UPA 2008
The next post to this site will not be another speaking post-mortem, I promise.
Thanks to everyone who came to see my presentation in Baltimore, MD last week. Once again I was humbled by the response of so many in attendance. I have read through your feedback and was inspired for my next round of talks. After speaking on breaking the traditions and looking past the common knowledge in usability, my next talk will look to consolidate my entire thoughts on usability and design in the digital world. Look out UPA 2009!
As promised, I’m including a PDF of the slides for everyone to peruse. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to email me. For anyone who is interested in reading more about Neo-Victorian Computing, please visit Mark Bernstein’s blog. I barely scratch the surface of his ideas and he has written much more on the topic on his site. It was his writings that inspired many of the key points in my presentation.
About the Time
Several members of the audience commented on the dearth of examples in my presentation. When I originally submitted my idea, I could not have anticipated the interest in this topic and I felt the 30 minute talk was just the right amount to throw out ideas. I did, however, give an hour and a half presentation on this same subject to the DC UPA chapter meeting this past May. There are more examples and I go into greater detail in that presentation. Also, if you liked what you saw and would like to hear more, I am open for future speaking engagements. Please contact me if you have any interest.
