22 November 2007
Don't just take my words for it..
I said that things are moving in Germany; well they are. Just within two weeks, there has been three major events in germany, where "Web 2.0 expo" perhaps is the biggest single event, besides World Usability Days.
12 November 2007
IA Konferenz, Stuttgart, november 2007
Things are moving in the German IA community
The second German IA summit was held in Stuttgart the 9th and 10th of November. I went there because Germany is our largest neighbouring country, I have friends, colleagues and clients there and things are certainly moving here.
Besides; I try to establish a roadmap for European IA with my good friend and colleague Wolf Nöding, who’s also part of the Konferenz (He held the welcoming speech). So we had our poster at the poster session.
I arrived late unfortunately, but just in time to listen to James Kalbach in English and Jan Jursa in German (simultaneously – in neighbouring auditoriums). Thanks Jan, for the warm welcome!
Bogo Vatovec had a brilliant presentation that can be applied to the European challenge; 32 Sprachen, 15 Länder, 30.000 Produkte - Ein IA Traum oder Albtraum? Interesting subject great (and very funny) presentation. His Barcelona presentation in German, with a few alterations.
Johannes Vandermeulen from Brüssel made a big impression with his presentation: Analogies between software engineering and movie making: where does the interaction designer fit it? Lots of inspiration, new, different and relevant angles. Confirms and clarifies my own thoughts.
Thomas Vander Wal had a nice presentation too: „Bottom-up Tagging Can Get You to the Top“ Tagging and Folksonomies provide a rich foundation for
understanding how people think...”
After the poster session there was a buffet and I met with the great crowd of German and Swiss IA’s and interaction designers. Apparently no Austrians were here, but I thing they will work on that until next time, next year. I’ll be there as well!
Great evening in Stuttgart: nice drinks (wine and Mai tai’s), good company (Jursa, Cottong, Köver, Shalman & Bussmann).
The second German IA summit was held in Stuttgart the 9th and 10th of November. I went there because Germany is our largest neighbouring country, I have friends, colleagues and clients there and things are certainly moving here.
Besides; I try to establish a roadmap for European IA with my good friend and colleague Wolf Nöding, who’s also part of the Konferenz (He held the welcoming speech). So we had our poster at the poster session.
I arrived late unfortunately, but just in time to listen to James Kalbach in English and Jan Jursa in German (simultaneously – in neighbouring auditoriums). Thanks Jan, for the warm welcome!
Bogo Vatovec had a brilliant presentation that can be applied to the European challenge; 32 Sprachen, 15 Länder, 30.000 Produkte - Ein IA Traum oder Albtraum? Interesting subject great (and very funny) presentation. His Barcelona presentation in German, with a few alterations.
Johannes Vandermeulen from Brüssel made a big impression with his presentation: Analogies between software engineering and movie making: where does the interaction designer fit it? Lots of inspiration, new, different and relevant angles. Confirms and clarifies my own thoughts.
Thomas Vander Wal had a nice presentation too: „Bottom-up Tagging Can Get You to the Top“ Tagging and Folksonomies provide a rich foundation for
understanding how people think...”
After the poster session there was a buffet and I met with the great crowd of German and Swiss IA’s and interaction designers. Apparently no Austrians were here, but I thing they will work on that until next time, next year. I’ll be there as well!
Great evening in Stuttgart: nice drinks (wine and Mai tai’s), good company (Jursa, Cottong, Köver, Shalman & Bussmann).
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