Hustle Bombs
Zack Naylor

UXCamp DC 2011
Veronica Erb

Enterprise Mobile Application Design Considerations
Jim Jarret

Did you attend UXCamp [...]]]> What Can UX Designers Learn from Restaurant Experience Design?
Eloise Marszalek of Navigation Arts

Hustle Bombs
Zack Naylor

UXCamp DC 2011
Veronica Erb

Enterprise Mobile Application Design Considerations
Jim Jarret

Did you attend UXCamp DC 2011 and write about it? Let us know.

UXCampDC 2011 Dan Willis from UXCamp DC on Vimeo.

We have some great sponsors this year. I am so excited to have Regular Joe [...]]]> 43 days and counting down to UXCamp 2011. We are excited and we hope everyone else is too. It’s going to be great. The Goethe-Institut is a great location right in the heart of Chinatown, DC.

We have some great sponsors this year. I am so excited to have Regular Joe Consulting, Threespot, Three Pillar Global, and Sapient Government Services as sponsors. They are all great organizations and well-respected in the UX and design community. We are so very honored by their support.

There’s nothing like being here in person, but if you can’t make it, we will be streaming live from some of the sessions from our UXCamp DC UStream channel.

Stay tuned! We’re making plans for a follow-up to UXCamp DC 2010.

For me, user experience [...]]]> What is user experience? That’s a good question. It is also a question with many different answers, depending upon whom you ask. It is not to be confused with user experience design. In my humble opinion, user experience is simply about how an object makes the intended user feel.

For me, user experience is more than just pixels on a screen, even though that is what it is most usually associated with, it is about whole experience. It is the experience that starts from the time I sit down in front of the computer until I shut it off. If it is good, I go away satisfied, if not, I go away frustration.

The goodness comes when my computer boots up, I log on, and open up any number of programs that will help me achieve my tasks for the day. If I am paying bills, I want to make sure that I can get online and the online banking web site is accessible. If I am writing a report, I need to make sure that the word processing program I am using is working and easy to use.

It’s all about experience. A friend of mine once said to me, “Technology should just work.” Agreed. User experiences should be pleasant and unencumbered.

What are your thoughts about user experience? Teach and learn at UXCamp DC.

UXCamp DC is an ad-hoc unconference and is part of the larger BarCamp movement. The focus of this camp is user experience–online and offline. There is no set agenda until everyone gathers. Attendees are required [...]]]> UXCamp DC is about bringing together the area’s foremost thinkers and practitioners: sharing the big ideas that inspire.

UXCamp DC is an ad-hoc unconference and is part of the larger BarCamp movement. The focus of this camp is user experience–online and offline. There is no set agenda until everyone gathers. Attendees are required to participate to some degree: either by leading a discussion, showing a demo, or by creating another type of collaborative session.

Who Should Attend:

• web designers
• user experience practitioners
• information architects
• architects

The Rules:

• Be passionate about what you’re presenting
• Everyone must participate
• Vote with your feet

The Schedule:

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 AM

Fill in the blanks: 9:30 am (Sign up for time slots early)

Morning session overview: 9:45 am – 10:00 am

Morning sessions: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

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