It’s on again, OZ-IA, the Sydney based Information Architecture conference, now in its third year (Sept 20-21st). Yet again I’ll be lobbing into Sydney for this event, and looking forward to catching up with all my IA and UX colleagues. Over the last two years I have always met new people in the field or learn a fair few new things at this conference, from the formal sessions and corridor talk.
Now OZ-IA may seem like a lay back conference, I’ll tell you it isn’t, in some respects, some of the topics can be a little full on. But that said the social aspect in previous years has been spontaneous yet entertaining.
You know in Perth people complain and carry on that nothing comes to Perth, all the good events, concerts, show and so on, all by-pass Perth.
Well with the Edge of the Web this all changes, forever.
The Australia Web Industry Association (AWIA) has given you a world class conference on your doorstep.
The Edge of the Web is a web design and development conference that you see only on the east coast. But it’s in Perth. When 6-7 November. But wait there is more. There are 4 workshops from leading experts. And wait there is even more. To finish it all off there is the WA Web Awards Dinner (you have entered haven’t you) on the Friday night. This makes it one rocking web blast of a week.
And the race in on, with Web Directions South 2008 a major Australian web event for 2008 looming ever closer on 23-26 September 2008. Web Directions is not like any run of the mill luke warm web conference. For me it’s like the meeting of the tribes.
You get Information Architects, Usability Consultants, Front End Developers, Project Managers and Back End Developers all in the same place, at the same time, talking the same issues, shoulder to shoulder, noobs next to seasoned professionals, it’s like a great big melting pot of ideas. Okay I’m a little bias, having been to WDS 2006, WDS 2007, and WDUX08.
Web Directions User Experience 2008 continues from the morning after a filling lunch in a packed Melbourne town hall.
Jackie Moyes - Converting Research Data into Business Speak
Use of Core personas, compare design ideas, and feature analysis against the personas requirements. Will they use it.
Use of core case studies, short one page, based on emtographic research
Design is about negotiation process.
Use of feature analysis via competitor analysis. Looking at what the audience want of the features the persona wants via
Design is innovation.
Innovation in the wrong area is a waste of time.
