Professional development

The reason for my being in Brussels was an invitation to speak at Namahn, a Belgian user-centred design consultancy. Namahn is doing a great job in bringing together people in Belgium interested in user-centred design ideas, on a regular basis, to listen to and talk with invited guest speakers. This goes some way to making up for the lack of more formal 'trade' organisations in the country. Previous speakers have included William Hudson.

Namahn's offices in Brussels include a superb room know as the library, a sizable space used for meetings, with an extensive collection of literature on user-centred design and many related areas. Namahn takes its library very seriously and it's a great resource. I immediately resolved to get my own resources into some semblance of order, which will mean constructing some shelving....