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UPA New Zealand The New Zealand Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association.

www.useit.com - (Jakob Nielsen)
Jakob Nielsen is a foremost authority on Web Design usability. He has a knack of explaining why so many of today's web design beliefs are misguided; like the reset button on forms. Another 'must read' on this site is: How users read on the web; they don't.

Web site Standards
NZ government agency web site Standards (html).

Card Sorting
OptimalSort has an elegant user interface for card sorting and presents useful results that you can paste into reports. It takes minutes to set up a card-sort project - even if you've never run a card sort before.

Optimal Usability
Technology needs to be nicer to people. Everything that we do is based on this premise. We help you by helping your users.

www.qwc.co.nz - (Rachel McAlpine)
This site is about writing on the Web, for the Web and usability testing. I absolutely love her books 'Global English for Global Business' and 'Web Word Wizardry'.

Usability Resource - (Web site usability)
A resource for designing usable, useful and accessible web sites and user interfaces.

www.goodwriting.co.nz - (Good web sites have good content) There is a big difference between Web Copy writing and Print Copy writing.

Web Designers Job Network - Extensive index of worldwide professional Web services.

Captology - The Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab creates insight into how computing products — from websites to mobile phone software — can be designed to change what people believe and what they do.

Comprehensive study on how users perceive a site's credibility - by the Consumer WebWatch - 101 Truman Ave. Yonkers, N.Y., USA 10703-1057. Published: October 29, 2002.

www.siteusability.com - (Web site usability)
This site offers a range of professional usability services and web site usability resources.

KwMap - KwMap is a complex keyword refining tool, aiming to help you discover new keywords.

Wairarapa Wiki: This free community Wiki is our social contribution to the Wairarapa.

The Pacific Photos: The Pacific Photos™ website is a collection of images originated from photographers based in the south pacific region, New Zealand, Australia and the surrounding islands.

If you have a suggestion for a site, please send me an E-mail.