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Volunteer Opportunity: UX Magazine translation project

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Do you enjoy learning about global cultural differences? Have you worked with translations of material for the Web? Join the accomplished and always interesting volunteer group that produce the UXPA’s UX Magazine. See your name in lights (or at least on the printed and online masthead), and earn the gratitude and friendship of a world of UX practitioners. Interested? Please contact Alice Preston – alicepreston2010@gmail.com.

Desired background:

  • Has worked on translation projects for paper, online, or Website distribution
  • Has some understanding of double-byte character sets on the Web
  • Has worked with professional colleagues from different parts of the world, with an understanding of the cultural and communication issues
  • Language proficiency in another language a plus
  • Strong interest in furthering the aims of UX research and design across the globe
  • Interest in being involved with a lively and accomplished group of UX Magazine colleagues.

Position Duties:

  • Interact with UX Magazine editors, including monitoring and receipt of source copy (titles and abstracts for upcoming issue)Â
  • Assist UX Magazine editors and the Translation Manager with maintenance of and adherence to the schedule
  • Interact with UX Magazine Staff posting to the online magazine; as appropriate, provide both assistance with HTML posting and first-line check of results
  • Over time, assume some of the interaction with the international volunteer reviewers
  • Assist with development of the translation process to additional languages and parts of the world
  • Assist Translation Manager as negotiated, depending on workload

Estimated time requirement: 10-12 hours 4x year

UX 13.2: UX and SciFi: Wowee, Zowee, and Beyond!

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The theme of UXPA’s UX Magazine for the second quarter of 2013 is UX and SciFi, edited by Special Guest Editor Aaron Marcus.
Proposals are now being accepted from the UX community.
Sci-Fi authors and cinema/media professionals are also being contacted to contribute to the issue.
Articles may reflect topical issues from one’s own career experiences, advice for film/media professionals, the storytelling techniques of scifi and how they can be used in UX design, emerging UX roles in film/media development, the future envisioned for UX. These topics are only suggestions.
The schedule is the following:

1 November 2012: Article proposals due. (Short summaries of the key points in your article)
7 January 2013: Final articles due
April 2013: Issue published
UX Magazine articles are typically between 750 and 2000 words (depending in part on the number and size of figures). They are practical in nature and are written in an active, personal voice. There are no literature surveys or footnotes. Also, authors work closely with a member of the Editorial Board to prepare their articles for publication.
More information about UX Magazine editorial guidelines is available at: http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/upa_publications/user_experience/editorial.
Please submit informal proposals that let us understand the main points you want to make, not just the topics you will cover.
Send your proposals to the Managing and guest editors:
J O Bugental (jobugental@gmail.com)
Aaron Marcus (aaron.marcus@amanda.com)

Thanks in advance for your contributions!
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Mr. Aaron Marcus, President
and Principal Designer/Analyst