Introduction presentation for the opening session of InfoCamp Seattle 2008, an un-conference for user-centered design, information architecture, librarianship, and information management. http://infocamp.info

1. Welcome to

2. The Big Idea.

4. Information is power.

5. a co l la b or a t iv e
un -c o n f er e n ce
fo r th e
use r - c en t e re d
inf o rm a t io n
ind u s tr y

6. Power to the people.

8. Technology is...

9. ...potential?

10. Information Architecture
Libraries HCI Usability
User-Centered Design
Technical Communication

11. Un-Conference

12. User-Centered
Conference

13. Power to the people

14. How does it work?

15. 2 days

16. 45 minutes

17. User Generated Content and Fair Use * Emergency Librarians: Librarians as Heroic Action
Figure * Semantic Technology & IA * The role of public libraries in knowledge cities *
Knowledge Cities: the city as a KM system * Social Media - uses in and for organizations *
Computer and Information Literacy - teaching techniques for formal and informal settings. *
Prototyping 3D interfaces * What will software and information systems look like in 30
years? * Semi-automatic Geotagging of Field Photographs * A Database About Everything -
Creating a Data Model for Structuring Unstructured Data About (almost) Anything * Getting
a JOB in the IA/UX market - who's hiring, who and how they hire, etc. * Savvy career web
profile uses * Controlling e-profiles and social networking instead of letting it control you.
* Mobile tools for contractors/freelancers/career folks on the move * How to proceed with
revising a public service web site * Axure is Visio on Crack: How to accomplish wireframes
and a functional prototype at the same time * Low tech (or no tech) knowledge management
systems in developing countries * Usability professionals don't care about privacy *
Medpedia: healthcare informatics * Geoinformatics: Why You Need the Science, Why the
Scientists Need You * IA/UX and Marketing - in many organizations, Marketing is doing work
t h a t s i g n i f i c a n t l y i m pa c t s I A / U X . W h a t y o u n e e d t o k n o w a b o u t O n l i n e M a r k e t i n g i n o r d e r t o
maximize UX influence and get the seat at the table. * Organizing Chaos - managing and
expressing rate of change * User-Centered Information & Diagram Design: How to Make
L a s a g n a I n s t e a d o f S pa g h e t t i * N e o n 4 A l l ! P u b l i c L i b r a r i e s I n c o r p o r a t i n g T e c h n o l o g y i n
Holland * Accessibility and usability * Promoting ideas and brands using social media *
User research techniques * IA and user testing for government websites * Critical skills
towards getting an IA/UX job * How to interview for an IA/UX job * A 101 session on IA/UX
concepts * Service design for libraries or other information-rich contexts * Georeferencing *
Virtual reference services * Setting up an information brokering business * Why hasn't the
internet fundamentally changed the finance & insurance industries, how is this stubbornness
related to the current financial crisis, and how should these industries change to take
advantage of the affordances provided by the internet? * Potential of multitouch in new
media, consumer applications, home-brew projects, etc. * Incorporating online community
experience into public library service * Discussion on if/how you handle content strategy in
your organization * Discussion- why are most library databases kind of lame? How can we
challenge our database providers to step up and provide rich user experiences for our
pa t r o n s ? * Visually arranging and animating non numeric information to enhance
understanding * The role of context and its implementation in IA * And more...

19. Your Conference

20. Anybody can.

21. Introductions

22. The Staff.

23. Aaron Louie
Andrew Szydlowski
Corprew Reed
Genevieve Williams
Joshua Walker
Kathryn Whitenton
Kristen Shuyler
Rachel Elkington

24. ...and 38 volunteers

25. The Sponsors.

27. Your turn.

28. 8 seconds

29. Name
Occupation
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