A video on an interesting study, do you think you would be able to notice the difference? http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/14/change-blindness-exp.html Read More

Here are some notes of mine from the tour at the Microsoft usability labs in Mt. View last week. Just personal observations. Thanks to Christine, and Paula, Mark, and Noor, who made time to meet with us. – Seems eye trackers are common equipment at such labs these days. But seems they can also create [...] Read More

For World Usability Day, the SJSU student chapter took a field trip to Microsoft User Research Labs in Mountain View, CA to learn about how user research is conducted and got a tour of the labs.  The field trip was also mentioned on the National HFES website! http://www.hfes.org/web/WhatsNew.aspx?Id=189 Read More

It’s that time again!! We will begin Chapter Elections Next week! This is a wonderful way to get involved and keep making our chapter better! All positions are open for the 2009-2010 school year! President Vice President Events Coordinator Secretary/ Treasurer Webmaster If you are interested please contact any officer (our emails are all on [...] Read More

Hi Everyone, I wanted to share this info with you: “I am forwarding the following information about the SJSU Psychology Department’s Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference (SPARC) because I thought our keynote speaker may be of interest to students in your Human Factors program. SPARC is a research conference which gives undergraduate and graduate students [...] Read More

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SJSU HFES has arranged a tour of Paypal. We will be visiting their newly constructed usability labs, as well as their eye tracking lab. The manager of User Experience, Kuldeep Kelkar, will be showing us around and he will also be giving a short talk on the Day in the Life of a UX Professional. You will also [...] Read More