problems, and works with reporters and industry analysts on the design booth. In addition to his role as a speaker at more than 20 conferences a year, Spool speaks for various groups almost weekly.

Spool is also on the editorial board of Rosenfeld Media, a user experience publisher.

The "Center Center"

With the help of a successful campaign on Kickstarter.com , Jared and Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman created the Center Center, "a new school for user experience design for adults".

Publications (selection)

  • with Robert Hoekman, Jr .: Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work
  • with Rosalee J. Wolfe, Daniel M. McCracken: User-Centered Web Site Development: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach
  • with Carolyn Snyder, Tara Scanlon & Terri DeAngelo. Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide
  • with Jeffrey Rubin, Dana Chisnell (Forward): Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mark Ward: The long and winding road of e-commerce . In: BBC News . November 18, 2011 ( bbc.com [accessed July 14, 2020]).
  2. ↑ UIE. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ UX London: Jared Spool. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ UX London: Jared Spool. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Speakers - UX Lx: User Experience Lisbon. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  6. ^ About Rosenfeld Media. In: Rosenfeld Media. Retrieved July 14, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Unicorn Institute: Courses to shape the future of UX design. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ UIE. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
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SURNAME Spool, Jared
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, researcher, public speaker, educator, and expert in usability, software, design, and research
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1960