So Canux 2009 has passed and I had a great time. Great conversations with old friends and new one and I even got to take my family to Banff this year. In past years I have tried to take notes of all the presentations but I am usually to enthralled to write down anything useful. This year is no exception. Here are my notes.
You should really go check out the Canux site to get more info on the conference so you can decide to come and participate in one of the most intimate and rewarding conferences you will ever go to. I continue to go because the environment that the nForm team and the Banff Centre create re-energizes my soul and the conversations help me grow as a practitioner.
Another CanUX has come and gone. Thanks to the fine folks at nForm for putting on another great event. Avi sums it up nicely.
Thinking of how good CANUX was this year. Good vibe, good minds, good mountains. – Avi Soudack
CanUX for me is a homecoming I get to see to see friends like Anthony, Yvonne, Trevor, Avi, Jess, Betsy, Gene, Kaleem, Saleem and Jerome. It would have been nice if David could have made it but we all understand and wish him the best. I also get to meet new friends like Jess, David, Sarah, Jenny, Toby, Dennis, Gordon, Matt, Luke, Shane, Brandon, Colette, Dave and many other people I am no doubt forgetting.
There is lots of great coverage of the conference photos on Flickr and posts from:
Another weekend another BarCamp… well InteractionCamp actually. By all accounts we had a great day. I know I really have a lot to think about after the event. The crowd was different then our normal BarCamp crowd, as we hoped it would be and many of the people there have never been to an unconfernence. I think we may have some new converts. I hope this is the start of many more events like this within our community.
My co-organizers Audrey, Kaleem and Lindsay worked very hard to put the event together. I hope they got as much out of the event as I did.
Another event people should really check out is this years CanUX. CanUX2007 – The Canadian User Experience Workshop. I have attended these for the past two years and it is the best kept conference secret going.
Techsmith was kind enough to give us a copy of their usability testing product so we could give it away at CanUX 2006. So we interviewed people to see who wanted it the most.
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