Jared Spool

Jared M. Spool
Born (1960-12-08) December 8, 1960
Residence Andover, MA
Nationality USA
Occupation Writer, researcher, speaker, founder
Years active 1978-
Employer User Interface Engineering
Known for User Interface Engineering, User Interface Conference, Brainsparks, Spoolcast

Jared Spool is an American writer, researcher, speaker, educator, and an expert on the subjects of usability, software, design, and research.[1] He is the founding principal of User Interface Engineering, a research, training, and consulting firm specializing in website and product usability, and the largest usability research organization of its kind in the world.[2] He is also an amateur magician. Spool attended Niskayuna High School in Niskayuna, NY. [3]

Career

Spool has been working in the field of usability and design since 1978, before the term "usability" was ever associated with computers.

Achievements and awards

Under Spool's leadership, in 1996, UIE launched the User Interface Conference, an annual user experience and design conference, which he both chairs and keynotes.[4]

From 1998 until 2008, as an adjunct faculty member at Tufts University, Spool created and taught a unique curriculum for the Experience Design Management course at the Tufts Gordon Institute.

Spool has delivered the keynote presentations for The National Association of Government Webmasters, The National Association of Online Librarians, Higher Ed Webmasters, Agile 2009, South by Southwest Interactive, Web Advertising, Web Visions, the Usability Professionals Association, CHI (conference), the Information Architecture Summit, UX Australia, UX Lisbon, UX London, Drupal Con 2011, An Event Apart, Designing for People Amsterdam, UPA China, the Norwegian Computer Society, the British Computer Society, the Society for Technical Communication, and the Federal Webmasters Society.

In 2011, the Stevens Award was given to Spool, "whose quiet evangelism of usability and the practical outcomes of methods and tools [that have] had a wide-ranging influence on how we think about making systems effective."[5]

Current activities

Spool spends his time working with the research teams at the company, helps clients understand how to solve their design problems, and explains to reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all about. In addition to being a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every year,[6] Spool presents almost weekly for groups of any size.[7][8] He is also on the editorial board for Rosenfeld Media, a user experience publishing house.[9]

The Center Centre

With the help of a success Kickstarter campaign,[10] in 2014, Jared co-founded the Center Centre, "a new, bricks-and-mortar user experience design school for adults,"[11] with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman.

Bibliography

Books
Articles[12]

References

  1. ↑ Ward, Mark. "The long and winding road of e-commerce", BBC News, November 18, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  2. ↑ User Interface Engineering. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ "From Our Mailbag", "Niskayuna Warrior", June 1979. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool. Retrieved December 7, 2011
  5. ↑ Stevens Award Recipients. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ Lanyrd Profile for Jared M. Spool. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  8. ↑ Speakers - UX Lisbon 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  9. ↑ Editorial Board - Rosenfeld Media. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  10. ↑ Unicorn Institute: Courses to shape the future of UX design. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ Center Centre. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  12. ↑ http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/indices/a-tree/s/Spool:Jared_M=.html

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