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Jared Spool

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'''Jared Spool''' is an American writer, [[researcher]], [[Public speaking|speaker]], educator, and an expert on the subjects of [[usability]], software, design, and research.<ref name=BBC1>Ward, Mark. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15794881 "The long and winding road of e-commerce"], ''[[BBC News]]'', November 18, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref> He is the founding principal of User Interface Engineering, a research, training, and consulting firm that specializes in website and product usability.<ref name=UIE>[http://www.uie.com/about/ User Interface Engineering]. Retrieved December 5, 2011.</ref> He is also an amateur [[Stage magician|magician]]. Spool attended [[Niskayuna High School]] in [[Niskayuna, NY]].<ref name=NiskWar>[http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/nhs/warrior/issues/1978_1979/Issue10_Jun1979s.pdf "From Our Mailbag"], "Niskayuna Warrior", June 1979. Retrieved July 12, 2011.</ref>

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]] research and design conference, which he chairs and delivers the keynotes for.<ref name=UXLON>[http://2012.uxlondon.com/speakers/jared/ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool]. Retrieved December 7, 2011</ref>

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 had a wide-ranging influence on how we think about making systems effective."<ref name=SA>[http://reengineer.org/stevens/previous.htm Stevens Award Recipients] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307180230/http://www.reengineer.org/stevens/previous.htm |date=2009-03-07 }}. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref>

===Current activities===
Spool spends time working with research teams, consults with organizations so they can better understand how to solve their design problems, and works with reporters and industry analysts on the state of design. In addition to being a speaker at more than 20 conferences every year,<ref name=UXLON2>[http://2012.uxlondon.com/speakers/jared/ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool]. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref> Spool presents almost weekly for various groups.<ref name=LANYRD>[http://lanyrd.com/profile/jmspool/ Lanyrd Profile for Jared M. Spool]. Retrieved December 8, 2011.</ref><ref name=UXLX>[http://www.ux-lx.com/2010/speakers.html Speakers - UX Lisbon 2010]. Retrieved December 8, 2011.</ref>

Spool also sits on the editorial board for [[Rosenfeld Media]], a user experience publishing house.<ref name=RM1>[http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/about/editorial/ Editorial Board - Rosenfeld Media]. Retrieved December 6, 2011.</ref>

===The Center Centre===
With the help of a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign,<ref name=KS1>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmspool/unicorn-institute-courses-to-shape-the-future-of-u Unicorn Institute: Courses to shape the future of UX design]. Retrieved June 9, 2014.</ref> in 2014, Jared co-founded the [[Center Centre]], "a new, bricks-and-mortar user experience design school for adults,"<ref name=CC1>[http://centercentre.com/ Center Centre]. Retrieved June 9, 2014.</ref> with [[Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman]].

==Bibliography==
;Books
* Spool, Jared M. & Robert Hoekman, Jr. ''Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work'' ({{ISBN|0-3216-3502-7}}).
* Spool, Jared M., Rosalee J. Wolfe & Daniel M. McCracken. ''User-Centered Web Site Development: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach'' ({{ISBN|0-1304-1161-2}}).
* Spool, Jared M., Carolyn Snyder, Tara Scanlon & Terri DeAngelo. ''Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide'' ({{ISBN|0-6139-1572-0}}).
* Jeffrey Rubin & Dana Chisnell, Spool, Jared M. (Forward), ''Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests'' ({{ISBN|0470185481}}).

;Articles<ref>http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/indices/a-tree/s/Spool:Jared_M=.html</ref>
*1993. "User involvement in the design process: why, when & how?" INTERCHI 1993: 251-254
*1994. "ProductUsability: survival techniques." CHI Conference Companion 1994: 365-366
*1994. "Using a game to teach a design process." CHI Conference Companion 1994: 117-118
*1995. "CHI 95 Conference Companion" 1995: 395-396
*1995. "User Interface Engineering: fostering creative product development." CHI 95 Conference Companion 1995: 166-167
*1997. "Product Usability: Survival Techniques." CHI Extended Abstracts 1997: 154-155
*1997. "Measuring Website Usability." CHI Extended Abstracts 1997: 125
*2002. "Usability in practice: alternatives to formative evaluations-evolution and revolution." CHI Extended Abstracts 2002: 891-897
*2002. "Usability in practice: formative usability evaluations - evolution and revolution." CHI Extended Abstracts 2002: 885-890
*2003. " Evaluating globally: how to conduct international or intercultural usability research." CHI Extended Abstracts 2003: 704-705
*2003. "The "magic number 5": is it enough for web testing?" CHI Extended Abstracts 2003: 698-699
*2005. "The great debate: can usability scale up?" CHI Extended Abstracts 2005: 1174-1175
*2007. "Get real!": what's wrong with hci prototyping and how can we fix it? CHI Extended Abstracts 2007: 1913-1916

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.uie.com/ User Interface Engineering (UIE) official website]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/jmspool Jared Spool on Slideshare]
* [http://www.nickfinck.com/blog/entry/the_magic_of_jared_spool/ The Magic of Jared Spool]
* [http://centercentre.com/ The Center Centre]

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Jared Spool

2019-12-03T20:00:23Z

Retiredprogrammers:

{{Infobox person
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| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|08}}
| birth_place =
| residence = Andover, MA
| nationality = USA
| other_names =
| known_for = User Interface Engineering, User Interface Conference, Brainsparks, Spoolcast
| education =
| alma_mater =
| employer = User Interface Engineering
| occupation = Writer, researcher, speaker, founder
| years_active = 1978-
| home_town =
| opponents =
| boards =
| religion =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
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'''Jared Spool''' is an American writer, [[researcher]], [[Public speaking|speaker]], educator, and an expert on the subjects of [[usability]], software, design, and research.<ref name=BBC1>Ward, Mark. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15794881 "The long and winding road of e-commerce"], ''[[BBC News]]'', November 18, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref> 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.<ref name=UIE>[http://www.uie.com/about/ User Interface Engineering]. Retrieved December 5, 2011.</ref> He is also an amateur [[Stage magician|magician]]. Spool attended [[Niskayuna High School]] in [[Niskayuna, NY]].<ref name=NiskWar>[http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/nhs/warrior/issues/1978_1979/Issue10_Jun1979s.pdf "From Our Mailbag"], "Niskayuna Warrior", June 1979. Retrieved July 12, 2011.</ref>

==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.<ref name=UXLON>[http://2012.uxlondon.com/speakers/jared/ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool]. Retrieved December 7, 2011</ref>

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 had a wide-ranging influence on how we think about making systems effective."<ref name=SA>[http://reengineer.org/stevens/previous.htm Stevens Award Recipients] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307180230/http://www.reengineer.org/stevens/previous.htm |date=2009-03-07 }}. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref>

===Current activities===
Spool spends time working with research teams, 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,<ref name=UXLON2>[http://2012.uxlondon.com/speakers/jared/ UX London Speakers - Jared Spool]. Retrieved December 7, 2011.</ref> Spool presents almost weekly for groups of any size.<ref name=LANYRD>[http://lanyrd.com/profile/jmspool/ Lanyrd Profile for Jared M. Spool]. Retrieved December 8, 2011.</ref><ref name=UXLX>[http://www.ux-lx.com/2010/speakers.html Speakers - UX Lisbon 2010]. Retrieved December 8, 2011.</ref> He is also on the editorial board for [[Rosenfeld Media]], a user experience publishing house.<ref name=RM1>[http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/about/editorial/ Editorial Board - Rosenfeld Media]. Retrieved December 6, 2011.</ref>

===The Center Centre===
With the help of a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign,<ref name=KS1>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmspool/unicorn-institute-courses-to-shape-the-future-of-u Unicorn Institute: Courses to shape the future of UX design]. Retrieved June 9, 2014.</ref> in 2014, Jared co-founded the [[Center Centre]], "a new, bricks-and-mortar user experience design school for adults,"<ref name=CC1>[http://centercentre.com/ Center Centre]. Retrieved June 9, 2014.</ref> with [[Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman]].

==Bibliography==
;Books
* Spool, Jared M. & Robert Hoekman, Jr. ''Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work'' ({{ISBN|0-3216-3502-7}}).
* Spool, Jared M., Rosalee J. Wolfe & Daniel M. McCracken. ''User-Centered Web Site Development: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach'' ({{ISBN|0-1304-1161-2}}).
* Spool, Jared M., Carolyn Snyder, Tara Scanlon & Terri DeAngelo. ''Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide'' ({{ISBN|0-6139-1572-0}}).
* Jeffrey Rubin & Dana Chisnell, Spool, Jared M. (Forward), ''Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests'' ({{ISBN|0470185481}}).

;Articles<ref>http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/indices/a-tree/s/Spool:Jared_M=.html</ref>
*1993. "User involvement in the design process: why, when & how?" INTERCHI 1993: 251-254
*1994. "ProductUsability: survival techniques." CHI Conference Companion 1994: 365-366
*1994. "Using a game to teach a design process." CHI Conference Companion 1994: 117-118
*1995. "CHI 95 Conference Companion" 1995: 395-396
*1995. "User Interface Engineering: fostering creative product development." CHI 95 Conference Companion 1995: 166-167
*1997. "Product Usability: Survival Techniques." CHI Extended Abstracts 1997: 154-155
*1997. "Measuring Website Usability." CHI Extended Abstracts 1997: 125
*2002. "Usability in practice: alternatives to formative evaluations-evolution and revolution." CHI Extended Abstracts 2002: 891-897
*2002. "Usability in practice: formative usability evaluations - evolution and revolution." CHI Extended Abstracts 2002: 885-890
*2003. " Evaluating globally: how to conduct international or intercultural usability research." CHI Extended Abstracts 2003: 704-705
*2003. "The "magic number 5": is it enough for web testing?" CHI Extended Abstracts 2003: 698-699
*2005. "The great debate: can usability scale up?" CHI Extended Abstracts 2005: 1174-1175
*2007. "Get real!": what's wrong with hci prototyping and how can we fix it? CHI Extended Abstracts 2007: 1913-1916

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.uie.com/ User Interface Engineering (UIE) official website]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/jmspool Jared Spool on Slideshare]
* [http://www.nickfinck.com/blog/entry/the_magic_of_jared_spool/ The Magic of Jared Spool]
* [http://centercentre.com/ The Center Centre]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spool, Jared M.}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Usability]]
[[Category:Web design]]
[[Category:Web developers]]
[[Category:Computer programmers]]
[[Category:Human–computer interaction researchers]]
[[Category:American bloggers]]
[[Category:American technology writers]]
[[Category:American designers]]
[[Category:American podcasters]]
[[Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers]]