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    "title" : "Usability testers unite! Join our Community |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Usability testers unite! Join our Community","summary" : "I’m the kind of guy who loves tests. Not SATs, or BMI tests, but usability tests: connecting target customers with a government website and watching how they interact with it. Our DigitalGov User Experience Program (formerly known as First Fridays) has taught dozens of agencies how to conduct","date" : "2013-09-17T08:53:11-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jonathan-rubin" : "Jonathan Rubin"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/09/2013-09-17-usability-testers-unite-join-our-community.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/09/2013-09-17-usability-testers-unite-join-our-community.md","slug" : "usability-testers-unite-join-our-community","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/09/17/usability-testers-unite-join-our-community/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/01/user-experience-community-baseball.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/01/user-experience-community-baseball.jpg\"\n    alt=\"People at a baseball stadium\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003eI’m the kind of guy who loves tests. Not SATs, or BMI tests, but usability tests: connecting target customers with a government website and watching how they interact with it. Our \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/digitalgov-user-experience-resources/\"\u003eDigitalGov User Experience Program\u003c/a\u003e (formerly known as First Fridays)\u003ca href=\"http://www.howto.gov/firstfridays\"\u003e \u003c/a\u003ehas taught dozens of agencies how to conduct these vital tests, and we even created a monthly group to talk about how to run these tests, and make them better.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  We call it the \u003ca title=\"Web Content Managers Forum\" href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/web-content-managers/\"\u003eUser Experience Community\u003c/a\u003e, and all federal employees who are interested in usability testing are welcome to join. We have a monthly conference call where we share resources, tips and stories from our experiences. Hope to see you at the next one.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  P.S. We’ve written before about all of the great\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/\"\u003e government discussion groups\u003c/a\u003e that you can join, from Web Metrics to Accessibility to Mobile Strategy. Check ‘em out!\n\u003c/p\u003e"}
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