Easy7

Lots is going on in the world of User Experience in India these days:

• World Usability Day 2006 featured events in Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bangalore;
• a Doors of Perception conference will be held in India for the third time during 2007;
• a Design for All Institute is getting started in Delhi;
• more U.S.-based companies are building user experience groups in India (see, for example, "Usability professionals: You've come a long way baby!"), and more Western companies are learning the importance of involving India-based user experience professionals in designing for the multi-dimensional India market (see "Designing for emerging, non-Western markets");
• an active yahoogroup of HCI professionals in India now has almost 1100 members;
• etc.

As I referenced in a previous posting, I played a role in getting things going in India (as well as in many other countries), and I've continued to provide a bit of help over the years, in part by finding keynote speakers for CHI South India's annual conference in Bangalore. This year was no exception, though a new conference format features no single keynote speaker.

If you are in India or plan to be in India early next month, look into swinging by the Leela Palace in Bangalore for Easy7 on Friday, January 5. It promises to be an excellent event.

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My humble thanks to Pradeep Henry and CHI-SI for including an interview of me on their website.