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w .hfes.org - Hum Factors & Ergonom Society
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– M ission: to prom the discovery and exchange of know
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concerning the characteristics of hum beings that are applicable to
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the design of system and devices of all kinds.
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w .upassoc.org - Usability Professionals Association
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products, reaching out to people w act as advocates for usability and
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the user experience.
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w .acm.org/sigs/sigchi - ACM Special Interest Group in
Computer-Hum Interaction
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– Brings together people w orking on the design, evaluation,
implem entation, study of interactive computing system for hum use.
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w .baddesigns.com - Examples of things that are hard to
use because they do not followhum factors principles
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