What is World Usability Day?

World Usability Day was founded to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, it has a specific focus and is honored around the world on the second Thursday of the month of November. WorldUsability.org

World Usability Day is being celebrated tomorrow worldwide, organized by The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA). I have posted my thoughts on Usability Today previously and I am proud to be a part of an organization that understands the value of usability and supports it. Brulant (now Rosetta) is the platinum sponsor of the Northeast Ohio Usability Professionals Association’s celebration of WUD:

November 13, 2008 - Celebrate World Usability Day 2008 with NEOUPA!
NEOUPA is celebrating World Usability Day by discussing Web Usability with a panel of presenters from a variety of local organizations including Ernst & Young, Cleveland Institute of Art, KeyBank, Progressive, Brulant and more. Learn how professionals in your community are infusing and advocating usability in the companies they work for and the Web work they do – both from a small and large scale – and take away a few ideas of your own.

I still feel like they could have a more “user-friendly” name for the day but it makes sense and is actually as descriptive as it needs to be!

Happy World Usability Day!

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