Al die interessante dingen, binnen twee weken in Miami.

Eén ding ligt al vast: een pre-conference workshop met Peter Morville (dé Peter Morville, moet daar dan bij, eigenlijk: van de lemur en mee van de ijsbeer). Hij gaat vertellen over de toekomst van informatiearchitectuur, in Information Architecture 3.0:

As we venture beyond Web 2.0 and the undisciplined, unbalanced quest for sexy Ajaxian interaction at the expense of usability, findability, and accessibility, how do we reconcile the timeless principles of design and organization with new transmedia models of interaction, co-creation, tagging, user participation, and social experience?

Ook de keynote ligt vast, Jared Spool (dé Jared Spool) over (alweer) de toekomst:

Previously fundamental techniques, such as usability testing and persona development, are now regularly under attack. And let’s not forget that today’s shining stars, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the iPod, came to their success without UCD practices.

Is it time for user-centered design to evolve into something else? Or is there something else happening in our world of experience design that makes UCD obsolete? Should something else occupy the center of design?

Maar dan, de rest van de conferentie: l’embarras du choix. Ik denk voorlopig dit:

• IAs, language and lego – an introduction to semantic analysis – Matthew Hodgson
• Do real people really use tag clouds?: Research to help distinguish between web 2.0’s hits and hype – Garrick Schmitt
• Effective IA for enterprise portals: The building blocks design framework – Joe Lamantia
• How to be a user experience team of one – Leah Buley
• Blind ambition: How the accessibility movement overlooks sensory experience – Claude Steinberg
• The long wow – Brandon Schauer
• Extending the gaming experience to conventional UI’s – John Ferrara
• Content page design best practices – Luke Wroblewski
• The information architect and the fighter pilot – Matthew Milan
• Panel: Practical prototyping – Todd Zaki Warfel, Chris Conley, Anders Ramsay, Jed Wood
• What do innovative intranets look like? – James Robertson
• Web site maturity cycles – Vera Rhoads
• Storytelling – a compelling design tool – Dorelle Rabinowitz
• How to set up and run participatory design sessions, analyze data and present results effectively – Greg Nudelman, Michael Morgan, Larry Hannigan
• Designing with patterns in the real world: Lessons from Yahoo! And Comcast – Christian Crumlish, Austin Govella
• What are your users REALLY thinking? An objective way to uncover the subjective – David Robins, Jason Holmes, Janna Korzenko

Zucht. Zucht. Al die keuze. Er zijn zo enorm veel andere programma’s samen te stellen, ‘t is niet proper.