Chris Rourke

I am a user experience consultant and Director of User Vision, a leading consultancy providing usability testing, user profiling, information architecture, eye tracking, accessibility and training services.
Prior to starting User Vision, I was a senior consultant for a leading human factors consultancy in London and have worked for clients throughout the UK, Europe and the US. I have applied usability / human factors to improve software, websites and products for a wide range of clients, both commercial and public sector including Dell Computers, Royal Bank of Scotland, Intelligent Finance, Scottish Widows, Emirates Airline, Pfizer, Hewlett Packard, NCR, Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), Scottish Enterprise, Aberdeen City Council, Leeds City Council, IKEA and more
See more: http://www.uservision.co.uk

Are Social Conferences the 2.0 of conferencing?

A social conference is a physical embodiment of the web 2.0 world and like the web itself presents a unique and invigorating opportunity to communicate and connect. Is this the future of conferencing?

Should you Bump up your Desktop?

For most busy people, the desktop is their short term dumping ground for files that they intend to put somewhere specific. The BumpTop is meant to make your messy computer desktop more like a messy real desk top - but do users want that or would they find a file explorer's built in organisational system more usable?