InfoCamp Seattle 2008 Blog

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We are proud to introduce our speakers for the keynote (on day 1) and plenary (on day 2) sessions at InfoCamp Seattle 2008: Jacob O. Wobbrock and Tamara Adlin!

Jacob O. Wobbrock is an Assistant Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research interests are in user interface technology, human performance with computing systems, input and interaction techniques, computer access, universal design, and mobile interaction design. Professor Wobbrock directs the AIM Research Group comprising students from information and computer science. Prior to coming to the University of Washington, Professor Wobbrock received his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He also received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Symbolic Systems and Computer Science, respectively, from Stanford University. [More about Jacob...]

Tamara Adlin is the founder and president of adlin, inc., a customer experience consulting company located in Seattle, WA. Prior to forming her company, Tamara created the Customer Experience services team for Amazon Services, which provided complete customer research and site design services for Amazon’s platform clients (including the official NBA online store, Marks & Spencer, Sears Canada, and others). Previously, she was the Senior Usability Specialist for Amazon.com, where she consulted with teams across the company to improve the user experience for Amazon.com customers, sellers, partners, and support professionals. Tamara is the co-author of The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design (with John Pruitt, Microsoft), which has been highly recommended by Jacob Nielsen, Don Norman, and Alan Cooper. Tamara holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.S. degree in Technical Communication from the University of Washington, where she focused on User Interface design techniques and interdisciplinary communication. [More about Tamara...]

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How do you do it?

First, think about what you want to talk about. It can be anything in which people and information are involved (…anything). For more ideas about who should present, hang around ’til the bottom of the post.

Optional: You can post you ideas to the InfoCamp Wiki, maybe create a wiki new page or link to a blog and see if anyone else provides feedback.

Make sure to register to attend.

Then, show up to InfoCamp and bring any presentation material you might want to use. You can be as creative you want, so long as you don’t disturb the other presentations. Will we have: space, a big marker, at least one writing surface, digital projector for your laptop, and a screen.

Finally, sign up on a schedule sheet on the day of InfoCamp. You will give a short presentation pitch (1-5 minutes) about your session before your presentation, and then it’s presentation time and people who are interested in what you are presenting will be there!

That’s all you need to do!

Conversely, if you had no intention of presenting when you show up to InfoCamp and you are so moved by the interactions you have during the day, it is perfectly acceptable to give an ad hoc presentation as a reaction to your experiences.

Ultimately, the end goal is all about creating conversations and connections between people who might have similar interests and who want to put their minds together to produce new ideas and ways of thinking

Who should present?

At InfoCamp we invite all attendees to give a presentation. In fact, we encourage anyone who has anything to say about people, information, and/or technology to get up and talk about what interests them. The presentations don’t have to be rehearsed and polished with a slick PowerPoint presentation (although there will be some of that) — they can be half-baked ideas, discussions or round-tables. They can partially developed product demos. They can be workshops. You don’t need to be an expert presenter!  As a matter of fact, this can be great practice for a product pitch or a thesis.

Again, we will provide the space, a big marker and something to write on (large Post-It Note or whiteboard) and a projector and screen for those more technologically prepared — oh yeah and some open-minded and eager people!

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Join us for the second annual InfoCamp, September 27 and 28th!

Register now at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39383

Are you an information architect into user experience design? Got a
website, content delivery service, or really cool idea you want to try
out on a diverse professional audience? Want to share ideas and
enthusiasm with information architects, usability engineers, user
experience designers, librarians, and other information professionals?

You can do just that at InfoCamp Seattle 2008, an interdisciplinary
unconference for anyone interested in user-centered information and
design!

What:
InfoCamp Seattle 2008
http://www.infocamp.info

When:
September 27-28, 2008
9am-5pm both days, plus an optional social event on Saturday evening

Where:
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA

Register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39383

Get involved: http://infocampseattle2008.pbwiki.com

Last year, information architects and librarians from all over the
Pacific Northwest participated in InfoCamp. Here’s what a couple of
them said about it:

“What an excellent October getaway! Info nerds take over a big chunk
of a community center without an agenda: Just a whole lot of energy
and their laptops…. The folks who pulled this together had a great
vibe…. It felt like a full spectrum of Information and web related
experts, usability, libarians and info specialists from public and
private sectors.”
–from http://robertlhughes.net/2007_10_01_archive.html

“…one of the things i loved about Infocamp was just that i felt like
i was with my peers, working on a problem or a project. Sometimes at
conferences its easy to think that i’m just there to absorb
information, and not add to it, almost like i shouldn’t add to it
because it’s not part of the program.”
–from http://supercrazylibrarianguy.wordpress.com/2007/10/page/2/

We hope you’ll consider participating in InfoCamp this September 27-28!

Thanks!
Aaron, Andy, Corprew, Genevieve, Joshua, Kathryn, Kristen, and Rachel
Your InfoCamp Seattle 2008 organizers
infocampseattle@gmail.com