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World Usability Day, Making Life Easier

Each November, the Usability Professionals’ Association sponsors World Usability Day. From the web site:

It’s about making our world work better, making life easier, and user friendly. Technology today is too hard to use. A cell phone should be as easy to access as a doorknob.

In order to humanize a world that uses technology as an infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, government, communication, entertainment, work and other areas, we must develop these technologies in a way that serves people first.

Hopefully this day reminds all of us to evolve from technology-centered to more human-centered solutions. The important thing to keep in mind (every day) is to consider how every product development decision impacts the end user.