Pat’s Point of View

I was delighted to attend the first day of OZCHI 06 today.

Without a doubt the highlight of today was Genevieve Bell’s keynote speech, I don’t know how anyone could not walk away from that with at least a renewed sense of excitement about the field of HCI/UCD, if not a new found hope for the intelligence of large American corporations.

I also enjoyed the short paper presentations by Gerry Gaffney and Stephen Cox.

I found the discussion that took place in the final panel session quite interesting as there seems to be a definite line (if not divide) between those involved in research and those involved in design, even though there are definitely some who are involved in both (and I would include myself in that group). Perhaps it’s those of us who are more web focussed that sit across this line and are thus more comfortable with both aspects, as opposed to pure academic or big-software-corporate folk. Of course, I am only new to this community so I can’t be sure.

I look forward to the next two days.

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