[Sigia-l] Re: [AIGAExperienceDesign] DUX2003

[Louis Rosenfeld]

On 6/6/03 11:12 AM, "Todd R. Warfel" <lists at mk27.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to drop you guys a line on DUX2003.
> 
> Last night was the opening affair with a "fireside chat" format hosted
> by Bill Buxton and Mitch Kapor. During the opening discussion, Mitch
> brought up the need for a User Experience program by design and not by
> CS. From his perspective, if a university tries to do a UX program from
> within CS, then it will suffer the anti-body syndrome. Much like how an
> anti-body attacks and kills a disease, CS will react to UX, treating it
> like a disease and killing it off, or assimilating it.
> 
> This morning, Friday's, discussions focused on UX with several case
> studies (including Tim Brooke from Intel presenting his work on the
> handheld at the vineyard).
> 
> And right now, Daniel Makoski, from Texture Media is presenting a case
> study about Wells Fargo and how they used card sorting (contextual card
> sorts) to guide the process.

Ah, the beauty of conference-wide WIFI...  Bob Baxley just gave a good talk
too.  So far DUX is somewhat reminiscent of the first IA Summit (Boston,
April 2001):  lots of short, rapid-fire talks from a variety of speakers
from completely different backgrounds.  Maybe this is something that should
be considered for the next IA Summit?

Also, there's a really mixed audience, which is probably the most important
aspect of this particular event.  It really makes for interesting corridor
conversations.  

So more questions for the next Summit's program committee:  should a goal be
to ensure that a diverse audience attends?  How might this be done?  Should
the next Summit be advertised in other communities?  Should other
organizations be invited co-sponsor?

Anyway, just some random thoughts...  And kudos to everyone involved in
producing DUX!

cheers

 

Louis Rosenfeld :: information architecture
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