Our first speaker of 2010 is User Experience Consultant Matthew Oliphant, who gave a talk on Usability Testing at our February 2009 event. Matthew returns with a follow-up on User Experience entitled:

Embiggen Your Knowledge: How Cromulent Design Would Make The Simpsons Less Funny

The Simpsons has been on TV for 20 years, longer than many of us have been in the User Experience field, and they have been continuously ahead of their time as it relates to UX, by way of poking fun of it by doing things oh-so-wrong. Discover the lessons that The Simspons have taught us about the dangers of bad design, bad UX methods, and why you shouldn't stand in the way of a t-shirt cannon.

And yes, we will watch clips from the show! For educational purposes only! Not entertainment! Patent-pending!

There will be light snacks pizza provided for attendees, and we'd like to thank to our regular sponsor, Boston Web Studio, which specializes in designing and developing attractive, modern, accessible websites. Check them out at:

http://bostonwebstudio.com

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers will be bringing some free books to give away to attendees as well. Refresh Boston members can save 30% off any of the titles in its UX/HCI catalog, using discount code REFRESH.

http://mkp.com

The Microsoft NERD Center is located in Cambridge, a few blocks from the Kendall Square T stop, on the 10th & 11th floors of One Memorial Drive. For more on the space and what Microsoft does there, visit their website:

http://microsoftcambridge.com

Keep an eye on the Refresh Boston website and feel free to follow us on Twitter for more:

http://twitter.com/refreshboston

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