[Wsuug] UX Book Club online

[Kelley Walker]

I thought this was interesting, a UX Book Club:
http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php

>From the site:

What is a UX Book Club?

A UX (User Experience) Book Club is a get-together in which
people interested in the area of user experience come to
discuss a book relevant to the discipline.

A UX Book Club would operate as follows:

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      Everyone who attends should try and read the nominated
book (you won't be barred from entry, but it helps everyone
get more out of the night);
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      Everyone needs to jot down and bring along: 2 things
in the book that really struck a chord; and 1 thing they
either hated, disagreed with; or don't understand.
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      The book would be within the practice of user
experience, which might include books like Indi Young's
Mental Models; Dan Saffer's Design Gestural Interfaces; Todd
Zaki Warfel's forthcoming Prototyping; and classics such as
The Design of Everyday Things; Don't Make Me Think; The
Inmates Are Running the Asylum; etc.
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      The book should not be arduous to read!
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      Next Month's book will be announced at the current
meeting.

Communication via twitter & through mailing lists like
IAI-members, IxDA and some of the LinkedIn groups dealing
with UX and/or IA.

In keeping with the book-club theme the location would be
somewhere like a wine bar or a bookstore. The important
thing is that the noise level has to be low, and be able to
accommodate a group of 15-30 people.

To provide some added interest (and help visualise the
topic), each book might - where appropriate - include a film
reference to watch along with reading the book. So, for
example, Todd's book on prototyping - or Buxton's book on
sketching - might be read in conjunction with a viewing of
IronMan. Dan Saffer's book on gestural interfaces might be
read in conjunction with a viewing of Minority Report or
Quantum of Solace. People would be instructed to watch the
film with the topic of the book in mind. An alternative - if
a venue could be found - would be to show parts of the movie
at the book club meeting, but I think it's more managable if
people watch it themselves. 


Kelley
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