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InfoCamp Seattle 2007

cross-pollinating the information ecosystem

Event details

InfoCamp Seattle 2008!

InfoCamp Seattle 2007 was so successful that we're going to put it on again in 2008! Mark your calendars for September 27-28, 2008. See http://infocamp.info for more details.

When
October 13th, 9am to 6pm
October 14th, 9am to 6pm

Where
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, Washington
[map]

Hosts

• ASIS&T PNW
• ASIS&T UW

Sponsors

• ASIS&T - The American Society for Information Science & Technology
• UW iSchool
• Information Architecture Institute
• Ascentium - interactive marketing and technology
• Blink Interactive - user experience consulting
• Digital Web Magazine - online magazine for web designers, web developers and information architects
• One Economy - a nonprofit organization that brings broadband to the homes of low-income people
• ZAAZ - web design services with technical and creative design
• Ginger Palace Restaurant - sponsor for lunch on Saturday
• UW Dept of Communications

Schedule

Day 1

• Registration, coffee, & session sign-ups (9am)
• Welcome, icebreaker, & orientation
• Keynote The Next Generation of the Information Era by Nick Finck
• Introductions for sessions 1 & 2
• Sessions 1:
• Gateways to Information: Designing Intuitive Interfaces led by Justin Otto
• Generation of Complex Diagrams: How to Make Lasagna Instead of Spaghetti, by Noah Iliinsky
• Organizing Legislative Information: Simplifying Search led by Sarah Schacht
• WTF is Content Strategy? led by Aaron Louie
• Lunch - Sponsored by Ginger Palace Restaurant
• Sessions 2:
• Reality for the Library: What High Tech Looks Like in Public Library Practice
• Raising IA Awareness
• All About Video Games led by Dwight Lyle
• Interface-off sponsored by Zaaz
• Introductions for Sessions 3 & 4
• Break
• Sessions 3:
• Presenting, Storing, and Managing Calendar Data (Case Study and Discussion) led by Nick Gerner
• The WWW as a Platform - Semweb 101
• Information Overload! led by Ariel van Spronsen
• Demise of Usability? (Is Usability testing the best use of time?) led by Seth Gordon
• Sessions 4:
• Practical Uses of Social Software in Libraries - led by Sam Wallin
• Research Methods for Persona Creation (Discussion)
• Unconference v. Traditional Conference: Which is Better for Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery?
• The Skinny on The Mobile Web led by Nick Finck
• End of Day 1 (6pm)

• Coffee & Session Sign-ups (9am)
• Welcome, Announcements, & Re-cap
• Plenary
• Introductions for Sessions 5 & 6
• Lunch
• Sessions 5:
• Helping Clients and Users Understand Their Needs
• Social Software Tools Discussion
• Designing Intuitive Web Interfaces Part 2 led by Justin Otto
• Sessions 6:
• How Does Communication Change with the Social Web led by Zach Hale and Justin Ricaurte
• Thesaurus Session
• Come look at the content rubric I made for a non-profit, I need suggestions, led by Rachel Elkington
• Closing

Planners

Volunteers

• Kathleen Walsh
• Kathy Gill (Sat AM / Sun)
• G Franck
• Kristen Dietiker (Sunday)
• Michael Adcock (Saturday)
• Michelle Maury (Saturday)
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Participants (aka Campers)

• Andrew Szydlowski - elseware (at) u (dot) washington (dot) edu
• Zach Hale
• Noah Iliinsky; gmail: iliinsky
• Kathleen Walsh kawalsh (at) u (dot) washington (dot) edu
• Seth Gordon
• Aaron Louie, ajlouie (at) gmail (dot) com
• Kristen Shuyler
• Robert Hughes, rhughes (at) clark (dot) edu
• Amir Khella, amir (at) fictiv (dot) com
• Kristen Dietiker, dietiker (at) u (dot) washington (dot) (edu)
• Tim King, timking (at) u (dot) washington (dot) edu
• Nick Gerner
• Nick Finck
• Narisa Spaulding
• Janet Chang
• Cooper DuBois
• Tabitha Borchardt, tabitha (dot) borchardt (at) gmail (dot) com
• Dave Kinney, dave (at) gmail (dot) com
• Sam Wallin, swallin (at) fvrl (dot) org
• Frances Botsford, frances (dot) botsford (at) simmons (dot) edu
• Dan O'Brien Muzyka, danobrienmuzyka (at) gmail (dot) com
• Justin Ricaurte
• Justin Otto, justin (dot) otto (at) ewu (dot) edu

1. Rajan Tawate : Founder :MeetingFlex.com - Corporate Social Networking

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Transportation and Ridesharing

• Ridesharing board
• Transportation options

Task List

(please cross out when it's done)

• Digital Projectors (5)
• Projector screens (2)
• Wi-fi preconfiged(3) + backups
• Welcome/schedule docs printed (200)
• Whiteboards (2)
• Easel stand (1)
• Heavy duty hand truck (1)
• Coffee/tea/breakfast service
• Sodas and bottled water
• Coolers (2)
• Large Post-it note pads (7)
• Poster boards
• Markers (dry erase, sharpie)
• Dry erasers (3)
• Digital voice recorders/video cameras
• Volunteers assigned times for labor pool (print out)
• Registration Table
• Cordless mic
• Lunch: Saturday & Sunday
• Nametags & lanyards
• Tshirts

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.

Please use the tag infocampseattle2007 for content related to this event

• flickr photos tagged with infocamp and infocampseattle2007
• The ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter blog
• When Cars Run on Information
• ASIS&T Univ. of British Columbia Student Chapter
• Two Piece Set
• Here We Are. What Now?
• WiredPen
• Well-Executed Buffet
• Ariellogram
• Zach Hale
• Justin Ricaurte

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