I was flipping through the Google Blog and came across this article. Turns out that today marks the second annual World Usability Day. With events taking place today around the world the Usability Professionals Association has put together this international holiday of sorts to bring the issues of usability and “making life easy” back into the minds of web professionals.

World Usability Day, November 14, 2006, is for everyone who’s ever asked these questions. This Earth Day style event, focused on raising awareness and visibility of usability engineering and user centered design, is currently being organized by volunteers and local event coordinators from around the world. Whether a usability professional or just an enthusiastic (or frustrated) user, each participant is making a contribution to “making life easy”.

http://www.worldusabilityday.org/about