This week, UIE celebrates its 18th birthday.

We’re so proud! Our own Joshua Porter has a feature article published in the Vitamin Web Magazine.

Last year she rode 94 miles in 45F temperature, with a steady rain and high winds. This year, we’re hoping for much calmer weather.

We’re moving our offices today, which may mean a short disruption in email and phone service. If you try to reach us and we’re not immediately available, please try again shortly. Everything should be back to normal on Monday.

Born 7:25 am on March 29, 2006. 7lbs, 14oz.

UIEtips 3/7/06: Interview-Based Tasks: Learning from Leonardo DiCaprio

Interview-based tasks are a radical usability testing technique, designed to counter problems that arise when assumptions are made about how users solve their own problems.

User Interface Engineering is hosting a happy hour in Atlanta, GA on Friday, February 24th for user experience professionals, information architects, knowledge managers, designers, usability specialists, and other members of the Atlanta UX community.

Next week, Christine will be heading to Portland, Oregon for a couple of days to teach a seminar.

Interested in having UIE show up on your doorstep to rally the troops? That’s exactly what we’re doing at Standard Insurance, Progress Software, and Capital One.

Jared explains what those fully TinyURL things are that keep showing up in UIEtips.