You might want to know more about the User Experience field. You might be interested in finding out what resources, skills and abilities are relevant. You might just want to see a passionate UX professional give a 10 minute overview on how to get started!

1. Getting started in the user experience field CaronneCarruthers-Taylor

2. UX What!? What do you do?

3. How humans interact with computers ... their overall experience taking into account the social, cultural & physical environment. User Experience design

4. Educate yourself Learn & actively participate! Publications Blogs Books Local communities Organisations Mailing lists Webinars Workshops or courses Conferences (Whitney Hess)

5. “I been looking at your poster in the hallway for weeks. I’m interested in what you guys do. It’s amazing! I work in IT Security down the corridor ...” http://www.datphan.com/headshot_4_crop_large.jpg

6. The UPA poster ... User-Centred Design process, with suggested activities for each phase http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/ux_poster.html

7. Organisations Usability Professionals Association (UPA), www.upassoc.org UX Network, http://uxnet.org Canberra IA Community, www.iacanberra.org UX Bookclub, www.uxbookclub.org Web Standards Group (WSG), http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG), www.chisig.org Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA)http://www.webindustry.asn.au/ And more ...

8. Education Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) & cognitive psychology Specialise in information architecture, usability engineering, interaction design, user-centred design, visual design, content strategy & copywriting, web analysis, user research, online marketing, or web strategy For example: UTS Digital Information & Interaction Design, www.handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/95566.html UNSW HCI, www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9511

9. eternity is the amount of time it takes to know everything Zen Comics II, IoannaSalajan

10. Skills & abilities Human psychology & research methods Basics of graphic design Interest in technology Interpersonal skills Verbal & visual communication skills Negotiation & facilitation Creativity & vision Enthusiasm!

11. References & credits Starting a Career in User Experience Design, Nick Finckhttp://www.nickfinck.com/blog/entry/starting_a_career_in_user_experience_design So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources, Whitney Hesshttp://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/06/30/so-you-wanna-be-a-user-experience-designer-step-1-resources/ Nine Essential Characteristics of Good UX Designers, Fred Beecherhttp://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2009/07/characteristics-good-ux-designers/ Top Twitter feeds for UX Designers, @dpanhttp://www.openthewindow.net/?p=506 Articles, feeds and links, Steve Batyhttp://www.meld.com.au/blog

12. Last but not least ...PASSION

13. Thank you CaronneCarruthers-Taylor User Experience aficionado, Interaction designer, Usability specialist Twitter: @caronne www.linkedin.com/in/caronne