We're Not Dead yet! The Case for Age-Friendly Design

Name: We're Not Dead yet! The Case for Age-Friendly Design
Start: 2017-08-28T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2017-08-28T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Ford Research & Innovation Center

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Millennials may have officially replaced Boomers as the largest age group in the US, but there are currently over 111 million people in the US aged 50+. This cohort came of age before personal computers were even a thing. Being of a different technology generation and experiencing normal age-related changes, present older people with significant challenges in navigating our ever-evolving technology environment. This talk:

presents some important facts about age demographics;
gives an overview of sensory and cognitive changes that often occur with aging;
offers some basic age-friendly design guidelines.

Speaker Bio: Long, long ago, Kate Finn designed user interfaces. Not so long ago, but for a long time, she did usability evaluation on user interfaces designed by other folks. Most recently, she has been researching the usability of various digital interfaces with the older (50+) user in mind. Kate and her co-author, Jeff Johnson, recently published Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population (Morgan Kaufmann, 2017).

Thank you to our hosts at Ford Research & Innovation Center in Palo Alto!

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Kristian M.

2,751 days ago

Very informative, timely topic

Chia H.

2,776 days ago

Kate and Jeff's book, Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population, is available on Amazon.com in Kindle, The Kindle version is $39.46, and the paperback is $35.41: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-User-Interfaces-Aging-Population/dp/0128044675/ It is only available on PDF on the publisher's website.

Chia H.

2,776 days ago

Here are the slides from Kate! https://www.slideshare.net/KateFinn3/were-not-dead-yet-aug-2017-no-notes

Andrew B.

2,776 days ago

Lots of good background information.

Chia H.

2,777 days ago

22 open positions here at Ford Innovation Center, www.careers.ford.com.

Romy I.

2,777 days ago

I am under the weather, so I can't make it-- I love this topic! Is there any chance the slides and talk might be posted online ???

Chia H.

2,777 days ago

Kate has offered to make the slides available, keep your eyes on Meetup, we'll post information on how to see them.

Arlie S.

2,789 days ago

This group - and this talk - was recommended to me by a coworker after I commented that it felt to me like all available cell phones were basically designed for 20-somethings, annoying to most 50-somethings, and impossible for many 70-somethings, no matter how technical. I'm looking forward to it.

Chia H.

2,789 days ago

Welcome! Look forward to seeing you on Monday the 28th!

Mike W.

2,789 days ago

People with "special needs" have generally been ignored by the CHI community, which generally presumes a healthy twenty year old in their research studies. But there's a great need for assistive technology. And the solutions found there benefit all of us!

Jim P.

2,789 days ago

Great topic! I test designs on myself :-) I also have thick progressive lens glasses and partially color blind so seeing some mobile UI's like Google Maps when I'm driving is a challenge. It should be and doesn't need to be.