Location: User Experience trackTime: 2007-11-15 13.00Level: Intermediate
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Sarah B. Nelson & David Verba, Adaptive PathSarah B. Nelson is a design strategist for Adaptive Path. She has ten years of experience in interactive media, designing kiosks, mobile and online experiences for clients in a variety of industries. Sarah has a particular passion for practice development, conducting research into methods for improving collaboration, supporting creativity, and encouraging innovation. David is the Director of Technology for Adaptive Path. His many years of technical leadership and architecture experience cover a broad range of projects and strategies. He has over 15 years of development experience, and has worked with technologies ranging from Sun, Java and Oracle to open-source favorites such as Linux, Perl, Apache, MySQL, PostgresSQL, Ruby and Ruby On Rails.
David launched the WholePeople.com initiative as part of Whole Foods, Inc., and was a core developer for CodeZoo.com, an O'Reilly and Associates web product. He also provided necessary technical leadership to create Adaptive Path's Measure Map (recently acquired by Google).
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3 hrs Workshop - Approaching the User Experience: Design and Collaboration Techniques for Developers AJAX, new application frameworks and more iterative development processes mean that many developers find themselves working more closely with designers or even being charged with design themselves. Agile inspired methods provide new challenges for incorporating user-centered design into your product. You know that a great user experience is key but how can make sure your project is a success? In this half-day workshop, we will start with a broader definition of design and discuss it's importance. Using a framework to structure the conversation, we will survey the various aspects of design and how they play out, for better or worse, in your product. Topics we will cover will include visual design, interaction design, information architecture and user research. We will also specifically address design issues that AJAX and RIAs introduce and how to address them. After discussing the foundations of design, we will move to practical workplace issues including how to collaborate and communicate with designers and tactics for including designers into your development process. Whether you need to work with a designer or do the work yourself, you will leave this session with resources, ideas, and examples you can apply immediately.
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